First couple of items of kit arrived...

[Lukeyp23]

...well I got Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Handbook through the post and a little note, which I hope The Royal Mail have done a sterling job in delivering my Mora 510 and British Army Knife.

I will photograph all and post them up later....I'm like a kiddie on christmas morning!

Luke :D

[basicbushcraft]

great stuff pal

[Lukeyp23]

Cheers kid.

Off to the Post Office depot to collect em now!

[comanighttrain]

good job!

[Fletching]

Great! Don't forget our motto: "vos postulo magis effercio" (you need more stuff). :)

Steve

[Lukeyp23]

...bloody royal wedding - post office depot shut :(

[Ashley Cawley]

...well I got Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Handbook through the post...
One of the most pivotal books I read as a youngster and responsible for me getting interested in Bushcraft - an and absolute favourite of mine.
T^

[CanadianMike]

Great! Don't forget our motto: "vos postulo magis effercio" (you need more stuff). :)

Steve

Also "imago tribuo"

;)

[Lukeyp23]

Here you go guys, my first purchases... :D

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[swkieran]

a good start there lukeT^

[Lukeyp23]

Quick update - the army knife is nice and sharp strainght out of the packet but the mora isn't much more than a butter knife at this point....knfe sharpening skills on my agenda I think!

[RobbC]

Whats the army knife got on it, and what is it like to use?

Robb

[Ben Casey]

Whats the army knife got on it, and what is it like to use?

Robb

I gave my sister one about 20 od years ago and she still uses it.

[Lukeyp23]

Whats the army knife got on it, and what is it like to use?

Robb

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/482-British-Army-Knife/


I gave my sister one about 20 od years ago and she still uses it.

I've only had mine for a few hours, so I think the 20 year recommendation bares well!

[Roadkillphil]

510 rules! I use one and I'm very happy with it. Odd that yours needs sharpening though, mine was shaving sharp from the go. It's only been sharpened once, I Now only ever strop it to get the edge back. A nice comfortable light knife, at a great price too. Hope you get everything you need out of it :D

All the best

Phil

[Lukeyp23]

510 rules! I use one and I'm very happy with it. Odd that yours needs sharpening though, mine was shaving sharp from the go. It's only been sharpened once, I Now only ever strop it to get the edge back. A nice comfortable light knife, at a great price too. Hope you get everything you need out of it :D

All the best

Phil

Well I am a newbie, but with my very noddy test of gently drawing them across my thumbnail, the army knife marked it but the mora barely marked it at all?! To be honest, a means of sharpening the tools is on my purcasing list anyway.

Thanks for the well wishes Phil

[feebullet]

Great start, next your going to have to add Mors Kachanski's bushcraft to your reading list and then a gb wildlife hatchet.... zebra billy can, hobo stove to suit and carve a wooden spoon with your mora for your eating tool! Your in a good place to start to kit up, would have saved me years and dollars having an extended circle of friends like this when I was getting going in bushcraft!

[kINGPIN]

Congratulations! This book is a great read. Bushcraft buying is a bit like eating pringles.

[Lukeyp23]

Congratulations! This book is a great read. Bushcraft buying is a bit like eating pringles.

Once you pop....