When it snows and you make a big deal of wearing boots, olive green trousers, a million pocket body warmer vest, a belt with a folding shovel, and a flask, just to pop to the spar for a loaf of bread and a pint of milk, because "you never know"
You Know You're A Bushcrafter When...
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you know your a bushcrafter when your a regular viewer/poster on BCUK the greatest bushcrafty web site on the net
When you plan to travel across the A66 and hope to get stuck in any snow so you can try out your emergancy plan/kit.
Ain't it a small world.
As a student I spent 6 weeks in a tent just outside Abergwesyn. doing a survey of Abergwesyn common in the Irfon Valley for the ~Nature Conservancy. I had to sign the Official Secrets Act as there were Red Kites nesting there and in those days (1970's) they were almost extinct. Now they are everwhere - even down here in the Chilterns. Needless to say, I never saw a single kite during those 6 weeks.
But I've been going back to the the Irfon Valley ever since.
Last Autumn I too the train to Llanwrtyd, walked up the Irfon Valley to the Devil's Staircase, then took a right over the hills to the Elan Valley - down to Rhayader and then a bus and train back home to Herts.
It was a dream weekend!
As a student I spent 6 weeks in a tent just outside Abergwesyn. doing a survey of Abergwesyn common in the Irfon Valley for the ~Nature Conservancy. I had to sign the Official Secrets Act as there were Red Kites nesting there and in those days (1970's) they were almost extinct. Now they are everwhere - even down here in the Chilterns. Needless to say, I never saw a single kite during those 6 weeks.
But I've been going back to the the Irfon Valley ever since.
Last Autumn I too the train to Llanwrtyd, walked up the Irfon Valley to the Devil's Staircase, then took a right over the hills to the Elan Valley - down to Rhayader and then a bus and train back home to Herts.
It was a dream weekend!
That is sooooo true!When you arrive 1 day late to a camp, and everybody is sitting in the rain with no fire ( because it's too wet out to get one going) and thinking of taking there soggy behinds home early, and in 10 min, you get a nice big fire going and pitch a couple of tarps. Everybody is amazed, but you think it's no big deal for any of us B.C'ers.
P.s. I did get to drink a lot of Free beverages that trip!
...when, in a winter like this, you have an axe, knife and firesteel in the boot of your car, and snowboots in the front seat (to keep 'em warm) ....
... and you actually HOPE you'll get snowed in with your car somewhere so you can USE them! (ah, Badger74 beat me to it)
...when your insulation jackets and coat have been washed....and still smell of smoke...
...when you Google all kit bits mentioned in this thread.... (Marbles Hunters Axe here: http://www.ebladestore.com/knives/MR009DB.html )
Right lady:
When you give her a Trangia stove for her birthday and she looks at you with misty puppy eyesuppy_dog: (For me???? Really?!?!?) and then jumps in your arms and tells you she loves you!
(serves me right - I borrow her warmer sleeping bag for this weather
)
PS: found another fun 'un: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdrfd81PeeM&feature=related
... and you actually HOPE you'll get snowed in with your car somewhere so you can USE them!
(ah, Badger74 beat me to it)...when your insulation jackets and coat have been washed....and still smell of smoke...
...when you Google all kit bits mentioned in this thread.... (Marbles Hunters Axe here: http://www.ebladestore.com/knives/MR009DB.html
) Right lady:
When you give her a Trangia stove for her birthday and she looks at you with misty puppy eyes
uppy_dog: (For me???? Really?!?!?) and then jumps in your arms and tells you she loves you! (serves me right - I borrow her warmer sleeping bag for this weather
)PS: found another fun 'un: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdrfd81PeeM&feature=related
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...you appear in family holiday photos dressed like Ray Mears...
(and the rest of the family aren't)
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(and the rest of the family aren't)
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you know your a bushcrafter when....
you re-sharpen old stanley blades ..better than original
you own a strange shaped stick
you own at least one tool with a home made handle
your 5 year olds have knives "they will grow in to "
you know where to buy cheap ration packs and para cord
you own one knife you will never use
you dont pay the same for a tent as burger and chips and expect it to keep you dry.
you can tell wich way north is
right this very second you have somthing attached to your body you made yourself
(quote wilderbeast)... You pick things up and eat them from the hedge, not because you're hungary but because you know you can. this one sums it up for me more than any other comment nice one m8
you re-sharpen old stanley blades ..better than original
you own a strange shaped stick
you own at least one tool with a home made handle
your 5 year olds have knives "they will grow in to "
you know where to buy cheap ration packs and para cord
you own one knife you will never use
you dont pay the same for a tent as burger and chips and expect it to keep you dry.
you can tell wich way north is
right this very second you have somthing attached to your body you made yourself
(quote wilderbeast)... You pick things up and eat them from the hedge, not because you're hungary but because you know you can. this one sums it up for me more than any other comment nice one m8
snipped some bits out.
yup i have a paracord braclet on my wrist... and i'm tidying up a pair of snips from work....
when you keep spare boots, w/proofs and gloves in your boot along with a fire bow set (of which i am guilty)
when you can tell what the weathers going to be simply by smell or watching the wildlife
when you buy a wrist watch because it has a compass and thermomiter built in (again guilty)
when youll spend an hour cleaning your boots but only 15mins hovering the mud youve trapsed through the house
when your dog is utterly convinced its been re-incarnated as a mobile pillow
when your kids can build shelters that dont leak, the dog can sniff out edable mushrooms and the wife likes the smell of wood smoke -considering it as an aftershave replacement and you know how to cook road kill but none of you can find the remote because it doesnt smell or grow and the video settings are a mystery
lee
when you can tell what the weathers going to be simply by smell or watching the wildlife
when you buy a wrist watch because it has a compass and thermomiter built in (again guilty)
when youll spend an hour cleaning your boots but only 15mins hovering the mud youve trapsed through the house
when your dog is utterly convinced its been re-incarnated as a mobile pillow
when your kids can build shelters that dont leak, the dog can sniff out edable mushrooms and the wife likes the smell of wood smoke -considering it as an aftershave replacement and you know how to cook road kill but none of you can find the remote because it doesnt smell or grow and the video settings are a mystery
lee
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
... when you consider cutting your own hair with your knife.
... when, having cut your own hair, the wife refuses to be seen in Tescos with you and makes you wait in the car.
...when the neigbours dogs begin stalking you thinking you're a really big rabbit cos you smell like the outdoors.
... when just because you could use matches it doesn't feel right to do so.
... when you watch post apocalyptic films (Postman, MadMax2) and you pick fault with them instead of enjoying it.
... when you begin mentally ticking off on your fingers why resorting to cannibalism isn't such a bad thing.
No I'm not a bushcrafter but I aspire to be one day. Great thread fellas, really refreshing to read people confident enough to laugh at themsleves.
... when, having cut your own hair, the wife refuses to be seen in Tescos with you and makes you wait in the car.
...when the neigbours dogs begin stalking you thinking you're a really big rabbit cos you smell like the outdoors.
... when just because you could use matches it doesn't feel right to do so.
... when you watch post apocalyptic films (Postman, MadMax2) and you pick fault with them instead of enjoying it.
... when you begin mentally ticking off on your fingers why resorting to cannibalism isn't such a bad thing.
No I'm not a bushcrafter but I aspire to be one day. Great thread fellas, really refreshing to read people confident enough to laugh at themsleves.
Old thread but... You realise you just spent 23 minutes watching a YouTube of a fat bloke you've never met making a cup of tea in his back garden....
-You test your latest "survival credit card toolythingy" by cutting up post-its at your office desk.
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