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Top 10 Must-Have Bushcraft Gear I’ll Never Ditch!
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Apr 5, 2025
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time for a fireside chat we're going to
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be talking about my 10 favorite pieces
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of Bushcraft gear that I own and that I
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use and I love and I will never get rid
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of stick around we're going to get into
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it if you're new to the channel welcome
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thanks for clicking and opening up this
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video and checking it out if you are a
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subscriber thank you so much for
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trusting in me to subscribe and coming
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back and watching my videos today's
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video um I want to show and discuss what
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I consider probably my 10 favorite
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pieces of gear now with gear and knives
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and all that stuff that we have as Bush
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Crafters campers hikers Preppers
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survivalist whatever there's tons of
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things that I can go into my gear room
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and pick and say this is one of my
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favorites lots of gear that I have that
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um has very sentimental value um and
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some of those things don't get used they
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just get put up on a shelf and look at
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them every once in a while but things
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that I actually take out with me that
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I've used over the years that I've come
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to rely on and that I always keep coming
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back to that's what we're going to look
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at that's what we're going to discuss
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and I'm going to show you some past
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videos of me using this stuff so you get
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an idea exactly how much I love it but
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I'm going to show you everything and see
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what you guys think and then of course
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in the comments tell me some of your
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favorite pieces of gear that you just
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cannot live without you'll never get rid
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of so let's just jump right into it and
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see what we have because it's all right
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behind me let's check it out so these
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are some of my favorite pieces of gear
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that I've owned for many years and have
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been with me on a lot of different trips
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day trips overnighters weekenders
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camping with buddies just all kinds of
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different stuff and in no particular
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order I'm going to go through this stuff
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um these are all things that I feel um I
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can depend on they've always served me
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well and I just love them and I can't
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see myself getting rid of them and I go
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through a lot of different gear I I buy
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sell and trade stuff all the time I get
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new things in I try it out I don't like
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it but this stuff I always seem to come
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back to and there's uh just a variety of
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items here so the first item is probably
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one of the more I would say
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controversial items uh people kind of
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love or hate this knife but it is the
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Topps tracker now this is a Topps T1
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tracker um it's a much older model I've
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had this thing for a very long time and
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it's been heavily modified IED as you
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can tell the
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blade has been reground so it is a very
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scary sharp little convex uh this thing
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is a wood processing
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machine and uh you know love it or hate
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it it works for me and that's all that
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really matters to me and I can never see
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myself getting rid of it uh it works
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incredibly well and I'm going to show
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you some video of this thing in action
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and why I love it now I need to take
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this out more it's been a while since
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I've had this knife
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out
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almost there we go
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this is a a sheet that I recently
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received um from Valley Reb we did a
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trade and this is a sheet I think he
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made or he had made for a Tracker um it
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has a tin pouch on it and of course a
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fire steel Loop but it's a very cool
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heavyduty leather sheath um love
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it another trusted piece of gear um that
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I've had for many many years is the bco
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Lap Lander now a lot of guys love the
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silkies I like silky saws I like all
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kinds of different saws um but for
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whatever reason the Bako is something I
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always keep coming back to um it cuts on
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the pull and the push uh so it makes it
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a little bit more sturdy and versatile
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um also the blade um is designed to cut
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wood but also cut into bone so if you're
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a hunter this may be something that is
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more up your alley I've had this one for
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a very long time I think this is
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probably one of the first saws I bought
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when I first started getting into the
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whole Bushcraft thing I've since bought
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an extra one but this one still works
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great um as you can tell it's been very
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well used but it's still sharp it still
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Cuts wood and it's just a handy size and
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um of course you can replace the blades
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on these you can't go wrong with the
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bco next is um another piece of gear
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that some people think is kind crazy U
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but I absolutely love it and this is my
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pocket Bellows um the pocket
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Bellows really is such a great tool for
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starting a fire especially when the fire
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is maybe the wood is wet or damp um
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conditions are not ideal maybe you don't
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have enough Tinder this thing will get a
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marginal fire going very quickly by
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blowing air into the the main source of
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where you're trying to get the fire fire
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started now this
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one is actually a pocket Bellows brand
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so it is I believe this is a made in USA
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company I don't know if they make these
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anymore um I've had mine for quite a
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while um you can get these on Amazon of
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course you know there's uh a million
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different um Chinese versions but this
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is the one that I have I have a lot of
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these in all my kits but this is the
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original and this is the one that um I
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really I love so
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much another fantastic item that I can't
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live without of course is a bandana but
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this bandana in particular and other
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ones that I have like it is a little bit
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different because it is so much bigger
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than a standard bandana um and I can't
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remember the dimensions on this I'll
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measure this and put a caption down
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below but you can see how much bigger
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this thing is and when you're
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camping and you're cooking over a fire
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um having a bandana is such a a blessing
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to have with you because you can grab a
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pot off the fire uh you can wrap up your
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pots and pans clean your hands clean
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your face so many different uses for a
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bandana and when I find these big ones
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like this I always grab them and uh this
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is a recent addition that I found this
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one love the size of this thing is so
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much more versatile than a standard size
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bandan
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next tool I want to show you is the old
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Victorinox farmer now this particular
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farmer um is an older model because it
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has just the Cross badge the newer ones
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have the course the victoro shield um I
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don't know the date on this thing I've
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had it for many years um it's been on a
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lot of trips with
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me and um I have it hooked up to this
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um this two uh strand twist uh paracord
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that I put together for it to make a
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little
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lanyard and of course I've got Carabiner
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on one end to hook to my to my belt loop
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and then this hooks into the the ring on
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the farmer now what what makes the
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farmer so different and great over other
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Swiss Army knives or Victorinox Knives
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is that is the tool selection is pretty
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ideal for a bush crafter and the first
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thing is the all the all on this knife
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is in the correct position so you can
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actually strike Ferro rod and not have
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it collapse on you so as you can see
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when you open
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this it's stiff in the back it's not
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going to close on you when you put
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pressure down on a Ferro Rod so when
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you're striking your Ferro Rod this is
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in the in the perfect position for that
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and then plus the all itself is a very
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handy tool
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uh for making um uh punches in Leather
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And even in in drilling into wood and
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then the other feature that I love about
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the the
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farmer the saw is perfect for small camp
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chores crafts you know if you're cutting
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out uh Wooden Spoons or making a uh a
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set to hang your pots you know over your
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fire and you want to saw um some notches
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and some wood this little saw is a beast
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it does a very good job and it's just a
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handy little tool to
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have knives and Swiss Army knives it has
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its standard array of items
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including bottle opener can opener
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screwdrivers and then of course the pen
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blade and the Victorinox Knives the
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steel that they use on these this the
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stainless um is such a a high quality
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stainless it it does a fantastic job
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it's very easy to sharpen stay sharp in
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the field um if you had to choose one
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pocket knife for Bushcraft the farmer
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would be
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it next item that I want to show you is
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my canteen set
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now this canteen set has appeared in
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many many videos in different kits that
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I've put together uh different campouts
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I've shown this thing in action many
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many times as you can tell it is pretty
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well used I've cooked over the fire with
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this thing a lot and also on a lot of
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different types of stoves including esit
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stoves and gas
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stoves this is the Keith titanium
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canteen with a cup and it does come with
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a lid um the Keith canteen if you don't
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know this is the that makes the heavy
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cover canteen titanium set or at least
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they used to I don't know if they still
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do I don't even know if heavy cover
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still in business but uh the Keith
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canteen it's the exact same thing as the
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heavy cover you can get these on Amazon
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and they do work with the military stove
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stand so it makes for a very nice system
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and like I said have this many years
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it's a very handy piece of equipment and
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well worth the money in my opinion
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and then to go along with that
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set this very simple little sack that
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tough posum gear makes and that keeps
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everything contained but this allows me
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to put my canteen set inside of a bag or
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a Hab sack and not get it all soy and
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dirty and that's why I love this thing
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had this for many years and uh it does a
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fantastic job of keeping everything
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contained and while we are on the
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subject of tough posum gear the good old
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tough posum gear sit
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pad this one I've had quite a while um
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it looks pretty clean and that's because
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I just ran this through my washing
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machine this went on a trip with me last
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week and it was pretty muddy and dirty
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and that's what I love about this
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particular Si pad is that you can remove
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the core pull that out and then you can
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wash your cover it has a nice blaze
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orange side to it this also doubles as a
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signal panel and then of course tough
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possum gear very versatile they've added
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these tabs to the sides so now you can
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carry this in a lot of different ways
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you can strap this to a pack you can run
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shock cord through it you can fold this
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thing up and stick it in a hav sack I
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mean it's just a very versatile piece of
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equipment and I can't imagine going out
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in the woods without this
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thing another piece of gear that I've
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been utilizing for the past couple of
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years um is this pair of boots and boots
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are such an important piece of
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equipment uh and especially for me
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because I have really bad feet flat feet
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weak ankles um I really need good
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support and I need a good boot that is
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going to have good traction uh but also
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keep my feet dry and warm and this is a
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pair of Nord of 8 hiking boots um you
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can get these on Amazon they're very
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inexpensive um they're
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waterproof and I absolutely love them
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they have been such a fantastic shoe for
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me they held up well uh they're easy to
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get on and off um they keep my feet dry
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and they're very very comfortable now
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for many years I was a Merill boot guy
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all my boots were Merill and then I
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switched over and started wearing
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Solomons and um didn't care for the
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Solomons at all didn't really like the
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fit in the feel and thought they were
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very overpriced and then I found these
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these Nord of boots and I am absolutely
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in love with them they make a few
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different designs so I will have links
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down below for a lot of this stuff if
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you're interested in it but um these are
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fantastic boots I'm I'm really happy
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with them can't say enough about
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them and they've they've held up very
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well they haven't really worn out yet in
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the past couple years I've been using
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them
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so now this piece of equipment um it's
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not necessarily a fantastic backpack uh
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there's nothing really Earth shattering
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about it this is an old German um
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Mountain
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Ruck it was given to me by a buddy and
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of course that elevates it um
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immediately it's a gift so it's
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something that was given to me and it
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has sentimental value um but it's a very
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simple backpack it's an old fash fashion
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style backpack very
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bushcrafty um you know just a simple
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bucket design with a a draw string
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collar and then side pockets for water
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bottles um nothing fancy but the thing
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that really sets this bag apart is this
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right here and
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um this patch belonged to my father he
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was in the military um he enlisted I I
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think um after Korea and served and he
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actually went overseas to Italy and
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that's where his deployment was and he
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was with I believe this is the fourth
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Army which is an army group that is no
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longer in existence is now I think the
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fourth ID um so this is an old unit
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patch of his he gave this to me when I
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was a kid um I remember getting this
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from him and thinking it was just the
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coolest thing ever and it actually
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stayed in a cigar box in my bedroom for
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many many
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years and um I dug this thing out and I
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had my wife sew this on my pack so now
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when I go out on trips um my dad's with
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me it's it's a great memory I love it um
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it's very sentimental to me but that's
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what makes it such a awesome piece of
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gear that I will not get rid
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of so the last piece of equipment that I
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want to show you is this jacket now if
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you if you watch my videos and you've
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been following me for a while you've
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probably seen this jacket pop up now and
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then um I've had this thing
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forever it is a Patagonia soft shell
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jacket but it was military issue and was
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part of the PCU I believe that's what
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it's called the PCU um system and this
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is the level five jacket um it was a
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whole um system of clo that the military
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came up with and one of the contractors
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at that time was Patagonia and they had
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soft shell soft shell jackets they had
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uh fleece uh shirts I actually have one
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of those as well there's windbreakers
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wind pants rain jackets rain pants and I
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think even a puffy coat and puffy pants
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so the whole
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system was
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designed um for soldiers and I think
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this is probably back in the '90s maybe
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early 2000s mid 2000s when this came out
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um it was to you know help soldiers be
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more comfortable and effective in the
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field um instead of using you know old
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materials like cotton and all that kind
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of crap so it's a fantastic jacket it is
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starting to wear out pretty well uh the
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tabs that
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um hold the Cuffs together are are
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rotting that's it's rubber they're
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falling apart um actually actually lost
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pieces of them um but the jacket still
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does what it's supposed to do it does a
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fantastic job of cutting wind um keeping
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moisture off me it's not a raincoat it's
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not 100% waterproof but it does a really
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great job of keeping me dry and because
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of how it's designed it also keeps my
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core very cool because these
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pockets are very large and it's mesh on
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on the inside so if I leave these
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Pockets open it will actually vent my
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body heat out um which is just it's a
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great design so you don't have to have
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pit Zips and then a very simple chest
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pocket that is also very generous I find
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I use this thing all the time to hold my
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phone um this jacket when it finally
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dies I'm going to be very very sad
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because I love this thing and of course
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hood and it has a good hood on it
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because it's actually designed to go
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over a helmet um so it's generous and
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you can cinch this thing
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down and it's just you know as an
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outdoors jacket um it is such an
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important piece of equipment for me
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because it is helping me maintain my
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body temperature it's keeping me warm
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and dry um and it fits perfectly it has
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a very good range of
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motion um I'm gonna be so sad when this
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thing dies so if you if you if you know
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of a good substitute for the the
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Patagonia level five jacket let me know
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because I'm looking to replace this
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thing um as always thank you so much for
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watching my video um if you like this
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you so much for watching and we will see
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you next time on the prepared Wanderer
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or your silky or whatever else you use
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you know those have real fine
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teeth and they're designed for a very
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specific
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purpose and so are the teeth on this
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because in my mind this is a notching
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tool and that's really what it's
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designed for
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