I perhaps should have had my coat off too, to show off my nifty woods "batbelt", which is an adapted toolbelt holding a couple things like a pouch with firestarting materials, ane axe, a knife, and a folding saw in a sheath. It was -10F at the time of this picture. This perhaps was contributive to why this slipped my mind.
Actually, at times, like here, I forgo the axe and carry the Ontario SP8 machete. It depends on what I'm doing or where I think I'll be. A short, 1/4" thick, foot long heavy chopping tool that in a lot of cases equals or beats a hatchet. If the snow is hard, I like it in the winter for cutting chunks for making a snowshelter. The black sheath is barely visible on my right leg, but the tie-down strap at the end of it, above my knee, is clearly apparent. It also works good for producing fire kindling and chopping rootmasses out of the ground to create small firepits.

Yeah, the gloves are welding gloves. They cost me less then 10 bucks somewhere once, and are warmer(and tougher) than gloves that have cost me several times that. They do have to be somewhat insulated to protect welders' hands from heat. If they keep heat out, they can keep it in, and they seem to. As a result of the ends of coat sleeves filling the long cuffs, I can shove my arm in a snowbank and snow does not enter between my glove and wrist.
NEXT