Im gonna have a dabble myself and i may well end up stitchin it once its made as said its a unique sheath design if nowt else

Would you have to boil the water that comes out of a Millbank Bag anyway, to kill the bugs? Yup. millbank bags just filter out the larger bits of detritus. however it can hold back the particles that nasty bugs lurk on. boiling or chemical sterilisation is still necessary. ive done this with pools,...

Moochin through pInterest i found this
http://www.primitiveways.com/pt-knifesheath.html
I'm interested in the design as a simple knife carry option but I'm a little perplexed as to how the knife doesnt cut through the leather?
anyone made one before?
hows it work?

I've used Millbank bags for years now.
simple but effective. Dont take up too much space when not in use.As for the boiling well im usually wantin the water for tea anyways.......

Nice bavarian huntsmans pipe ringulf ive my eye out for one of those. Frog Morton is a swine to aquire here in the UK but i got a sampler recently. Its a good smoke. Tolkein used to smoke erinmore flake as well as navy flake. Sampled both erinmore is more to my liking than the navy flake. all the to...

I have a kindle version of DC's bushcraft 101. Good read. For books i go with-- Ray Mears Outdoor survival handbook. Split into seasons with the major needs covered each time and some seasonal varieties Mors Kochanski Bushcraft. Split into subjects such as fire craft knife craft sheltercraft etc. Ri...

Bought a copy of this. whilst not a big tome it definitely has a fair few useful pointers in it worth investing in for the library. for a scout/recon I can accept the no alcohol or tobacco suggestions but for long distance rangering when its as mmuchaabout long term living in the wilds I'm packing m...

That'd be the Emberverse series by S M Stirling.
a personal favourite of mine

next one is out in September looking forward to it already

Thanks for that.
and bonus its on sale in the UK too

Wilmas Nordic summer is a good rangeresque bug repellent.
I try and do a variety of stuff when out n about.
different fire lays,natural cordage,plant ID etc

I'm currently teaching myself fire by bowdrill. have had successful embers every day since Friday and now getting the position and technique sqaured away in my muscle memory. usually fires are lit with lighter or flint and steel. as an alternative to charcloth try a bit of lampwick. easily charred a...

Phew.that's a relief! I'm looking at some of the other courses the company runs with a mknd to doing the hunter gatherer eventually I'm a firm advocate of a mix of courses/formalised instruction and personal experimentation. Here in the UK all land is owned by somebody so it limits the possible opti...

As I stated at the beginning this wasn't done as a ranger trip so I hope it was ok to post.
That said I definately learnt things that I will apply when rangering.
It also highlighted to me what kit I pack that I consider is essential isn't and what I didn't have that I really missed

wet my whistle with some refreshing tepid boiled water and had a smoke and Chris decided to pay a visit to another of the participants Andrew and I elected to remain sat around the fire and chat, Joe made another appearance and told us if we wanted a brew to go grab one, after checking this wasn't s...

Once the fire was lit one member of the group went off with all our cook pots and collected water and food from two spots marked with a dot on the map. Meanwhile the other two continued gathering firewood and in my case squirrelled away any and every tinder i could find in case the fire went out. I ...