Love to listen to you talk. You explain things very well and at the same time have a soothing voice.

Who new you watched a guy from where I am at....montana! Been watching your video's new and old for couple years now .I'm so glad I found this one!

mate that canoe is a work of art !!! Incredible:)

Right at the end of your video I saw your boots are Asolo! We love Asolo boots. The first time we bought 2 pairs for a hiking trip in Ireland, wore them for the first time on the first day of the hike and neither of us had sores or sore feet. I personally cannot wear full leather boots except in the cold weather though.

That canoe is amazing. Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship!

Another top video! Many thanks

Watched your videos when you built your canoe,,,absolutely amazing! You are a great favorite, Simon. We also miss Maggie alot. She was so beautiful!

That is THE most beautiful canoe I've ever seen, would love to 'feel' it on the water!

I used to deliver Cement Bags as a young bloke in the late 60s, early 70s and hardly anyone had a fork lift truck, so it was one bag at a time. The bags then weighed a Hundred Weight or 112Lbs / 50.8Kgs. I'm a big Norse / Irish Viking and would carry one under each arm so that I finished my run quickly and could spend time in the pub or having a snooze. No wonder my back s now trashed. That canoe looks good! Well done.

As for the billy pot, you can use the steamer pot to put chocolate in... like a fondue for strawberries or marshmallows. They use this technique in a professional kitchen and its called a “Bain Marie” where water is used under chocolate to melt it without it splitting

Good video. As always. Thanks

I've broken more bail handles on more pots and when I saw the handle you made I started to do the same....smartest thing I've seen in a long time. Thanks

Canoe is beautiful . Good choice on your camping gear .

Great job on the canoe! Beautiful

Not to shock you Simon, since no one else has noticed, but that is an BEAUTIFUL canoe!! LOL

Amazing build on your canoe. It looks absolutely beautiful. Old school is great. It really demonstrates your skills.

Hey bloke again grear video and great advise with everything. Thank you tony.

My all time favorite boyfriend built a single seat airplane in his garage - that wood work was as beautiful as yours, excellent work.

Great video, I now want to make my own cedar strip canoe in the future. Thank you for the inspiration!

Great selection, your canoe looks beautiful.

that must have been every day 24/7 to have completed in 3 months!!! absolutely beautiful workmanship! big kudos!!!!

Great Video Simon !! The Canoe is Absolute Class !!

great post Simon and some really interesting items on show each with it's own merits. You cannot beat a really good pair of boots, need not be expensive but need to be tough and dependable. When you reach the point that you forget you have them on but stll have dry feet you have cracked it! Love the Canoe, splendid. All Best.

Beautiful, beautiful boat Simon! Nice craftsmanship!

Wow, that is a stunning piece of art you've created, there. Beautiful. New to all this so will be looking up all you mentioned, thanks!

building my third canoe, Simon. Thanks for allowing me to kip some features from yours. Cheers!

I love the canoe Simon...a real labour of love and what a wonderful tool to have at your disposal. Your other selections were great also and I share your fondness for the DD 3 x 3 tarp. Paul :)

Cracking video Simon. Articulate, well presented - ace kit. Love the canoe !

That canoe is something else, you should be so proud. Hats off to you

Holy heck! That Canoe is Absolutely Outstanding! :"O. I TOTALLY WANT ONE! :"D

That canoe is just awesome !

Beautiful job on the canoe, and excellent MOD on the Billy Pot, I know what I'll be doing this afternoon.

Simon that canoe is stunning!! Well done mate.

Top notch equipment with some great hacks with the Zebra Billy Pots, the Canoe is beyond beautiful.

as a canoeist myself,I love your canoe.A real classic

Love the boat, looks like you did an excellent job.

Your improvements.. genius. THX!

Excellent choices Simon. My first would also my canoe. My solo boat is an old Wenonah Solitude. I also enjoy my hammock rig, my Spyderco Delicate 4, Karhu Multigrade Nordic skis, and my 25 year old Stanley vacuum bottle.

Awesome choices, the canoe Is stunning mate, iv got the big grizzly blade, thanks for the nomination atb Mike 👍🏻

Thanks for the tag and shout out Simon! I like your choices mate...The zebra pot is absolutely a brilliant bit of kit...i use mine all the time in the kitchen at home and my wife has her 'Hands Off' instructions ! i have always coveted your canoe and must admit that if it were mine, i would spend more time on the river than in the mountains! The knife, a great choice and pretty much a given...the tarp, sweet!...the boots, i actually owned a pair of Leather Asolo's the same as yours...i loved those boots...but after twelve years climbing around these rocky crag's they finally gave out...i tried to replace them...but sadly they were discontinued...Thumbs up all around amigo...Look for my 5 favs vid next mid week...thanks again...be well...woods

HI Simon, Man, I thoroughly Enjoyed this video also. I like ALL your Top 5 Items you picked out. I sure do like your canoe🛶 It is gorgeous. Thanks for your input on this❕

Great vlog . amazing building your own canoe.and love your old boots .I liked your green with envy comment about Sweden and how you like Montana that's how I feel living more East Anglia direction,but you certainly make the most of your terrain !

Impressive about ,making your beautiful canoe, as well as the duration you've had those boots, good on Scarpa for making such high quality goods. Also a subscriber to Andy at Kent Survival!

Great job canue.I have the same,bought second hand,really appreciate the price I got it for,considering the time,it took 3 months to build.But making it yourself must be great satisfaction in that alone

That canoe is beautiful, it really is.

Good selection and very jealous of the canoe.. I've been watching canoe / kayak build videos lately so I know the work you've put in there!

Your canoe is amazing. Kudos

Ahoy Simon. Good selection! I also have to think about what my 5 favorites are. Stay healthy. Azze

Hi Simon good video nice

That was a cracking top 5 items never heard of your 5 nominations so will definitely be checking them out atb jimmy😎😎

The new MK3 timber wolf is a brilliant knife and their mk3 slip joint bore EDC is a brilliant set of tools ..Great choices m8 ✌🏻

I feel real privileged tom own two of the five items you listed. I have the TBS boar, the BEST civilian knife I have ever owned, excellent for Bushcraft. I also own the DD Tarp and several other items from DD...Thanks for sharing your expertise, Simon.

Great choices. 👍

Love your canoe Simon - makes our Mad River and Pyranah ones look heavy :)

Nice choices man! Absolutely amazing canoe! never realized you made that yourself...

Im goin to b ordering some of those billy cans soon, seeing them.in ir videos i got to have them. Great video

Wow! I have a pair of those boots!! I've never seen anybody else with them!!

That canoe would make ray mears green with envy, awesome

An awesome line up, Simon and most informative. Like many here, very envious of the canoe and can see you cherish it - patting it like a faithful dog! The ultimate personal transporter to those wilderness places least populated by and effected by human impact. A talented craftsman indeed to build it and marriage intact. Zebra billy can is a fave of mine - I tried your chicken roast and modified the handle clips using a coat hanger as the original plastic ones melted off (not sure why zebra even use plastic flammable clips lol). Old leather friends are great and I'm sure your will be wearing them in your 80's as indeed will LiveSimplyFilms: Mountain Mike be still wearing his. ATB Stephen.

I miss your Maggie, she is Great company, I know just how much company a dog 🐕 is to an animal lovers such as us

You Brits have the best tarp British shelter sheet, I use it since years and it’s just amazing.

Yes I'm jealous of your canoe I love getting on the water like that I'm planning a trip now.

I am going to get all those very items apart from the canoe, which is amazing btw❤️

Great Stuff !

Evening! Just watched your winter lavvu video and went on to watch this one. Great channel - I subbed :-) Oh, and very very fine job with that canoe!

Another nice and informative video. I mostly use a trangia burner or butane/propane canister and an attachment like the msr pocketrocket 2. If you don't object, I'm going to order you a couple of different hand chain saws for you to try out. You reminded me I mentioned them previously when you nominated a British guy in Sweden. The friend who suggested making a bow saw from the wire hand saws spent some time wild camping in Sweden 6 months ago.

Love the canoe. Might see you on the Broads sometime? We are not far from Barton Broad. We haven't used our Perception Caroliner kayaks for sometime so we'll have to dig out the paddles again.

Great choice of kit there, that knife is a beauty, looks like itll last a lifetime too, but boy o boy that canoe..... its something else it really is. Blood, sweat and tears maybe but it must be so worth it now, the thing looks perfect. im well impressed. Great video, thanks for sharing. Subbed

Nice one. I like the mods you made to your zebra Billy can 😄. Atb Tim

Great choices

I like your wire handle. I just put a slight bend in my regular handle with some pliers and now it stops where I leave it and doesn't fall down.

I have the same boots, bought in a sale 20-25 years ago for £70. I agree, they are great boots.

You are Dead on on Your Favorite Gear. As for that Beautiful canoe, and Myself working My whole life in boat yards n Marina's restoring wooden boats and an expert in glass work and gelcoat . I'd ask You to consider wrapping that Hull on the outside with 10 oz. Cloth n glassing it in.... It would give alot of Deapth to the Beautiful Cedar while Protecting it for Life against scuffs etc. West System resin which is an epoxy resin is amazing and was designed for experimental aircraft.. it is amazing on wood.. anyway, Damn I wish I was Close enough to take a canoe camping trip with ya Bro.. I bet We would have a blast.. I just turned 49 years young lol..

That canoe makes my 1972 Sears Alumacraft look like crap. Nice gear Bro.

Would loved to have seen a video of the canoe being built! Absolute work of art!

Very well done Simon you have put the rest of us to shame. I’d forgotten about your canoe but fully agree it has to be No1 (I’m really envious). Yes I knew your knife would appear and you described it very well, however, what on earth is a Scandinavian grind??? Many thanks for participating but I didn’t expect you to outshine everybody else 😂. Well done Simon and as I’ve said before you are very talented. Cheers! PS I’ve got the very same boots and had them equally as long as you, they are as you say brilliant. ⛺️

Great video and tons of interesting content on your channel. Subscribed right away. I think your channel will be a huge success.

Your are work of art , your quite a fella with a lot of skills . Let us know if you venture into the USA

Ahhh, a canoe would make sense in East Anglia. Love the Broads, in fact there's a fair bit in East Anglia to keep you busy but solitude is at a premium. Keep meaning to find a more undeveloped part of that coast to go on a serious forage/plant spot but life keeps getting in the way.

Wow im considering to buy or build a canoe my self because i live in a area with more water the land becaus its far below sea level. Its nice to see that youre helping other youtube bushcrafters with getting more subs. 👍

great five , glad you participated ..

Great video man !

Can't believe your boots are still going!? I remember you telling me how good they were back in the mid 90s!! You weren't wrong!

Just sub'd because of that incredible canoe!

Very nice Simon, a good collection of kit. Mirrors my own pretty well except my canoe is a rather elderly Penobscot, my knife is an 8" Kukri and my boots are Trek Attacks. If I ask nicely would you make me a lovely canoe like yours? Pretty please with a cherry on top! 😊 All the best, Al

Briliat 🍁🇨🇦Edsnature⛺️All the very best

I like that Mike Carter handle!

Hi sweet page ☺ Keep it up!

Can't beat old school boots, I still have my pair of leather Brasher Gore-Tex lined boots from the 90s they've done the West Highland way Great Glenn way the Rob Roy way and the Speyside way along with many trips to the lakes, Wales the list goes on.

Nice and practical...we would get on fairly well! Less is more when you have quality...although in the Southern U.S., tarp only shelters are tough with the copperheads etc..

Great top 5 Simon. If I had a canoe like yours, it’d be in my top 5 too! Do have two of your other items...including the tarp (like most others in the UK!?) and a 24 year old pair of Scapa boots like yours (which just got recent clean & snoseal and came up like new again...love them!). Sorry if I missed it, but did you do a video on making the canoe? That’d be interesting to see... cheers, and keep up the great vids

Hello Simon. Excellent video. Firebox makes replacement medal clips for the Zebra pot, which hold the handles. They have a video about it too.

I'm not sure why I'm missing your uploads Sime but I check my feed regularly. Fabulous choice on all fronts. I can't separate them although if I was to choose it would have to be the canoe. I want to get on the Wye this year. You interested in that with a couple of stealth camps? Would be good! Well, I have a folder with uploads yet to come so i'll leave it for now but thank you for the nomination. I learn a lot from you. Brilliant channel. I'll check them guys out. Take care Sime and all the best. Mark

Simon, that was an awesome video just like always!! What OR hat are you wearing? I have several but that’s pretty cool indeed!!

nice one mate, amazing job on that canoe, that is a thing of beauty! just wondered if you would like to do another tag video on your 3 favourite luxury camping items? i've been tagged to do it and i've got to tag 3 others ofc. thought of you as we're fairly local to each other. let me know what you think and if so i'll tag you, when i eventually get round to doing mine lol.

Great choices, Simon, your canoe is stunning mate. Thanks for the tag and the shout-out, my subs shot up by about 30, was wondering why til I saw this. I'm abroad at the minute with work, wont be back til start of April. I'll do my response then. Take care, buddy.

I had to comment again.. I Love My Brass 1971 UCO Candle Lantern. I bought a little alcohol burner off Amazon for 5 or six bucks n run isopropyl alcohol in it ... Oh She is one great piece of gear... Hell, as soon as things get better here financially , I'm just gonna send You one... It would look great lit up in that canoe . Might need a little bracket though.

So , I can recommend Lancaster Sports Repairs if you ever re sole those boots. They have been going years , highly recommend them. Atb.

If you like canoeing you need to come down to south Florida and try out the Everglades. It’s beautiful but warm lol

I have looked at the Zebra Billies in the past, but the price was a bit to much. After watching your video the other night, I did another search and bought a small one (1.4Ltr) and the next size up, (2 litre I think). They have plastic clips to hold the handle up. I'm not real keen on it, but I'll leave it as is for the moment and see how I go. I'm sure that I'll be going to a wire handle, but it is a once of thing, so I want to be sure (to be sure)!