What appeals more to you?
I used to crave the newest, most expensive kit with the best specs on the market. I had feelings for this one dreamed out item until something 10 grams lighter came out.
But alot have changed during the Moot in my mind. Seeing how Dave the blacksmith is puting a piece of his soul in to each hand crafted item, watching a friend making whoopie slings for me while I sharpened his blades. Listening guys laugh (and cry) abut bows they were making for 3 days changed my view a little bit.
Especially now when I'm in to hammocks and pretty much all suppliers are "cottage companies" and everything is hand made. Even now as I type Matt from UKHammocks is probably sewing a hammock for me. I know that some things can only be achieved by a mashine, but a factory will never have a quality controll better than a skilled eye checking every stitch...
The reason for this post is Noah, youngest brother of my girlfrien who probably is going to join me for this years Moot. So we were looking through his kit (he is a cadet) and he is all about: expensive, from US, tactical, cool vs my: you don't need that, that's too heavy, for this money you can have...
Am I getting old? I start to understand why in classified section old hand made knife will dissapear instantly compared to an expensive gizmo.
I used to crave the newest, most expensive kit with the best specs on the market. I had feelings for this one dreamed out item until something 10 grams lighter came out.
But alot have changed during the Moot in my mind. Seeing how Dave the blacksmith is puting a piece of his soul in to each hand crafted item, watching a friend making whoopie slings for me while I sharpened his blades. Listening guys laugh (and cry) abut bows they were making for 3 days changed my view a little bit.
Especially now when I'm in to hammocks and pretty much all suppliers are "cottage companies" and everything is hand made. Even now as I type Matt from UKHammocks is probably sewing a hammock for me. I know that some things can only be achieved by a mashine, but a factory will never have a quality controll better than a skilled eye checking every stitch...
The reason for this post is Noah, youngest brother of my girlfrien who probably is going to join me for this years Moot. So we were looking through his kit (he is a cadet) and he is all about: expensive, from US, tactical, cool vs my: you don't need that, that's too heavy, for this money you can have...
Am I getting old? I start to understand why in classified section old hand made knife will dissapear instantly compared to an expensive gizmo.