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Want to get a good knife for camping,hiking, etc. What would be a good, generally useful knife to get? (Preferably under $100)
>>1519708I use it like a normal human being and my goal isn't to destroy the knife or push it to its limits, it's to use it as long as possible. They have a 25 year guarantee on them IIRC. I don't think I'll ever need it though. It seems like a good, solid Gerber knife. I also like Bear Grylls, so there's a sentimental attachment I have to the knife. He's the one who inspired me to start doing /out/ stuff. Sadly, my dad isn't the type of guy who would do stuff like this with me, and he never did.The main difference in the 1st and 2nd edition is that in the 2nd, the fire starter rod is rotated by 180 degrees so that it can't slip out from its sheath (which hasn't happened to me yet though), and the sharpener is one of those weird slit types in the 2nd. I prefer a good old fashioned flat surface. I suspect the latter does the job just as well though.
>>1518101This anon knows it
just been to a knife shop in my city. I'm gonna put out there is a brand of knife "hultafors" that seem a lot better than the morakniv though quite similar. The handles are quite a bit better, with friction grip, I think a lot safer for crafting. bit cheaper than mora as well.Was looking the outdoor hatchet/mora 2000 combo but i dunno man, I might just get a more traditional hatchet or some cheap shit from the hardware outlet.
>>1520067cont'd they were nice and lightweight though.
>>1520004>use it like a normal human being>goal isn't to destroy the knife or push it to its limits, it's to use it as long as possibleSame, and even though I've used mine quite a bit, it still looks to be in great shape because I do not intentionally try to rough it up. Whatever "damage" occurs naturally via the execution of a particular necessary task is perfectly acceptable, but I would never purposely abuse it for aesthetics just so a bunch of faggot retards will be "impressed".I also like Bear Grylls. In a way, using his gear almost kind of feels like he's "there" with you helping you to survive. I appreciate that his little fold up emergency survival guide includes to keep faith in "The Almighty". It's very comfy gear.
Is mushroom hunting /out/? I found these mushrooms under a cluster of ash junipers today, it's been fairly rainy and warm. They look like real chanterelles but I'm not enough of an expert to tell for sure between this and the Jack o Lantern, which grows in my area.
>>1519879Yeah I think it's candlesnuff, but I have to wait and see, the things are under 1cm for the biggest ones at the moment and my hands don't do so well on small delicate tasks anymore. I'll give them a few more days then go see if I can collect some bigger ones for proper identification.
>>1519592look like inky caps
>>1516872>>1516925If they're hollow from stem to tip, you've found edible morels. If they're not hollow, there's a chance they're poisonous false morels. The ones you showed here look fine, but I wouldn't take the risk, desu. Think of the risk / reward. Is it worth it? No. Just throw the ones you're unsure of away, and enjoy the rest. Pretty simple.
>>1519592Those are mica caps or inky caps. Technically edible, but not worth the taste / mess. The "melting" you see is called deliquescence, or self-digestion, which marks the end of that particular mushroom's life cycle. Interesting species, and common in spring, but not a foraging prize.
>>1519690Possibly dead man's fingers. Cool find, bro
>>1519802Just never let it freeze or the warranty is kaput
>>1519802>Is ____ a meme?Check the Amazon 5 star and 1 star reviews, it'll tell you everything you need to know.
>>1519921Lots of soccer moms on Amazon who swear by shit quality equipment.
>>1519802Mini device is good. Included bag sucks. Get a different bag or just use a smart water bottle and it works perfectly.
Thanks for the information lads. Yeah boiling water is not always feasible, it'd be nice to just bend down and drink from a spring or stream or riverbed with no worries.>>1519921I don't trust those.>>1519821I got the mini.
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>>1519790I'm >>1519442 and its the same with me. I planted a ton of strawberry seeds in a large tray, gave up on them after almost two monts and planted onions there instead. After the onions started sprouting i noticed a few little plants that didnt fit, its the ones you see in my pic
>>1520129I just dumped some seeds in some seed starting mix.
>>1520143This one I through in with a regular strawberry is doing the best.
>>1519193I live on the Great Plains, anon, it's like a 3 hour drive in any direction before you see a change in elevation. It's so flat here you wouldn't believe it.
>>1519850Comfy. I'm really miring you guys with proper gardens while I'm stuck to the few plants that fit on my balcony. Oh well, someday
>rips past you at 50 mph on a trail loud as fuckSorry bro, just enjoying nature ;^)
>>1520156What nature reserve anon?
>>1520149>lives in a country that's 30 miles acrossIt's a 7 hour trip to get to the fucking foothills in my state Eurotard. We can't all just take a French sabbatical and leave work for 3 days to go walkabout.
>>1520149A trials bike can go anywhere you can hike to
>>1520227No.
>>1520146*blocks your path*
Did you guys ever make that commune you were planning about ?Is there a map to it?
I like the fact some idiots think men who arent door mats are "incels" its comedy gold.
>>1500692>imagine not fucking someone on the first dateDROPPED
>>1510435>paying child support for 25 yearsWut? Where I'm at, support ends at eighteen. Still not my problem: 38 in a couple weeks, married 12 years, no kids, neither of us want any. Wife is amazing -- antifeminist, antisuffrage, believes as I do that women voting and working has fucked this country. Sorry you guys have it bad.
>>1520214And shes your cousin so you know she comes from a good family.Congratulations anon
>>1520214You married a fellow retard, congrats.
Has anyone else noticed a lack of insects this spring? Or is it just my imagination?I don't normally come to this board but this has me concerned enough that I feel like I should ask people who spend a lot more time outside than I do.
>>1520180Environmentalists are anti human and bad for the environment
>>1520200No.
I know for sure that during the 70s, 80s and 90s, windshields around here had bug splatters all over them. I can't remember the last time I've had to clean a windshield anymore. It also used to snow breddy gud once or twice annually, and my 18 year old son has only seen about three decent snows in his life.
>>1520208fuck off libtard
>>1520220>being this brainwashed
Which axe is the best axe for bushcrafting?What's better? An axe or a hatchet?What axe are you using?https://youtu.be/hu6IZy7Q4i8
>>1515090Srsly, you've posted the same pic in like a half dozen threads already, you tryin' to get your self banned kiddo?
>>1517649>tree surgeonTell me about your work anon.
>>1516957My old man bought this exact axe for me. Just told me it was on sale and he thought I could use it while /out/. Love my pops
>>1513437my axe is from Bulgaria and it was made by a guy who is cutting up the armor off an old wrecked ww2 soviet tank for metal
Fiskars axes ftw.I have used them for years now, and never had one break or problems with it.
My 16 yo brother likes to fish on the pond on our newly aquired land. However he wants to catch bass and there's only a shit load of crappie and some catfish in it. I recently learned that crappie are the niggers of pond ecosystems, and it's impossible to breed catfish and bass in the same pond where there are many crappie. There are many methods for removing crappie but those methods will harm the catfish my brother wants to keep.We can't go electrofishing because it affects catfish more than crappie/perch. My solution is to use our seine line + boat + feeding pellets to draw in fish to a certain place, net them up, then sort out the catfish from the nigger crappie. Then repeat this process in quadrants until the pond loses most of its' crappie population. Though the seine net genocide method is the most effective it is very time consuming. Is there any way we can genocide the nigger crappie without using as many resources? I know I can't completely destroy the crappie population, though I do want to limit it extremely so bass and catfish can grow.
>>1519966Fuck that. I'll call 5 of my buddies and we'll get every crappie outta that motherfucker for you.
>>1519952how did fish even end up in there.
>>1520028Birds, usually.A egret flys to a lake. Wades around, and sometimes little fish eggs get caught up in the down feathers by their legs. They then fly somewhere else and the eggs get dropped into the water.This is why you may come across a ditch that has minnows in it that is in no way connected to any other water source.
>>1520000Kek
>>1520031Thats not real
What's the scariest thing that's happened to you innawoods? Summer of 2015 I had a guy follow me and my friends while backpacking through the Sawtooth Mountains in northern Minnesota.It was raining for about three or four days straight and my friends were getting really pissy about the weather but really pushed ourselves through the terrain once we noticed that sometimes on the trails we kept seeing the same guy behind us, but he would never pass us or make a camp in the same campsite. It must've been five days of seeing the guy about 100 yards behind us without him passing, and then he stopped appearing after a group of a dozen or so college girls passed us in the other direction. It was kinda weird. The youngest of our group kept saying somebody was in our campsite in the middle of the night but nobody wanted to go see.
>>1519676Good thing you were in a hammock anon. I always hang mine at chest height or so, that way no ground dwelling vermin can get at me in the night.
I was hiking a 12 mile loop to see some water falls in Big Basin one time and misjudged how long it would take and ended up hiking in pitch darkness with 3 miles of strenuous terrain to go. It was bad enough to hike with just enough light to see 10ft in front of me i started hearing steps that was in sync with me. I thought it could be a person but i had stopped several times already and never once did someone pass me. With a mile to go, i distinctly heard the steps being out of sync to mines. It was like split second faster. That last mile constantly pointing the light behind me trying to catch eyes reflecting still gives me the heebie jeebies.
Autumn 2018, TatryIt was such a warm autumn, normaly, there would be much snow at the higher parts, but luckily there wasn't any.I decided to hike at Zawrat, very popular trail at the season, but at the time, it weren't many people, almost none.I went from mountain safehouse, and i haven't met any people for like 5 hours, and suddenly pic related.A crow eating a sandwich, a backpack which it opened, left by someone at the middle of a narrow trail.When i got closer, bird fly away with a chocolate candybar, up to the peaks.I came closer and i saw that next to that opened backpack is a graveyard candle.Crow took out some things from that backpack, like a wallet, which he opened too some medical bills.I checked it, and through he may want to commit suicide, because i heard about very simmiliar things about that place.I was looking for the body, but i didn't find anything.I through he may go at the Orla Perć, and do something from there, but decided to just wait.Half hour later, i saw someone coming down.It was some 16 year old student, who ran from the school, and he was suprised, that something ate his sandwiches.
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How do you affix your patches on your bags? What do you do if there’s no velcro?Pic related, ordered on April 17th, only arrived in Canada yesterday. Likely getting a new daypack this weekend.
>>1520183I wasn't making one. Only stating a fact.
>>1520052Email sent, anon. Thank you! Please don't put anything unpleasant in or on the package; I'd hate to inadvertently cause harm to a bystander. I realize this isn't the 4chan it used to be, but there are still some unsavory souls here.
>>1510009Now your fellow zoo bros will know.
>>1520150Apparently blue or red looks better on me than olive. But people saying that are more concerned about style than blending into the wilderness. Would dark grey be better then, even if it might have small yellow details?
>>1520221Yes. It's not even about camouflage and concealment, it's just about not sticking out like the aforementioned sore thumb.
*circles your head*nothin personal, kid.
>>1518263Why did you have your balls out anon? At least something was willing to put it's mouth on them.
>>1518270I was air bathing them in the woods. Used to do it all the time as a teenager for some reason.
>>1518272When I would pee out, I would stand there for a while after I was done. Feels great.
Dunno if I just had bad luck or sth, but one of those fuckers bit my hand and it stayed swollen for two weeks. The bite mark started to grow to about 4 inches overall and turned red and blue in those two weeks. Finally when I decided shit got way above my not-a-pussy index, it went away in less than 12 hours. Still don't know what kind of deerfly bit me, I think it was sorta yellow. Any anons familiar?
>>1520114super-tick
Anyone have experience with Akubra hats?I've had this one for about a week, not even fully broken in, and it's the most comfortable hat I've ever owned. Loads of shade and plenty cool. Due to the size, not too great for thick scrub, but still, can't recommend them enough.
>>1519972yeah i meant, expensive *for* a boonie hat. was about 50 ozbucks. I really wanted a tilley hat but was not really ready to stump up 150 for a cotton hat. certainly akubra make good hats that should last a lifetime, people who make being /out/ a living often use them, for me it's about justifying the cost when I'm limited to time off.
>>1519989Ah yeah, I get what you mean now. Honestly I'd never even heard of Tilley hats, just looked them up. Looks pretty solid.
>>1519965kek'd
>>1519889It's just not waterproof enough for half the activities I do but they do look damned comfy. I like mine to dry fast, resist water, block sunlight, breathe,and I douse them in permathrin. For that all I really needed is a synthetic boonie hat. For random walking I take a straw hat and I leave the leather and wool at home.
>>1519957The hat of glorious european colonisers and glorious vietcong liberators.>>1519961The hat of pitiful rice farmers getting bullied by aforementioned pith hat wearers.
Do you ever smoke weed while you’re /out/?
>>1519927? I guess good attempt at "trolling" if that's what that was? Idk, but good for you man
>>1519877>implying judging others is wrong, especially when those others are obviously trolling>>1519898>pot>kettle>BLACK!
>>1519927stay mad boomer.
>>1520069I'm not the one saying judging was wrong, merely pointing out the hipocrisy. He asked it first so he would be making the implication, I was just turning his words around on him.
>>1520070I'll just mow my lawn and get over it.
