Search results

tl;dr :emoji_violin:I don't know but I've been told:emoji_violin:, double antibiotics are better than triple antibiotics. I do know from personal observation and controlled experiments that my green goop (yarrow/plantain/beeswax/tea tree oil) works better than Neosporin. Cuts heal faster...

I didn't search for previous discussions of this topic. I whack old files in my vise to make 2" pieces for striking flints. They work just fine. I see beautiful smithed strikers with curlicues and etched makers' marks on the big river. Has anyone tried both? Is there any utilitarian reason to...

Very nice. The pet supplies store where I shop has in the dog chews aisle an assortment of bone and antler pieces. I've made bone tools for clay sculpture and antler mallets for flintknapping. Just a thought.

Bedroll: I found a 9' x 12' canvas drop cloth at the local hardware store. Done. No grommets, no tie-outs, no tabs, nothing. I roll in a couple of really nice new wool blankets from a current manufacturer. I tie it up with 5-strand jute cord from a garden shop. Sewing machine: yes, that will...

Define "waxed". If you want to go the traditional route, get plain canvas of a suitable weight, make your pack, and then wax it. "Greenland" wax is (according to the recipe I use from Google) a 50/50 mix of beeswax and US paraffin wax. [I know that "paraffin" means "kerosene" in English...

Nice work. What is the function of the rectangular bit in the middle?

So we should ask you about spring sometime next August? Gotcha. "If summer comes on a weekend this year we can have a picnic."

I'd like to go to those places but this is the only planet I can reach in my car. Even this 'new' continent has 20,000 years of footprints and coprolites. <snark intended :tongue:>

Found it. I dialed down the resolution to make these a bit smaller, but the phone's smallest is still 2.7 M. 1. The pieces. 2. Assembled 3. Detail, pot holder. Mini-cat installed. 4. Detail, why I use a church key. 5. Detail, space heater top 6. Detail, pot and burner Not shown...

I added a shelf of galvanized hardware cloth at the bottom of the burn chamber. The pellets don't roll out the bottom so much. Two air holes, one on the outer can, one on the inner, align to allow a splint to reach in under that shelf and light the stove. (Fully cognizant of the health risks...

"Reduce, reuse, recycle," or "use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," are perhaps more recent versions of the sentiment.

Some years ago a driver had the good sense to flip her minivan in the neighborhood where the firefighters and cops live. Firefighters broke out the windshield, got out most of the passengers easily. The car seat with the infant was stuck and no one had a knife. Kid was ok, happy ending. I...

My copy looks just like yours. Some of the techniques seem quaint today. Some are still relevant.

Tried that, didn't work. Banged on the embedded hatchet with another log and nothing useful happened. Wooden wedges, my usual techinque in this situation, just splintered. Let's all calm down, this is an armchair exercise.

I'm happy for you. With your gentle nudge, I shall try again. One question: winter or summer?

As stated, I had an ax in the car. Scenario is "how to do this without an ax". Firestarting was a bomb: I used a bog paper roll stuffed with pine and cedar splits, soaked in wax, with a candle wick run through. The magnesium ribbon in the bundle was just for fun. Down-and-dead wood is plentiful...

An instructor at a course for community emergency responders said that most people do nothing in an emergency and a goal of the course was to enable some people to act when necessary. One of the many useful topics of that course was how to mobilize bystanders to do what you tell them to do...

Sanitary napkins and tampons don't leave bits of cotton behind. Both products are sterile. Both products are designed to absorb blood. Both products have the same medical characteristics as surgical sponges and compresses. What your lady friends know as a tampon was invented to ... wait for it...

Stork day? <humor>Stark day is when Winter Is Coming, not going.</humor>