Bushcraft belt kit

[DaveK]

Snigger.

[Gareth]

Snigger.

Yes,yes    In Scotland it stayed popular and eventually evolved into the Dirk, as worn with Highland outfit.

[AndyTiedye]

If I put all that on my belt,  I'd need suspenders to keep my pants from falling down.

[Mike 56]

 I know you are thinking about leather bag but i thought would thou this link out their for a blue jean bag. http://www.castbullet.com/makeit/pbag.htm I shoot black powder guns and this bag has worked well for me. I am in the process of making a new bag and up grading the strap with a leather belt with buckle adjustment and adding a beaver tail flap lined with pillow tacking. You can make different sizes by using different size jeans.

Mike

[1stcavmp77]

you should go over to www.wildernessoutfittersarchery.com and check out the pathfinder haversack. it's oilskin so it should keep everything inside dry and it's sold by a top notch guy. also i'd be looking for some way to get all that gear off my belt or get an l.c.e.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

you should go over to www.wildernessoutfittersarchery.com and check out the pathfinder haversack. it's oilskin so it should keep everything inside dry and it's sold by a top notch guy. also i'd be looking for some way to get all that gear off my belt or get an l.c.e.

They do look the part don't they

[Styerman]

The waist and hips is not the ideal place to pack on weight - ask any fat guy . A baldric might be a better idea . One device that is well worth looking at is the humble Grub Bag - long necked canvas bag , ya just tuck the neck of the bag under the belt, and tie in position . In the bottom of the bag you have a stainless cup , a racing spoon , fire making stuff etc , plus whatever food stuff strikes your fancy . Canvas is the best , it's breathable and washable , much more so than leather . I would be disinclined to carry anything other than a knife , a torch and a grub on the belt .

As far as hatchets and axes go , I like em in a pack , or for short hops I just stuffem under the belt . The one I usually carry is the little Granfors Burks Hatchet , or sometimes the Hunter's Axe .

Chris

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

The waist and hips is not the ideal place to pack on weight - ask any fat guy . A baldric might be a better idea . One device that is well worth looking at is the humble Grub Bag - long necked canvas bag , ya just tuck the neck of the bag under the belt, and tie in position . In the bottom of the bag you have a stainless cup , a racing spoon , fire making stuff etc , plus whatever food stuff strikes your fancy . Canvas is the best , it's breathable and washable , much more so than leather . I would be disinclined to carry anything other than a knife , a torch and a grub on the belt .

As far as hatchets and axes go , I like em in a pack , or for short hops I just stuffem under the belt . The one I usually carry is the little Granfors Burks Hatchet , or sometimes the Hunter's Axe .

Chris

There superb aren't they

[nuphoria]

Mmmm.... Granfors.... 

How about wearing a kilt with one of those sexy little pouches on the front? (I think I'm half serious here) 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well I'll be bringing the Mini Hatchet to the meet, and I think Gareth's bring his SFA

[Gareth]

Well I'll be bringing the Mini Hatchet to the meet, and I think Gareth's bring his SFA

Yup, I'm going to bring it.  it's been a few years since I saw the GB mini as well so I'm looking forward to seeing one again.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well I'll be bringing the Mini Hatchet to the meet, and I think Gareth's bring his SFA

Yup, I'm going to bring it.  it's been a few years since I saw the GB mini as well so I'm looking forward to seeing one again.

Cool, I'll leave my SFA at home then

[nuphoria]

Whooo hooo........ sharp and shiny things, sharp and shiny things!!

 

Now I have to get my finger out and sort my Outdoors show review out - I watched a splendid Master smith from Granfors, forge an axe in front of the crowd. In fact... lemme find a linky...

http://www.outdoorsshowextra.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=257 shows a little video taster. There's about 1/2 a second of footage showing women by the anvil there somewhere!

The axe will be auctioned in next months Bushcraft magazine I was told.

[Gareth]

Mmmm.... Granfors.... 

How about wearing a kilt with one of those sexy little pouches on the front? (I think I'm half serious here) 

A sporran you mean.  Frankly that's exactly what the originals were, just a belt pouch left over from the times when nobody had pockets ('cos they hadn't been invented yet) that includes the rest of Europe as well.  Pockets didn't appear in trousers (or hose as they were known at the time) until the late 1500's.  Even then the belt pouch carried on in common use into the mid 1600's.  As it happens the Gaelic tradition of wearing a kilt just meant they needed to keep on wearing a pouch (or sporran) for far longer, hence we still see them today (although much changed).  

Interestingly (at least to me) there is no solid evidence for a recognisable kilt in Scotland before the late 1500's.  Even then it was of a very simple pattern (or set as it's known) far removed from the sometimes garish sets we see today.  Also it is a Highland mode of dress, no Lowlander (like myself) would have been caught dead in one, at any point in history, before the late Victorian period.  Lowlanders would have worn the same type of clothes as would have been found in the rest of civilised Europe at the time.

Sorry, that all got a bit factual didn't it?  Normal inane banter will soon resume.