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Take Your Bushcraft Up a NOTCH! Portable Work Benches & Field Vises Explained This is why I love his stuff. If you can do this, it means you can do that. Tech or skill tree thinking.

The British army knife was our favourite when you could get them for next to nothing. I went all the way from cubs to leader. Queen's Scout was before my time, however, I knew one and once a year he got an invite to a palace garden party. Girls were always in Scouts as they organised...

Check out Rough Riders at Hennie Haynes. Their canoes are my everyday carry at the moment.

I knew about that site, however, for some odd reason did not look at a lot of his videos. I wonder about taking something the size of a 2 mag pouch rather than the water bottle pouch I think Lofty uses. With things like a Trangia mess tin or similar could be interesting.

I learnt a long time ago that if it works for you, do it. My Scout Master was a master at the slow build fire which he tried to teach me and basically failed. Another Scout Master showed me his pre-build technique which works for me every time. I am also adding one of those match super lighters...

A friend has a GSI Outdoors Ultralight Java Drip, which I am going to replace my Vietnamese Coffee Filter and mug with built in filter. It really impressed me with how simple it was. The big problem with all of the filter systems is the clean up. Coffee bags are great and the brew bags as well...

These seem to be becoming a thing in the hiking world, and I get the idea because a lot of stuff that I carry for in-the-moment use never gets used as it is in the top pocket of my rucksack. Binoculars are a prime example.

He did tv shows aimed at children which may be out there somewhere?

The first picture is where I got the information.

No Need To Die Survival Kit contents - "Pencil and paper. Razor blades (2), needle and cotton, safety and straight pins, reflector glass, fish hooks, line weights, plastic water (balloon) bag, rubber bands, small compass, candle, windproof matches, hacksaw blade, (sharpened at one end, and...

You must be able to do some version of the SAS full kit with more modern stuff. The 2oz tobacco tin does take some beating and has for 100 plus years. There are all sorts of mess tins even titanium about now. I would not add tinder to my survival kit and rather have trick candles which I give...

The Germanic tribes are the ancestors of the Vikings.

You have to watch AI it makes stuff up. It seems a bit weird that the Celts were fans and not Germanic tribes when the Vikings loved them. The salt mines thing adds another messy, bad place for leather and an easier-to-clean answer.

There is a video on Youtube of Mors discussing knives, and he used folders for years. If anything, the reason for him changing knives seems to relate more to price than anything else. Check out Felix Immler's videos he can do anything with a sak.

The US 2nd Amendment is because of the carry laws in the UK. The first was in the early 1600s, I think.

The Army version is to provide a screwdriver for your rifle. A rope tool up to WW2 would have been very useful. I think we sort of agree that it must have been for messy tasks and hostile environments. I also do wonder if it is a Sunday best situation in that you had a folder as your edc to...

My point was that the argument of hiding it would not make sense at that time due to the lack of restrictions. The folder must serve a purpose that a fixed blade does not for people who could walk around carrying swords and axes. My money is on messy tasks or jobs like being at sea. They...

600 BC so the start of the Roman Republic as opposed to after the end of the Roman Empire.

The earliest peasant knives we have found date to about the founding of the Roman Republic (600 to 550 BC). That must be before any carry restrictions, which makes me think it has to be for more practical or financial reasons.

My guess would be the opposite, as I wonder if they were cheaper? If you consider flint blades, people would have been used to smaller edges, and metal was expensive for a long time. Also, I wonder if there is some water-use connection, as the Vikings liked them.