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    Ditty Box - Project

    Very Nice Work!
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    Would I be right in saying this is birch ?

    If it is it will have a wintergreen/mint aroma.
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    Sense of awe / thorough enjoyment

    Too many things to name them all seeing a bald eagle snatch a fish whiling canoeing, watching to buck (stag) whitetail deer fight over a doe, a family of otters frolicking on ice, climbing a fog covered mountain to come out above the clouds and watch the fog disappear and early morning sunlight...
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    Tengu turns Saddler

    It is amazing what saddle soap will do.
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    The stag Seax!

    Beautiful knife and what a great sheath I have been thinking of trying a pattern like that for a long time but never found the right inspiration until now.
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    Canoe paddle handle repair

    They do I used gorilla glue and they are still solid, one is in the repair pile but it is because the blade has split and I have not needed it so it has not moved to th etop of the to do list
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    Canoe paddle handle repair

    I think all the links are fixed
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    Sumac Spoon

    All of the sumac around me in New England is pretty pithy and not very thick, how large was this tree?
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    Vernier caliper case

    That's a clever case, can't wait to use that idea.
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    Not quite prepping...

    If you have a fireplace look at a reflector oven they are easy to make and use.
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    Do you have a black bottom??

    I rub off what I can and leave the rest, Cleaning it back to shiny every 2 or 3 years.
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    Canoe Spraydeck.

    Nice!! Been yinking of something like that for my 16 footer
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    Monkey Boy Meths Burner For The Crusader Cooker

    I have made a couple similar using an altoids tin stuffed with fiberglass,
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    How do i............?

    Ammonia will turn brass black
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    Cooking without Utensils

    We do a roast beef on the fire and other us ethe same recipe adjust time wise for pork loin. Approx 3 lb beef roast smear in mustard then roll in coarse salt, drop it on the calls and rotate (roll) 1/3 of a turn every 20 minutes until done to your taste we usally go 4 turns and get a medium rare...
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    knife is a luxury fire starting essentail

    The Bicycle inner tube trick works great if you are not using the lighter, a good way to carry extra lighter fluid is in a plastic "nip" bottle they do not disolve and I have not had a problem with them leaking in my bag or breaking.
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    Survival Knife simple "DIY"

    I have done similar with "sawzall" blades. They are a little meatier.
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    Accused of stealing a canoe

    Ther probably isn't a Pond inNewEngland that doesn't have an aluminum grumman canoe on it.
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    What brimmed weather-proof (waxed?) hat?

    I only had an issue the first couple of times in strong sun, I usually wear it for paddling and get right out in the sun. But after taht I think it fully absorbed and no mor problems.
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    What brimmed weather-proof (waxed?) hat?

    I use a U.S mil Boonie hat that has been waxed with "sno-seal" leather waterproofing wax. I rubbed it on and placed it aside of the frie place until it melted in At first it was a little stiff but it wore in nice and I have been using it for at least a dozen years in it's waxed condition and I...