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Thanks for the correction.

Tl;dr: pine tar is carcinogenic. Oh, dear. One of the 19th century north American bushcraft authors included a similar recipe in one of his books. Chimney sweeps ("Chim chimeny chim chimeny chim chim cheery") got groin-region cancers from the coal tar residues in their workplaces. A possible...

That book I mentioned in this or another thread, "Rust-The Longest War" has fascinating stories about the coatings of Al cans. Beer, juice, and soft drinks all require different coatings. When all one has is spruce pitch smeared on a basket one makes do. Did pottery glazing and ever-higher...

Don't knock old boot tongues.

While looking for the FORMcard I found another manufacturer or vendor, CloudValley. https://www.amazon.com/CloudValley-Moldable-Friendly-thermoplastic-Mouldable

You don't find bare Al anywhere you're alive to see it. It almost immediately oxidizes to a thin coating of aluminum oxide with a Moh's hardness around 9. It laughs at acid. Mechanical scrubbing of an Al vessel would scratch that thin surface layer and subsequent acid would indeed etch the...

Try the acid and the base in separate steps : Fizzy saltwater isn't cleaning anything. Try vinegar instead of lemon juice. Try lye (carefully!) instead of baking soda. Don't stop at scalding. Boil it. I've noticed that the translucent silicone gasket on newer bottles holds on to flavorings more...

I can understand and agree with fine-tuning the regulations. Ethics, meet Physics. Physics, this is Ethics. Let's work together.

Umbrellas. Magazines. Neckties. Automobiles. Bottles. Cups. Socks. Coins. Forks, butter knives, and spoons. Crockery. Pillows. Hatpins. Safety pins. Sewing pins. Rolling pins... "Aganst stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." --Friedrich Schiller

Exactly! But you don't need two. Unless, of course, you want to make two.

... "Good" is the key. Those excellent links (CRC is broken link) report quantitative, reproducible data. Clicking "Like" wasn't enough applause for your post of links.

This is an old Boy Scout tip. Don't know the ultimate source, but it's probably paleolithic. (This is in any way different from the rest of bushcraft?) A sheet bend does the same thing in a pinch. The quality of one's loop is the variable that determines whether the loop and toggle is...

...plus, $1,543 airfare. When you have taken the course, please pass on your new knowledge. It won't be taking anything from the teacher's pocket because we can't get there. You get to visit Clyde Muirshiel Regional park and we don't, lucky you.

I have a different approach to guy lines. I don't cut cordage unless I must. I use a couple of hanks of paracord for guys and run the line back and forth from tarp to stake to tarp to tree. It looks like a spiderweb. If one carries x-meter guylines and the nearest tree insisted on growing x + 1...

A good biltong box would be made of plywood. Can one fake it with cardboard? I do want to try to make biltong but do not want to spoil the attempt by being too much a skinflint, unless, of course, I can do so.

I have a copy of "The Modern Herbal". It is interesting. Something you notice as you read herbalist literature is that they have a large, grandiose-sounding vocabulary that is never defined. I have not seen a concordance of herbalist terms related to ... looking for a word that won't tip my...

Off topic, a little bit. Is aliexpress legit? I believed it to be a spamtastic bait-and-switch ripoff scam, until Kepis mentioned getting something decent for a decent price. Comments? Back on thread, my high school physics lab included a 0.5 m front-surface parabolic mirror. We did stupid...

yes. That's what it was.

I have a rubber collar on my sledge hammer. I once missed the end of the driftwood plank I was driving under a buried 4x4 wheel and the head went sploosh into the quicksand. I understand the desire to protect the handle. Still, then and now, the correct approach is to develop skill so that one...