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    Will drinking blood actually dehydrate you?

    Thank you all for your replies. Janne: Your thoughts on the matter are similar to my own suspicions. I.e., blood won't really hydrate you, but it won't dehydrate you, either. At least not in relatively small quantities. As for beer, tea and coffee, depending on the amount you drink in one...
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    Will drinking blood actually dehydrate you?

    In a survival situation, you'll obviously want to use all resources available to you. If you've managed to catch an animal, its blood is definitely one such resource. However, in survival manuals I've come across, if they mention blood, they say not to drink it, as it will dehydrate you. Other...
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    Dip pen

    I actually have a little collection of old fountain pens, but no dip pens. One of my two pre-WW2 Penols functions as a dip pen, as the internal rubber reservoir has long since dried, but other than that they're all either reservoir- or cartridge-filled. Day-to-day I carry a Kaweco Liliput, a...
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    Anyone Keep A Bushcraft Journal?

    Moleskine is a good choice for a notebook. I carry one of those myself, as an everyday (not bushcraft) notebook, and they can take quite a bit of wear and tear. For a bushcraft journal, I've just started using one of their regular softcover notbooks. Same quality paper, somewhat cheaper, though...
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    woods - eating and cooking

    Odd. I've enabled editing for anyone with the link, no login required, and am able to do so myself when logged out. I've edited the above post in case there's a problem with the link; please try again. If the problem persist, you could PM me your google email, and I can add you specifically to...
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    woods - eating and cooking

    With the excel sheet in that link gone, I've made a new one using Google Docs. I'm no expert at all, but I've used my limited knowledge and google fu to at least start off with the firewoods. This doc has another big advantage: You can all edit it. So anyone, feel free to do so; add your own...
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    Rules and regulations for practicing bushcraft in different countries

    Earlier today, I was looking around to see if there were any threads in here covering the rules and regulations for practicing bushcraft in different countries in my vicinity. Seeing as this is a UK forum, I did find a few resources covering the UK, but I figured a thread detailing the basics of...
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    Help a newbie out with his choice of knife

    As asked for, I thought I'd update with what I ended up getting. I did end up with a Mora, the Bushcraft Forest, to be exact. I also had a chat about planning to buy a knife with my other grandfather, who ended up giving me his old hunting knife (a Brusletto Hunter) as well as a Victorinox...
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    Help a newbie out with his choice of knife

    I suspect that will be what I end up doing. Even if I find myself not entirely happy with it, a Mora would be a good secondary knife, and while I do have some experience handling a knife, I have little experience sharpening one. It would be a shame if I bought a considerably more expensive knife...
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    Help a newbie out with his choice of knife

    Christmas has just passed, and I'm sitting with a bit of money from my grandparents, part of which I thought I'd use to replace my grandfathers heirloom knife with a new and shiny one (more because it's an heirloom than because it's non-functioning). And so, I've been looking around a bit for a...
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    Greetings from Norway

    Thank you all for the warm welcome!
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    Greetings from Norway

    Greetings, everyone! I'm Thomas, 30 years of age, from Norway. Recently, after aquiring my grandfathers old shotgun, and figuring I needed the exercise, I decided to pick up hiking and bushcrafting (and hunting) as a new hobby. Though really a city boy, back in my youth I did go hiking a bit...