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Having read in the sundays about sun tan oil turning fish female I got to pondering. I'm a bloke and would like to stay that way and I presume fish feel the same about their sexuality. So Anyone know of products such as soap suntan oil toothpaste mosquito repellant shaving foam That...

I'm toying with the idea of a water purifier Seen the pre-mac pocket it says on the pack that it's good for 60 litres but on the web site it says 50 litres Is this any good? can you re-fill it? What does it do that iodine tablets and boiling doesn't Brixton

The story so far. Going to S America for three weeks expedition need food must be light taking kids so want to take enough rather than fend for myself as I probably would on my own My expedition cooking skills (if taking food) = pasta n sauce, oat so simples et al This eminently...

I got a copy of the RM essential bushcraft book for Christmas and seeing as it's been a while I grabbed a bit of string and had a go at the evenk hitch (on page 137) This drawing makes no sense to me fig 1 was as I remember make a loop over your hand with the dead end fig 2 spin your hand up...

I'm going to S. America for three weeks I normally use my trangia but it is a large lump and fairly heavy plus getting meths abroad I am told can be problematical I have to get everything for three weeks into my rucksack and so am wondering if I should by one of those hexi solid fuel jobs and...

I was out teaching navigation to doctors on Saturday (don't ask) During the course of this excersize I came accross two 6" diameter bracket fungus that looked like ones I had seen on this forum which were a type of tinder fungus. I couldn't pick them as I was sheperding my charges If you live...

Before any of you go "Oh no not Brixton whingeing about his fire piston again" I have actually done something that works. I have had problems with my fire piston First I couldn't get it to work at all then with advice from folk here I did get it working reliably if I used charcloth. or...

About a month ago I bought a Wilderness solutions fire piston It obviously worked when it was tested at the factory as it had a bit of (what I thought was) cork in the end which had a couple of burn marks. I eagerly tried it with the charcloth supplied but with extremely minimal success. A...

I have a lot of stuff for various hobbies This stuff, climbing, sailing etc. and quite often find that after parting with my hard earned reddies the bit of super kit is not quite right. So I end up attacking it with a file or scissors. Do you guys have any top mod tips what you've done to your...

I have a question about my(I probably call it by the wrong name) Firesteel Here's a picture so you know what I'm on about. I used it on my Frost Mora knife - no problem I used it on my Country trader (deluxe) knife - no problem I used it on my new shiny Helle Odel knife - bugger all...

I've just purchased a Helle knife. http://www.prodat.no/LoopSites/helle/sites/helleeng/go.cfm?id=69256&type=text&lang=nob&path=0,66168,69254,69256 I bought the 'Odel' from JLS http://www.jls-wednesbury.com/default.asp?p=5990 I have, on my two existing knives, used an angle grinder on...

I knocked up a handle for my mora out of some very old mahogany that was kicking about the cellar and encouraged by this (basically I cannot do worse) am about to make myself another knife handle. To make it more 'me' I want to use some wood from the trees in my garden. I have two apple and...

Being new to this forum I have been looking with a mixture of envy, excitement and depression at the things that have been posted that you guys have made. Envy - wish I could make that excitement - I will make that depression - It's turned out pants again! Did you lot ever produce...