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I pinched some particularly garish pink-ish nail varnish from my wife and used that. Helps spot it if I drop it on the ground - that and the blaze orange paradors loops I put on them too.
Like others on here I'm reading/browsing more than one book.
Fiction - I've just finished the later in the "Jack Reacher" series by Lee Child.
Factual - Paul Kirtley's Axe book, Mor's "Bushcraft" & Les Stroud's "Survive"
On my S400 .177 it roughly equates to one stroke of the pump to one shot.
My pump is a very early example, newer ones may well be more efficient.
I Charge to 170 bar, and seldom take more than 40 shots, usually 30 without re-pumping.
That's what works for me.
If you track down Mors Kochanski's you tube channel you'll find he was extremely fond of the jam knot, especially for use in 550 cord. Well worth a look.
40 years in engineering, about 10 of those as an instrument maker actually making things, I used a lot of 01 lathe tool bits to machine a lot of very varied materials. I still find it works well enough for carving a few bits of wood and striking a ferro rod.
I don't know what precise steels...
My first "bushcrafter" too. Very fond of them, especially the ambidextrous sheath.
Got my first for a tenner, including an army size fire steel, long time ago!
I think you would be wise to concentrate on the knife to begin with and get reasonably proficient with that before worrying about an axe. There are some excellent knife usage videos on YouTube. Look for videos by the likes of Mors Kochanski, Paul Kirtley, Ray Mears, Coalcracker Bushcraft etc.
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