Fad items of Bushcraft
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I always wanted a ventile poncho but could never justify wasting the cash on one... Seems I was lucky I didn't
My husband loved his double layered ventile jacket.....it might have been dry inside, but it took ages to dry out properly and it weighed a ton.....on t'other hand, they're safe around a campfire, and they stop the wind, and they don't delaminate.
Silkys do cut better and cleaner, but aren't as robust. Horses for courses. Wilderness/bushcraft... laplander for me... Pruning stuff at home... Silky. Can't buy a new silky blade when on a trip. but you can straighten a laplander.o.k., thanksno advantage over my silkys then!
But you can plan ahead and have spare blade with you. One is none, two is one.
Anyone mentioned the reindeer leather coffee pouch yet?
Still use a lot of my clones of those (upholstery or clothing leather) - but not for coffee
Refering to my post #67 here above; having spareparts for your essential/important equipment that you can´t field repair is not a fad.
Herman the counter argument to that is you shouldn't have anything you 1. Can't field repair 2. Can't replace with natural alternative or 3. Have anything not robust enough to survive use in the field.
Except being a hussif to stitch up tears or replace buttons
Just my opinion of course
Except being a hussif to stitch up tears or replace buttons
Just my opinion of course
I'm a recent convert to one of these. Lovely, tactile, unbreakable and smells gorgeous.
The Bahco vs Silky debate rages on...
Other options are available, they just haven't been marketed as "bushcraft".
Other options are available, they just haven't been marketed as "bushcraft".
Fair adds to weight though, especially if you're carrying it...and when a simpler tool does the job reliably.....
Fire piston was the first item I thought of when I saw the thread.Fire pistons.... I tried, I really did, but I never got them to work. All I got was frustration and blisters.
The Exotac (predictive text insists that that ought to read exotic!) firesteels worked but, why bother ? a wee scrape down one worked fine.
The various gizmos for putting up an “instant ridgeline”. And yes I do have duffel coat toggles on one or two….
Without wishing to hijack a very interesting, entertaining and occasionally embarrassing thread, has anyone compared the Laplander with the Silky Outback? The latter seems more hardy, less horticultural...
As far as I'm aware the blades aren't any stronger/less prone to snapping than the standard Silky blades.
So it’s not the folding saw that is the “fad”, it’s the brand name that is fashionable.
I have my father-in-law’s folding saw. It’s probably 30 years old and came from a Cheshire garden centre. I’m not aware of the brand. It’s back home, I’ll look in an hour or so.
It may well not cut quite as quickly as the named brands that I read about here but it’s plenty good enough and I’ve got time. Out in the woods I don’t cut firewood but if I did: I’ve got even more time.
In thirty years it has been abused, twisted and bent back into shape many times. The blade isn’t replaceable even if I wanted to. I’d rather be using it than any new tool.
Perhaps if I were a professional arboriculturalist or owned an orchard where I used it more than just a couple of hours at a time I’d buy something else.
This thread lists a number of items, not just saws, that many of us find useful and which have stood the test of time.
Brand names come and go.
I have my father-in-law’s folding saw. It’s probably 30 years old and came from a Cheshire garden centre. I’m not aware of the brand. It’s back home, I’ll look in an hour or so.
It may well not cut quite as quickly as the named brands that I read about here but it’s plenty good enough and I’ve got time. Out in the woods I don’t cut firewood but if I did: I’ve got even more time.
In thirty years it has been abused, twisted and bent back into shape many times. The blade isn’t replaceable even if I wanted to. I’d rather be using it than any new tool.
Perhaps if I were a professional arboriculturalist or owned an orchard where I used it more than just a couple of hours at a time I’d buy something else.
This thread lists a number of items, not just saws, that many of us find useful and which have stood the test of time.
Brand names come and go.
Brand names can sometimes have an impact, though. Or at least the company the brand name is attached to. Not all companies are equal when it comes to quality, warranties, customer support and probably most importantly when it comes to saws, availability of replacement blades.