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Looks like a great winter if you're prepared for it. We've already got too much snow for our plows to handle in Toronto. How far into the interior are you? Is it nice dry Rogers Pass snow, or heavy Whistler snow?

British Blades has a bushcraft section, and there's a lot of the same members as here: www.britishblades.com Bushcraft Living: http://www.bushcraftliving.com/ Outdoors Magazine: http://outdoors-magazine.com/ Over the Gate: http://overthegate.myfreeforum.org/index.html -not exactly...

I don't know about the strength of the wood, but it does seem like the interlocking grain should resist splitting much better. That's why we don't like to split elm for firewood. I think the best way to add strength at the joint would be with a reinforcing band like a ferrule, or a strip of...

That seems to be the point, and I guess it would retain and radiate the heat longer, but it would be at the expense of maximum heat output, as whatever is absorbed by the radiator is no longer being transmitted to the surroundings. So as an example, you might get heat emitted for twice as long...

Looks interesting, but I'm a little fuzzy on what it actually does. How is it different than just burning a candle?

The one Fred Flintstone used looked like a Zippo made of stone, and inside were two sticks crossed on an angle that he rubbed along each other. Seemed to work well enough for him, maybe give something like that a try?

I think you can eat a lot of parts of our cattails in Canada, but I don't know if it's the same thing as a bullrush. I always thought they were, but I could be wrong. You can use the pollen as a flour substitute, that I think is also quite sweet, being pollen. I think the roots are edible as...

That's perfect, I was looking for a place to park my 12 Humvees. Might save on fuel, too, if I have to take them all somewhere at once.

Yeah, apparently they're quite endangered; apart from the standard deforestation and habitat loss, the locals thought they were some sort of evil omen, and kill them to avoid being cursed. Can't really blame them. Not sure I'd want to see one of those staring at me out of a tree. Your very...

A squirrel with mange? We have those in Canada. I'll sell you one cheap...

Looks like the sheath on my Grohmann. I think. I wondered how it was done, I'll check and see if it's the same when I get home.

A gentleman named Dudley Cook has a reasonable explanation for this, from "Keeping Warm with an Axe." It has to do with the curve of the handle amplifying any twisting that your bottom wrist puts into the swing. Old Jimbo seems to know a lot about axes as well...

Don't forget the pointed boots, felt hat, and a belt buckle big enough to eat off of. Seems to help the cowboys I've met.

This sounded really familiar, because I was sure I'd read about them here recently, so I searched everything I could think of to find it, but I just couldn't find it. Turns out it was here: http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47834&highlight=pocket+hand+warmer Does this...

Snow? It's 12 degrees outside!! I didn't even need my coat this morning. Although a week ago we had to shovel six inches of snow out of the driveway... Good pictures, Red. How big are the deer? They look a bit smaller than our Whitetails, but it's hard to tell the scale. I had a close...

It's an entertaining show, but my problem with it is that no matter how careful the prey are to conceal tracks, etc, they're still dragging a camera crew around with them, who likely aren't watching where they put their feet. Although I saw one where they crossed a sandy desert area, and...

Tiny sand worms imported from Arrakis to start a Spice industry here on Earth. Start stockpiling your water. ;) How small are the holes? Sometimes water can erode holes through flat stones, but the smallest I've seen I could probably put my thumb in. It happens when water flowing over the...

Well don't rule out the alzheimer's ;) but here's the thread: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25108&highlight=survival+manitoba+bare+wilderness As far as I remember, they didn't make it as long as they'd hoped, but did make it about two weeks.

I've got an Inova X0, and I'm really happy with it. Similar size to a mini mag, but it takes CR123's so it's a bit larger in diameter. Also feels much more solidly built. Brightness is in a whole different league from the Mag, although I don't know how it compares to a Fenix or Surefire. My...

One I'm interested to find out about is 'Toe the line'. I had this discussion with friends and we couldn't decide if it's toe the line or tow the line. I think toe the line would imply a sort of military background of getting in line with everyone else and behaving. However I've seen it...