What did you buy today?

[Nice65]

Nice price. I have a fair bit, hence buying the heater but if I wanted another 16l in 4l canisters it would cost £46 delivered so it’s a fair bit more expensive. It’s annoying to have to buy it online, but the only stuff in the hardware shops here is Class 2 kero and it’s certainly not for domestic.

A 20l can is £60, a lot more! Prices don’t vary much either, Dry-It-Out LTD have been superb to deal with for both the heater and the fuel. The first heater had an ignition problem and the spark wasn’t jumping across the wick. I could have easily just bent it but they said leave it and picked up and replaced the very next morning.

Paraffin Archives - Dry-it-Out Limited

Pre-Pac C1 and Ultra Low Sulphur Paraffin Extra ROLF in 16 Litre and 20 Litre packs. Next day delivery as standard. Discounts for quantity.

dry-it-out.com

 

[Mesquite]

Nice price. I have a fair bit, hence buying the heater but if I wanted another 16l in 4l canisters it would cost £46 delivered so it’s a fair bit more expensive. It’s annoying to have to buy it online, but the only stuff in the hardware shops here is Class 2 kero and it’s certainly not for domestic.

A 20l can is £60, a lot more! Prices don’t vary much either, Dry-It-Out LTD have been superb to deal with for both the heater and the fuel. The first heater had an ignition problem and the spark wasn’t jumping across the wick. I could have easily just bent it but they said leave it and picked up and replaced the very next morning.

Paraffin Archives - Dry-it-Out Limited

Pre-Pac C1 and Ultra Low Sulphur Paraffin Extra ROLF in 16 Litre and 20 Litre packs. Next day delivery as standard. Discounts for quantity.

dry-it-out.com

I get my odourless kerosene from Rye Oil. Currently £51.96 for 20lts and they do next business day delivery.

 

[Herman30]

Olight Oclip.
Attached it to my edc-bag. There is a small pen slot on the end of the bag, perfect for a small flashlight with a clip.
This way, if I need light right now, there is no need to search in the bag. Just push the light switch.
I carry the bag on my left side so the light is pointing forward.

 

[Tengu]

I found a pure wool blanket at the charity shop; £3.95.

 

[billycoen]

Olight Oclip.
Attached it to my edc-bag. There is a small pen slot on the end of the bag, perfect for a small flashlight with a clip.
This way, if I need light right now, there is no need to search in the bag. Just push the light switch.
I carry the bag on my left side so the light is pointing forward.

Olight Oclip.
Attached it to my edc-bag. There is a small pen slot on the end of the bag, perfect for a small flashlight with a clip.
This way, if I need light right now, there is no need to search in the bag. Just push the light switch.
I carry the bag on my left side so the light is pointing forward.

I bought a couple of bike lights from Poundland,one white,one red,does the same thing.That olight looks vey tidy though.

 

[Tengu]

Halloween reduction.

A tube of 15 glow sticks for £1

 

[GreyCat]

Yesterday. Ordered some more Welsh heritage variety apple trees from Ian Sturrock plus a Welsh grapevine. They had run out of the ones I wanted last year, this time I got in at the start of Bare Root Season.

GC

 

[oldtimer]

Next year's diary insert. Good to be reminded there's a future.

 

[Woody girl]

Woodland mushroom and wild garlic, hand cooked crisps.
Very yummy. Should have bought two packets!

 

[haptalaon]

Did a bit of shopping for useful things I've needed for a while:

- a Mora chisel knife, for splitting down kindling (especially the tough ready to burn kindling)
- some smurf poo for stropping
- a billy can with a handle, a lid and a spout, which is going to do double duty as my camp cup, but I liked the versatility of the spout. It might replace my big pan as my wild camping container.
- a rucksack I don't hate every moment of interacting with. My old one was from a 2nd hand shop, cost pennies, and was perfectly servicsble, but not for the kind of camping I do.

In particular, I want to try cooking outdoors more, so I hope this will help.

 

[Furbles]

I picked this up at the Sharp Show last weekend...

 

[Ozmundo]

New tooth, that's the savings gone! But had to be done. I didn't cry (much).

Funky coloured paracord, I keep weaving bits and bobs for my friends.

 

[ijohnson]

I picked this up at the Sharp Show last weekend...

Nice knife, but I'm really intrigued by the piece of paper underneath it! What's the back-story there?

 

[Furbles]

Nice knife, but I'm really intrigued by the piece of paper underneath it! What's the back-story there?

Woodlore have included a note on the law on carrying knives in the UK in their boxes for quite a long time.

 

[Trojan]

Some more 550 paracord

 

[Woody girl]

My washing machine is kaput, so I've been handwashing and my long time ago dislocated wrist isn't happy trying to wring out the handwashing.
Today, I found a large salad spinner in the charity shop and had a brainwave.
Bought it for a couple of quid, did some handwashing of socks and undies, and spun them in the salad spinner, instead of trying to wring them out. Worked a treat!
Not a shiny bushcraft thing, but certainly a handy off grid solution. I'm a genius!

 

[Nice65]

My washing machine is kaput, so I've been handwashing and my long time ago dislocated wrist isn't happy trying to wring out the handwashing.
Today, I found a large salad spinner in the charity shop and had a brainwave.
Bought it for a couple of quid, did some handwashing of socks and undies, and spun them in the salad spinner, instead of trying to wring them out. Worked a treat!
Not a shiny bushcraft thing, but certainly a handy off grid solution. I'm a genius!

Fairly sure you could repurpose the back end of your motorbike and get a 3000rpm spin going

 

[Woody girl]

Fairly sure you could repurpose the back end of your motorbike and get a 3000rpm spin going

Wonderful idea Rich. Could you send me your plans to convert a 750 shaft drive to power a little plastic pump action salad spinner please? I just so have to have a go at drying my undies like that. We could make a fortune between us!

 

[ijohnson]

My washing machine is kaput, so I've been handwashing and my long time ago dislocated wrist isn't happy trying to wring out the handwashing.
Today, I found a large salad spinner in the charity shop and had a brainwave.
Bought it for a couple of quid, did some handwashing of socks and undies, and spun them in the salad spinner, instead of trying to wring them out. Worked a treat!
Not a shiny bushcraft thing, but certainly a handy off grid solution. I'm a genius!

I used to have cause to hand wash many tea-towels in a field!
I can't tell you how much I loved the mangle that we had!

 

[Pattree]

We used to use a huge cast iron mangle with wooden rollers when we did car wash fund raising. They cost a fortune these days!