Louis you are one of my favorite people today, thank you man

I think I found my retirement gear up in Finland, I can't imagine ever looking anywhere else than Varusteleka and Savotta. And on the plus side, my kids will never have to buy gear either :)

When I head to the woods, I carry, at minimum, a Puukko 110, Silky Big Boy 2000, and an Agawa Canyon bucksaw with spare green wood blade. I don't carry an axe because I find saws safer to use personally.

Thanks man :)

Merci Louis for the kindness and for your trust, I will make sure to do this for you

Haha thank you very much ! Greetings from the very deep France man ! ​@@Tim_Keys

Ooops wrong video thought this was the 15l overview haha. But it still stands.

I am a big fan of the long form myself, haha I just never know how long these videos will end up in the end. But magically I somehow fall naturally to almost exactly the 30 minute mark

Thanks Jess :) I have many great experiences with Fiskars, it took a long time but I outfitted the hospice with an entire selection of orange and black goodness. My problem though, I can't stop maintaining my gear. I love the bi-yearly linseed oiling, my homemade beeswax rub on leather... its my quiet place

@Tim_Keys *A well-designed and well-maintained hickory handle on any style of tool is a joy to use.* My grandfather, my father's father, worked on the construction of the *Conowingo Dam that spans the Susquehanna River.* He was injured on the job, fired as a consequence of his leg injury, and subsequently ended up with a *very unique, 10-pound, straight-peen sledgehammer.* The hammer's uniqueness, aside from its straight peen, which was relatively rare for a sledgehammer of that weight, was its very small, slightly tapered, oval eye. The oval eye *measured approximately 1.25 inches long by 1" wide,* with the long axis of the eye in line with the length of the head. *The straight-grained, heartwood, oval hickory handle* was incredibly flexible, and at its thinnest, where the dimensions of the handle were the smallest, it measured *NO MORE than 7/8"×3/4".* Until the handle finally broke in its 8th decade of use, it was the most enjoyable sledgehammer that I have ever swung. My father called it a *Buggy Whip* handle, and if you stood perpendicular to someone using it to break up something like concrete, for example, you could see the handle bend like an archery bow when the head impacted whatever it was that you were trying to break. We oiled that handle religiously at least once a year. I should mention that the grip end of the handle didn't measure much more than the size of the eye and was approximately a maximum of no more than 15% larger than the eye. In addition, the handle was *TRIANGULAR* in shape, being *more isoscoles in shape than equilateral.* It was the only 8 pound plus in weight sledgehammer that I have ever used that *NEVER* gave me a blister.

Endurance Room recently published a video showing all kinds of combinations... my guess would be 'yes'!

Can technically do that with any pack/pouch with 4 or more attachment points and some spare field repair quasm buckles

You can yes, if you either swap out the side compression strap SR buckles on the Jääkäri M to G-hooks, or add female SR-buckles to the side compression straps of the Kahakka and then attach the male SR buckles of the Jääkäri M side compression straps to those.

Yes! I’ve done it by adding Savotta’s 2M WB SR PALS-MOUNT, 25 MM, FEMALE buckles on the Kahakka and using the compression straps on the Jääkäri M to connect it.

Thanks for the love my friend, and that is the MPP Foam Mat. I pulled off the tag to make a patch out of it. And as for armor you might be talking about the PC18 from Varusteleka I am putting together. When it is all put together I will show that too

In the Kahakka 25L, the grey pad is just a tiny bit longer, but the same width as the Savotta Pad/Mat thing. You are good to go with either one there.

@@Tim_Keys Great to hear! Thank you.

I believe that's the color, but yes that is the model. Complete game changer once I got it. I never liked being hooked to carrying the Skrama like a sword but with this system I can carry it and keep it handy for short periods. It still wants me to buy some suspenders to keep it up but short term work is alright.

@Tim_Keys Carrying a heavy, long-bladed knife like the Skrama 240 on one's waist for any extended period of time only makes sense to this old man if I was suspending the Skrama 240, or an even longer bladed and heavier machete, from a well-padded waist belt, similar to a war belt in height, that was equipped with a quick-detachable shoulder strap harness. Then, both of my hips, as well as both of my shoulders, would bear the far more well-distributed weight. Then, the only necessity would be finding something of near equal to equal weight to carry on the opposite side of the war belt from the Skrama/machete. The same principles would apply equally to anything from a mini-hatchet all the way up to a mid-sized hatchet with a 1.5lb. to 1.75lb. head and a 16"-20 " long handle. uarmprotection.com/product/armored-war-belt-regular-long/

I will add this to the list of webbing builds

That is the German ground sheet, the sleeping mat does not fit in the 15L

Volunteer emergency response, so pretty much anything I get called out to. When the kids are a little bit older I will join their deployment team for natural disasters and war relief.

Oh there was even room for more, I picked up a shirt and shoes I left at the hospice on my way home :) I absolutely recommend the axe hanger, it changed everything for me. And I'm home and safe and my job is done. I just made 100 cookies and my only job tomorrow is delivering them to everyone still working

I'm sorry man, that's the early morning sun. I don't even know how to do filters

Thanx for your reply! The brightness disappears for half a second if I turn my phone to get into landscape mode. Maybe it is some app failure on my side. Greetings! ❤

I think that it is youtubes hdr mode messing with our phones, i have noticed it on videos from other youtubers aswell

Very soon I will have a video up on how to do that

If anyone knows Savotta's reasoning for not putting additional rows of PALS webbing on the front of either of the new packs as well as the Hatka, I'd love to hear it. I'm the kind of person who loves blowing packs up with attachments and Savotta sort put the damper on that idea.

Very simply, they were not designed with that in mind. Yes, nature finds a way and people will use the bag as they see fit. But the design is fit for the needs of the Finnish Defense Forces, without adding weight and additional end cost per unit.

@rusty9045 the funny part about that is that the Hatka with its 4 rows actually has twice as many rows as the Kahakka lol. Both packs coulda have benefited greatly with the addition of just 1 more row in the middle.

@@rusty9045 Worth remembering these are ultimately daypacks/combat packs, not really meant for hauling huge amounts of stuff. For larger capacity, Jääkäri M are both more expandable (more PALS, floating lid) as well as designed for better comfort (e.g. proper hip belt and cushion, backside with air channel). Plus there's some other larger packs coming from Savotta, IIRC later this year.

I super appreciate it but I am not interested at this time. I am not trying to get too serious here, I'm just having fun with my favorite things. If this becomes a job it won't be fun anymore. I wish you all the best :)

@@Tim_Keys Hey bro, you know, I watched your video before I asked this question. I think your video content is very interesting. Our cooperation is not just work. I think our cooperation is more like the way friends get along with each other. You can do what you like. You just need to introduce our products like you did in your previous videos when you shoot this kind of video next time. Maybe our products are really good?Hahahaha🤪

@@Tim_Keys Maybe we can try to have a deeper discussion?

Well I would hope you watched the video before reaching out about it. And I am going to say this one more time, bro, I am not interested. I am trying to be polite, but now I am annoyed.

@@Tim_Keys Well,Sorry,I understand you ,I wish you have a nice day！