TattooedMac

Hi folks!

One form of tinder I keep in my box is charcloth. It is easy to make and gives you a nice excuse to make a small fire. What I do is cut up small squares of denim (natural fibers work best) and place them in a small tin (Altoids or Sucrets work fine). No need to make vents holes as the hinges provide them ready made. Once the denim (or what ever you use) is in the tin, close the lid and place the tin in the fire. Don't wander off too far, watch the hinges. You should begin to see smoke seeping out after a few minutes. The charcloth is done once there is no more smoke escaping through the tin's hinges. The charcloth should be black or nearly so. It catches a spark very easy and the tin you made it in makes a handy (but not waterproof) tinderbox.

See y'all around.

Gday from down under DedStalker and welcome to the best forum on the net !!!

I really love this little tip. I have to admit, I have heard of it, but never gave it much thought, as when I did survival training, we could never pre-plan

One thing that you should have in a first aid kit for travels that will start a fire is Condy's Crystals (potassium permanganate) and sugar. IF you grind the 2 together in a spoon, you will produce enough heat to start a fire.

I have just learnt that there has been some crap going on in Australia, with the government looking a banning it, because of its 'explosive nature' . . . anyhow its what I always carry, if I'm short a match or two . . . .

Hi, new here as i just found about this incredible project on Rock Paper Shotgun.

I'm a bit of a survivalist, been around the world, often in remote places so i have picked up an appreciation for that kind of thing. I have a couple of people that you can check up on, probably the two best sources in the public domain for survival knowledge, one a British guy, the other an Australian.

Les Hiddins (also known as the 'Bushtuckerman'):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Hiddins

Les has some of his Australian Bushtuckerman series on his youtube channel.

Corrected that for you

I actually know Les personally, and have done survival courses with him. As a survivalist, he is top notch, knows his stuff, and is one of the best, but as a man, he is one of the most arrogant men I know. He is a good bloke, don't get me wrong, but if you don't know him, he can come across as a real prick !!

Perhaps not too impressive in terms of a view, but... whew, that's a lot of clothes, shoes, and newspapers! Amusing that I keep squirreling it away when I'll be leaving it almost all behind when I head from the Coast to the Lake.

Very nice haul there. Don't die now and watch out for Brothers/Sisters of 'Fluffy' :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen:

Here's one of mine that turned out good:

Hope there will be a quick hotkey to turn off HUD for those really purdy vistas

F10 will give you a clean screen image with no HUD. Mind you its 16X so make sure you have the time to take it, because there has been reports of screen freeze when doing this.

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Nice! Love the glow

Does look good. Actually have this as my Desktop image atm . . .

Not something you want to see too often . . . !!

The view from Alan's Cave

The only place I think that I haven't stumbled upon . . . . Hmm now I going have to trek the borders now :idea: :?

I call him, [fade][glow=black]Venican[/glow][/fade] !!!!!

48hrs! that's nuts! where you hunting or being hunted? when I used to play soccer and my feet were in water for 90 minutes (on a rainy winter match day) they looked like cottage cheese, and they would hurt! I cant event think what it looked like if they were in for 48hrs... all i can picture is new England clam chowder soup =)

We did a little exercise with the Gurka's and they had us on the run for that long. And I tell you now, you don't stop and sleep with the Gurka on your tail, so we kept in the low wet marshes as it is harder to track us in that environment, and went for hell and leather to our RV.

You are correct, Clam Chowder sounds correct, but what got me was the smell . . . Ohhhh it was terrible, and there is nothing i can compare it with. (

Real Life Survival Tips ~ TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET !!! Dry, Warm, Cut Free, Infection Free and then this transcends to your Boots/Shoes you have. In Survival Situation if you don't have feet to walk on your going arse up. . . .

From personal experience, trudging through the rain forests for 48hrs and no reprieve from swampy, marshy, wet ground, after 48 hrs, we finally got to stop, (got out of the rat infested low ground ~ Rats the size of cats mind you) and i took my boots off and they were White, and wrinkly and soooo sore. I was out of commission for the next 12hrs trying my best to sooth them back to walking condition. But even after that, my feet never completely recovered, so i after that, i always carry plastic bags and elastic bands . . .

If there were to be a want on here, I'd have to say a Barrett Barrett M107A1 CQ in .50 BMG, Flat Dark Earth. Yeah, one of those.

Thanks - T

Very nice collection there T, but I'm with you, would love to have M82A1 50 caliber rifle.

I have in my Military days, put a few rounds through the M82A1 at targets over 2000mtrs, and it was like silk, when you pulled that trigger

There was a record set with the M82A1 with a Kill Shot over 2815mtrs supposedly.

The .223 is the same as the Military's 5.56mm commonly used.

Not to be too nit-picky but the .223 isn't exactly the same as the military 5.56 round, there is a slight difference.

Yea not exactly, but it gives the civvies or uninitiated an idea of what type of round it is.

On the back of @robdoar and his Open Deer, made me think what others around the world and #TLD lovers own and use in the rifle stakes. Im not worried about handguns, unless you hunt with it, but because the Laws in Australia to own a hand Gun are that strict, there isn't a great deal on show, let alone, no of anyone that uses one, unless they are in a Handgun Club. But i do have a soft spot for the Browning 9mm, and Glock from military days.

I have a 308 Ruger with Red Dot sights, Stainless Steel Silver Barrel and it just looks sexy haha

.223 Remington w/ Red Dot sights. The .223 is the same as the Military's 5.56mm commonly used.

Winchester .410 over/under double barrel shotgun . . . .

I have had at one stage a 140lb Compound hunting bow and used carbon fibre .22 exploding head Arrows home built by a good mate. So if the arrow shot was off and didn't bring down the boar, the .22 going off inside him would

Hunt Roo's (Kangaroos), fox, rabbit and wild pigs, and thats about it for my area of living.