Bushcraft belt kit

[Flash]

Dudes and dudesses,

OK here is the start of a new project for me.  A Belt kit for wandering around the sticks.

On the belt so far is an axe, axe frog, DC4 sharpening stone in belt sheath, Custom wood scaled SAK, flint and a decent home made belt knife.

Now I need to find a "possibles bag" so I can fill it with tinder, matches, water filter straw, trail food, paracord and some shelter materials.

(I also carry a water bottle in a shoulder rig)

Improvements/comments are as ever always appreciated.

[Flash]

(Oh and you can also see the weight I am trying to shift  )

[hawkchucker]

Simple possible bag is the jeans leg bag. Cut the leg off of a pair of jeans about 28 inches. Sew along bottom. Fold in half after putting a piece of the other leg as the strap. By putting the strap halfway down it allows the top to fold over making it a tube folded and it is waterproofed with wax.

[Flash]

Thanks Hawchucker, but I am trying to source some decent brown 3mm leather and will make my own....I like the rustic simple brown leather look.  Its very unassuming whilst on the trails 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Theres a good few online tutorials about making a possibles pouches mate

I'll see if I can find one

[Mike]

Improvements/comments are as ever always appreciated.

A nicer looking model might be a nice improvement.

Mike

[Flash]

Improvements/comments are as ever always appreciated.

A nicer looking model might be a nice improvement.

Mike

 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This lot make some nice one's by the looks of them... http://www.survivalandsafetyschool.co.uk/bushcraft_products.html

Still looking for a decent tutorial

[Mike]

Improvements/comments are as ever always appreciated.

A nicer looking model might be a nice improvement.

Mike

 

Now, now ... buck up little cowboy. You know I was just teasing you. Besides, you have a weigh in coming up tomorrow and we're all pulling for you. 

Mike

[Flash]

Improvements/comments are as ever always appreciated.

A nicer looking model might be a nice improvement.

Mike

 

Now, now ... buck up little cowboy. You know I was just teasing you. Besides, you have a weigh in coming up tomorrow and we're all pulling for you. 

Mike

er yeah about that weigh in.....

[Mike]

Flash, log off from here for an hour or so, half hour even, and get some running or lifting in. Come on man!
Mike

[Flash]

Flash, log off from here for an hour or so, half hour even, and get some running or lifting in. Come on man!
Mike

Dude....I have just eaten....I am going for a 3 miler in about 30 mins....Jesus you sound like the wife 

[Mike]

Flash, log off from here for an hour or so, half hour even, and get some running or lifting in. Come on man!
Mike

Dude....I have just eaten....I am going for a 3 miler in about 30 mins....Jesus you sound like the wife 

Ok. Sounds like a good plan.

Mike

[Gareth]

Not a tutorial but I have seen this guys pouches (errrr...), anyway I thought you might want a look.

http://www.philfraser.com/pouchesbags.htm

[Flash]

They look good....thanks dude

[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.