Swedish army mess kit
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Please use the sites search function and you will fine this topic has been asked time after time after time.
Please feel free to ask any question you want on this forum,not everyone uses the search function.Cheers
Absolutely, plus the search function doesn't work too well. And apart from that, if we only used the search function to find old topics, there would never be any new threads started.
Anyway, back to the question. On the pan part, I've engraved measurement marks in 100ml increments. I also got rid of that annoying hook and replaced the military burner with a civvy one.
I did modify mine.
Here's the thread; http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65668&highlight
Here's the thread; http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65668&highlight
It would help on the ever growing list of same old questions being asked if they did, THEN post an open question? plus people may have recieved some lessions from all the spurious stuff most forum search engines tend to throw up, so the original posters gets to learn and we don't read the same blooming questions time after time which can prove a tad tiresome after a few years.
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The marking of 100mm increments is a brilliant idea! And just about within my technical limits too
And if you do it at 100mm instead of 100ml you won't have to make so many marks...
Incidentally you can use search engines like Google to search just the BCUK site, that's what I usually do if the search is at all challenging. Like if there's more than one word in it. For example simply add " site:bushcraftuk.com" to the Google search.
Rik i did use the search feature but found little on what i was trying to ask, anyway thanks for the imput so far.
I was wondering if anyone knows the ml capacity of the fuel bottle it comes with.
JD when you changed the burner for the civvy model was there any diference other than the ammount of fuel it could take? ie stronger/weaker flame?
My kit so far.
Matches in Tik Tak container (pin under the box strip to clean stove vents if needed)
Syringe (for primeing)
Knife/Fork/Spoon/Tin Opener combo
Folding cup
Lighter with torch(white led)
I was wondering if anyone knows the ml capacity of the fuel bottle it comes with.
JD when you changed the burner for the civvy model was there any diference other than the ammount of fuel it could take? ie stronger/weaker flame?
My kit so far.
Matches in Tik Tak container (pin under the box strip to clean stove vents if needed)
Syringe (for primeing)
Knife/Fork/Spoon/Tin Opener combo
Folding cup
Lighter with torch(white led)
I found the civvy burner to be quicker to bloom and more reliable in colder temperatures (the military one failed to bloom at all in recent tests outside due to the cold). having the simmer ring on the civvy version is a major bonus too.
I shaved a stick to fit the D rings on the lid/cup handle, making a long and easy to grip handle that does not get red hot when used either on the stove as a lid or on a fire when used as a saucepan.
I also added a civvi simmer ring - it fits!
I also added a civvi simmer ring - it fits!
It's worth popping a cork drinks mat in there too for this weather. Keeps the burner off the cold floor.
I think it's the same as mine, but mine has a yellow label. Other than that it looks identical. Mine holds 284ml (just). That's half a pint.
I find the blue-flame style lighters better for lighting this kind of burner, you can heat a few spots of metal on the burner with the very hot, directional flame and even in cold weather it will get going quickly.
But Rik - if we all used the search engine, you wouldn't be able to go on other web-sites and complain about us being lazy about not using one - oh, and also - what was it exactly? - something about being wannabes and preoccupied with gucci-kit!
