Archived threads in /out/ - Outdoors - 306. page

It's a cottage company, small batches of extremely high quality gear. Make more money poorfag.

File: buhgok.jpg (616KB, 2448x1836px) Image search: [Google]

616KB, 2448x1836px

>>874442

It wasn't that I wasn't able to pay for it. I just didn't want to drop a couple hundred dollars on gear that's going to break in a month

Looks like 25 yearold Chinese garbage you bought at Goodwill

>3 handles on a gun

Damn it go back to playing video games with that gun design

>>874414
That is Ahmed and in 5 years he will suicide bomb your favorite Chucky Cheese.

File: IMG_20160618_041901.jpg (1022KB, 2048x1536px) Image search: [Google]

1022KB, 2048x1536px

.>>874420
I can only hope that ignortard is present for that, famalam.

File: p_101901470-300x300.jpg (18KB, 300x300px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 300x300px

This is the most retarded post I've seen all morning

File: tmp_15791-images-1008218278.jpg (14KB, 211x239px) Image search: [Google]

14KB, 211x239px

>>874022
>zombies

Lay off the vidya games and get outside more champ.

I don't think zombies are an issue, but its funny that so few people know that they actually exist.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis

>>874010

The autism increases from right to left. Neat. I didn't even read your post but its probably shit.

>American north-midwest

Just say the state you are pretending to be from you pretentious faggot

>>874028
assumptions make you an asshole

Train a chicken to follow you around.

A ziplock of ice in the thermos?

Get eggs in a paper carton, burn it when you're done?

>>873594
Try heading up 285. Reynolds park and Staunton state park are nice.

>>873594
I drove through Breckenridge to pick up my GF recently looked like there would be dank hiking up there

>>873594
Everything near Denver is crowded.

>>873575
You fucking faggets better turn the fuck around, and pull those goddamn tires out of the fucking river you pieces of fucking shit.

>>873575
Just looking at that pic makes me have to take a shit

We are doing that, this damn river is more a junkyard than a river.

So why to make it worse?

>>873285

It's not hard. place dominant hand close to head, non-dominant hand near base, lift over shoulder, tighten your non-dominant hand, and swing, sliding your dominant hand down the shaft. Contrary to popular belief, you don't want your maul stupidly dull as you do want it to be able to go into the grain from above, sharpen it until it has a burr or just before, but not much further.

10 seconds of google gave me this video, and this is pretty much how you do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soOJDRlRUQM

Quiet audio. Just remember as with all long handled bladed tools such as axes and mauls and whatnot, accuracy is a million times more important than speed and power, so don't swing hard, swing well.

To process logs into firewood, you have to cut the logs into stove-length "rounds". Your actual desired stove-length will vary according to the stove it is to be used in. I find 18" a good size for my little wood stove. Outdoor wood furnaces will take much larger sizes. Then you take a "round" and stand it on end and split it with the splitting maul. Knot holes will be hard to split through, so try to avoid those.

Some of the tough pieces I "baton" by placing a single-bitted axe on it and striking the back of the axehead with a 2.5lb sledgehammer. Crude, but it gets the job done.

>>873285
If the wood requires a decent amount of force I like to start with the head hanging completely behind my back, arms bent overhead but tense. Then dip into a quarter squat, and quickly straighten again, bringing the maul overhead. Finally complete the swing with a little arm involvement, letting gravity do the work, ending in a quarter/half squat depending on how much force is required. This is what let's me go on the longest because it saves the back while letting the legs do most of the work gravity doesn't do.

>>873281
There is absolutely nothing /out/ related about working in a retail store - no matter what it sells. It's the farthest away you can get from /out/ related jobs.

Your daily commute is several orders of magnitude more /out/ related than your job selling mountaineering backpacks and chic softshell jackets to businessmen and soccer moms.

If you want an /out/ related job, you need to get _out_, not in.

Also, it's a fucking retail job, you don't do that because it's fun, you do that because you need money and don't have any other options.

Work in a out/surplus local retailer. Isn't too bad aside from problems with the owners and such. Avoid people that appear to be gearsnobs, they don't want your impute they mostly want to brag about their vast trove of knowledge and how the solo'd the local dirt path in the park blindfolded. Normal people will only ask if shit is waterproofed and maybe what % wool/cotton it is

Does being a flatbed driver count as out? I haul military and machinery mostly though, but I travel the mid west a lot and go fishing when I'm close to some water.

File: Screen Shot 2016-10-11 at 00.26.41 AM.png (44KB, 362x243px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 362x243px

>>873121

Any Collins guide. Pick your subject.

File: sailing-alone-around-the-world-joshua-slocum.jpg (27KB, 400x300px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 400x300px

This was a fun read. Man the world was different back then. . .

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6317/6317-h/6317-h.htm

im ordering mine later this week once I feel more confident in the right size to choose for chest and hips.
The only con I can see is that the load limit is 30 pounds, meaning that since my base weight is 15 pounds, I can only allocate 10.6 pounds to food, the rest going to 2 liters of water. And if I want a extra liter, there goes 2.2 pounds.
And on a superficial level: it ain't a unique pack.

Eager to read some cons

File: pack.jpg (221KB, 960x720px) Image search: [Google]

221KB, 960x720px

>>872987

Just giving you another option, but why not Granite Gear crown VC 60? It's similar design to the Circuit but

>cheaper ($200)
>found at REI if you're in the US (1 year to bash it around)
>lighter by half a pound (weighs 1.9 lbs with frame removed, unnecessary for light loads)
>less storage room (60 vs 68)

68 liters on the Circuit seems like overkill for normal backpacking, assuming you follow some ultralight principles.

Pic related is of my Crown VC 60 in front of my friends being slow as hell packing up their gear. I usually have 5-10L of spare room in it. But my pack weight is between 15-18 lbs.

>>873013
Same anon that was picking up the Circuit in the coming week.

I actually hiked the PCT in '15 with that pack. It's pretty good. I had the same "problem" of it having too much space when you pack lightly. For me it kinda fucked with the frame if I rolled it down too much. Also, can't easily grab water bottles from the side pockets when wearing one. It can fit a BearVailt BV 550 horizontally which the Circuit can't. And it's durable as fuck. Mine is still in good condition.

>>872921
I take all my knives to a professional knife sharpening place. They charge $3.50 a knife.

I am not experienced enough in the proper wet stone technique. My survival knife has a built in sharpener, but I've never used it. Maybe if I am stock on an island for 5 years, I will use it, otherwise, I take it to a pro.

The honing tool is just for prep work in the kitchen, it does not sharpen, just removes any flack you may have on the edge.

>>872921
Yes, correct.

>>872940
It isn't used for sharpening. It is just to correct the edge.

Nope
I go through my knives maybe once a month and touch up he edge on my fixed angle sharpener if they need it
Due to any chipping or rolling

Other than that I strop occationally to maintain a super nice edge
Not quote a mirror polish but easily sharp enough to shave, push cut paper or cut newspaper


On shit like my axes and machetes I just hit the edge with a diamond course and fine stone to keep them relitivley sharp during use

My edc knives are used daily cutting open heavy plastic sacks
Heavy paper sacks
Various rope
Zip ties
Plastic netting
Etc etc

I use my knives enough I decided to invest in a nice sharpening set up

File: yeah, nah.jpg (157KB, 960x674px) Image search: [Google]

157KB, 960x674px

>missing units
-2 points
>missing punctuation
-2 points
>sentence fragment
-2
>first word not capitalized
-2 points

Final grade 2/10. Please see me after class.

>>872854
I do believe this concludes this thread.

File: IMG_9074.jpg (137KB, 708x920px) Image search: [Google]

137KB, 708x920px

>>872854
>OP didn't even greentext it

File: arizona.png (138KB, 700x700px) Image search: [Google]

138KB, 700x700px

Hi AZ bro. Don't know much about hiking spots in this area, I just moved to Tempe from Sedona so I have the same question.

On that note, I'm also looking for good shooting locations. The only shooting ranges nearby are indoor and I really don't want to shoot my rifles inside, and I don't want to make a trip all the way up to Ben Avery. As far as I can tell, it's legal on all BLM land as long as you follow the rules. I was told that Usery Mountain is a good area. Any other suggestions?

>>872850
As for shooting, go to the local police dept. for the info, you just have to be x miles away residences, but it varies on city/county.

I know there if a place (shot there before) in North Phoenix, 10 minutes from Desert Ridge that is just empty desert.

>>872850
I live in Washington and I've never been to Nevada

I guess I should have said that I was looking for recommendations and 'please and thank you'.

File: A0Z9-KZ2.jpg (413KB, 1500x1500px) Image search: [Google]

413KB, 1500x1500px

These did me nicely in northern Greenland.

https://www.thenorthface.com/shop/mens-verto-s4k-ice-gtx

Of course they are meant for the ice and aren't very flexible. They were warm in -40F though using a dual set of socks.

File: bugaboot.png (207KB, 540x492px) Image search: [Google]

207KB, 540x492px

>>872764
i got the columbia bugaboot for my girlfriend last year and shes been raving about them so much that ill probably buy the mens version this years.


they look amazing, the weight is great, and i didnt hear her complain about her feet once all winter.