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On another thread, I was surprised when a reply to my remark that my great uncle had sold me my first knife when I was six asked whether he needed the money . I had assumed that on a forum where knife culture is so prominent, everyone would be familiar with what I had assmed to be the common...

I think the problem is that there is a false hierarchy of roles clouding the issue. In our 62 years of living together, we have developed roles based on preference, biological difference and skills. Madame handles the financial affairs because she was once a bookkeeper whereas I am bored by bean...

My great uncle Caleb was a shellback: that is, he had been round Cape Horn under sail on a square rigger. He started in the Royal Navy as a seaman and retired as a Commander. He could sew, knit, mend shoes and cooked and kept house for himself and my great aunt who was wheelchair bound by severe...

Have you considered an advertisement in the local paper?

Berlin

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In my pocket I always have a mini-bic, a matchsafe with half a dozen matches and a small ferro rod. I regard the means to make fire as important as a knife in my EDC. It amazes me how often smokers ask if I have a light and are surprised that I carry a lighter yet don't smoke.

Ice

Nut

1970s

Duck

Lies

Don't forget to add it to the "bushcraft items that can be used as a weapon" thread!

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Tonic

Box

Ariadne

Bonfire

Branch

Horror