where did you get the abseiling rings? i saw a video of a very good fast hammock setup with them on youtube
What did you buy today?
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where did you get the abseiling rings? i saw a video of a very good fast hammock setup with them on youtube
ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281189292317?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
cheap [£10 for 5] but from china so postage will be awhile, but I'm in no rush....
Yep web slings, climbing rings and cord seems to be a really light, simple, easily adjustable system - I even though about using 2mm dyneema cord, but 3mm has that bit higher breaking strain - I'm not partiucularly heavy but I'd rather not wake up on the ground and I don't care how strong something is 2mm just looks too small to trust [mind you 3mm is still pretty thin!!].
A new frying pan for the kitchen, as the old (20+ years) is developing some wok shaped tendencies and no longer sits on the hob properly.
I think it's a Coleman camp oven, like this thread: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117098
(I was curious too!)
highlander forces 65 in olive
DD large tarp
web tex folding stove
and a crossbow
ok, since my last confession(yes, i see this thread as a confessional
) i have purchased:goretex dpm jacket and trousers http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117619
dd frontline hammock http://www.ddhammocks.com/product/dd-frontline-hammock
lanskey 4 rod turn box sharpener http://www.heinnie.com/Turn-Box-Four-Rod/p-0-0-4559/
two 'zombie' themed 30m lengths of paracord http://www.heinnie.com/Paracord/Atwood-Rope-Company/Zombie-Edition-Paracord/p-623-896-11128/
set of 3 waterproof stuff sacks as i need to be more organised rather than just throwing everything into my bag http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/rucksacks-bags/dd-waterproof-stuff-sacks.htm
hammock sleeve http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/shelter-sleep/dd-hammock-sleeve.htm
whoopie slings http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/shelter-sleep/whoopie-slings.htm
tree huggers http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/shelter-sleep/tree-huggers.htm
and a pair of mess tins http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/outdoor-kitchen/mess-tins-for-bushcraft-camping.htm
of all of the above, most dont need a review, some have been reviewed to death, but i will probably do a little review of the lanskey turn box as ive spent quite a while trying to work out what to buy as a first sharpener and this has stood out in my price vs reviews contest i do when buying kit.
now i must stop buying things, i have everything i need to really enjoy the outdoors comfortably, there is no need for me to buy anything else anytime soon
apart from a dehydrator
Just bought 2 Nalgene Oasis canteens. A green one for myself and a ruby red one for my daughter.
I've read that the dyneema cords doesn't fair too well between the rings https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g...sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=garda+hitch+dyneema&safe=off what material would you recommend instead?
Just won the E-bay auction on this:
Geuine Palco from the 1960s with the deeper biilycan. Not like the cheap ones today.
Geuine Palco from the 1960s with the deeper biilycan. Not like the cheap ones today.
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yes Chinese made, the heavy duty green handle ones, equivalent to the Mora clipper. at three quid, if they are anything like the reviews I will be well happy!
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Your first e-reader? I still feel slightly guilty using mine, though I don't think ill go back to dead tree books.
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i have one of them, its pretty good tbh, i thought i got a bargain at 6 quid, where did you find them at 3 quid?
Some arrived for me today. Got 100ft of the light blue stuff. Very pleased with it.
powertoolsdirect, postage is a bit steep but if you group buy like me and a friend did the postage evens out, tax and postage added about a pound a knife, they have the standard orange craftsman for about £2.50!
Yeah I'd heard that [just after I'd ordered the bloomin stuff
] I'm not particularly heavy so I'm going to go with it for now and pay close attention to the dyneema every time I set up.Funnily enough that is the same page I read that on [and the only one I've come across sharing that particular peice of advise] it recommends sheathed spectra or Titan cord.
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Hmmmm I've just looked up titan cord and guess what.... it has a dyneema core - apart from being thicker I'm not sure what the difference is - maybe it has a more resiliant cover???
and it appears that dyneema and spectra are actually the same stuff - one manufactured by the dutch the other manufactured by Americans - not sure why one would be better than the other???
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At the local market today Fi managed to grab herself a Fox rostFrei Knife £5 and a 1941 Collins and Co machete £5
