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Hi, i've read that some of the concern over milkweeds toxicity potentially stems from an early case of mistaken identity with dogbane. Though i dont recomend this i've on many ocasions eaten the young shoots raw and even eaten an entire pot of the stuff cooked once, with no i'll effect. I've...

@ pastymuncher Ha! Chad is a freind of mine. It was that arcticle that got me started looking for alternatives to hiking clunkers awhile ago.

Those feelmax pictured look perfect! Thanks for all the imput folks!

Hi I noticed a pic of an interesting set of shoes in "Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft" on page 87. They look really light. Does anyone know what kind of boot those are? One of the biggest problems I have with modern Hiking boots is they are generally built like mud tires off a jeep, they tend...

Does anyone here know where I might get some bog oak? for knife and sword handles. I'm willing to pay ,and also pay to have it shipped to Canada. Cheers Jeff

Dude! you have to move that gasline! are you trying to kill yourself?

hi, the cheapest and best option i've come across yet is to go to a heavy equiptment yard and pick up the damaged bucket pins or if your lucky the old rock buster (like a giant jack hammer)bits. These parts are usualy at least a foot long and four or more inches wide and if damaged in the scrap...

"bushcraft" by mors kochansk "wildwood wisdom" ellsworth jaeger. This is an older book (1945) but covers a huge range of bushcraft / primitive living techniques. Almost 500 pages in length and packed with tons of information. You can even find the original voyageur cup design reproduced by...

well if your going to just build a forge for a temporary use dig a hole in the ground and add air (forge blower or even a hair drier should do) that was basically what the vikings were doing. (or any other primitive blacksmith for that matter youtube had loads of vids about this. tribal...

the last two times I was witness to deer colisions the deer were dispatched by locals who had hunting experience. both times the throat was expertly cut open and both times the deer was eaten (the last time I got to keep the deer ) A word of advise though, be extremly cautious about aproaching...

say...there wouldnt happen to be someone here intertested in taking some measurements and maybe even a couple of pics so that us diy ers can reproduce one of these.? I guess this may be a tall order seeing as this is my second post and all and i havent made any friends here yet.

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