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would it be possible to take a case hardened file/ striker and to redo the heat treatment?!

yes, forgot to mention: the crater is in the desert near Halls Creek in northern W.A. ; i would however suggest taking 4WD instead of a Ford Festiva for a trip to Wolf Creek :P (although my beloved "festiva" performed well!)

it's the world's second largest asteroid crater on land, about 800m across and 300000 years old ; there's also a (horror) movie called "wolf creek" which was filmed after i went there...

ahh... i confess just using my spoon...

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from my personal experience in Australia, Kangaroo Island, Aotearoa and South Korea i can recommend wwoofing -- with one exception (restoration island) it was a lot of great experiences, incl. 10weeks with Aborigines.... i kept in touch with some hosts for many years and were friends with...

and "buffalo chips" on the north american prairies... i used dried cow pats as fuel on my way back from Wolf Creek Crater in 2005, too and it did the job to cook my diner

please forgive me my shocking lack of knowledge, but what is it used for?!

how many helpings of beans did it require to accumulate the necessary fuel?! :P

and watch a few episodes of "alone" -- quite a few folks tapped out/ got pulled out by the producers because they a) had a serious injury b) were close to starvation c) couldn't handle the loneliness (or had serious worries about family members)

wanted to take a shower an hour ago (yes... i know... it's only saturday! but i was sweaty after a jungle stroll... :P ) and found myself face to face with a three-toed sloth 50cm from the tap -- darn peeping tom again...

daft question: is that tube open on both ends or just the lower one?! plenty of bamboo around so i might give it a try making one (although i've to admit the only instrument i can play is the fool...)

it would (probably) look more crude, but i could see a homemade version happening at some point in the future (=doing the ridges with a triangular file)...

my leatherman already comes with in-built "ruler" and a hexagonal hole is out of my league (with the tools available), but two holes of different diameters and the material in-between cut off (at least that what it looks like to me on the photo?!;) ) could be doable at home, too...

looks like a simple flat piece of steel with a lanyard hole on the back and a notch and end sharpened (somewhat) on the working end -- what are the dimensions of it?! looks like something one could cobble up by themselves even in rural central america with minimal tools available... :-)

i once modified the handle of an opinel #10 by rounding the end a bit with sandpaper and slightly "notched" it where the thumbnail groove (or whatever the correct name is) is located for easier opening, otherwise i haven't seen a need for handle modification in tools yet... machetes (despite...

sorry for going somewhat off-topic, but do you treat (=seal) the coconut shells somehow?! plenty of coconut palms of various varieties over here (and gourd "trees") so shells are easy to come by. however i had several shells leaking on me when used as cups -- i presume when removing the flesh...

the only titanium item i own is a spoon i found (looking like brand new) when i was working on Japan's largest camping ground (amazing what items people left behind) and which now lives in my shoulder bag (=for those unplanned occasions when i need a spoon and didn't bring my usual stainless...

it's rather amazing how much wildlife you can have in close proximity even on the toilet when living in rural central america: i've had a fer-de-lance going almost over my toes 5years ago, 4 years ago i painted the rafters of a friend's toilet/ shower building to find myself face to face with a...

don't think anyone mentioned him, yet: "bertram - craft and wilderness" it's a blacksmith from denmark, he was gone for about two years but recently came back (yay!) he doesn't talk, just doing his stuff and enjoying it; "chad zuber" and "donny dust" are also worth watching imho for history...