Lifting the lid on Woodlore!

[Aliwren]

http://www.raymears.com/shop_item_desc.cfm?id=589&itemType=Cooking%20Equipment

5orry couldnt resist Useful of useless??

Edit - erm this link may not be working it seems (on my computer anyway) that the BCUK homepage is over-riding the link I posted to the Woodlore Site?? Have a look at Raymears.com, whats new page, 2nd item down!!

 

[mace242]

Dunno - looks usefull - but there are surely a million ways to do this. I think the bigger problem is that it's not really "bushcrafty" to buy a little thing like this - i'd have thought that making one would be more in the spirit.

 

[suburban bushwacker]

Dunno - looks usefull - but there are surely a million ways to do this. I think the bigger problem is that it's not really "bushcrafty" to buy a little thing like this - i'd have thought that making one would be more in the spirit.

My thoughts entirely. 'it would be handy, now what have i got that i could make one from'

 

[Dougster]

This is starting to remind me of the Harry Enfield sketch 'I saw you coming'

 

[Boatswain]

And it'd be so easy to slip into your pack

Cheers Roy

 

[weaver]

"Finished with a wooden handle to avoid heat transferring to the hand."

But the wood is only on one side, so if it gets hot it will still burn your hand.

I use a wood stick with a notch carved near the end to lift my dutch oven lids.

 

[weaver]

Dunno - looks usefull - but there are surely a million ways to do this. I think the bigger problem is that it's not really "bushcrafty" to buy a little thing like this - i'd have thought that making one would be more in the spirit.

No profit in that is there?

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Should be easy enough to make one for yourself Clever idea though, i like it (but still wont buy one!)

 

[rik_uk3]

Just use a tent peg and save yourself £12

 

[spamel]

It appears that the woodlore site goes against the whole bushcraft thing of keepin it simple and not carrying loads of gear. I can't quite fathom it out!

 

[Ralph]

You would expect to pay less than £12 for a cast iron pot itself!?
Its just someone saying "Now what else can we sell and say that Ray Mears uses in order to jack the price up and have people willingly pay for it."
Sorry if that doesn't make sense, as I have just discovered it is difficult to write a post while listening to tunnel of love by dire straits

 

[dwardo]

A "potlidstanderona" device how have we managed before invent of this revolutionary device ? I think the big mans a cracking fella and would love to meet the guy but i just hope that he could defend some of the kit and prices that come from that site. It would be a nightmare to carry, easy too loose on a leafy floor thus tripping on it/ kebabing your self.
That and the fact of leaving one behind every time you setup camp as you cant find it when you have to leave probably rusting into a nice sharp surprise. I may be missing the point but its how it seems to be

 

[gorilla]

all this time i've been usuing a stick and resting my lids on a rock - i knew there had to be a better way! let's hope it's the first of many such innovative products -
'The Ray Mears Portable Campsite Hatstand' (a stick)
'The Ray Mears Ember Spreader' (a stick)
'The Ray Mears Sock Drying System' (2 sticks)
and the flagship product;
'The Ray Mears Stick' (fully handcrafted by North American Indians, the 'Stick' is a unique piece of bushcraft kit in seasoned redwood, complete with bark, and full wood construction throughout. an essential for any serious outdoorsman, RRP £29.95. you'll never use a normal stick again...)

i feel a victor meldrew moment coming on

 

[Eric_Methven]

The first thing I thought when I saw it was 'Ooh, a caltrop'.

Eric

 

[Jodie]

Heh, interesting!

I could have done with one of these recently as I found trying to balance crouching next
to a hot pot, hold a ladle in one hand and remove a pot lid with the other - and park it
safely down-side up on the ground - and negotiate filling a vessel with hot water quite a
palaver I watched others doing it a few times before I tried it for myself. This is largely
because I'm a bit unfit, chubby and not that coordinated, so for me this would have been
a godsend!

The lid's handle wasn't as hot as I thought it was going to be but I'm useless with
anything hot - really sensitive hands! If someone passes me a cup of tea while holding
the handle they have to put it down for me so that I can pick it up by the handle rather
than grab it around the top (too hot).

I think maybe you have to consider the audience for this - pehaps it's for the less
confident among us. I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to 'make one' myself and
would genuinely find it quite useful, even if it's not very bushcrafty and you were all
sitting next to me sniggering

This device might also be quite helpful for people with mobility difficulties - the handle
looks easy to hold for most people and will let you lever off the lid and rest it without
having to readjust your position.

For the fit competent bushcrafter (which is probably an awful lot of people visiting this
site) then I agree - it's perhaps an unnecessary indulgence.

Where I work we provide health information in a variety of languages which is culturally
relevant. This is for people whose culture has very variable beliefs about health and who
have difficulty in accessing information about their illnesses. The information is of no
use to your typical Brit who can find whatever they need from the web or friends and
who feels they have a right to good healthcare.

The point I am probably failing to make is that products that will seem pointless to
some could really be appreciated by others.

Well I hope some of that made sense

What's a caltrop?

 

[gorilla]

yeah - but RM isn't trying to appeal to thedisabled market - this is a shameless promotion of a bit of useles tat - 'lid-lifter' - give me a break

 

[Jodie]

True, but perhaps the products are intended to appeal to a market that is larger than
just the people who post here.

 

[maverick moocher]

Is it just me or is the reason why RM's woodmans shirt is so expensive down to Rory McGrath's modelling fee?

 

[eraaij]

"...doing more with less"
:Thinkingo

 

[spamel]

What's a caltrop?

It's a spikey thing that you throw on the deck, no matter which way it lands there is a spike pointing upwards. I think it was used against cavalry to take the horses down. Nasty.