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I have had a B&H GAK for 9 or 10 years. I shortened the blade with a Dremel whilst keeping the blade cool wrapped in wet cloth to make the blade/cutting edge to slightly less than 3" I did the same with my Victorinox GAK which I gave to one of my son-in-laws. I actually prefer the fit &...

For 30 years I have had an Ontario combat ostensibly a near identical knife, without the cache of the name Ka Bar. The Combat is a Genuine US Marine Corps field utility knife by Ontario Knife Company, The classic Marine knife was introduced in the 1940's and became the field knife for the...

10 Years ago I bought 2 GAK's a Victorinox and a B&H I reduced the cutting edge to just under 3"on both with a Dremel on a wet cloth wrapped blade. I kept the B&H gave the Victorinox to my son in law. I believe that the GAK had several manufacturers, strangely I preferred the B&H knife which I...

A few years ago I bought a stick tang parang blade marked BIDOR from Ahmad Nadir at Outdoor Dynamics now I belive myparang. see also sepuh-crafts these are apparently identical to this one and the Ray Mears I put on a bought wooden handle/grip which broke. I contacted Stewart J Light (Stew of...

I had my own very valid reasons GAK's are non locking for a start. Whilst the cutting edge is all that is usually quoted in articles. I remember when the Criminal justice Act 1988 was originally introduced it said a blade length of less than 3": Therefore blade length is also important ...

I reduced the blade length of 2 original Germany army knives with a dremel (clone) a few years ago, First I placed the blade in a vice having wrapped the blade & GAK body with damp cloth to prevent loss of temper & to prevent sudden closure. Both are UK legal and are daily carries by my son...

A peat cutting spade off Google images. I believe that Scottish and Irish spades differ in that one has no 90 degree spur so 2 cuts/thrusts are required where as this one requires only one, I watched a BBC documentary in the 1950's early 60's I think it is the Irish version that only needs one...

in the 80's we took my oldest daughter then about 6 or 7 to a railway heritage site to see the trains; they had a second hand stall in an old carriage, I saw in the pile of goodies a Leatherman PST unused, in it's box with the leather pouch, I had to borrow the £10 they wanted off my wife...

Could it be this style minus the fittings though the Logo is not the Pal blade Company one

Rob In 2013 I bought my son a sit on Feel Free Corona kayak, he is 6' 2" & 85 kg it takes him and both of my grand children & my daughter their mother at the same time. or son & my 120kg self, very stable even in a decent swell. It lives with my daughter in Poole My original post...

In 2012 in exchange for an axe mask "Everything Mac" of this forum forged me a peasant knife blade(friction folder) with extended tang from 5mm thick 01 tool steel, I think I got the better of the deal as it's a lovely blade. Not long after I was prescribed Statins to which I had a reaction...

If it is the real deal American Civil War particularly confederate stuff is highly collected in the USA could be worth a very large sum; certainly worth exploring State side.

Me neither

For 11 years I had a job that required me to stand on cobbles for hours at a time; I was 135kg, I developed plantar facilitis. On the advice of a specialist boot maker I bought a pair of Superfeet to fit my feet & cut to boot length; over several weeks they stopped the problem, subsequently I...

My Audi Q5 came with factory aero bars apparently they "interface" with the stability control system!. With previous 4 X4's fitted with roof rails I had used Thule square bars, both types of bars unloaded make similar amounts of wind noise @ 70 mph, however with the aero bars when we strap my...

Originally Posted by boatman Seems an awful recurring expense and I wonder how essential it is. Can never remember replacing a cambelt on any car I have owned. Ime a new owner change of driving styles can affect the longevity of belts,gearboxes & other parts, I was a vehicle examiner at one time.

Any secondhand car petrol or diesel if the belt change is unknown or more than 15000 I get the belt changed. One day a friend told me he had bought a Rover 420 I said get the belt changed he walked over to a phone called a garage booked it in for 0930 the next morning, 0900 starts the car...

Andy thanks; for a while I had trouble putting a shirt on, I'm not going to take up powerlifting again, I just want to be able to swing a decent size axe as you know my smaller axes are for the grandchildren and friends offspring. As for explaining to the uninitiated why we need sharp...

Been out of bushcrafting action for over a year with rotator cuff issues in both shoulders due apparently to no longer moving heavy objects after retiring, after physio I am back doing press ups etc. these are some of my axes, there are another half dozen now + parangs etc.

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