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the friend or the parrot?! :P (sorry, couldn't resist -- i'm a ronin now but once i was a jester and occasionally it still shows...)

Happy Birthday from me as well how did the dutch obtain emus and when did they bring them to Japan? interesting story but i never heard of it despite being both to Oz and Japan (relax, i believe it -- just curious...)

pot: my 14cm zebra billy which i treated myself to christmas 2008 at the "NT General Store" in Darwin. has been on quite a few adventures since then; 5years ago the place i was staying in got flooded at night (result of bad place selection and a nocturnal flash flood) which forced us to abandon...

i'm a bit of a grinch -- 24th evening i had a quiet one with the dog and cat; to get away from all the holiday hassle i went for an overnight trip yesterday and today during which i saw my first peccary

i did NOT buy it -- it was a gift from a very kind and generous form member -- but for me it's the Ben Orford "woodlander" i got in november i also acored a brandnew "optimus" stove when helping a friend to sort her stuff for a yard sale and in march i got a hammock + 7.5 ft tarp in change for...

having had a (semi) nomadic lifestyle for many years meant sadly leaving items behind on more than one occasion (==due to weight/ space limits), but i tend to use items as long as possible and usually don't buy new stuff unless an item has worn out or been lost... ●my oldest item is a plastic...

it looked a bit like he may not have lost it that accidentally (seems there's a bit of speculation on another forum in that regard) -- fact is he gave up without even trying another way to start a fire... again: i wasn't there so who knows...

i just finished the adventures of a german slave trader who went on a long vacation on a carribean island (and invented the five-day-week as he had all work done by Friday :P ) -- interestingly the tool Robinson Crusoe mentions most often is the hatchet (despite location no mentioning of...

iirc it was another participant of the same season (#2?!) who accidentally rolled his ferro rod into the fire, BUT he kept going by using a bowdrill. the way it was shown on TV (i wasn't there of course!) how joe robinet lost his ferro rod made me think "hhmmm did he really loose it or...."

good to know... can't remember where exactly the movie is supposed to have happened (except somewhere in central america, but further north ), but in case i'm out yautja hunting in the neighborhood :P i'll cover myself in mud....

i carried a 55mm victorinox (cadet?!) for 27years until i lost it with my other tools 5years ago , the only other folding knife i owned until recently is an opinel#10(for carving), a few weeks ago i got a tiny Buck (525?!)and 2 gerber (one o.k.isch one and one named after guy drinking his own...

update: i made a shoulder holster/ baldric for my knife -- it sure feels great to grab across my chest and touch a knife handle again :-) and we've been on a few small adventures around my local stomping grounds together since then. i'm also sure i've acquired a lucky charm as things have...

our (local) cops certainly love chicharrones :P (it's also a local nickname for bribery) ; i certainly won't say "no" to the pork product:-)

amazingly some companies manage to make a crappy copy in super- soft stainless steel and hollow plastic handles and sell them as kitchen knives in Costa Rica... most folks associate Bowie knives with the Wild West, BUT in the mid-19th century they got introduced to New Zealand as well and...

so if hexamine is illegal now: what are you supposed to burn in a hexi stove now?!

only keys i currently own are the keys for three padlocks -- two are not in use at present, third one goes on a cord around my neck when out on the bike (=to lock it when leaving bike ); never been a friend on extra stuff on my keys, what i need lives on my tool belt (machete, multi tool etc.)...

do you consider knives "inanimate objects"?! :P and i'm 100% convinced that my faithful walking stick who accompanies me since over 18years (he's honourably retired now and rests besides my mattress...)has a personality of his own

thanks, that answers my questions :-) i'm sure i can convert your description into instructions if i find someone capable of using a sewing machine (and having the materials) -- it's not on the list for the time being, more as a future project. (and from a long-ago time in my life i'm familiar...

if he's going out alone in winter i'd suggest a space blanket and some tea lights to make a "palmer furnace"...

i'm living in a simple shelter and cook on fire, so my evening entertainment consists of whittling spoons, toggles from the offcuts (+ various other small projects like slingshot frames), campfire forging projects and the occasional sewing (for which i won't win any beauty prizes :P ) -- latest...