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Well there are options to try....

It was scone baking day today. It surprises me that there is such a variety of different recipes out there for the humble scone. Some years back I found this one and it’s really quite good, though I substitute plain yoghurt for the buttermilk. One occasion two eggs have ended up in the mix...

I do have one issue with daytime running lights - I forget to turn on the proper headlights on occasion! To justify this, my car doesn't have DRLs but the wife's does. In the evening I quite often use her car for ferrying the kids around. There have been at least four times when I've been...

….always use good stock?

In a zombie apocalypse I assume that I’ll be one of the first to be eaten.

You should do a spark test on it.

A paint / food scraper.

Well it all depends on what you want at the end. You can make a serviceable blade from mild but it won’t hold an edge at all. Any of those you’ve listed, even the saw blade, won’t be worth heat treating as it won’t do anything to them.

Mine is a Triset 24 + 4. I wanted something for those smaller days and I think it would suit well, if you can find one.

A quick google.... https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/809760

Do you think they stuck with O1 so as not to tarnish the knives that were made previously?

There’s some great smaller Vaude rucksacks on vinted at the moment. I picked one up myself recently - nice mesh backs to them which she’ll like!

If batoning is ok with Mors Kochanski then I’m certainly not going to argue against it! I find it works and very useful.

I use mine for batoning because it's fine to do it. Why carry an axe when just a little bit of batoning of your knife will do?

Where’s the ban hammer?