nutters

[pierre girard]

While almost everyone around here owns a set of camos - they are most often used for bow hunting, turky hunting, or varmint hunting. This type of camo is most often "Mossy Oak," or some other big ticket item - and not military camo - which doesn't do as good a job at keeping out the rain.

You seldom see military camo used for camping - and when you do see people using it for camping - they are most often survivalist types from some large city - camping in a rather inept manner, and carrying around semi automatic weapons and big honking Rambo knives. I generally try to avoid such people.

 

[jay120970]

spamel nice to find out what some other guys have instead of military kit how is the docker shirt doing with the bushcraft tole is it holding up is it comfy to ware as there prity cheap so might get somthing like that myself

 

[jay120970]

While almost everyone around here owns a set of camos - they are most often used for bow hunting, turky hunting, or varmint hunting. This type of camo is most often "Mossy Oak," or some other big ticket item - and not military camo - which doesn't do as good a job at keeping out the rain.

You seldom see military camo used for camping - and when you do see people using it for camping - they are most often survivalist types from some large city - camping in a rather inept manner, and carrying around semi automatic weapons and big honking Rambo knives. I generally try to avoid such people.

this is what i like to hear people who are out there living it day to day not as a hoby but a way of daly life

 

[jay120970]

og swannie good choice mate am not anti green just fed up of loads of over the top military gear and would like to see what else is out there

I've been known to bushcraft in a Viking style tunic just because it's comfortable and practical.

It's been sort of superceded by a an OG Swannie bushshirt now for much the same reason.

Another reason I tend to wear natural colours is because they don't show the muck as much when you're in the wild.

 

[jay120970]

cheers mate never found them before its on its way i have a bivi bag so the fact thats its only 6ft long should be ok

Jay,

you said that army sleeping bags are too big and heavy, which is true but they are very warm and fairly well made(good if your in a vehicle or fixed camp) but I think if you do a search you will find that a lot use other bags like Nanok. I think you got a lot of replies defending DPM because you called people nutters mate
Not sure where to get a black tarp from, I've seen black ponchos here though
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr1753.html
found it doing a google search, one question though mate why black?

Brian

 

[Zodiak]

The little Swiss one is like a simplified version of the kelly kettle, and it only cost a fiver

:You_Rock_ : I have nver met anybody else who has one but for £4.99 they are fantastic value and work really well, especially with a trangia or pepsi stove burner

 

[Toddy]

It's an excellent bit of kit; I've bought about half a dozen now for other folks too
Now all we need to do is work out a pot that sits into the 'chimney' for cooking stew or the like, though the mug is pretty good for that, needs a lid though.

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[Zodiak]

Now all we need to do is work out a pot that sits into the 'chimney' for cooking stew or the like, though the mug is pretty good for that, needs a lid though

There was athread on DIY a few weeks back about making lids for Crusader cups, that would work for these, although you wouldn't get a huge amount in it.

I have to admit that my favourite for those is what my wife refers to as "10 types of crap in a can" ie Beans, burgers bits, potato, sausage bits, bacon etc.. On lazy day I have been know to just stand the can in the stove and cook it in that

 

[longshot]

i wear camo, combats and love 'em i wear them for service and when im in the bush heck i wear them about the house and the yard, to the store and the mall for that matter, never really thought about what folks thought or said their comfortable and wear well.

different strokes for different folks

dean

 

[Zodiak]

A fellow scout leader is ex-Army and has a real thing about civvies and DPM. When he saw my tarp (DPM) for the first time he said "who is the t****** with teh peek aboo poncho!" He was not impressed with my unit's old 8m*6m tarp that we use as a group shelter "F*** me its an action man sellers convention" and my new water bottle (in DPM case) he just had to say "S*** what sort of muppet woul try to hide their own water from themsleves. ITS ON YOU HIP!!!"

I generally respect the blokes opinion and I have certainly never see anybody take better care of his kit, every night his boots get cleaned up, including soles, even if it is chucking down

You can imagine my delight when I ordered 4 map cases in black and one turned up in DPM! I rang the shop and they said "Don't worry we ran out of black ones but we havent charged you the extra for that!".

When I showed my mate he roared with laughther, "look an actions man's codpiece.. dear oh dear what a.... "

As a result I avoid DPM but he hasn't seen my dark blue Belgian(?) camo trousers yet, I can't wait to see his response.

My 12 year old daughter has a red/oranmge/yellow camo type pattern on a fleece, and his comment was "Christ on a bike under what conditions would that be described as a good camoflague?"

Her reply was "You worse nightmare" he thought that was hilarious. I never could fathom army humour.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I'm Ex forces and use camo stuff quite a lot.
Though being Air Force we didn't get to eat, sleep, walk and talk in camo. We got to use it often enough to know that (for the most part) its good quality, and I'm not going to break out in a sweat if it gets damaged - it'll get repaired or thrown out to be replaced with something similar.
I'm not going to get all critical with those who love or hate it, it just suits me for now - if my tastes change then so be it.......

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[bambodoggy]

I don't think any of my kit (bar a wash roll, housewife and messkit bag) is in DPM....however, shed loads of my kit is made up of things I held onto when I left the TA but all in OG.

I don't give a monkeys if people want to wear cammo but certainly here in Surrey you do get some funny looks unless it's "Fashion Cammo"...lol

I also do a fair ammount of my bushcrafting up on the MoD land near me and that's heaving with Squaddies....and I don't want to be mistaken for one and shot at (even if just with blanks! lol ).

I think the buzz words for using military gear are "Cheap and hardwearing".

Cheers,

Bam.

 

[gregorach]

A fellow scout leader is ex-Army and has a real thing about civvies and DPM. When he saw my tarp (DPM) for the first time he said "who is the t****** with teh peek aboo poncho!" He was not impressed with my unit's 8m*6m tarp that we use as a group shelter "F*** me its an action sellers convention" and my new water bottle (in DPM case) he just had to say "S*** what sort of muppet woul try to hide their own water from themsleves. ITS ON YOU HIP!!!"

I generally respect the blokes opinion and I have certainly never see anybody take better care of his kit, every night his boots get cleaned up, including soles, even if it is chucking down

You can imagine my delight when I ordered 4 map cases in black and one turned up in DPM! I rang the shop and they said "Don't worry we ran out of black ones but we havent charged you the extra for that!".

When I showed my mate he roared with laughther, "look an actions man's codpiece.. dear oh dear what a.... "

As a result I avoid DPM but he hasn't seen my dark blue Belgian(?) camo trousers yet, I can't wait to see his response.

My 12 year old daughter has a red/oranmge/yellow camo type pattern on a fleece, and his comment was "Christ on a bike under what conditions would that be described as a good camoflague?"

Her reply was "You worse nightmare" he thought that was hilarious. I never could fathom army humour.

Hmmm... As Mr T once said on The Simpsons: "I pity the fool who derives self-esteem from mocking other people's appearance".

 

[longshot]

what Greg said. :AR15firin

as for being Nutter, i don't suffer from insanity, i'm enjoying every minute of it



dean

 

[Bisamratte]

I don't give a monkeys if people want to wear cammo but certainly here in Surrey you do get some funny looks unless it's "Fashion Cammo"...lol
Bam.

maybe thats why its a fashion,....people give you funny looks

 

[wentworth]

what Greg said. :AR15firin

as for being Nutter, i don't suffer from insanity, i'm enjoying every minute of it



dean

Reminds me of the bit in Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods", where he is sleeping on a motel mattress and states "The previous owner had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it"

 

[Martyn]

I have a very few pieces of military kit, but I generally avoid it like the plague - unless it's an exceptionally good bit of kit, which isnt that common really.

I dont own any camo at all and frankly would rather walk through the woods wearing a big pink nappy, than be seen in DPM. I generally think of people wearing cammo, the same was as people carrying huge, spikey, cheap, ebay survival knives. We generally all point and laugh hysterically when we see a clearly non-military person togged head to toe in cammo, with shouts of "hey mate, dont forget to establish a perimeter" ..."lock and load" and "incomming" - or other such amusing quips. Please god dont let one sit next to me on a park bench or a bus.

OK, I'm joking ...a bit.

But I agree with Jay, there does seem to be a bit of a preoccupation with all things military at the moment.

 

[garbo]

camo does look silly in the supermarket but out in the field i do prefer it to all the designer gear you know name brand knives etc use what u got or can get i say

 

[Tengu]

A lot of my kit I traded yonks back with an army guy for a few models. (I estimate to buy it new would set you back at least £500) so its OG

I wouldnt wear DPM, not my style

I have the webbing set to go with my bergan. (never used it, but I like pouches.

Every day I have a bum bag (karromor raid 5) but its prone to slipping.

that or one of those nifty fishermans mutipocket waistcoats. (black)

 

[nickg]

Em what does it matter - really
Im more impressed by a bloke in DPM lighting his fire with a bowdrill than some overpaid poser clad head to foot in £600's worth of swanndri kit who wouldnt know a feather stick from a fly on his a**e.
Actually in those cases i tend to 'establish a perimeter' fairly quick.