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    sak fakes on ebay

    sorry i have't posted i work nights i took it to a shop that sells them if mine is real the QC must have been on sick the stamps match up but- the main blade is slightly thiner and the saws slightly thicker? also the saw teeth ave still got burrs hanging off right along i can't see...
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    sak fakes on ebay

    hi all first post in ages i've got a sak huntsman and am sure it's a fake could someone post a pic of what it says on the blade on theirs please mine says swiss made not switzerland like the 4 others i've got the main blade is about 1mm thiner and the saws not right am sending it back but...
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    Shelter???

    bracken + wildlife tracks = ticks they hang on the tip of bracken just waiting to jump on to you i've only been in the woods about 4 weeks out of this year and i've pulled loads out over 10 easy
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    I've actually done some bushcraft

    well done jodie!:You_Rock_ woodsmoke's like pokeimon or what ever it's called once you've been on one coruse you what to do them all when i was on a woodlander there was someone with a bad back they done the bowdrill on one of the logs you/we sit on round the fire he still needed to put...
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    Anyone going to the Wilderness Gathering?

    i'll be there too i left it a bit late to book in case the f+m kicked off top tip don't go mad on the cider!
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    Anyone use a Magnesium Fire Starter

    the best thing to do is drill holes in it with a power drill at home til it's all gone and put the shaveings in a tub then mix it with your tinder as needed on it's own it will flash burn-blink and it's gone
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    wilderness gathering? will it still go ahead?

    dos anyone know if it will be called off due to foot n mouth? as it's on a farm? i hope not
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    Eric floods, me earthquakes!

    don't use your lighter to see in the dark there may be gas leaks! you'll light the place up- but in a bad way! same for firesteels however there are a good signal at night
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    Lonely Ferret?

    my dad use to have ferrets and made a hammock for them! he made it out of a sandbag put a small hole in the middle-ferret crawls in the hole and swings about looking happy:)
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    Commando Wire Saws

    i've snaped alot of them when all i had was the sas handbook and a home made tin like said before it's best to make a bow saw with it swap the rings for para cord so they won't cut in to your hands helps as well
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    Bear Grylls

    more like man vs wild duck+lobster and the maze of a 5 star hotel:D
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    the survival handbook

    it's the book that i leaned the bow drill with so i never sell mine
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    Red Squirrel Encounter - How Rare?

    i ve seen one by lowswater in the lakes but i was not really looking for them a tree had been cut back i was looking at it as you do there was a clicking noise i looked up and one was looking down at me it then run off down the branch i think reds like it in the trees more than the ground...
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    Soldering/Brazing Stainless Steel rods

    a arc welder would be no good a mig set would work but the stainless wire will cost a bit and you maybe only use 6" of it finding some one with a tig set would be your best bet
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    fire from a chocolate bar and a coke can

    i did'it mean the ink it's like pressed in to the steel mainly a 4 on coke cans and 46 or 36 on a beer can they stick out or down only faint s.o.r.r.y red i sould have put it better at first
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    fire from a chocolate bar and a coke can

    i was thinking about trying it but all the cans i look at seem to have a number stamped on? would it stop it working?
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    Some book ideas

    lofty's sas handbook has a good knots bit in it can't think of a book just on knots?
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    420 J2 stainless steel

    i've got some hibbin throwing knives and a buck they seem alot softer to me i have not really used them as knives i just have the odd throw they hit each other and the gound when i miss they can take a beating i'll give them that i would't throw 01
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    chemical fire

    if you mix it with sugar about 60% p.p and 40 sugar it will light with a firesteel:D
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    Help!!!

    i would put cutting tools safey-use and dos and don'ts first it may save a bit of first aid later on