tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post4280283710473869528..comments2023-04-20T11:39:31.414-04:00Comments on Exploriment: Hipster BushcraftExplorimenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-70862731192527034142013-02-25T01:23:59.240-05:002013-02-25T01:23:59.240-05:00They have agreed to take the copyrighted images do...They have agreed to take the copyrighted images down. Thats not to say they dont have more...Shnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361025472207148862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-64463530911476120902013-02-25T00:07:45.600-05:002013-02-25T00:07:45.600-05:00These guys were just busted by some BushcraftUSA.c...These guys were just busted by some BushcraftUSA.com members who discovered them plagiarizing their photos. Buncha posers. They'll be sued by the way... Don't support these thieves. Shnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361025472207148862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-45758688227949563482013-02-25T00:03:35.921-05:002013-02-25T00:03:35.921-05:00Hey guys, it appears the folks at "Bush Smart...Hey guys, it appears the folks at "Bush Smarts" have a tendancy to steal the images of others in the "real" Bushcracft community to further their own fake business. Not only do they sell hipster crap at stupid prices, they cant even have the balls to prove theyre real. Shnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361025472207148862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-40181922955384523112013-01-23T00:03:49.834-05:002013-01-23T00:03:49.834-05:00It might well work in Brooklyn or Portland.It might well work in Brooklyn or Portland.Explorimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-79548248275638513662013-01-22T16:23:28.714-05:002013-01-22T16:23:28.714-05:00Crap.
So much for my unique artisanal pickle sho...Crap. <br /><br />So much for my unique artisanal pickle shop idea.NinjaClerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155508836636709353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-31499960064714316222013-01-21T20:29:01.768-05:002013-01-21T20:29:01.768-05:00Things costing a bunch don’t bother me. I’ve bough...Things costing a bunch don’t bother me. I’ve bought some high quality stuff in my time, and it tends to cost a bit. Quality, durability, performance, comfort, etc. - those things are all worth it to me.<br /><br />The stuff being peddled here isn’t bad per se - it’s not dollar store junk, and in some cases it’s very good stuff - it’s just the totally inflated prices on them that I find odious. <br /><br />I think the attempt to make it look like top end gear, because it’s been wrapped in some sort of mythology, is what really gets me. It’s an attempt at creating brand loyalty, not through actual performance of the products, but through this inflated mystique surrounding it. I have professed my love for Kifaru. But they have the cachet they do because of the actual quality of what they design and make. The aura surrounding their products has been built up by a loyal base of end users. This is merely taking someone else’s products, adding some gloss to it, making up a story to steep it in, and thinking that you can then reproduce what a company like Kifaru has. A genuinely earned reputation for quality and service. <br /><br />This all feels incredibly contrived and frankly feels like the customer is being bamboozled. Maybe people who don’t know any better can be fooled, but to anyone that gets out there for real and uses stuff, knows they are being scammed.Explorimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-25904540158294416532013-01-21T09:45:57.058-05:002013-01-21T09:45:57.058-05:00Oh, you are so right, and this is so sad, especial...Oh, you are so right, and this is so sad, especially because we are talking about bushcraft. I understand free market economics. I understand that there will be $50 t-shirts with a fancy label as long as there are rich kids willing to buy them. What makes me sad in that "bushcraft" tries so hard to pretend that it is not that, while at the same time we see it all too often. <br /><br />An activity (bushcraft), which is supposed to be the result of primitive and traditional skills, learnt through time spent in the wilderness, often turns into nothing more than people pretending like they have been in the woods by wearing the latest designer bushcraft gear. <br /><br />Why bother actually going into the woods (after all we are all so busy/have health issues that prevent us from doing so), when we can just buy a nice retro looking wool shirt costing $400 and is worn by that guy on that show. Then you will the real deal. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366916570963904793noreply@blogger.com