I have glass breakers and seatbelt cutters available and in easy reach in my Landy both for the driver and passenger. I don't want to use them but if I need them they are there better than waiting.
Louis
Fad items of Bushcraft
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I guess that was my point though Mary. How much is your time worth. If working a 40+ hour week... plus overtime... That couple of hours spent with said file, might be better spent with friends and family. The saw blade gives no shits about you or your family. But your friends and family give a lot of them about you. Which is worth your time the most? When we're older and on our death beds, no ones ever gonna say, 'Damn, i wish i'd sharpened that saw, so that whoever ends up with it doesn't have to buy a new blade' But i expect we'll all wish we had spent more time with loved ones.
be pretty heavy carrying a lightening rod or faraday cage around.
Unless they’re tactical, ultralite titanium.
(And so a new fad begins)
I guess that was my point though Mary. How much is your time worth. If working a 40+ hour week... plus overtime... That couple of hours spent with said file, might be better spent with friends and family. The saw blade gives no shits about you or your family. But your friends and family give a lot of them about you. Which is worth your time the most? When we're older and on our death beds, no ones ever gonna say, 'Damn, i wish i'd sharpened that saw, so that whoever ends up with it doesn't have to buy a new blade' But i expect we'll all wish we had spent more time with loved ones.
I sew, I have sewn since I was three years old. It's my sit down do something quiet and useful sort of chill out.
I look on trueing up tools in the same light. You can sit and blether to folks while you work, listen to the radio..... I don't look on it as a chore, it's just keeping kit in good order.
Each to their own
Wood gas stoves, difficult to fuel up, in principle pretty good, had a couple but ended up in the metal recycling.
This sounds dangerously close to inviting the comment my father made about my mother's knitting. "It gives her something to think about while she's talking."I sew, I have sewn since I was three years old. It's my sit down do something quiet and useful sort of chill out.
I look on trueing up tools in the same light. You can sit and blether to folks while you work, listen to the radio..... I don't look on it as a chore, it's just keeping kit in good order.
Each to their own
Interesting thread, some fad items I duly concur with, others I don't.
Fire Pistons and roof tents jump out to me as being the most faddy of the camping/bushcraft fads.
I don't agree that Swanndri's are a fad though, I adore my ranger shirt and know a lot of people who feel the same and have used theirs for years. Wool, in whatever form it takes, will always be cool!
Some chat on this thread does illuminate an underlying issue with this hobby. Bushcraft isn't quite what it used to be and things have become all too commercialised. It's far too easy for us to become a little kit-p!ssed and obsess over the latest and greatest bit of kit when what we really need to do is contine to learn and develop a better understanding of our natural environment. I duly acknowledge that my own youtube channel is somewhat guilty of this, but do try to retain some semblance of bushcraft and skills practice.
Fire Pistons and roof tents jump out to me as being the most faddy of the camping/bushcraft fads.
I don't agree that Swanndri's are a fad though, I adore my ranger shirt and know a lot of people who feel the same and have used theirs for years. Wool, in whatever form it takes, will always be cool!
Some chat on this thread does illuminate an underlying issue with this hobby. Bushcraft isn't quite what it used to be and things have become all too commercialised. It's far too easy for us to become a little kit-p!ssed and obsess over the latest and greatest bit of kit when what we really need to do is contine to learn and develop a better understanding of our natural environment. I duly acknowledge that my own youtube channel is somewhat guilty of this, but do try to retain some semblance of bushcraft and skills practice.
@Tengu was that an example of a fad or a comment on the previous post?
Could it possibly be that this thread doesn’t share a definition of “fad”.
Could it possibly be that this thread doesn’t share a definition of “fad”.
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I use my hammock on all but the Winter Moot - not a fad!
My home designed and built hammock is the most comfortable thing I have ever slept on (except my own bed at home) and I only use a cot at the Winter Moot as my set up there is smaller than my other setups and my hammock is WIDE ....
My home designed and built hammock is the most comfortable thing I have ever slept on (except my own bed at home) and I only use a cot at the Winter Moot as my set up there is smaller than my other setups and my hammock is WIDE ....
Surely, if something is being used regularly and offers differences to alternative ways of doing something, it can't be a fad. To me a fad is something that people surge to, often because of purchase justification by disciples, that offer no real operational benefit, and then fall out of fervent favour.
So, on the grounds that Hammocks have been used since the dawn, in some cultures are the norm, and I see them regularly used at camps, they don't count (to me) as a fad. Whereas certain named brands of things, that are over-hyped by celebrities and/or the media, and offer no operational advantage, I think are.
So, on the grounds that Hammocks have been used since the dawn, in some cultures are the norm, and I see them regularly used at camps, they don't count (to me) as a fad. Whereas certain named brands of things, that are over-hyped by celebrities and/or the media, and offer no operational advantage, I think are.
With several plane blades to sharpen, numerous chisels to sharpen, more wooden handpanesto restore general tool maintenance, a van to keep on the road, two motorbikes and did I mention a very important dog to walk?
There's only so much quiet contemplation while working that I need in my life and the dog and family takes higher place in almost all of that.
Another possible fad item and I have one, really like using it but if I'm honest I don't get to use it anything like as often as I'd like is...
Kelly Kettle.
Its a really nice thing to use
My mate had one he bought from Survival Aids when it was at Morland near Penrith.
He's the same age as me (give or take a few months) and I reckon he got it when we were about 18 and we're both 53 now.
There's only so much quiet contemplation while working that I need in my life and the dog and family takes higher place in almost all of that.
Another possible fad item and I have one, really like using it but if I'm honest I don't get to use it anything like as often as I'd like is...
Kelly Kettle.
Its a really nice thing to use
Well, if Swandris are a fad its one thats lasted a very long time.
My mate had one he bought from Survival Aids when it was at Morland near Penrith.
He's the same age as me (give or take a few months) and I reckon he got it when we were about 18 and we're both 53 now.
That reply up there meant to mention more about Kelly Kettles.
I have one, its great and I genuinely like it.
But... I just don't get much chance to use it nowadays, I'd maybe use it more if it had a better base to it as I'm always ratching about for flat stones so I don't leave a circular scorched patch
Yeah, it grows back fast but it needs something better as standard.
I have one, its great and I genuinely like it.
But... I just don't get much chance to use it nowadays, I'd maybe use it more if it had a better base to it as I'm always ratching about for flat stones so I don't leave a circular scorched patch
Yeah, it grows back fast but it needs something better as standard.
SWMBO and I and our two adult offspring slept in roof tents on a Toyota Hilux for almost two weeks this summer.
After we'd opened then up and packed then away a couple of times we were able to do it really quickly. Spacious and comfortable and I suppose safer than a traditional tent in that environment.
But I don't think that I'd consider a roof tent as being very bushcrafty.