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29-02-2008, 03:14 PM
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| | | Who uses a kelly kettle
Knowing all my fellow wabers are all eco friendly I thought I would praise the kelly kettle to you all. If ever there was an invention that was worthy of praise then this it, One of these with you and yu need never yearn for a cuppa again,,, I keep some matches and two sheets of newspaper and tea bags and dried milk in the bottom of it and you will never be short of a cuppa again, They are a bit pricey but I have had mine for 20 years now,,,,,I just fill mine up from a stream and let her boil,,,, Volcano Outdoor Camping Kettle - Kelly Kettle Company - Boil water outdoors for fishing, hunting, camping, and humanitarian work.
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29-02-2008, 03:56 PM
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What a smashing bit of kit  Never heard of it before, wish I'd had one in my archaeology days.
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01-03-2008, 06:04 AM
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They were using those when I did a few days volunteering in The Lake District a few years ago....think they had another name for them though?  |
01-03-2008, 09:53 PM
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always been called kelly kettles>>>>>>
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01-03-2008, 10:09 PM
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When I was doing stuff with BTCV they always made a brew with these. Like most things, the communally used ones lasted about 2 months and then the bottom seam started to leak. I thought that a well loved one should last a lot longer, but I sort of longed for one about 1/4 the size for a very quick brew for one. |
02-03-2008, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  When I was doing stuff with BTCV they always made a brew with these. Like most things, the communally used ones lasted about 2 months and then the bottom seam started to leak. I thought that a well loved one should last a lot longer, but I sort of longed for one about 1/4 the size for a very quick brew for one. | They do a 1 pint one, this is big enough for two mugs of tea. |
02-03-2008, 06:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meta menardi When I was doing stuff with BTCV they always made a brew with these. Like most things, the communally used ones lasted about 2 months and then the bottom seam started to leak. I thought that a well loved one should last a lot longer, but I sort of longed for one about 1/4 the size for a very quick brew for one. | Was that quite recently then? - The Lakes was the first time i've seen one used with BTCV. On London weekend tasks we used to use an ordinary kettle...and drunk from mugs which hadn't long been used as shoveholers! 
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02-03-2008, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie Was that quite recently then? - The Lakes was the first time i've seen one used with BTCV. On London weekend tasks we used to use an ordinary kettle...and drunk from mugs which hadn't long been used as shoveholers! | Well yes, about 5/6 years ago. I thought they were really cool (can a kettle be cool?), but rough handling always seemed to be their down fall. I have a 1/2 pint Primus, bought in an antique shop, and If I am away for more than a day that is my dear and my love. Understand it, let no-one near it and it is a constant friend. Let someone else near it and it is a bomb. |
03-03-2008, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi Well yes, about 5/6 years ago. I thought they were really cool (can a kettle be cool?), but rough handling always seemed to be their down fall. I have a 1/2 pint Primus, bought in an antique shop, and If I am away for more than a day that is my dear and my love. Understand it, let no-one near it and it is a constant friend. Let someone else near it and it is a bomb. | LOL - heard about getting possessive over things but a kettle....!!! Ah - used to go out with London BTCV in the 80's and I wish some of those kettles had met their maker...goodness only knows what we were boiling up in some of them!!!  Just spent a few days with them in the Lakes a few years or so back |
03-03-2008, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi When I was doing stuff with BTCV they always made a brew with these. Like most things, the communally used ones lasted about 2 months and then the bottom seam started to leak. I thought that a well loved one should last a lot longer, but I sort of longed for one about 1/4 the size for a very quick brew for one. |
Mine is well used and well loved and is 20 years old....
Andy
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