Best bushcraft purchases

[Hoodoo]

Since we have a thread on worst purchases, I thought I'd start something in the opposite vein and keep it relevant to bushcraft.

My best purchases:
Skookum Carver
GB mini hatchet
Silky saw
Ventile Coat (and the perfect coat for city walking)
Kelty Triptease Lightline
Snowpeak Ti pot and cup
Smartwool socks
Tilley hat
Down sleeping bag (Sierra Designs)
Princeton Tec headlamp
Swarovski binos
REI windproof/waterproof matches
Recta compass

 

[Wayland]

A stainless steel container from Morrison's which cost me about £1 I think.

And a life membership of BcUK.

 

[Shewie]

• Various Lance Ockenden knives
• Warbonnet Blackbird hammock and Superfly tarp
• Mountain Laurel Designs Trailstar (not used it yet but I know it's going to be a gem)
• BushCooker stove
• Speers Snugfit underquilt
• UKHammocks summer top quilt
• Alpkit Pipedream sleeping bags
• Air Grill
• Terra Nova Saturn bivvy
• Terra Nova Laser Competition
• Gransfors Bruks RM Widerness axe
• Bahco Laplander
• Duluth Bob Dustrude folding saw
• Country Innovations Kestrel smock
• Swazi Tahr (freebie )
• Lundhag Ranger High boots
• WhittlerKev folding trivet

I could go on

 

[Jaan]

Anything Fjällräven and my Leatherman Charge.

 

[shaggystu]

i very rarely spend money on bushcraft but the things i've been most happy with, and got the most use from, are:
kellam wolverine knife - i spent ages making a decision to get this, at £80(ish) it's by far the most expensive bit of kit that i've ever bought for bushcraft but i've never regretted it for one second, it's a superb tool that's always done everything i've asked of it with ease.
stainless steel cannisters from wilko's - three of these make up my hobo stove/billy set, less than a fiver in total, not entirely sure how i ever managed before i got them.
karrimor rucksack - fiver from a car boot sale, had to mend it a bit but it's the comfiest rucksack i've ever carried and a great size for most jobs

stuart

 

[Graham_S]

My Moot ticket.

 

[Tracer1969]

Skookum Bush Tool
SFA
Kelly Kettle
DD Tarp
Ultimate survival strike force
Instant coffee

 

[Lordyosch]

Best kit, I'm really happy with 99% of my gear but the highlights...

Tents: Terra Nova Solar 2 (12 years, going strong) Hilleberg Akto (bought at cost from Hilleberg)
Lowe Alpine Alpamayo pack -huge, heavy and sooo comfortable
Conformable custom moulded insoles -transformed the last 3 pairs of boots I've owned. Superb.
Opinel penknives
MSR Dragonfly stove -from candle to 'hot air balloon' burner in a twist!
Sprayway windshirt

Enough already!


Jay

 

[Retired Member southey]

Angle grinder
21"saw blade
power drill with sanding disc and drum attatchments
sewing machine
good all round knife
Good axe
small metal draper vice
Rouge RB9 boots
decent leather Belt
most have enabled me to make lots of things that I would have had to save up for, not that I wouldn't, I just don't earn anything and am a little impatient.

 

[dasy2k1]

Dd hammock and tarp
Husquvana hatchet (all the performance of a gb scout axe but a third of the cost)

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[Two Socks]

My Helle Folkekniven
My SFA
An old leather belt (added another dimension to the word sharp, for just 3 euro`s)

Those are the highlights, and the stuff that I enjoy using most.

 

[Silverhill]

A 4cwt Peter Wright Anvil. Not exactly portable, but it keeps me in beer money, and whatever's left goes on kit.

 

[outdoorpaddy]

Mora Bushcraft Force
Bahco Laplander
GB kubben hatchet
-All tools that I started off with and have served me well in my venture into the world of bushcraft

outdoorpaddy

 

[jonnie drake]

mora carbon clipper.... and a good pair of boots
oh and a few field guides! everything else is a luxury

 

[Totumpole]

Ventile smock
Bacho laplander
Making a good knife great by getting it's profile reground pitting in another league of sharpness

 

[Tony]

I really like the bcuk Ventile jacket, I use it all the time
Pocket knife - UK Penknife most of the time
My H3 Commander Watch is very good (although I've been wearing a Sunnto for review for a few months)
Fenix P2D torch, carry it all the time
Years and years ago I got coffiee tins from TKMaxx and converted them to Billies, still going strong, great purchase.
NewBallance Walking shoes/boots

I'm not a huge kit person but I would miss a few things

 

[g4ghb]

Surely the best thing you ever purchased Tony was the 'BCUK website' well definitely from my perspective anyway

 

[Tengu]

Me too

Vango Force ten tent
laminated japanese knife
Highlander sleeping bag
Uco candle lanterns (useful, but I made own candles, playing with wax a feve thing in life)
5 Moot tickets

 

[outpost31]

Snugpak sleeping bag (merlin)
12 balls of merino wool that my mum turned into a sweater and socks
Sorbothane insoles
Meindl military boots
Wouldn't change any of them, top kit.

 

[shogun]

Sabre 75
army basha
Bahco Laplander
us modular sleep system(weighs a ton but very comfy)

Atb Shogun