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Considering the high probability that many branded stoves are made in China anyway, Iâd say itâd be worth a punt.Â
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Iâm donât really understand why a lot of folk have a downer on Chinese goods these days (recipes involving bat notwithstanding!). The fact is that they are now the manufacturing engine room of the world. I guess the same suspicion was prevalent in the 60âs and 70âs with the rise of Japanese manufacturing - motorcycles, electronics, etc.Â
Back on stove related business (well, fuel preparation really), Iâve just bought a Fiskars X7 hatchet for camp fire duties.Â

 Itâs replacing an oldish unbranded thing I got from Screwfix thatâs a bugger to sharpen and wonât hold an edge. The X7 is a lovely bit of kit - made in Finland (!) - and a quarter of the cost of the Gransfor Bruks hatchet I was eyeing up! Should do for a bit of hedge-laying next winter too :good: