More Ray Mears on TV

Hey, here is a clue


WATCH THE THING FIRST THEN COMMENT

you stated youself you haven seen it, how on earth can you pass comment then?

Besides its a BBC show not a commercial one, but since you havent actuallySEEN it you wouldnt know now, would you? Ahh the perfect use for this much abused emoticon. :jerkit: :jerkit: :jerkit:
 
Juiceseller said:
By the way, I got this one for my gardening chore;

Yeah, most of the tactical large knives can be awkard cutting tools, the Japanese ones tend to focus more on cutting ability. Any decent custom maker though should be able to adapt to the use. Justin of Ranger knives started with extreme use tacticals based on his military background, very robust sabre ground knives designed more as utility tools than fine cutting instruments but started offering finer flat ground versions when customers requested them and they are getting solid feedback now.

Mears doesn't come off as very commercial, he doesn't actually sell anything on the show, he doesn't even mention the name of his website or the products he sells in the ones I have seen. At most he mentions that he runs a survival school, but he does it rarely, and not in every episode. I would not argue that watching the show is better than actually getting outside, but if you are going outside I think you could benefit from watching it depending on how much experience you have. In the canoe episode for example he talks about controlling the split of wood, soaking wood to bend it, laminating, etc. .

-Cliff
 
Temper said:
Hey, here is a clue


WATCH THE THING FIRST THEN COMMENT

you stated youself you haven seen it, how on earth can you pass comment then?

Besides its a BBC show not a commercial one, but since you havent actuallySEEN it you wouldnt know now, would you? Ahh the perfect use for this much abused emoticon. :jerkit: :jerkit: :jerkit:

You watching how to do this and that?............what the heck, you depend too much on your TV, dude.........

This is what wrong is the world today, you think what you learn from the media is real, well let me tell you, they aint teaching it for free, someone is paying that advertising cost and you are sublimed to buy their products, kinda like a slave, if you ask me, PAL!.......

Remember the phrase "This show is made possible by so and so........."?

Just like we have reality "survival" show in the USA TV, it is nothing but a fantasy show for schizophrenia (those who can not tell fantasy from reality)...
..........that means that whole world whoever glue their eyes to the TV.

Becareful of what you watch, dude.

Cheers,



Juice
 
Cliff Stamp said:
Yeah, most of the tactical large knives can be awkard cutting tools, the Japanese ones tend to focus more on cutting ability. Any decent custom maker though should be able to adapt to the use. Justin of Ranger knives started with extreme use tacticals based on his military background, very robust sabre ground knives designed more as utility tools than fine cutting instruments but started offering finer flat ground versions when customers requested them and they are getting solid feedback now.

Mears doesn't come off as very commercial, he doesn't actually sell anything on the show, he doesn't even mention the name of his website or the products he sells in the ones I have seen. At most he mentions that he runs a survival school, but he does it rarely, and not in every episode. I would not argue that watching the show is better than actually getting outside, but if you are going outside I think you could benefit from watching it depending on how much experience you have. In the canoe episode for example he talks about controlling the split of wood, soaking wood to bend it, laminating, etc. .

-Cliff

Yes, I have an Ursuba? right here in the kitchen, it is laminated Hitachi steel. I even "fear" it, LOL...........that is how sharp it is. The thickness at the spine is about 1.5 mm and the width of the blade is about 2.25".......talk about slicing ability, LOL.......

About that show, I dont know when it started since I dont watch TV, but I hope that whoever the guru in that show knows enough about NOT buying into commercialism and keep the show "clean"............

I know lot of shows start out "clean" (back in the days when I still watch TV)........but they got "greedy" later..............as the substance of the show would be no longer "genuine" but are they would be controlled by whoever companies supply the money to keep the show going...............

And what more?........they put kind of a "fear" that you be "out there" helpless without that equipment that they sell!!!!

Well, I spoke the word...........

Cheers,



Juice
 
Its made by the BBC
The BBC is not a commercial staion. You have a TV you have to pay the licence for the BBC whether you watch it.
They are not selling anything, that is like saying the National Geographic is selling expeditions to the North Pole.

Answer me this, did you go to school?

Screw it, After re reading your posts you are either a troll or a post labotomy case. Either way you are on the ignore list.
 
Temper said:
Its made by the BBC
The BBC is not a commercial staion. You have a TV you have to pay the licence for the BBC whether you watch it.
They are not selling anything, that is like saying the Nation Geographic is selling expeditions to the North Pole.

Answer me this, did you go to school?

Screw it, After re reading your posts you are either a troll or a post labotomy case. Either way you are on the ignore list.

Hey, PAL.............think for once, OK.

Who is paying for the BBC airway? eh............nobody works for FREE and you are mistaken if you think the BBC is all that "righteous"........And do you pay anything to BBC watching them from Japan, eh? Yatamoto?

Cheers,



Juice
 
Hey, think about what the British Empire culture is doing to the world, they gives you BBC, damn big deal, eh..........

You got to understand, Yamamoto, nothing is free my PAL..........dont be too naive!.

Cheers,



Juice
 
You're right Juiceseller, the BBC isn't free, I along with millions of other people pay for it through licence fees.

There are no commercial interests controlling the BBC, it operates on a government charter and is widely recognised as the most impartial news provider in the world.

If you know of a more commercially independent provider of both radio and TV programmes then feel free to give it a plug.
 
Its worth a watch. I always take advantage of watching someone that knows what they are doing especially if they have there ego in check and I'd say Ray Mears at least the 3 shows I've seen, he qualifies! I'll try the paddle and the knots for sure so instead of watching reruns of something I'll watch stuff like this and think he might get one or two younsters up off their A$$ and get outside.

Thanks for the pic Cliff! I'm waiting for my first Khukuri so I'm seeing them in my sleep :)

Last night after everyone went to bed I went out to my camp OK its a lean-to (500 meters in the woods behind the house) and drank a beer, started a fire in a very wet spot and then cooked a small pizza over the fire.... It beat watching a movie. When I get the khukuri I'll be building a palace out there! Next time I'll do a bannock but I was too lazy!
 
Temper said:
Hey, here is a clue


WATCH THE THING FIRST THEN COMMENT

you stated youself you haven seen it, how on earth can you pass comment then?

Besides its a BBC show not a commercial one, but since you havent actuallySEEN it you wouldnt know now, would you? Ahh the perfect use for this much abused emoticon. :jerkit: :jerkit: :jerkit:

Damn,seems like alot of jerking off!!!

Whatever gets you off man!:D
 
onowa said:
Damn,seems like alot of jerking off!!!

Whatever gets you off man!:D

Since I stopped drinking I need some form of relaxant after dealing with irritants. (Reportedly to have a calming effect greater than Valium ;) )
 
Don'tkillbill said:
Next time I'll do a bannock ....

Mears baking method is interesting, I am curious as to how it compared to the traditional frying method.

Juice, there are lots of very commercial shows, Mear's however isn't, he doesn't even tell you who makes the tools he is using in the ones I have seen so far and it does not say "Mear's uses XXX" at the end like Mike Homes does for example.

Mears has started selling his own brand of knives, and probably mentions them in his later shows/DVD's but based on his attitude I would assume it is more of this is a good option and I like it rather than this is what you need or else you will suffer.

Even on his website now for example while he sells an upscale woodcraft knife, he also notes that a really cheap version you can buy anywhere for about $5 is an excellent tool as well.

-Cliff
 
No, I have seen the entire series and he never once mentions the name of any kit manufacturers. He doesnt even go on about the virtue of the design that he carries. The only thing he does praise is a Parang that he uses on a Jungle camp series. He says that a knife is the most important piece of kit in Bushcraft but he doesnt list a style or size, just that a knife is the most important piece of kit. He goes on to tell a story of a guy in the Amazon that was on the brink of falling out of his canoe due to bad conditions. He said he had a choice of either grabing his bag full of kit or his Machette, of course he grabbed the machette, as he could make anything he needed with it.
 
it's too bad that his original book on bushcraft is out of print. i've been told that it's the best he's done. i'll keep looking.
 
"Uk aborginal bushcraft" was on last night, this was packed with information on primitive fishing, fire starting, cooking (frying/baking), pitch glue, cordage, tool making (bone/rock), cave painting, uses of plants, and included making a bow and a set of arrows with stone tools.

Like the other episodes seen, this isn't an attempt at teaching just llustrating the kinds of things you can do. For example when using the stone adze he comments about the right angle but doesn't actually discuss it. If you go too shallow you just skip off and if you are too obtuse you just make cuts and no chips.

What was interesting was the very low cutting/chopping ability of the stone tools in consideration to complaints about modern steel knives, even the heaviest edged tacticals I have handled would be many times over more efficient than the adzes used for example.

-Cliff
 
Yes, this episode and 'Sweden' are probably the best if you like seeing how stuff is made.
 
I saw the epsiode 'Four seasons' last night and really enjoyed it. It was an hour long episode and seemed to give Ray a little time to go into more detail.
There was fairly detailed section on making a feather stick and batoning wood for wet weather fire starting.
At one point Ray refers to a mushroom that grows on Birch tree's and shows you how to make a plaster (Bandaid over the pond?) from it. He then intrigingly says that this mushroom is also excellent for knife sharpening in the field but unfortunatley doesn't give any more details, It just looked like a normal mushroom to me, white with a round cap and looked the size of say a tennis ball. It seemed definetly 'soft' textured when he was slicing the top for the plaster. Anyone have any ideas how this particular fungus can be used for sharpening?
Also a bit that was very new to me was 'tapping?' a birch tree for a pint or two of sap. Ray said it was a real 'pick me up' and packed with sugar and vitamin c. Is this a well knon technique and has anyone tried it?

Neil
 
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