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  1. tomongoose

    What is this?

    I can't really tell from the picture but it could be dummy shell. They are so you can pull the trigger without damaging the firing pins after you have cleaned the gun. I have some for a 12 bore that look similar so it could be the same for a smaller bore
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    Cleaning carbon steel blade ?

    If you want to get a shine back a bit of cutting compound or jewelers rouge on a cloth and give it a good polish
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    Bear Grylls producer snake bite....../Gore warning !!

    How thick a pair of boots would you need to avoid a bite like that
  4. tomongoose

    Wooden weapons? Purely for the aesthetics of course

    Now I know what I'm making for my nephews this Christmas
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    Start them young

    I have been playing with my 9 month old boy Sol trying to get him into camping. My Lavvu is about the right size for him
  6. tomongoose

    permanently moving to the woods and back to nature.

    Every one always goes on about surviving off rabbits but with a population density averages 25-37/ha and if you wanted to use them as your main source of food in an active hunter gather life style you would need about 1 a day (assuming a 2 kilo live weight as rabbit is 187 kcal per 100g) so you...
  7. tomongoose

    Vet makes tiny wheelchair for disabled piglet.

    I know I sound harsh but they should just put it down
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    To fell a tree amongst other trees.

    they should have chainsaw and tree climbing tickets have insurance (most handyman and gardener's insurance does not cover trees above 5 meters) and they are generally part of a scheme like buy with confidence or bali etc
  9. tomongoose

    Roman Folders

    I found this thread via google and it has a few pics of a couple of different styles http://anthrocivitas.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9193
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    A food safe glue that burns safely?

    would wax be strong enough
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    First brew with my new woodstove (newbie lessons learnt)

    Hey my mate Paul was using his Vargo out on Leather Tor on saturday and he got as fast a boil as the gas burner but he did have to put a bit more wood on as he was burning douglas fir
  12. tomongoose

    Bringing back Britain's large carnivores

    Gasparo its all very well calling the death of 6 people balance but if it was someone close to you, you might not agree. I don't know what you do or where you live but if you owned any stock or lived somewhere where you children freely roam the countryside you might not be so keen on the return...
  13. tomongoose

    Thieves beware!

    Sad to hear that, but your no safer in the woods. I have had chainsaws nicked out of a van vault on the back of a pickup in the middle of a 200 acre wood before now
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    I unpacked my EDC backpack : Am I carrying too much?

    I would keep one compass and get a button compass as a back up and leave the other two behind just keep one fixed and one folding knife. I would get rid of the bungees and straps and replace it with a length of bankline or paracord and I would stick a metal cup in the mix but other than that its...
  15. tomongoose

    Wet snow advice

    I was working out at Princetown this morning and it was snowing but landing as slush I was wearing waterproofs but was dripping wet by the time I had finished. What I was wondering is what sort of shelter you would build in those conditions. Normally I like debris shelters but I think the snow...
  16. tomongoose

    Bringing back Britain's large carnivores

    Talking of large fox's http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17259087 Gasparo I would love to see a huge chunk of the UK cleared of humans and left to the wild, as long as it wasn't my chunk:lmao:
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    Bringing back Britain's large carnivores

    Reintroducing the apex predators always gets the attention as does saving them abroad but the bottom of the food chain is much more important. Look at the problems there have been to small bird numbers with the increased protection of birds of prey. You need to build up the entire food chain...
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    Cash For Roaming

    Sounds like it would make a good tv show
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    How Much!!??

    My mate got a very similar one from an army surplus store for £35
  20. tomongoose

    ?Taking pictures of smoke without the smell

    plumbers smoke matches or smoke pellets