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    water bottles and water

    My hiking bottles are 850ml smart water bottles. I tend to carry 4. If going over night I add a 3l platypus to that. I also carry a plastic roll up bottle which gets used during the night if required :) I have 2 bushcraft set ups in that I have a set built around smart bottles and a US canteen...
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    Primitive Tech Tree

    I have said about this before what skills do you need to advance? To give an example, to make cord you need to be able to: Identify certain plants How to prepare them How to twist fibres You have to wonder were things like distaffs and spindles fit in as a next step and then you have rope...
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    Bushcraft tools that could be classed as weapons?

    Never take a caution because you cannot get it removed from your record and people have taken them for legal SAKs. A weapon is what they say it is in law however an offensive weapon can be anything as people have found to their cost. Under UK law you cannot carry anything for protection because...
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Hope she gets well soon, John.
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    I get the impression the autobiography would make for good reading.
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    If you PM Mr Fenna he has written 2 good books on the subject...
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    A tool box

    Check out Everyday Woodworking by Rex Krueger. It is beginner wood working with 12 tools and a lot of the projects are about building the other tools you would need.
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    Ripstop Nylon

    My experience with Ripstop is the material is mostly bomb proof however the seams are an issue and worth over doing. It has a massive advantage over standard nylon in that it stops those annoyingly easy rips.
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    Basic Meds

    You could check out SD card cases - the ones they original come in as they are a small hard case.
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    Survival Rations Inspired by History

    I do wonder were things like Anzac biscuits and oat cakes sit? Also what using honey does to those things instead of the syrups?
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    Best kit of the year

    That really nice. It a shame it does not have double molle on the sides.
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    Best Bushcraft books

    Check out the dump as there loads of scout books on there including some of the pamphlets which are a really interesting read. I really want a copy of the BSA Scout fire and cooking book that Blackie Thomas keeps talking about. I was listening to Mor's on Paul Kirtley's podcast talking about...
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    Leather Craft_Show us what leather goods you have made past & present

    Check out the Identity store as they have smaller pieces of leather for sale. A4 and A3. Unless you planning on going into business think the only big tool people tend to end up with is a hand press. I cannot remember which member made them however would love a tutorial on the those really nice...
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    Yew Wood Chippings

    Yew berries are proof that the saying about watching what birds eat and then eating that is safe is rubbish as they can eat Yew berries as they do not digest the seed.
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Yeah I so get that. I have the item and they have the reason to carry it.
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    jacket recomendations?

    I have their Parka which looks very similar. Good kit.
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I think the point of a PSK was the minimum a soldier needed to survive and the reason it was in that tin format was you could keep it in a combat trouser pocket so it gave you the option of dumping everything to make a run for it. Lofty's version I think has the same idea it just got more in it...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I agree with a lot that has been said in that I think a PSK and EDC are the minimum you can survive with and that does change with location most of the time.
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    What are your favourite pocket knives?

    A Rough Rider Mini Canoe - always A SAK Huntsman Most of the time A Rough Rider Canoe - some of the time A Leatherman Charge (?) - with good reason (normally because I am cycling)
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    Someone has been done for carry Zombie knives.

    Are they not Zombie swords? The one in the top article must be at least 2 foot long. All of the kids by me seem to go round dressed like wannabe ninjas. I highly recommend Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell as it has some stuff about the...