Favourite Piece of Kit?

[Moine]

What's your REAL favorite?

Ok then

My old, beat up, tramontina machete. I bought it when I was a kid. It's been with me ever since... This old machete has built more cabins, cut more saplings, made more bough beds, seen more rain, dug more dirt, hit more rocks, built more fire and rode more rivers than you guys could imagine... Every time I grab it, I see it's old blackened (fire charcoal) and beat up blade, and I'm there again, on my beloved Bonaventure River, back in Quebec, with the mosquitoes, the smell of the water, the campfire, the salmon steacks sticking on those flat rocks, the black bears, the green canoe...

Every time I grab it, it draws a warm smile on my face. Like seeing an old friend...

That smile, while holding a 17 inches blade, is something that scares the hell out of most folks I know LOL

Cheers

David

 

[Squidders]

Moine my friend... that is a truely compelling answer!

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

My pocket edition GEM SAS survival guide . Do you have any idea what a PITA it is going on a hike and somebody says "Chris, your the expert and host that survival forum, how do we XYZ?" I quickly beg to be excused to 'relieve myself' run behind a big piece of shrubbery, and whilst letting out sighs of relief quickly thumb through my copy. Then I step out boldly announcing "Right, now as to building that ---"

 

[Minotaur]

A copy of the pre-70's Scouting for Boys.

I need to replace this(It is out in the shops(bookers) at the moment).

This is a book written in 1907, that talks about sex education. It was first published in 1908 as a series of articles in the Strand magazine. If Bushcraft has a bible this should be it.

 

[Mutley]

A carry a pocket survival guide everywhere too! Good to read and learn from and help you out if needed.

 

[R-Bowskill]

I was going to say my mind / brain but I have been known to loose the former in moments of sheer revelry or those, 'I wonder what's over there' moments we all get when exploring somewhere and discovering something new. At those times my hammock is the best thing, lie back and relax for half an hour then my head will be clear enough for whatever I need to do.

It definately stops me getting crazy when I find a good show of colour on a gravel bar while prospecting for gold.Stop, take a break then work it systamatically instead of going at it like mad and risking getting trapped by a loose boulder.

 

[Moine]

Moine my friend... that is a truely compelling answer!

Thanks, Squidders...

Also thanks for forcing me to reconnect with those things for a moment. Being trapped within bushcraft and technique and teaching and gear, I tend to forget those simple things... This sheer and mindless passion I have for those places where the mosquitoes and black flies rule, unchallenged, at the top of the food chain

Cheers,

David

 

[zambezi]

Ok then

My old, beat up, tramontina machete....

That smile, while holding a 17 inches blade, is something that scares the hell out of most folks I know LOL

Cheers

David

David

Does "that smile" look anything like that of your chosen avatar? Just wondering...

Vince

 

[moduser]

Favorite kit for me probably has to be the things that I carry everytime I go out into the field.

My knife, a length of paracord, a cusader mug and water bottle (great system) and a swedish firesteel. Usually a laplander folding saw as well.

Oh and a couple of Jordens Special muesli bars (wonderful things).

 

[Wayne]

I had to think about this one a lot I love My R Linger bushcraft knife an anniversary present from Val.

The bit of kit that goes everywhere and has been with me for the last 15 yrs and is still as good as new is my Silva T3 compass. Its got me off mountains in whites outs helped me nav in the artic. A trusty friend. I would be gutted if i lost it.

 

[zambezi]

A picture says a thousand words:

 

[Hoodoo]

I guess I'm with Wayne on this one. I'd feel lost without my knife but I'd BE lost without my compass.

 

[tomtom]

I'd feel lost without my knife but

witch one?

 

[Hoodoo]

The one on my hip. And in my pocket.

 

[Gripper]

Mine has to be my knife, my Swanndri and my issue mug and burner, I replace the hingpin on the mug with a ferro rod so as long as I have the mug/canteen setup with me I can always get a brew on...

 

[Buckshot]

Mine I replace the hingpin on the mug with a ferro rod so as long as I have the mug/canteen setup with me I can always get a brew on...

That's a good idea, I didn't realise you could get rods that thin

Cheers

Mark

 

[tomtom]

i think mine is my GD wildlife hatchet.. cos its just so pretty!

 

[Gripper]

Buckshot, got a pack of 5 ferro rods from Hoods in USA, cost about $18.00AUD delivered and with a bit of tweaking with the Leatherman and 1/4" removed with a Dremmel they fit perfectly. Plus still easy enough to remove if I need to get the fire going.

 

[Moine]

David

Does "that smile" look anything like that of your chosen avatar? Just wondering...

Vince

Yeah well...

I can't drink micropur treated water. It's silver, ya know

Cheers

David

 

[maddave]

I think my favourite bit of kit is probaby my knife too, but i love a good book to read too when I'm tucked up in bed with the glow of the candle lantern