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    Army Issue Bivvy Bag and Rain Ingress?

    Thanks for the replies. Just to add to my orignal post I was face down to the ground with the hood of the bivvy bag on the ground (something I regretted when it started raining since it would have been much easier if it had been on top!). The taped seam which seems very well glued still on...
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    Army Issue Bivvy Bag and Rain Ingress?

    Hi, A while back I bought an ex-army issue bivvy bag. I had only used it once before in summer weather, so recently I bought the two Nikwax products and washed/re-vitalised the goretex. Tonight hoping to see the super moon I tried sleeping outside in it (no tarp), needless to say it...
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    Fat Free Pastry Recipe.

    A long, long, long time ago (looonngg) I came across a recipe for fat free pastry online. Although I remember the instructions and ingredients (though not the quantities or temperature setting for the oven) I just cannot find the website any more and it's quite possible that the site has long...
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    Site not secure message?

    As an update to this (which won't solve your problem) the other day I was trying out Chrome and noticed in the settings there was a setting about security and blocking content if the site had mixed content, so it's possible the Kindle browser has this option since like Chrome it's based on...
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    Unshrinking wool?

    I misread the title as wood..... but in terms of wool I have a vague memory of somewhere hearing that you can partially restore some shrinkage by dousing the item in cold water first (this was either wool or sheepskin but I forget which) and laying it out flat (possibly as Toddy said by...
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    Site not secure message?

    I've never used a Kindle Fire so out of interest I looked up the Silk browser. I see that by default web pages are dynamically selected to load locally or through Amazons' own servers which presumably is like accessing the site from a cache server. Apparently this option can be disabled in the...
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    Site not secure message?

    Latest Firefox on Windows 10 gives security warnings saying some parts of the site are insecure on the main forum page, suggests it's images and other such content which are presumably ones hot linked from external sources. Just wondering if the Kindle Fire is stricter for web browsing and is...
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    Tactical Pen ?

    Last time I bought a pack of Rotring's two out of the three I bought didn't work (put pen to paper and have the lead shoot up the inside) - I take it from your recommendation this was the exception and not the norm and just my usual bad luck?
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    Tactical Pen ?

    Janne: "The early Soviet space missions used a pencil, but one with a wax core enclosed in a rolled paper sheath." That sounds like a chinagraph, which I was about to suggest as an alternative to a pen - not used one myself but I do know from my own experience that to get the wax off (of metal)...
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    Where to buy 550 paracord

    " Endicotts Army Surplus, Exeter" Just a caution when I clicked through from google to their site I just got put into an infinite loop of prize draw adverts. After going on the site manually by typing in the address: https://www.endicotts.co.uk/ Then the google links now work, wondering if...
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    96,98,2016 - Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft book differences?

    I saw the messages about a new run, but not any actual year and the odd thing is that Waterstones and the Book Depository just said 'out of stock' for me - I have noticed that different computers are displaying different things. An example, on my main computer WHSmith's said something along the...
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    *The* Gift-It-On Thread

    "I'm not sure i get why it would be better in classifieds, there's nothing for sale" I actually meant (forgot) to go back and edit that since I really meant suggesting it as under the: "The Bushcraft UK Members Market Place" heading more than within classifieds itself. That said I'll admit that...
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    96,98,2016 - Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft book differences?

    The descriptions are from various sites across the web, I've been trying to get a copy for a while now - I had been ordering from WHSmith but their dispatch time of 2 weeks didn't happen so I ended up cancelling to look elsewhere. The prices have been high for a long time, and they haven't...
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    Hot tenting do's & dont's

    "but it’s handy knowing it’s switched off before sleeping" There was an article I read recently (fairly sure in the camping and caravanning club magazine) about what people know and don't know about gas appliances such as heaters. I admit that I fell into a lot of the "didn't know " categories...
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    96,98,2016 - Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft book differences?

    Hi, Does anyone know if there's much of a difference between the three versions of the book? '96 being Northern Bushcraft, the '98 (Bushcraft) being described as the "expanded edition" and the 2016 print being stamped with "New edition". I wondered whether the 2016 edition was just a...
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    *The* Gift-It-On Thread

    @sunndog You mean... it's cursed ?!?!?! ;) As a newbie I found this thread only because of being after some specific items and spotting it in the recent posts/replies box and trying every thread title that looked like it had potential for what I was after. Personally I think it would be better...
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    Mors Kochanski - Sad News

    There's an episode of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air I was thinking of only last night in relation to Mors Kochanski. In it the Uncle is explaining to his nephew about university professors. He was explaining how there's always one professor that you find inspirational, that makes a profound...
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    Broken links in stickied threads.

    The swap shop now correctly takes you to the general community rules. I did notice on that page it starts with "You agreed to these rules when you joined Bushcraft UK" which implies you see them on the registration page, however the terms link on the registration page only displays the standard...
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    Broken links in stickied threads.

    Hi, I've noticed a couple of stickied threads relating to site rules that appear to have broken links in them: https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/rules-and-regs-for-the-swap-shop-please-read.9471/ "All the normal Bushcraft Rules apply as found HERE" (where here is a...