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Varusteleka Skrama Double Sheath with a Skrama 240 and a Jääkäripuukko 85 in it. I added to this a second Jääkäripuukko 85 in the leather sheath plus a handful of moral patches.

That's an awkward positioning of the head. Almost looks like a broken neck.

Happy 250th Independence Day for and from the United States of America. Anyone can be part of our national celebrations, so, please join us if you are inclined to. Here's to 250 more years of American freedom and prosperity.

Today I watched England v DR Congo (wow, what an ending) and USA vs Bosnia & Herzegovina (take me home, country roads). Tomorrow I'm setting time aside to watch Colombia vs Ghana.

I left physical therapy this morning, strangely feeling better. You know you have troubles when feeling even a bit better is strange. I stopped in to my local purveyor of booze, Publix, to see how long I could stand up and chat with the clerk, who is a friend of mine. While standing in the...

Boiling does not take away heavy metals and other pollutants. I question the ability of Lifestraw type devises to remove pollutants like petroleum, dioxins, and even radiation. In the end, you cannot excise all risk from our lives. We all have an appointment with death. Embrace that truth and...

Today is Mel Brooks 100th birthday. Turner Classic Movies has a Mel Brooks marathon of his movies today, The Producers, Blazing Saddles and now Young Frankenstein. When, I watch these movies I think there is no way, no way these would EVER get made today. Still, I just laugh my butt off all...

I gave up on any idea that any one knife would ever satisfy my needs, let alone desires. No, I am irretrievably and unrepentantly knife promiscuous and I reckon this is how I will remain as long as the cash holds out. At this point, I must have a few hundred knives, machetes, swords and even...

That's terrible. I'm sorry that happened to you and am glad that you recovered.

In 2013 got crazy sick with fever and uncontrollable diarrhea soon after getting off a flight from Manama, Bahrain to Doha, Qatar. I was doing some work for their governments and felt professional obligation to soldier on. I had been careful to only drink from closed water bottles or tea. Still...

I've read this too but I am seeing differently. To be honest, after being told total nonsense by climate "experts" for 60 years, I now take what the experts say with a grain of salt. In Florida, El Niño effect is definitely starting. We too have had hotter the normal weather and a change in...

Sorry for the acronym gibberish.

I think this is all about El Niño. Here, in Florida, the El Niño has been creeping in for weeks. We like the Niño as it tends to repel hurricanes from Florida. These last La Niña years have been terrible, missing winters, severe drought. The drought in Southern Florida that I have been able to...

I'm that guy! I also drink the dead yeast that settles down.

It is an excellent point. In my mind the question refers to knives, yet, my pockets also contain a Glock 19, extra magazine, streamlight, OC gel, daily medication, fountain pens, candy (needed for diabetes) and occasionally a tourniquet plus NARCAN inhalers.

If you can find used steel made by F.Dick, I attest that they are excellent. In particular, the flattened or ovoid shaped steels used by professionals is the one that you want over the rod shaped one. F.Dick does still make honing steels but they are dear in price. The standard steel in the...

We ran into small groups of Scottish fans in and around South Florida over the last week. To a person, each one that we met were wonderful. The United Kingdom can be proud of the Scottish fans who have been great ambassadors of your country and filled our city with their charm, sense of humor...

Force a protective iron oxide finish on the carbon steel. In the past carbon steel firearms were protected by a process of forcing iron oxide to form and then boiling it off, scraping the residue and repeating. This is called rust blueing. If you take this all the way you get a very attractive...

I will also say any of the cheaper Morakniv are a good place to start. I had lunch today with a young couple whom I've known since they were children. Since returning from Afghanistan the young man has had some challenges adjusting to civilian life. I'm trying to get them into the hiking and...

I have troubles with low potassium and magnesium in heavy sweat environments. I need both to be stable so that medications that I take work correctly. There is a product, in the USA, called Lite Salt that is a mixture of potassium chloride and sodium chloride. I use this only when I am bad...