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As you all probably know Ultimate Survival went bust at the end of last year. If you dont know who Ultimate survival is they made the blast match among other things. Well there is some good news Chris Venti of General Electric has bought all the assets of the old company and has started to...

Where is BCUK going? In my own opinion and many other peoples opinions BCUK has really taken a downwards turn. Posts and entire threads are being removed by over zealous moderators to the point that personal opinions are now being removed. The entire membership, post with the fear that...

Does anyone know were i can get a ready supply of good quality goat skins?

You can now thanks to Gabbly chat with anyone on the same web site as you. Just go to Gabbly HERE and enter the site URL. HERE is the Gabbly link to BCUK

I got a fire steel from here some time ago and was not overly happy with it when it turned up, it was uncomfirtable to hold and although it throws a spark they are very poor weak sparks but i never had anything to compare it with; until this weekend when Bam brought his along to a Clan meet. His...

Santa brought me a Zebra 16cm cook pot. It is one solid lump of a pot, nearly as solid as my Bakelite handled pan. It has a very sturdy handle that locks the lid in place when the handle is up, the locks are made of plastic so time will tell how they will last over an open fire although it...

Yesterday I completed my first knife handle. I decided to replace the handle on an old Frost Clipper and decided I wanted to use Yew. I carved the basic shape using a knife then used a rasp file to refine the shape. I then used varying grades of sand paper and Linseed Oil to finish the handle...

Four men rescued from the Cairngorms after being stranded overnight in blizzards have been criticised for their lack of navigational skills. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4467894.stm I hope this is no one from this forum!

Today I have been going through my tracking photos and thinking of my tracking trip and I started thinking about track markers, I normally use upturned leaves or reed stems or anything that will stand out from it surroundings to mark the spoors but I was thinking of using something else that...

Has anyone done a tracking course and if so which one? I am thinking of doing the Natural Pathways, Tracking One Course and work through to complete all three courses.

I am sure someone posted a link to a new UK supplier of FjallRaven a couple of days ago but i cant find it now. Can someone post some links please. I have googled but cant find the supplier.

Whilst shopping in Sainsbury’s today I came across some Halloween branded products. Amongst them I noticed some light sticks for 99p. Ok I know light sticks have little use other than marking things and most of you lot wont have a use for them but I thought I would purchase a couple to see if...

The forum is very slow tonight, especially when loading the community front page :banghead:

Hi all I’m new to the forum but not new to life in the field. It looks to be a great site. Adi