Search results

I found a use for the tiny bushcraft essentials edc stove: line it with foil, push a block of bcb dragon fuel in, and it will boil enough for a hot drink easily. I left it on and got a 6 minute rolling boil. (I tried using the edc stove with dry twigs to no avail, other than frustration, but it...

Hmmm....the O'tom Twister does look rather good. Better safe than sorry, eh?

Happy to oblige: It's comfy, doesn't slap or spin, certainly one way of carrying it.

Oooh, I don't scrape! I just get my nails underneath it and pull, slowly. Or just use pointed 'medical' tweezers, making sure to not cut the mouth parts off by squeezing too tight. Rickyamos: they look like black dots, close up more like a crab-bug. Dog ticks are about 5mm long, raisin-sized...

I haven't had much luck with the various tools. Fingernails seem well evolved for this job. Steriwipes help too, though.

That's very kind of you.

Breaking my lurking cover to show some attempts at leatherwork and my newly-rehung Brades hatchet: Prolly going to do the same for my axe, when I get round to it, as it's a bit tatty. Apologies for horrid rivets and other flaws, but you get the idea. Brass ring is for hanging anywhere...

I'll be in mah bunk.

spot on. Nicely done.

Pretty damn pretty. Liking the sporran especially.

Google "hanging an axe" for the full story.

^ this. Essentially.

You might find the handle you want in a small hardware shop, make sure the grain is true, hickory or ash will be fine. Plenty of info about how to choose or make a handle is on the net. It's certainly possible to make your own with a few tools- draw knife, rasp, etc. A shave-horse is ideal but a...

Depends what you need an axe for: this head lends itself to a relatively thin profile which is more for carving and chopping opposed to splitting, I believe. Also, the poll seems modified in some way, can't quite make it out. Although this may be to failing eyesight, failing sanity, or a...

Saw them in "poundstretcher" recently, which I assume is the midland version of "proper job".

Ooh, I missed the pocket stove. Utterly gorgeous. But cannot afford... So I will have to buy the add-on bits for my honey stove.

Thankyou very much, good people. I pondered my introduction, and realised that what I do is best summed up by 'Rustic Camping'. I do use relatively hi-tech no-frills lightweight stuff when hiking, but camping for us is usually a far more low-tech canvas+firesteel affair. My primary tool is the...

keens die on me. Hedgehogs are great, but if you don't like trainers, well, your classic leather hiking boot should do. Don't listen too hard to the recommendations here, your feet know what they like, so find boots that feel good and comfy, you'll probably find a manufacturer that uses a last...

Hello! new member here, I've been lurking a while, learning some good stuff, thanks. As regards my interest, well, I hike a fair bit, have always been aware of the risks, and like to learn ways of using the environment to enhance my comfort and safety when camping or hiking. I also do...