Best present ever??

[nickg]

Got a RM foresters axe, Bahco laplander saw, RMs wild food book & DVD, a RM scandi axe (leaving prezzie from work but it came in time for xmas), GB axe stone and a blinding set of hand stitched leather utility boxes from Shep. All in all very bushcrafty I'd say

Cheers
Nick

 

[-Switch-]

Got a RM foresters axe, Bahco laplander saw, RMs wild food book & DVD, a RM scandi axe (leaving prezzie from work but it came in time for xmas), GB axe stone and a blinding set of hand stitched leather utility boxes from Shep. All in all very bushcrafty I'd say

Cheers
Nick

Add that lot to the collapsable saw you made and you've got a lot of 'show and tell' to do next time at Canterbury

 

[sleeperman]

I got a two season goosedown sleeping bag with a cotton liner and a thermalite inflatable
mat. Oh yes and a wind up torch off the ex wife.

 

[Mungo]

I have it on good authority that the Holiday Fairy has 2 hats in mind for me this season (I'm expecting they will arrive New Year's Eve):


and



I am a very lucky fellow.

Cheers,

Mungo

 

[fred gordon]

Fred.....Are there more details on the calorie & calorific content on the wild food featured in the book, than on the TV program ..and ..does the book feature more wild foods than on the program.... If you could let me know after you've read it....It would be much appreciated................Thanks Fred..............Gaz

Spent the day having a good read through the book. There isn't any info on califeric content on the whole but the book does comment on the fat/protein/carbohydrate content of some foods compared with others. There is certainly more food info than was on the programme and many plants etc not featured on the programme. The first part of the book looks at the mesolithic period in some detail and speculates how our ancestors might have might have utilised some species. They also compare examples of what hunter-gatherers do in other countries and how this might have applied in mesolithic Britain. Certainly worth having on the shelf and I have made quite a few notes on things to try in 2008.

 

[Dan1982]

well it appears that we must have all been very good little boys and girls this year and our partners must actually listen to the things that we constantly ramble on/drop hints about. Its good to know she's paying attention.

 

[BushTucker]

Did not get much in the bushcraft dept, but, I did get a nice litre of malt, ummm

 

[woodstock]

best this year some 1000 mile socks and some deer shins that were free thanks for them

 

[Jodie]

I got "Plant Resins" by Jean Langenheim - it's spectacularly detailed

Also "Hatfield's Herbal" and I've got another Dan Moerman one on the way (he did
the Native American ethnobotany book and website Stuart mentioned below) called
"Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)".

OK, more ethnobotany than bushcrafty but all from the same hymn sheet I think

'm'off to read 'em!

 

[Greg]

I have to say my wife has impressed me this year!
She got me the Cegga Axe as an early present.
I got a new firesteel, a new helly hansen lifa shirt, a NorthFace hat, a new dutch army bivibag(the one with the zip!), two new damascus steel blades to work on.(Not really presents for me but the wife opted to pay for them!)
She also bought me a load of leather working tools, a jigsaw(the DIY type ) and a new dremel type tool with an extra accessories pack to go with it.
And to top it all I got a new Leatherman Core!

I would say I am very happy this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fred gordon]

I forgot to add that I got a Dremel 400 series. Superb! All I need now is a few projects!

 

[spamel]

Ooh, forgot, my Mum and Dad got me 30 quids worth of knife supplies from Kniv-per. Nice one folks!

 

[drewdunnrespect]

well if we are talking bushcrafting. well i got of my parents a DD hammock along with a DD tarp and also a nomad mosi net now thats what i call a good bushcrafting christmas.

I also got a book called "Call of the wild" by guy grieve so far i am about four chapters in and it is mint.

So for any one who does not know about the book it is basically a ture story about a guy called Guy Grieve who has a job at the scotman newspaper and well jacks it in and goes and spend a year living in the inteirer of alaska and the book is his story from when he had the idea to when he comes home

drew

www.drewdunnrespect.blogspot.com

 

[rik_uk3]

10 rat packs, 150 metres of paracord, second dehydrator, and 20 litres of paraffin

500Gb external hard drive, not bushcrafty now, but will be next year on a new project

 

[wildrover]

I got a SASS goretex liner (for my SASS Ventile smock that I got for my Birthday ).
The RM Wild Food book (not very far into it yet but it looks good), a River Cottage book (not exactly Bushcrafty, but good info on game etc.).
Finally a Buffalo Special 6 Shirt ( something I've wanted for nigh on 18 years but never got around to getting )
I reckon I'm set Jacketwise with this combo ( The GTX will have to be resigned to work and shopping use ).

All in all Santa has been good to me.

The only thing is now to find the time to get out and use them

 

[wildrover]

Oh...
Forgot about a bottle of Glenmorangie, Aberlour, Mc Callan, Jura Superstition and Ardlui( my favourite after Lagavulin,36 quid a bottle )
Not very Bushcrafty, just thought I'd let you know

Oooh... I Love me Malts

 

[British Red]

Hey Wildrover,

can you psot some more info on the SASSkit liner please?

I didn't know such a thing existed! Err how does it attach, how much (if you know), is it sweaty, do I want one, everything really!

Red

 

[brancho]

I got the materials to be make a new knife from Kniv-Per, the money to buy a belt/disc sander to help with my knifemaking and Bruce Parry's book Tribe.
This was for Christmas and Birthday combined.

Alf

 

[shep]

I got a book on knots, a wicked little drum for the fireside and a plethora of utility items from MikeE via the brantub.

The next most bushcrafty thing I got was chocolate!

 

[Shewie]

The wife got me a 200g Ullfrotte top, the Wild Gourmets book and a UK long distance walking book.

The cat got me Rays' Wild Food DVD.

Santa (me) got me a Cegga/Red axe, new knife, sheath and firesteel beautifully crafted by Dougster and a hex fly for my HH.



Rich