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the screen on my phone isn't that large to make out all details, but post #38 solves the mystery

is the stone just sitting loosely on top of the strop or did you attach it somehow? (and if yes: how?)

i got my first ember following a description in one of Ruediger Nehberg's books, using either poplar or hazel; my cord was from an old electric fence and similar to heavy-duty fishing line. one trick i found -- iirc -- in an older Tom McElroy video: the spot where the cord breaks first is where...

technically not "buying" but bartering instead, but a friend went to nicaragua over easter to visit relatives and bought two slingshots from a local corner store (i jokingly told him now he's an international arms dealer... ) -- one was a gift for me, in exchange i gave him two wooden spoons i...

today i harvested some sweet potatoes -- one of the quickest and easiest crops to grow (and tasty :-) out there... i also have some cassava in the ground but that takes a few more months there's also plenty of an obnoxious weed called "banana" on the farm but sadly the owner doesn't get rid of...

iirc Steve McQueen trained with Chuck Norris and was the one who convinced him to give acting a try... Lee Marvin was a sniper in WW2, so he wasn't just acting the tough guy like some other actors

i just finished reading a book about him (gift of a friend): he served 4years in the military (which is where he got introduced to martial arts) after a tough childhood; one of his brothers died in Vietnam...

the boogeyman checked under his bed for Chuck Norris and Superman and Chuck Norris once had a fight -- the looser had to wear his underpants over his trousers afterwards...

that's really sad news... RIP! i remember his short appearance in "Expendables 2" (which probably doubled the ammunition budget) and him telling how he got bitten by a king cobra -- which died after 5days of agonizing pain (i'm rather fond of Chuck Norris jokes...)

i'm on a limited budget, so sunflower oil is all i can afford (i avoid palm oil and soy oil like the bubonic plague!) -- interestingly the cheapest one comes from ukraine: good to know the russians haven't managed to capture the ukrainian oil fields yet, and central america can still be supplied...

our local quartz is white and too "crumbly" to use and i haven't found anything like the type of tinder he uses locally, but now i've something else to try :)

the locals use plastic bags, but they (usually) don't last very long and for some reason (don't ask me why) staff at our local national park insists on dipping their snouts into visitor's luggage as plastic bags are not allowed... animal bladders would probably go funky in no time, but Toddy's...

as already mentioned in several posts before: i'm located in a tropical rainforest (or rather what's left of it). lately it has been ways more rainy than average and our river has been up to over my nether regions for one week.... . keeping stuff dry during river crossings is important, but...

a mixture of bee's wax and oil (in Japan we used olive oil to treat cutting boards, but other types of oil may work, too...)

what's the "normal" purpose of that stuff?! buying online and getting anything shipped to central america is out of option due to the ridiculous shipping and import fees (+red tape), but maybe there's a local alternative...

usually i don't quote myself, but here some additions reg. bicycles: iirc the Swiss still use bicycles for military purposes and the Viet Minh and later the North Vietnamese proved their use against unwelcome visitors (fun fact: Ho Chi Minh was the top OSS agent in Vietnam during WW2)...

i wipe my machete with a small rag, afterwards a wipe with a small piece of cloth soaked in old engine oil (obviously not for food-related cutting tasks!; makes also an emergency fire starter) -- as already stated i'm in a rainforest. not tried myself, but i heard of coconut oil for food...

i've encountered more than enough sheeple who walked that slow you could have resoled their boots while they were walking....

on saturday i collected two trail cameras in an area where we recently lost two cameras to *****poachers (presumably because that particularly model of camera had a green LED come on at night when activated), on the way back i encountered 3snakes engaged in what i presume was a mating ritual...

iirc the "zombie survival guide" recommended a bicycle as the ideal vehicle; at least most zombies i've encountered were wwaayyss to slow to catch one :P