how much kit do you have

[vizsla]

iv bin going over my kit with the intention of selling off a few items i no longer use but always think at some point id wish i hadnt let it go, i have for example four axes but only two get used often.
i was wondering if you tend to keep one kit that all gets used or like me you have a collection.
thanks ash

[spandit]

I've got a load of stuff I collected as a teenager that I should get rid of, really. Have more-or-less started from scratch this time round

[udamiano]

I have a collection, that I dip into depending on the area I'm going, Ive been collecting it for the past 25 years, and go all weak at the knees with even the thought of getting rid of any of it.LOL

[Ahjno]

I've got loads of kit. I like kit ...

I started with the basics. Read threads, spoke to people, tried kit and bought kit. Sold it and bought some more. I'm curious by nature so I just want to try things when I read about it or see others use it. Hence I mostly buy it. Find it doesn't work for me and move on, or find it's OK and keep it untill I found something better, lighter, cooler, etc. I think it's a bit of an ongoing spiral ...

Though, for some reason I can't sell kit I got from loved ones ... No matter how useless it is (for me, or in itself).

[Jinsin456]

Having only got into bushcraft about 2 years ago I have somehow managed to amass quite a bit of kit, started off buying as cheap as possible, then moved onto cheapish kit then realised that wasn't the answer either so over the last year I have been purchasing less and less but much higher quality stuff. And woodlore wasn't a good find for me, has cost a bloody fortune

[ged]

I have a hard time parting with stuff. I've still got the army surplus mess tins that I got from Wakefield's Army & Navy Store (remember them?) in about 1963 when we did Duke of Edinburgh at school. Still got the OS maps I bought then too, but the canvas pack fell to pieces decades ago. I've still got the sleeping bags that I bought for my first camping trip with my girlfriend in 1970. They don't see a lot of action now but they do get called up occasionally. I buy stuff under the pretext of trying things out, new and better ways of doing things, whatever. But I suppose really I just like playing with my toys in the woods.

[udamiano]

And woodlore wasn't a good find for me, has cost a bloody fortune

Isn't that the truth

i usually have look then go and find it someplace else, that way you don't pay the RM Tax

[udamiano]

I buy stuff under the pretext of trying things out, new and better ways of doing things, whatever. But I suppose really I just like playing with my toys in the woods.

SSShhhhh!! wives hear this kind of talk, even hundreds of miles away, your giving away secrets

[Jinsin456]

Isn't that the truth

i usually have look then go and find it someplace else, that way you don't pay the RM Tax

I think sometimes though if you shop around woodlore doesnt tend to be too bad for most things, it's just the fact that you know you are getting quality kit and I have to admit that I'm a bit of a sucker for having uncle rays name embossed on my stuff, quite sad but it's slighty easier to explain to 'glampers' why you spent so much money on an item, it is usually some of the best available.

My technique however is to go on woodlore then straight to google shopping and go from there but there has been a few times I've ended up back at woodlore.

[milius2]

There is so much kit, I need a spare room for it..... A bushcraft studio I like the idea..... I have some space. Let's make one!

I'm working on a bushcraft studio. Will show you the pics when it's done Most of my kit is "home made" or some old stuff that I have for ages, but now there is a bit toooo much for me to keep it sorted, so I decided to make a room for it all.

[udamiano]

A bushcraft Studio hmmm. I like the sound of This. keep us posted

[beenn]

I have slimmed down my kit alot recently!
Maybe we should all take a photo of out camping equipment?

In the shed i have a few tents, camping chairs, sleeping bags, roll mat, bags and small items that are rarely used and in the house i have all my knives, air rifle, cooking equipment, stoves, water bottles, clothing, folding saws, first aid, torches, fire lighting kit, basha, army poncho, dry bags, leather pouches, paracord and bungee cord and kit i use more often

[Scottishwanderer]

When i started i had a lot of stuff. Most of it was pointless and the rest was crap.

Used to have 4 or 5 knives, now i only use one.

i only have 9 items of kit.

If i don't use something a lot, i get rid.

My comfort level is very low.

Perfectly happy to eat with muddy fingers, sleep on wet ground etc.

[beenn]

I dont have a great deal of kit- a shelf, two storage boxes and a stacker but i duplicate items for some reason..
I liked the opinel knifes so i got a no6, no7 and two no8's
I have a few knives, most were swapped/gifts
3 hexi stoves
about 10 torches
6 firesteels
3 folding saw's
ive got a few leather pouches because i think they look nice
2 nalgene bottles
2 nato water bottles
3 crusader mugs
a few permanent matches
and 4 single walled stainless steel mugs with folding handles

When i trust an item i tend to bulk buy but alot of my kit was swapped for items i didnt use and such

[muchless]

Not alot of kit but trying to learn more to carry less

[Scottishwanderer]

Not alot of kit but trying to learn more to carry less

Liking your style.

[Wayland]

I had more than enough when I was younger, then I got into living history and got a serious amount of kit for that too.

I joined here and found that there were better versions of almost everything I already had so I started replacing bits.

I adapted the old bits to make new bits and then started making bits from scratch.

The old bits I didn't recycle I took to the moot and sold to fund some new bits I couldn't afford before.

Then I started modifying some of the new bits to make them fit in better with the adapted old bits and the bits made from scratch.

Now the old bits looked like new bits and the new bits looked like old bits and I definitely had more than I needed.

Well I needed something to carry all it in so....


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[Chris the Cat]

Far, far too much !
It a hobby, and fun for me but I do worry about it some times!!
Chris.

[zed4130]

this is a cool post, i tend to sell of what i dont use, if i get a lot of use out of a item i stick with it,

[pauljm116]

Ive got far too much, but still keep buying. I think its some sort of addiction. Ive just found heinnie haynes so theyre getting most of my pennies at the moment, I just cant resist the shiny kit and then need bags and pouches to put it all in.
I keep telling my girlfriend that its not a waste of money and that I will use it all, I did try to argue about various pairs of shoes she got years ago and still hasnt worn but that just made her say that I never take her anywhere nice enough to wear them, so am having to sneak new kit into the house!

[RonW]

I have 2 sets of kits; 1 traditional/natural, because I love that stuff and 1 ,what I call tactikit; more modern and in various shades of (olive)green, which I use when learning and/or trying new skills.
Besides that, there's plenty of stuff for my wife and kids too...

[rik_uk3]

I've gone from a total kit head in my youth to basic stuff; If I won't use I don't buy, if I don't use I pass on although I've seven or eight tents, need to get shot of them really.

[vizsla]

Ive got far too much, but still keep buying. I think its some sort of addiction. Ive just found heinnie haynes so theyre getting most of my pennies at the moment, I just cant resist the shiny kit and then need bags and pouches to put it all in.
I keep telling my girlfriend that its not a waste of money and that I will use it all, I did try to argue about various pairs of shoes she got years ago and still hasnt worn but that just made her say that I never take her anywhere nice enough to wear them, so am having to sneak new kit into the house!

that sounds very familiar mate

[Highbinder]

Very little. One hammock, one cookset, one sleeping bag, one tarp, etc. I only keep what gets used. Other than my dossbag I can fit all my kit into the external pouches on my bergen. The only superfluous items I have are knives - they seem more addictive than most other items of gear.

[silentbob]

Far too much!
I have kit that I use regularly, kit that I use occasionally, kit that I can't remember ever using but keep "cos it might come in handy one day" and a load of gear I'll never ever use again - mostly climbing gear. Tried to sort through it not long ago when I moved house with the intention of throwing everything that was past its usable life. Problem is everything I picked up had fantastic memories linked to it (old harness - but wait - I learned to climb in that, hex on a rope - needs to be binned - ah but wait, we abseiled off that down the TD gap in Skye in 2000 - can't possibly throw that... etc). Sad I know. Guess I'll just stick it in the loft and look at it now and then!

[Peanut]

I blame Heinnie for the amount of kit I have. My mrs asked me the other day how many knives I have. Needless to say I happened to "forget" to mention a few, just so she wouldn't think i'm some kind of maniac! Even I was worried when it got into double figures and then kept rising! Not all are bushcrafty knives - I use a lot for work and EDC, but still, there's a LOT!

The rest of my kit I got when I had very little income, so I've got 2 rucksacks (getting rid of one though), one gas stone, loads of hexi stoves that I seem to have magically acquired, 2 doss bags (one summer, one winter) and then a few other things like mugs, KFS sets etc. It's just the knives really. And torches. I have loads of torches.

[Big T]

I have a large amount of personal kit - 3 different bags, 3 sleeping bags, 2 thermarest mats, 2 camping chairs, 3 tents, a folding barrow plus all the extra. My excuse to my mum is that I need all that to be adaptable for different seasons and lengths of stay. It fills my bedroom...

[Welshwizard]

A wardrobe full , thats without the clothing , I do tend to buy kit for any of my Interests at the drop of an hat so must sort out and sell what I don,t use some of which is unopened packaging.

[BillyBlade]

I've gone from a total kit head in my youth to basic stuff; If I won't use I don't buy, if I don't use I pass on although I've seven or eight tents, need to get shot of them really.

Same here, no matter how much it appeals, I ask myself do I really have a use for it?

I also find myself a lot more cost concious now, in that 30 odd years ago I bought the Wilkinson Sword survival knife, whereas now, I'd struggle with my concience to pay (inflation adjusted) that sort of money for what is, really, just a tool. Despite financially being in a far better position.

[Mesquite]

I've got plenty but there's always something new to add to the collection...

However if you were to ask my wife she would take a different view and say I had way too much kit even if I did reduce my rucksack's down from 5 to 3 and she just can't understand why I need 5 different sized tarps as well as a parachute