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I've been looking at a few options for a smaller alternative to a daysack, especially for carrying photography gear. The Helikon Foxtrot popped up in my searches. It looks interesting, especially if I can easily add a couple of long pouches to the front for big and/or heavy lenses (e.g. 300mm...

As I mentioned in the thread about staves and sticks, I'm going away for a weekend course, Saturday and Sunday, sleeping under a tarp Saturday night. The meeting point is about a cube and a half hour drive from home, so I'm going out on Friday, sleeping in one of my tents at a municipal...

A video popped up on YouTube for me, on Max Miller's Tasting History channel. It instantly made me think of this thread about Erbstwurst.

For those looking for hewing axes, take a look at la-frontiere.fr. In particular there are two versions of a model called Bradva, a lighter one available in both left- and right-handed versions, and a heavier one but only right-handed...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1196m605o

My slouch hat has this little seam at the edge of the brim, which in my mind makes this the back. What do the rest of you think?

I recently spent a week horse riding, around 25km a day for five days, in Normandy. We were travelling in a group of five on horseback with two support vehicles, a trip called Équirando that usually happens every odd numbered year (it was sent off-rhythm by Covid and then the Paris Olympics, but...

Had a bit of trouble finding a good place to post this link... https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24956 Stumbled across it when searching for "surroyal tine" mentioned in a book on the Puukko.

We're going out to Namibia in August, driving around in an AWD (probably a Toyota Hilux) with rooftop tent and wondering about temperatures in the evening, overnight and early morning... what kind of clothing to take. Given that I'm going to take a fair amount of photography kit, I wonder about...

I just stumbled upon this article. https://globalnews.ca/news/11083516/hudsons-bay-liquidation/

I'm on the lookout for a compass for orienteering, and from looking at websites' "five best orienteering compasses", and looking at prices, I'm hesitating between a Suunto MC-2 and a Silva Ranger SL. Any opinions on these two, or suggestions for something else up to about €40?

This photo came up on another forum I frequent, with a call for help in identifying this fish, found washed up on a beach in South Wales.. That's a size 5 boot next to the very dead fish. Any ideas what species it might be?

Back in , I bought a second-hand, but like new, Maxpedition Vulture II. It's served me well as a day sack, mostly for hauling groceries as I come home from work. But it is coming apart where the hip belt and bottom of the shoulder strap attach to the body, at the right hand side. I suppose that...

I've been trying to find a post mentioning "Okänd soldat", and keep getting the message "The search could not be completed. Please try again later." Thinking that the "ä" character might have been the problem, and knowing that the term "round turn and two half hitches" has appeared in a recent...

I'm certain that I've seen this plant before, and was struck by its strangeness... It's about calf-high (that's the calf of my leg, not a young bovine). These are crappy pictures taken with my phone, walking home from the station tonight. I'll see if I can get some better pictures with a...

I noticed these plants growing along the footpath between my home and town when I got back from holiday. Here is one example of the plant; it looks like a grass or grain of some sort. This is the tallest of them, about knee height. A couple of closer views of the seeds I took off a few of...

Snapped in the garden this afternoon: a hover fly and a bee. There's also another insect in the first couple of pictures. I didn't notice it while taking them, and I don't know what it is.

I was checking the translation of the Danish word "mørbrad", and stumbled across a wonderfully useful website. http://www.fleisch-teilstuecke.at/en/meat-cuts/

I'm going out to Brittany this weekend for a two day blacksmithing and bladesmithing course. One of the projects I'm going to have a go at is to make the blade for bushcraft knife inspired by the Horace Kephart knives of old. That got me thinking about how to pronounce his name, since I'm going...

After trying for hours, I've decided that ordinary compression sacks are just not going to work with the quilt I intend taking on a trip later this year. I can just about get it into my biggest Granite Gear 23litre sack, but it makes it an ungainly shape for putting into my rucksack. So I'm...