Search results

thanks for the info, but i'm located in central america.... (==meaning i've to buy something locally available due to our ridiculous shipping and import fees...) edit: my last batch of needles i bought from a shop in town, they were of a better quality than the ones mentioned in post #91 --...

so i'm not the only one doing this... lately i've been using a "messenger bag" (=worn across my shoulder like an arrow quiver) to carry a few EDC items, as it's getting old i'm cobbling up a new one at the moment whilst concocting diner on the fire (supervised by three dogs) now i'm faced with...

how do tou make them?

not to mention making BBQed fruit bat tastier ("crocodile dundee II" reference) and keeping vampires away :P

i used a "bob" trailer (no idea which model, bought second-hand) for a year in Aotearoa, while it did the job i would (probably) not use one again: it was difficult to balance with one wheel behind, the "twisting force" between the front and back of the trailer caused a crack in the frame (=at...

●in 2015 i bought a small nata from a shop in Fujinomiya (i hope i spelled it correctly....) -- when i purchased it i shaved some hair of my arm which prompted the shop owner to ask if i'd like it touched up (i told him no need) ●my Ben Orford Woodlander (gift of a very generous forum member)...

i'm using a monocular from vortex -- i've zero connection to the company, but they're popular with local tour guides and come with a lifetime warranty...

i'd say if pointy knife tips would be of not much use they would be less common on blades all over the world (=there's a reason they "evolved" on knives over centuries); i use the tip of my blades f.i. to dig up splinters and 'drill' holes into boards for bowdrill, likewise i find them useful...

if you have more than one dog that's not necessary: they just lick each other clean...

i see you use the same dishwasher like me...

over the years there have been many occasions where i had to treat minor problems with medicinal herbs,recently i got a book on this subject about the medicinal plants of Costa Rica. which made me (not the first time) realize that there's a lot of common herbs and spices with dual use... while i...

i was hauling about 25kg of supplies back from town and when i came down from the path i saw a river otter on the palm log in the middle of our moat (=the river); it was sitting there for about 20seconds before slowly getting in the water. a few seconds later i saw one of our dogs and her...

make sure you don't just drink -- it's important to also eat at least a snack! otherwise it's possible that a combination of heat and (too much) physical activity can lead to the body not absorbing the fluid == you keep drinking until you :drool: (seen it happen to others and been there 3times...

nothing spectacular (this time): yesterday i encountered a ca. 3" long turtle rather high in the mountains with a large tick attached to it's back shell -- it's the first time i've seen that...

like all those toxins used by the banana mafia on a daily base (lots of their employees get employed just under 3months, then 2weeks off before another 3months employment so they don't get retirement and can't sue Dole, Chiquita etc. for health damage due to exposure to nasty herbicides etc. ...)

thanks for everyone's advice (tool maintenance isn't common around here except for chainsaws (somehow you have to cut down those rainforests...), so asking locals isn't working...), seems the mineral oil will be my solution then :finger:

yesterday we had another crazy thunderstorm passing through and when i returned to the farm in the afternoon i encountered a mess of branches and vines on the path -- and a two-toed sloth in the middle.... .closer inspection revealed it to be unable to move due to a hind leg trapped under a 4"...

coconut oil is sold in small stalls along the highway (but can be mixed with palm(?) oil...), mineral oil and wood varnish for furniture in 1l tins (not sure of composition) is paraffin wax the stuff used for candles? (if yes: i had candles go mouldy as well...)

nut oils aren't common around here and i presume they'd go mouldy on the handle in this humid conditions...

old motor oil is available even over here (it's actually SOLD at patrol stations and car mechanics as locals use it to treat wooden buildings with it against termite infestation), so i'll give that a try :finger: , although probably not on the handle of my Gransfors SFA first (bought long before...