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o.k., thanks :-) no advantage over my silkys then!

how do you resharpen them how do you resharpen a laplander?! (just curious... never owned one, but using some bahco carpenter's saws someone brought to central america -- they're getting a bit dull, so touching them up would be nice (the files used in the olden days to sharpen saws don't exist...

well... i chucked my mini mag away due to the fact that i had twice to replace the socket due to the same failure... i DO however agree that nowadays LED torches are (often) overbright "fuel guzzlers" with too many settings! my personal fad are ferro rods: bought one (from a swedish company...

i sadly know only a few wild edibles of the carribean, but currently beach grapes and jobos (=a small orangy- yellow fruit with a large stone, somewhat sour but the monkeys love them) are producing

thanks for enlightening me :-) google tells me it might be originating in Scotland, which might explain why i never heard of it before (= never hunted deer myself, only smaller animals (including a short time as pest shooter chasing wallabies on a farm in the Northern Territory); but the deer...

it's called phormium tenax in latin and while i suck at cordage making and sadly never learned weaving baskets (from it) during my 3trips to Aotearoa i often used strips of it to tie things together as it's incredibly strong (it was once grown commercially before synthetic ropes became...

w what's the second blade (from left) for?! looks like a somewhat unusual shape...

over here in central america we get a REALLY tiny variety pestering humans (and me), fortunately they're only annoying but don't spread diseases; on cane toads (bufo marinus) you get a big fat variety and not too long ago i removed one from the back shell of a small turtle...

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...