When your every day car/house key chain has a sak, firesteel, paracord, magnifying glass and a compass attached to it.
And a whistle, and a peanut lighter - both wrapped with elastic bands because they burn so well ( just in case the birch bark in your pocket doesn't).When you tell the wife its a nice night for a fire in the garden, and its chucking it down.
When an afternoon spent practicing tarp configuartions in the garden seems perfectly normal, as does photographing the dogs sheltering in said tarps.
When a friend (sitting in the garden drinking beer) talks about how nice it would be to have one of those "Ray Mears fire sticks" and seconds later you have made a small blaze from whats in your pockets.
When work colleagues are no longer surprised you turn up to social functions in craghopper kiwis and your smartest boots.
When you've looked on google earth to find some local woods.
You have more green coats than underpants, and change them more often too.
When you go on a once in a lifetime trip to Nepal and even as the flights are being booked think " I can get a Khukri!"
When you thought that, despite already having a Khukri that your MOTHER IN LAW brought back because she knew you would want one.
When you bring back standing dead wood from a walk.
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