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Paganwolf
25-08-2004, 19:40
Just thought id tell you about my new purchases :shock: I bought a Carinthia 3 Gore-Tex bivvi http://www.finnrappel.fi/carinthia.htm (http://www.finnrappel.fi) today lovely pice of light weight kit friend of mine tested it out for a bushcraft company, ive had it out today coupled with a basha and a multi mat/sleepingbag its hard to beat for that open air feel !! also i bought a spork! :o): lol, its a titanium cross between a spoon and a fork i got it from Field and trek, round your kneck with a length of para cord youll never lose your eating irons again. also im testing a highlander 33ltr day sack ill let you know how it is(anyone else got one let me kow what u think) at 25 quid it seems a nice well made bit of kit plenty of features [URL=http://www.silvermans.co.uk/Silver/docs/topframe.htm] check out forces 33 day sack on this link, air mesh back padding, waterproof cover ect.. how about reviewing bits of stuff youve just bought? Also!!!!! get yourself down to QD's its a highstreet cheapo shop LED lights for 99p and Carabina's with an LED torch fitted to it for £1.45 bargain :yikes:
Spork?
Thats a Runcible (sp?) Spoon! Of the Owl and Pussy Cat fame. :o):
Paganwolf
25-08-2004, 21:00
LOL its a marvel :o): half fork half spoon made of titanium it made me chuckle so i bought it :wink: ill have to take a pikkie of it n show you!
Well I've got a pea green boat (Coleman Canadian Canoe) you bring the mince and slices of quince and we'll go for a picnic. But I ain't marryin' you :yikes:
dave750gixer
26-08-2004, 18:00
I carry a spork as EDC. Use it at work for my lunch and when eating takeaways when out on the ****.
Used to always carry cutlery as a student but too heavy and kept stabbing my side with a proper fork in my bikers jacket inside pocket. Changed to plastic but always broke. Recently discovered the Titanium spork perfect. Not as sharp tines so not as dangerous. light and tough
Paganwolf
26-08-2004, 19:34
Another Spork user!! :o): i bet every one thought i was mad and making it up!! thanks for the backup!! :super:
SquirrelBoy
26-08-2004, 19:42
Bit of a funny question but does the Spork hold liquid OK?
I wondered about getting one and if it was much use in the spoon dept? :o):
Squidders
26-08-2004, 21:40
Why is it a spork and not a foon? :?:
Why is it a spork and not a foon?
Its a matter of durability and maintenance. Its neccersary to constantly buff foon's....Whereas Sporks, naturaly, live long and prosper.
Paganwolf
26-08-2004, 22:16
Well it will make your soup last longer! :wink: and i wouldnt enter a custard eating comp with one but its one of those things that you never needed but is nice to have :naughty:
Squidders
26-08-2004, 22:17
aaaahhhh.... that was uncalled for!!! :uu:
stuart f
26-08-2004, 22:19
Theres a photo on here somewhere of a spork,try old threads on spoons.
Its a matter of durability and maintenance. Its neccersary to constantly buff foon's....Whereas Sporks, naturaly, live long and prosper.
BRAVO !!! :-) :-) :-) :rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Paganwolf
26-08-2004, 22:25
Hey what about carving a spork!! lol quick wheres me knife!!! :rolmao: :rolmao:
MagiKelly
26-08-2004, 22:42
Hey I have a spork and a pea grean coleman canoe, does that make me king?:nana:
dave750gixer
27-08-2004, 13:31
I've eaten soup and custard with my spork. The bowl is a bit shallow but it does ok. The shallow bowl probably being more of a problem than the gaps between the tines. For thick gloopy liquids no problems as they dont seem to flow through the gaps anyway . tines make it more difficult to scrape out those last morsels from the cup/bowl/pot though. Irritating with nice desserts.
bothyman
27-08-2004, 14:39
Try putting " spork " in the Google search engine "oh no" its a cult thing :yikes:
SquirrelBoy
27-08-2004, 14:40
I've eaten soup and custard with my spork. The bowl is a bit shallow but it does ok. The shallow bowl probably being more of a problem than the gaps between the tines. For thick gloopy liquids no problems as they dont seem to flow through the gaps anyway . tines make it more difficult to scrape out those last morsels from the cup/bowl/pot though. Irritating with nice desserts.
Cheers Dave, thats what thought :biggthump
Paganwolf :wave: ,
Do you've got any pictures of the bivvy you've bought? I'm looking for a good bivvy myself (Carinthia is high on my list, followed by the Survival Zone by Rab).
The link you've put in, works only half :roll:
On the Carinthia homepage (http://www.military-sleeping-bags.com/frameset.asp?Page=bivybags.asp ) there are also a few picies: which one do you own?
(At this moment, while typing this reply, the Carinthia page is down ... :nono: )
Keep us posted with your experiences with it!
(I've got a spork too!! :super: :biggthump - lovely piece of kit)
Cheers!
Paganwolf
27-08-2004, 22:11
Hi there Johan, Its the Observer bag on your link, slept out in it last night in the rain, no probs with leakage/condensation I got all my kit in it, a basha over it in real foul weather as you would with a normal Bivvi is recommended to administer yourself under, I love it :o): ,And its lovely to finaly meet another Spork owner :super: :super: :super:
Hey I have a spork and a pea grean coleman canoe, does that make me king?:nana:
Yep, You the Man!!!!
Joe is getting some Ti forks. Can anyone give a student that can't get out much anymore a reason for buying one?
Paganwolf
28-10-2004, 17:30
Joe is getting some Ti forks. Can anyone give a student that can't get out much anymore a reason for buying one?
Only buy one if you have the cash and you want one, there a nice little gimick really not an essential its basically a flippin expensive light metal spoon!
Aren't most of the things that people mention buying on this site non essential?
Why break a bad habit I say! I'll take two.
:o):
Paganwolf
28-10-2004, 17:40
LOL yes true very true :roll: you know what i always say, if you want it get it tomorrow may never come and if it makes you happy and it harms none the do what thou will :wink:
DO YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT - BORING CONVERSATION YOU MUST HAVE THEN! :wink: CLASSIC ONE TRACK MIND! :nana:
Paganwolf
28-10-2004, 18:09
DO YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT - BORING CONVERSATION YOU MUST HAVE THEN! :wink: CLASSIC ONE TRACK MIND! :nana:
Well not always :rolmao: Its the wiccan reade ill have you know :wink: :rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao:
Heres a picture of a spork kindly donated by TheViking in another thread.http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/spork.jpg :You_Rock_
TheViking
28-10-2004, 19:03
Heres a picture of a spork kindly donated by TheViking in another thread.http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/spork.jpg :You_Rock_
Thanks. Perhaps I should mention that it's not so hard to find pictures of kit, etc. Just go to Google and then Images and search on whatever you had on mind. (to those who didn't knew that :wink: (i'm sure you did hootchi)).
It's legal to link to pics, but not insert them without permission. Or have I got it all wrong? :roll:
Tantalus
28-10-2004, 19:10
yeah Andy you are safe enough posting links
it starts getting dodgy when you download pics and post them again without even saying where they came from
a lot of stuff on the web may not be copyright but it is safest to treat it as though it is
a link to another site is just more free advertising :)
Tant
TheViking
28-10-2004, 19:13
yeah Andy you are safe enough posting links
it starts getting dodgy when you download pics and post them again without even saying where they came from
a lot of stuff on the web may not be copyright but it is safest to treat it as though it is
a link to another site is just more free advertising :)
Tant
Thanks. :biggthump I was actually in doubt if I could link, but else I would prob have been modded. :wink: