Christmas Presents!!!!! What useful stuff did you guys get?

[peripatew]

An outdoors skills encyclopedia...quite good;

What book is this? Sounds interesting?

 

[x39]

I got a $50.00 gift certificate to Borders book store. They usually have some nice outdoors, gun, and knife books. Now all I have to do is find the time to make the 170 mile round trip to use it!

 

[morph]

REI Sahara Shirt & Pants
Eastern PA Appalachian Trail Map
JRE Strop Bat
Backpacker subscription

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

My brother got me my first Gransfors Bruks- the Carpenters axe. My girlfriend (err...fiance) said yes on the 11th, and then bought me a CANNON Powershot A570 IS (whatever all that means). And I got some Restaurant Gift certificates and too much chocolate.
Not much but the yes only cost me $2000 (rings), and $250 for the decorations, and $50 for the hall- not to mention the dress, commissioner, CATERER............
Still the best Christmas present since meeting her at Christmas time in 1999.

 

[Capt. Carl]

I got a Skookum Bush tool by Rod Garcia. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow. I took it out in the woods today to practice my figure 4 deadfall and it really works that wood great. I love the sheathing and ergonomics. Also I discovered how nice pukkos and scandi grinds are along with my first use of A2 steel which I very much like so far.

 

[Liam Ryan]

Congrats cuts like a kris!

I got a few books, one is about a crazy boat trip teddy roosevelt took in the amazon, looks great, and the blade magazine knife making book, with a great tomahawk section. Also, assasins creed for the 360.

What I bought myself, gransfors bruks small forest axe, Fallkniven F1, and a bunch of Gary Paulson books, like hatchet and about 5 others.
Happy holidays all!

 

[sirjason_20]

Sounds like we were all pretty lucky this year. My lovely wife bought me a Colt Gold Cup from the custom shop and three Wilson magaines. I also got a gift card to Cabelas, Maxpedition pack, and I bought myself a Cold Steel SRK. Now I just need to get home in a few weeks to open all of them! Its torture.

 

[texastonydobbs]

I received a Bark rivers northstar,swamp rat custom shop blade(not sure of actual blade design) model never owned one.though I got to play with before Xmas could not have them until then,

 

[ROCK6]

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[ROCK6]

What book is this? Sounds interesting?

http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198764945&sr=1-1

It's by Chris Townsend and Annie Aggens; Chris writes a lot of backpacking books...good author.

My wife has a real hard time buying for me, but she found this and it gets good reviews. So far, it's a good read with a ton of interesting info even for me.

ROCK6

 

[crossada]

kershaw folding saw, kershaw flint firestarter, woodcraft books by Nessmuk and Horace Kephart, Best of the Backwoodsman volumes 1-3 from paladin press, and a neat little pen called an inka that will fit on the lanyard on my edc sak. i highly recommend it!

http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=43

i also bought myself a filson double mackinaw cruiser.

 

[XMP]

A great Christmas: a Gransfors Bruks small forest axe, Hoods Woods videos, Under Armor cold gear hoodie, a Wintergreen anorak, a windstopper Polartec jacket, a firesteel, a SAK mini and a REI gift card.

And I got myself a Busse HellRazor that arrived Christmas eve.

My wife, daughter and I are going to the Boundary Waters area in the middle of January and we'll do some snowshoeing and sleddogging, so some of the gear will definitely get used then.

 

[peripatew]

My Christmas seems pretty crazy, because I also got some graduation presents as well.

Tom Krein TK1 w/ blue-black micarta scales
Tom Krein Bushcraft w/ blue-black micarta scales
Gransfors Bruks small forest axe
Kershaw Vapor
Cabela's XPG Bivy
Cabela's XPG 12'x12' ultralight tarp
Northface Cat's Meow 20 degree bag
Keen Whislter's wool line clog/boots
4 new peanut liners!
Mountain Smith Tour
3 day canoe trip on the Jack's Fork
And money to get contact's and some nice polarized sunglasses.
And about $30 from County Comm (hand full of LED's, 2 signal mirrors, some ferro rods)

It was a HUGE christmas. I'm looking forward to using most of it on my canoeing trip tomorrow!

 

[aceofblades]

I got a timex digital compass, a mini maglite, a BUCK 118 and 102, a nice wool jacket, some fishing hooks/bobbers/lures, and a new tackle box.!

 

[cutlerylover]

This is one of my gifts. We sharpened everything in the house and are ready to start on the butter knives

Before you sharpen a knife put the plastic case cover back on the bottom portion, it fits back on half way so you have somethgin easy to hold on to to keep the system steady...Hard to explain, here is a pic...

 

[Jenner 515]

Bark River Canadian Sportsman II Filet knife.

Eddie Bauer Down Vest.

 

[longbow50]

Kelty Moraine pack
Set of Smartwool lightweight long underwear
Quantity of Mountain House food
Snow Peak SS cookset
MSR Pocket Rocket stove (got early)
Craftsman chainsaw w/case (broke it in today)
AM Pocket Medic FAK
AM Heatsheet single

 

[verbal213]

A Big Agnes Seedhouse SL1 Ultralight....

fits one person only for 2.5 pounds!:thumbup:

Merry Christmas to all!!!

I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo, 1 person for 1.5 lbs. Its an awesome tent and I cant recommend it enough. For 2.5 lbs you can get a 2 person version with a whole lot more room. I would recommend checking these out if your looking for an Ultralight tent www.sixmoondesigns.com.

 

[daddymac]

My lady rocks! I got a pair of Merrell hikers, a maxpedition remora and the Kaji White Steel Knife pictured below:

Wow! That is a beautiful knife, where can I see more??
j

 

[timcsaw]

I got...
A new Kershaw Leek...
A Kershaw Speed Bump
A folder knife blank and various scale material (blue and white turquoise, exotic woods)
A padded gun case for a custom Ruger 10/22 that I made (I built it to look like an FN P-90... it looks "wicked" good!).
A new belly band for my Glock
A new holster for my Glock
Some candy for my sweet tooth.
Dean Koontz newest book
And a new KJV study Bible.

I must have been a good boy!