What's the latest bit of kit you've bought and why?

[benp1]

Gransfors Wildlife Hatchet
Trangia (on its way)

 

[twisted firestarter]

This......

because it's a beaut to paddle and feels like a little bit of history

That is one seriously nice canoe!

I watched Water Walker for the first time last week and got all doey-eyed looking at the canoe. Maybe I had better start saving

Can you send me a PM when you have worked out the price.

Back on thread- last purchase was a Golite Hex 3 tipi tent because I heard they're so good (and they really are), I spent a few nights in heavy rain and strong winds and it didn't even flinch . Packsize is nice and compact too so it fits in my smallest backpack.

 

[moab]

Tommy the Cat,
Managed to get a picture of the liard firebox.
ATB

 

[topknot]

A Tatonka stainless bottle 300 so it can go in the dishwasher after using milk in it for work.

 

[Sickboy]

Further to my last reply, and it being pay day on friday with no outgoings (so far) due and a weak dollar at the moment i've spent a lot of time browsing this site http://www.llbean.com/ It's all just soooooooo cheap

 

[BUSTABOO]

hopefully when it arrives a nice leather sheath for my frost of rapidboy complete with firesteel holder,they look great and i cant wait to get it


cheers rapid

 

[Brendan]

Gas for the jetboil

 

[Cairodel]

Hi All,

Just wondering, what's the latest bit of kit you've brought and why? I thought it might be a good way of seeing if there are any trends and adding things to a "wish list" for the future.

I've just brought one of those niffty looking pocket folding stoves (seconds) as they look like a handy alternative to camping gas and hexi cookers.

I've also just brought this! Because I've always wanted one.



Cheers,
J

Are we talking about brought.. as in "bring with you", or "bought" as in 'purchased'..???

 

[Squidders]

Purchased I believe

 

[floris]

A new barbour moorland jacket verry nice

 

[Bogman10]

A new Swanndri Ranger shirt. I have one already but is to large ( unless I put it over a couple of heavier layers, best for Canadian fall and Winter ) But I found it perfect with just a t-shirt under it in the morning when in the rockies last month , so I dropped down a Size!
Cheers.

 

[jamie18thmo]

Please forgive my appallingly confusing spelling Cairodel! A thousand apologies!
Have you purchased anything interesting lately? A canoe of the desert perhaps?
J

 

[dtalbot]

Splashed out on the Paramo 2 for 1 travel shirts offer for me and bought the kids one of the Decathlon tarps so they dont keep pinching my Ozzie hootchie!

 

[Toddy]

2 space blankets for a £ and a packet of hammer in two part large eyelets from Millets £2.99 and a pink Swiss Card for £7.50

I'm a cheapskate and I really don't need any more kit, but it's amazing how many *good things* lie in wait

cheers,
Toddy

 

[JulianWormwood]

Yesterday was shopping day;
3 man ultralite tent
ultralite sleeping mat
silk sleeping bag liner
tarp and poles
picnic blanket (the beloveds idea)
a hiking shirt and pair of lightweight hiking trousers

The joys of shopping in Decathlon, one stop for all your reasonable quality needs.

 

[David B]

Swedish Trangia cooker

To keep the weight down on a cross scotland canoe trip (Rannoch Moor to Perth)
And because my MSR dragonfly sounds like a flight of F10 tankbusters.

 

[Yonderer]

I've always wanted a handmade scandi grind bush knife. A friend in Alaska started making knives recently and I bought this one from him.
It has a 1/8" thick 4 5/8" differentially hardened O-1 tool steel blade. It's hardened to 59-60 on the edge making for ease of sharpening but still holding an edge well.
The handle is linen micarta.

It should arrive at the end of the week. I can't wait to give it a workout!

The sheath for it is the one on the left.

 

[lou1661]

i got this....



Because????? I wanted to.

lou

P.S. Cheers Stu its fantastic!!!

 

[British Red]

I like that Alaskan jobby Yonderer - nice fine lines - it should be a demon for slicing and push cuts. I'd be interested to hear how you get on with it since Scandys are far less common over there

Red

 

[SOAR]

Thats a nice knife Lou what wood is it handled with?.