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As a kid (as i am sure many here did) I got survival weaponary and techniques magazine. I remember a survival knife but not the name. It was a skeltonised blade and the sheath was plastic the knife cut out parts sat on the sheath securing it. Does anyone else remember this, i have tried a...

I have just got one of these from Heinnie Haynes (good service only took a day to arrive, no connections etc). Anyway it is a UK legal folder and is a lovely little knife. The scales are titainium and it is very sharp out of the box. Only a couple of inches when folded and fits nicely in the...

You have probably tired this but I got some polypore today and have just tried fluffing some up to use in my fire piston. Worked OK and gives a nice ember.

I got some money for my 40th and I am wanting to buy a "nice" object that will last a long time. I am interested in a fire piston and I am wanting peoples opinions on the following 1. Wilderness Solutions mark 11. 2. Instructors Fire Piston from Survival and Safety School. 3. Survival...

Having bought a Nitecore D10 I was very suprised to find that some of the HA had worn off from the knurling, this was not from the peaks but from the angled surface. My impression of HA was that it was fairly tough stuff, I have other torches that have been on my duty belt and in rucksacks with...

Hi I have just bought a nitecore D10, the question is can I use NiMH rechargable batteries in it, I have checked the forums but they are fairly technical. A laymans answer would be great. Thanks

Hi I am thinking of spending some of my hard earned on the above, I have an Inoxa X5 and Streamlight scorpion, but would like something a bit smaller to go in my pocket. Anyone tried this, how does the light compare to the others I have?, and is it worth the cash. Thanks

Many years ago when I was a scout on camp we had a competition, one of the problems was cook an egg by friction. After many attempts and many more broken eggs we could still not do it and the leaders would not tell us the solution. I have googled this and come up with lots of science about...

Just got back from a night at a scout camp using my hammock and British army Tarp, it poured down all night and I found I had a couple of drips in the tarp, this got me thinking. Shoud the tarp be strung using the tape loops as the support for the ridge, as I did? or could the tension on the...

Having spent a good night in my new DD hammock I got to thinking about an underblanket, I have an army surplus warm weather sleeping bag, the one with the square foot. Inside (i don't know why) they have a number of ties, my thought is that I could use the ties to attach it to the hammock, if...