What items are in your kit that "no one else" has with them? For me it is tools (axe and saw mostly), repair stuff and sharpening "stone" (DC4). And cordage. Normal people never carry cordage, no idea why.
Kit you carry that "no one else" carries
- Thread starter forestwalker
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Now that's a very good thread. I don't remember this question coming up before.
A lot of my kit is pretty similar to other folks here, but I have some idiosyncracies.
-I still favour the Grohmann Boat knife for actual trips as opposed to static meets. It is definitely a minority choice. I have 2 Woodlores, a Mora, and Enzo and a Brusletto, but in wild county it is the Grohmann that I always take.
-I often take a morse code shortwave transceiver for the long winter nights. There is a undescribable satisfaction in conversing with someone in say, New York using as much power as a torch bulb, from a homemade radio in a tent somewhere in wild country.
-I always take a headover - used variously as scarf, balaclava and oven glove
-On canoe trips - or even on foot trips by the coast - I take a vhf transceiver that covers Marine band. Weather from the coastguard is always bang up to date and local.
A lot of my kit is pretty similar to other folks here, but I have some idiosyncracies.
-I still favour the Grohmann Boat knife for actual trips as opposed to static meets. It is definitely a minority choice. I have 2 Woodlores, a Mora, and Enzo and a Brusletto, but in wild county it is the Grohmann that I always take.
-I often take a morse code shortwave transceiver for the long winter nights. There is a undescribable satisfaction in conversing with someone in say, New York using as much power as a torch bulb, from a homemade radio in a tent somewhere in wild country.
-I always take a headover - used variously as scarf, balaclava and oven glove
-On canoe trips - or even on foot trips by the coast - I take a vhf transceiver that covers Marine band. Weather from the coastguard is always bang up to date and local.
BOD
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Well, after years of reading post on this site the only thing I normally carry (longer trips) that no one else carry must be a gill net. An ordinary small mesh gill net cut in half (12,5m long).
I always carry cordage though, even in day trips. I even have a flemish bow string in my jacket pocket. I`m not sure why, but it is there.
Tor
I always carry cordage though, even in day trips. I even have a flemish bow string in my jacket pocket. I`m not sure why, but it is there.
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i always have with me regardless of what im doing this lot in a small tin....
nail clippers ,small diamond sharpener, small keyring sized SWA penknife (with twizzers and toothpick), leatherman micra and fire starter/flint
in my main kit a have a few 'extra' items added....
hot glue gun stick and tent repair stuff
a deck of cards (i hate just sitting doing nowt lol)
military emergancy morphene injector thingies in my firstaid kit
a peice of tyre inner tube and a lighter
a miniture hip flask full of paraffin
chocolate
hiviz vest
lee
nail clippers ,small diamond sharpener, small keyring sized SWA penknife (with twizzers and toothpick), leatherman micra and fire starter/flint
in my main kit a have a few 'extra' items added....
hot glue gun stick and tent repair stuff
a deck of cards (i hate just sitting doing nowt lol)
military emergancy morphene injector thingies in my firstaid kit
a peice of tyre inner tube and a lighter
a miniture hip flask full of paraffin
chocolate
hiviz vest
lee
spencer wells arterial forceps. Useful for all kinds of stuff. clamp /pliers/needle holder/dilator/ thread puller/ fish hook remover.....get some from a fishing shop or hospital supplier.
Scots_Charles_River
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I doubt I have nothing that others don't use, but one I haven't seen on this list is a quality compact monocular. Even small bins are pretty bulky but my opticorn monocular is smaller than a marker pen and is great for spotting game, birds, finsing routes etc.
Red
Red
Small muslin bag with a drawstring as per Nesmuk into which I stuff my sleeka or something for use as a pillow.
Steve
Steve
Titanium spork
Everyone else takes the p155 so I must be the only to actually have one
Don't worry Rich, there may be a lot of 'closet sporkers' out there who just won't own up but got it because its Titanium
Bit of historical reference here for you, I first came across sporks back in the late 60's, they were used at cocktail/buffet parties, mom and dad had a set and used them when we had people over for drinks and snacks.
I pack one of those, it's amazing how often it comes in useful.
I have a couple of bits and bobs I usually carry.
A mirror and headtorch in my first aid kit,
I carry an eraser (or rubber) because my pack has an external frame, and the caps have popped off in the past and i can shove that in their place if need be.
I also carry a spoon which has a fork on the other end and can swivel, it used to be my grandfathers army issue one, so its sturdy and the spoon nice and deep; ive never seen anyone else with it...
I also carry a spoon which has a fork on the other end and can swivel, it used to be my grandfathers army issue one, so its sturdy and the spoon nice and deep; ive never seen anyone else with it...
