Your Best Bushcraft Bargains? Top kit you got for peanuts.

[jacko1066]

I think my best bargain I have had recently is my paramo velez adventure smock.

Amazing bit of kit, it is in immaculate condition, I paid £40 for it off of here!!

A close 2nd though is my artic dpm smock, £6 off ebay and I absolutely love it, along with 2 dirt cheap army wool pullovers!!

Great bits of kit.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Biker]

Nope; RTI Military Surplus

A great store, no affiliation..

TurboGirl took me to that warehouse last year. I was like a kid in a candy store! Came out with 2 large bags full of stuff. It's a goldmine folks it really is, and extremely reasonable prices too. No affiliation just a very gloating, bargain laden and very satisfied customer.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Ex Army Issue Desert Cammpo tarp, £9. Got two. Very robust, very waterproof.


Tarp Windbreak - survived 67mph gusts undamaged by Scotstechy, on Flickr

 

[Bowlander]

Leatherman supertool, gerber diesel, 40mm grenade ammo tins and a steel mug. All FOC thanks to the MOD! Found on a training area, unit must have been bumped during a night ex. Bonus!

 

[santaman2000]

A few years ago I went to a "Beast Feast" at a local church (not my own) It was a supper of wild game killed by members of the congregation. I don't remember the exact price of the supper but it included entry into the drawings for door prizes that had been donated by local sporting goods stoes. I won an Old Man tree stand (which sold for about $120 at the time) for the price of my supper. Similar to this one:

My priest won a new compound bow although I don't remember the make or model. I'm sure he's putting it to good use now as he's since moved to Colorado.

 

[MertzMan]

I got a set of Timberland Goretex boots reduced from £130 odd to £35 inc next day delivery. They where a return due to a 2cm scuff on the heel and the fact they're a clown size 13.5! I don't think I'll ever be so lucky again.

 

[Graham_S]

I found an old dutch oven in an Oxfam shop for £3.50

 

[crucible]

My best bargains have been:

- got 4 Mora knives for a closeout price of £5.00 for the lot.

- Found a Mora camp knive in the backcountry just off a trailhead- the wood handle was rotting away, but I rehandled it and put a bolster on it that I made from Canadian dollar coin.

- scored a Swanndri Mosgiel jacket on ebay.uk for under £70.0, then had the added bonus of not having to pay for shipping because I discovered that the seller was local.

- Found a Petzl Tac Tikka headlamp in the snow, along with a pair of Giorgio Armani spectacles- thought they might have been attached to someone who might also be buried, but a thorough search with my avalanche probe showed nothing, so they
probably fell out of someone's pack at a rest stop or a ski crash.

- Finally, last year I decided to get into archery, thanks to my daughter showing an interest in the sport after reading and seeing the "Hunger Games". I managed to get a free bow and archery lessons from one of my friends who is a semi-pro archer;
he competes nationally in FITA tournaments. His mentorship and coaching have opened me up to a new sport and martial art.

 

[ADz-1983]

I got a Xero 350 from eBay, Brand new but without packaging/stuff sack, RRP was £280 but I got it for £160.

I emailed ME and they sent me replacement compression and lofting bags free of charge

 

[Rich83]

I brought a full trangia with two burners at a car boot for a quid

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[mbiraman]

Last month my neighbors gave me a 3.5 point Hudson Bay Blanket.

bill

 

[BearInTheWoods]

Some kit supplied by a former student, it was bought by the MOD for Afghan and never used, and was due for the bonfire. He was kind enough to chuck some stuff in a couple of boxes and post them to me. The rest of it his blokes found a way to 'spirit' back to the UK and ended up on Ebay.

Karrimor SF Sabre 45; PLCE pouches for same; 2 Multimat self-inflating mats; Jetboil kit; Etrex GPS that I haven't worked out how to operate yet; couple of quite nice gonk bags.

I bought him a pint in exchange.

 

[Teepee]

Brand new green and O/D Sprayway Gore-Tex jacket from charity shop- £10
BNWT Highlander 33l pack from Oxfam- £10
Mountain Hardwear Grid baselayer- £4
Baffin Doug Stoup polar boots delivered from the states- £75 all in
Orange Sympatex waterproof, charity shop- £50p
2x Cashmere sweater, charity shop- £4
Sabre side pouches from surplus shop- £4
BN Lowe alpine reversible base layer, charity shop- £4.50
Lidl Angorra base layers-£7 each

 

[jacko1066]

Latest one for me although not very bushy, won a Thermarest neo air xlite for £43!!

Bargain!!

 

[Buggane]

a box of tinder free from the woods, all i had to do was pick it up no no no in all seriousness I don't think I've actually had a bushcraft bargain of any note, hence my empty wallet haha

 

[John Fenna]

Merino double bed sized blanket for 50p - OK it was bright orange until I dyed it - but still a bargain!
The next orange Merino blanket I found had had a strip cut off one side reducing its width by about 4" - and that one cost me £4! ... rip off .... ?

 

[MartiniDave]

Nice fine, unused as far as I could tell, whetstone for 50p. Way finer than 6000 grit waterstones, hardly need to strop after using.

Dave

 

[presterjohn]

Where to start? Thanks to car boot sales I have been very lucky with my bushy stuff. Off the top of my head the following have been hoovered up by me at the Ketch car boot sale in Worcester:-

3/4 Army style Thermerest £2.00
442 Dual fuel stove with cover and Coleman dual fuel lamp both unused £35.00 for the pair
Army Bergan very fresh looking £10
Basha £4.00
Army Poncho (newer type) £4.00
Camelback DDPM £8.00
F1 stove + Gas £5.00
Army Goretex Jacket very fresh looking and fatty sized!! £5.00
Milbank bag £1.00
Esbit stove + Fuel £1.00
OD Bergan side pouches + Harness £5.00
Camping Gaz cooker and lamp in the boxes with unused gas £6.00 the pair
Ordinary Arms rucksack in great condition £3.00
Leather portrait shaped satchel 50p
Leather Australian Stetson £2.00
Vango tents several models that retailed at over £100 I got for around £13.00

Loads more stuff but details escape me at the moment. I will update as I think of them.