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Careful! They charge when wounded. I recommend a .416 Rigby Double with two cartridges in hand and an asaggai as last ditch

I worked for a Brit mechanic. He dropped off a old Jaguar saloon for tyres. We get a call, Jaguar won’t start. We figure it may be Lucas, Lord of darkness. I pop over. They have drowned the SUs in starter fluid. I climb in, press the STARTER button And rewarded with a bang as it cleared the...

Hopefully, none of us will wind up like Scott in Antarctica. Coleman’s are brilliant when maintained properly. My grandmother’s place was red tagged after the Northridge Earthquake. I took mine over and had hot coffee and soup going for Neighbors I grew up with.

We’re going into ‘June Gloom’ when It’s still overcast and unpredictable. The hills are starting to turn khaki from the massive growth spurt from our storms. Once dry, or tame streams and rivers are at full volume from melting snows. It will be fire season soon.

I HAD a Smelly from 1914- three sight systems including volley, magazine cutoff for controlled firing, a barbed wire cutter and long bayonet for parrying Prussian lancers on horseback. I also had a Birmingham best grade commercial with three leaf sites. Both went to a noted collector. He shared...

I’m watching this with interest in California. We have a patchwork of knife laws one can live with. Our Firearm issue? There are more privately held per capita than any other country. Mass shootings are a daily occurrence, often multiple. I was a avid firearms owner; owned or shot anything you...

Ones going to California. Coyotes kept me up all night. I finally played a recording of WOLF howls. They shut up. If you could source urine or scat from a alpha predator , scatter it around your herds perimeter. Foxes will take a hike.

A few years ago, I invested in moleskin trousers from the UK. The current price is 175 UK pounds. I wore them a few times and loved them before summer heat put them away. I was homeless for nine months. I’m now housed and volunteer for the veterans group that helped me. Another volunteer...

Ferro rods have been elevated to a cult object, true. But it’s foolish not to have one as the ultimate foolproof fire making tool. This assumes we are not foolish enough to not protect them. A thin coat of nail polish or sprain lacquer and or a simple coat of oil in a sealed bag and your good to...

I’m weary of the silky vs Laplander nonsense. People managed to cut wood before Silky Burst on the scene like a Kurasawa movie. Canterbury damned the boxfull of broken blades at PF and later started using silkies like he invented them. There are strengths and weaknesses in both. If I’m tired, or...

I have one. It came standard on the sheath. I simply wear a shirt, poncho etc over it to avoid snagging. It emotes the protean Rambo with knife and flint subduing nature and all that rot. You can also wear a paracord bracelet to secure your street ( or is it woodland game trail) cred.

Last time I put a beast in my pocket was at Colonel Sanders

Funny, There was a time ( set up misty fog machine) when a bit of fine steel was worth a fortune. Now it’s single use plastic for single use junk. You just saw a brief flash of a ancient trader exchanging a wicker basket of iron with a blacksmith cleaning that up. Turns fog machine back on.

Collectors sort out such minutiae as they pay inflated prices for wall hangers. I’ve got six from various makers. Yes, they moved to full in house production after initially receiving semi finished components yes, the old Miltec was one before Reagan’s plot to Democratize China and destroy...

P I was NOT referring to the junk from Miltec! There were several knife makers in NATO that took up finishing and assembly with Victorinex parts and stamped a fascinating collection of makers marks. This started when the volume ordered was greater than Vic could produce. THEY often are slightly...

——and growing. ‘ more drug and mental counseling’ is the political dog whistle for ‘ Its their fault’ along with ‘ thoughts and prayers after the MORE than daily mass shootings. Steering this from the cliff of politics, California is blessed with Multiple ecosystems within a days drive. Our...

American owned ( or, to be correct US. From Tierra del Fuego to Churchill we are all Americans) BUT made in China while the original Yankee workforce flips hamburgers or something. I’m not being jingoistic when holding a vintage Shrade next to the junk that wants to supplant the USD with Yuan.

The only ‘American based’ Chinese owned products I willingly buy are In our many Chinatowns. It’s called American style Chinese food, increasingly hard to find with all the sechuan spicy stuff with peanuts. Best one owned by the parents of a friend. I’m walking to the door ona date and this...

I also bought a nearly pristine Vic Marked GAK from Varusteleka. It even had the saw guard. The other Makers used parts supplied by Vic And will have the nail file area on the blade. Some are not finished as nicely, but do the job. I’ve found the corkscrew actually big enough to work compared to...

I’ve arrived at camps tired, hungry and little time to set things up. My Hands can throw knots learned in basic training a half century ago without thinking. Come morning, some instructor’s groupie fanboy informs me said knot ( and a host of other routines and tried and true kit) is no good and...