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Been a while since I posted on here, and a while since I've been in the great outdoors. Thanks a lot London... :aargh4: Recently I've been really wanting to get back into my outdoors stuff. I've got a cupboard full of arctic gear, paddling gear, axes, knives, stoves and tarps gathering musty...

Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right area to post this in (mods feel free to move if not); but I'm looking for some quick advice about fabrics. I have a Swedish Army snow smock which I intend to use a lot this winter - I have at least two winter expeditions planned and it will be a key...

Hi guys. There's a strip of tape covering the central seam in my army bivi thats started to peel off, I'm just wondering whats a good solution to fix it... Just some tent seam tape?! Cheers :240:

Hi guys. I've been using my DD tarp quite a bit (just returned from 9 days in the Karelian wilderness). The way we are being taught, and my own limited experiences have led me to prefer setting it up on the diagonal. With three corners attached to the ground and one suspended. This works...

Hi all As part of my course we have been given a local shelter makers 3x3 tarps to use - so i have one Highlander Basha/Tarp surplus to my needs. This one: http://www.highlander-outdoor.com/partnumber.asp?cid=&pnid=301706 It has been taken out once or twice and is in great...

Hi all. I'm doing an intensive training course in Wilderness Guiding in SW Finland for the next 10months and I am in need of an axe with a bit more power than my wee Husqvarna hatchet. But that said, i cannot decide which one to go for - in this vain I have contacted our resident axe god...

Hi all (hope this is the right category for the thread :D) I'm off to Finland in about 6week to take part in a 10month guide training program. One of the things which has been highlighted as an area where people often fail is in terms of natural knowledge and identification. Bearing that...

Recently, my IMCO lighter is just refusing to catch... I have changed the flints, changed the wick, filled the tank, cleaned all the little parts - but nothing.... Only thing that i can think of is if the spring is not holding the flint against the wheel hard enough to make a spark hot...

Uh-oh, its another "please tell me what camera to buy" thread :D :D Been offered a camera as a present; the question is, which camera?! I doubt if the use i would get from a camera would warrant an SLR camera; and even if it did, i wouldn't trust myself to use it :D Plus, i want one that i...

Hi there. At the recommendations of many, i have purchased a Swedish Army Snow Smock to tinker with!! :D First job: It's much too big for me around the core (i realise these are made big, but...not this big), so i need to reduce the volume of the smock. I was thinking about going...

Anyone know where to get just a plain adze blade?!?! Looked high and low and all i can find is big heavy ones with a system like an axe to fix em to a handle; i was thinking of one more like this...

Has anybody else noticed the irreverant fatalism which so many practitioners of bushcraft on here prescribe to this 'discipline.' By this i mean, the underlying assumption that while bushcraft is fun, most of it is impossible now (e.g. living off the land). I say most, as surely most...

Went for a long walk in Ashridge area today; not one of the spring flowers was out...i'm no expert, but seems pretty late for such a bare floor, going on previous years. There were loads of burr's though; a load of Birches, some Elms (i think). I'm hoping the extreme-ish winter will mean...

Hi there, I'm after a fairly small width v-tool for carving out lines and designs etc. somewhere around the 3/4mm mark. Only cheapish ones of these i can find are all about 9.5mm which is i think too big for my needs. I have a fair bit of stuff to trade, including some straight and...

Came across this guide for making pemmican, seems fairly comprehensive; although as with all these sorts of foods they never really tell you how to make it in the bush :( http://www.traditionaltx.us/images/PEMMICAN.pdf The guy says that is the only food that can completely meet all human...

Hi there. I'm fairly proficient at sharpening my knives and my axes now; but i've got a spoon knife and just ordered a set of chisels which includes a few gouges and am wondering what the best tool is for sharpening the curve? Firstly, while the spoon knife has the bevel on the outside of the...

Just got an email from rutlands, they got a sale on: 10% off everything, plus, Free delivery. Just got a set of chisels for £13.45 delivered www.rutlands.co.uk Use the code 448 at checkout.

Just picked up a second hand Berghaus Vulcan to use on my forthcoming travels. Its in excellentay condition, all i can find is that the elastic around the rim of the lid is non-existent, so it looks like a big floppy tongue. Is there a way i can easily replace the elastic? (in every...

I've been brushing up on my floral knowledge with a load of field guides, but i keep coming across phrases like "reproduction by suckering" "sucker shoots" etc. etc. It may seem like a fairly stupid question, but, what exactly are sucker shoots, and in what way do they sucker? :D Many...

Just been thinking; I've got a petrol lighter the mechanics of which are understandably simple (cotton wool like stuffing with a wick). The point being that any other, equally non-viscous, liquid would get drawn up just as well. The difference would be in how well it burns; right?? So are...