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Last weekend I took my 12 year old son camping for the first time. This was his first experience spending a night in a tent. He is used to the great outdoors and has spent many a night with me stalking wild boar in the field or from a high seat in the forest. My equipment is quite old so I...

As luck would have it, my search for a new knife did not take too long. I was about to buy my son a Mora knife when I came across the quality knife display in the store (Transa Superstore, Zürich) There was half a dozen Fjallkniven and some high end Victorinox knifes, but nothing jumped out at...

I have had the above knife for 11 years; I’m a recreational deer stalker, but she would say that given the time I spend on the hill, the forest and the fields, that I am more professional; I’m not paid for it! Quite the opposite. The knife is as sharp if not sharper when I first bought it; my...

My Phoenix Tent is 30 years old and still going strong. However, having bought a new Jack Wolfskin Gossamer 11 Tent, I can’t get get over how strong the new poles are, and lighter. I have a question; is it possible to get new lighter poles for the Phoenix Phreak? Many thanks in advance. Conor

Hello from Zurich. I used to go wild camping very regularly from the late 1980s until 2007. Marriage, children work put an end to that. My gear is ancient; Phoenix Phreak tent, still going strong, Osprey Crescent 75 Rucksack bought 20 odd years ago. I recently bought a Jack Wolfskin Gossamer...