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Today's wire saws are rebranded Gigli surgical saws. Gigli saws are used to cut skullbone for brain surgery. They comprise three or four stainless steel wires wrapped and woven. They are easy to sterilize. They cut thin bone cleanly enough for surgery. They are mass produced and are therefore...

Greetings all, We all enjoy building kits. Do you folk on the Island really ever need a psk? I'm a bloody colonial. There are very few spots in the continental US where a PSK is of any use. Northern Canada, defined as away from the cities, Alaska, maybe. I'm not disrespecting PSKs. I just think...

Greetings, Cold-camping is well-covered here. In-camp footwear is well-covered here. My question is specific to my experience last weekend. Solo camp in remote forest. Overnight temperature -10C. More-than-adequate hammock/underquilt/bag system. Tarp prevented overnight first-snowfall from...

Greetings, I was faced with two problems today. One problem was an untidy pile of my daughter's old nylon hose and tights, all with runs, that I saved over the years "because I might find a use for them someday." The other problem was a camo net and a couple of scrim scarves that wouldn't stay...

Greetings, Over the winter I've made biltong (and got it right on the third batch) and hardtack (got that right the first time). Those gave me the itch for a primitive camping trip. I have a bedroll of 9' x 12' painter's canvas dropcloth plus two extremely nice wool blankets. Question: Where...

The knife itself is strictly a weapon. (For collecting, not using, thankyouverymuch. ) Friends, help your local Council nannies avert their tender eyes. The sheath is what I'm showing off. I hope the imgur links work. sheathed unsheathed back side My daughter gives me the nicest presents.

Greetings, I owe someone here from the Midlands an autumn magnifying glass fire. I learned something and want to pass it on. I use three and five strand jute gardening twine for my primitive fire starting. I am accustomed to separating the fibers to make a nest for a coal. I found that a tight...

Greetings, This is perhaps a bushcraft fishing question. It's really a general freshwater fishing question, but I hope the answers will have bushcraft implications. I have a tackle box. I have little plastic trays with this, that, and the other lure. I go to a spot and deploy the appropriate...

A community archery park is along my route home from work. Today I had to wait a few minutes. '][/URL] Because I am not very accurate. So I sat in the car and enjoyed the view until they left.

I didn't search for previous discussions of this topic. I whack old files in my vise to make 2" pieces for striking flints. They work just fine. I see beautiful smithed strikers with curlicues and etched makers' marks on the big river. Has anyone tried both? Is there any utilitarian reason to...

Long introduction, short question. This weekend I camped in a four-season no-vehicle area. Snow was forecast. I had packed a Whisperlite. At the trailhead I threw in my home-made sheet-metal stovelet just for fun (cf. Nimblewill Nomad) along with a hatchet and Bahco Laplander to feed it. I had...

Greetings, A search for Fishing Survival Kevlar had no matches. I received a clever little laser-cut metal card, "Readyman" fishing, as a gift. Kevlar or Spectra line wrapped around the card seems the next reasonable step. Kevlar thread sold on a river in South America seems to have a maximum...

Hello all, I made my own Millbank bags, properly cupro-ammonia treated. I prefer flint and steel to matches (I make my own sulfur matches) and Bics. I carry lots of matches because one is expected to do so. I carry several Bics because matches are overrated. My favorite winter fire building...