Fire by hand drill

Fire by hand drill

Monday 25 April 2011

Brilliant advert from the 80's

6 comments:

Karl said...

Hmmm.... I remember those... It seemed everyone had one, or one like it... scary stuff... lol

Karl.

http://ranger-pathfinder-notes.blogspot.com/

Mark said...

I used to love my one of those, id love to lay my hands on another one just for the nostalgia alone

Gorges Smythe said...

That "cooking fire" is the scariest thing in the ad!

Andrew Boe said...

If i had of seen that ad when i was a lad I would have blown my top with excitment. and probably pestered my mum and dad for a year to get one.

Paul Kirtley said...

Hi Andy

I had one of these when I was a lad. I used it so much I destroyed it - The wire saw snapped on first use, the sheath eventually disintegrated so I made a makeshift replacement. The knife didn't keep its edge for long and it was never that sharp to start with. The knife blade regularly came loose from the handle and I re-tightened the nut with my dad's socket-set. One day I was using this blunt instrument to chop down a small dead tree and the knife actually bent to the curvature of the tree! Even though it was cheap and a bit rubbish it's great to see this add - filled me with nostalgia for being in the woods as a boy....

Thanks

Paul

http://paulkirtley.co.uk

Bryan Baltz said...

Did tha say you get to keep the sheath and stone even if you return the knife? Lol what is the point in keeping the sheath?