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I'd go for a single cell torch with NiMh. Preferable two. One headlamp and one hand-held. My most used AA-headlamp is a Zebralight H51Fw headlamp. It has been discontinued and replaced by H52Fw. My latest purchased AA-torch was a NiteCore Sens AA. I highly recommend both. But only with...

Get a good flashlight that can tailstand and add a diffuser. You can make a diffuser from a small plastic bottle or buy one for the flashlight. This way you both get a good flashlight and a good lantern. Most LED lanterns use inferior LEDs compared to good flashlights, so you get less light...

I like the Mora Woodcarving Jr73/164. Suitable size for children. Available from Clas Ohlson.

http://dx.com/p/singfire-sf-117b-cree-xm-l-t6-700lm-3-mode-white-zooming-flashlight-black-1-x-aa-1-x-14500-191024 This torch is similar to "A" and starts on full, if you wait a little while, a few seconds. Or on next if you don't wait. Very bright. Three modes, full, low, strobe. It tends to...

The Husqvarna 135 looks nice and will most likely serve you well. I have two 245 and use them both in the woods and at home. And I was on a weekend course to learn the technique and have ppe. Chainsaw boots, trousers, helmet with hearing protection and visor, cell phone, first aid kit and a...

http://dx.com/p/ultrafire-wf504b-xm-lt6-5-mode-510-lumen-white-led-flashlight-with-strap-black-1-x-18650-57099 I use an ordinary high powered 18650 flashlight from dx.com, along with rechargeable batteries and a charger. Good runtime, good beam and spill for biking. Been using it two years...

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If a conspiracy theory is proven or disproven, it stops being a conspiracy theory. It becomes a proven or disproven conspiracy. But sometimes, even if a conspiracy theory is disproven, some refuse to accept the proof. Also a good conspiracy theory is impossible to disprove, you just have to...

Thanks! Without this reminder I might have missed an opportunity to eat a Gustav Adolf pastry. :D Gustavus Adolphus the Great, The Lion of the North, died on this day on battlefield in Lützen, Germany 1632, fighting the Germans (and winning) so I really think the main purpose of the day is...

It's all about the angles used when stropping and sharpening. It is easy to, by mistake, make the edge rounded and blunt instead of sharp. One easy way to get consistent angles is to use a sharpening kit that gives you precise angles while sharpening. There are several out there. Good to...

I have never had any problems with rechargeable Li-Ion batteries. The ones I use have a protection circuit that stops charging at 4.2 volts and stops discharge at 2.75 volts. Keeps them from taking damage from overcharging or excessive discharge. But the flashlight doesn't go out gradually, it...

I have had very good experience with some cheap ones from dx.com. No fires or explosions at all, despite the names... http://dx.com/p/ultrafire-3-6v-880mah-lc-16340-protected-cr123a-battery-2-pack-3273...

Since I heat my house with wood, and the tool shed also doubles as the boiler room, and is next to my roofed outdoor storage of firewood, my axes see plenty of use. Also I only have to take about ten steps from my tool shed to be out in the woods, if I choose the right direction. Another ten...

There is no such thing as a stainless steel axe from Gränsfors Bruk, I know. But I would like one... I have some nice high carbon knives and other woodworking tools. But they stay in my tool shed at home, near the grind stones and near a spray can with 556 oil. In the woods or as EDC I only...

I think it is much easier to use the small dedicated scraper that came attached to the firesteel. Using a knife is clumsy in comparison. And potentially dangerous. Also I don't want to file the back on some of my knives to get a sharp corner.

I always carry a folder in a pocket. A small SAK, an EKA 88, 8 or 10. Or something similar. I never carry a fixed blade on my belt, but in or on my pack. And most likely a stainless Mora Companion, combined with either a Fällkniven A1, WM1 or F1. As well as an axe and a bow saw. Around camp...

I would suggest that a Mora Companion in stainless steel would be better as a first bushcraft knife. Safer and less maintenance. Great performance. You will get one sooner or later, so you might as well start with one. ;) That said, I understand wanting to have a wooden handle and a more...

I suspect it is a variant of an auger. Normally they are a form of big spiral drills used for timbering. But the original shape was like a sharpened spoon. In swedish they are sometimes called "spoon drill" (skedborr or navare). Similar to a spade bit, but curved. A spiral drill is much more...

You need a saw set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_set It should be realtively easy to make one from a flat piece of iron. You need a metal saw. I would suggest a simple plate and lever set, something like this: You make a notch that just fits over one tooth. And an angled stop. You fit...

If you instead of considering if hunting knives in general could be marketed and sold as bushcraft knives, instead consider the opposite, if bushcraft knives can be marketed and used as hunting knives, then you will find that this is quite common. For instance most Mora knives are very well...