I was going to buy a kit from Tandy when the kits where on sale, but didn't. I got the bits to make a belt instead. I decided to make a custom fit set instead. My feet are kinda Yetti shaped, so custom fit works better. I spent a few evenings over a week or …
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I had a small hatchet, a small knife, and a bit of string. I spent 6 hours or so preparing for about 6 minutes to get a fire started I let burn for about 3 minutes. Fire by friction is hard. Building a bow drill set is fussy, exacting work with a hatchet. My aim …
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While on vacation in Florida, my “souvenir” of the trip was a new pocket knife. I had broke my old one months ago – this spring actually. I picked a ~$30 Buck Knife even though the place had some really nice Benchmade knifes. I can stand loosing a $30 knife a lot more then a …
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This is Brother in bed, a knife under his pillow. OK, so he doesn’t use a pillow, he still has a knife in case somebody breaks into the apartment.Such a prince. If there is something that we don’t want him on, like this clean towel that fell on the floor, he will lay on it. …
