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That doesn’t look promising. I was hoping it was threaded or just ribbed. I bet it’s epoxied as well as the wings. The gunwales won’t...

I hauled my canoe to Wisconsin with the portage yoke attached, bolted into the threaded insets on the gunwales. Short story is the yoke...

Anyone ever whacked sticks on a rock? For campfires, much wood can be broke down quickly that way. Just pine, however. Worked good...

Yes, I learned those same lessons and when I look back at the ridiculous things I did with the axe and hatchet I'm extremely grateful I...

Low angle, absolutely! Basic training with edged tools starts young. I carried a hatchet as a youngster, made some mistakes, learned...

On a camping trip?

Ahhh, found it in facts and documents. All of the dimensions we list for our roll-top dry packs and duffles are the dimensions of the...

I’m conflicted. Hatchet is hard to beat for driving stakes and splitting small stuff, but the weight puts it in the liability category.

Somewhere I read that extra-thin super glue sold at hobby stores could be used to wick into gelcoat cracks and seal them. I tried it...

I’ve got some gouges and deep scrapes I’d like to touch up. Would thick Gflex be good on Gelcoat or should I find another product?

My youngest daughter got a white cat when she was 4, which she promptly named “Color.” We thought of it as hugely creative, artistic...

Here he is sniffing at last night’s campfire. Here’s that same bear investigating our composter. He eventually dragged it off...

The cabin next door is owned by some people from the twin cities. They killed a yearling bear a couple years ago because he tore into...

Here is a bear a few springs ago at our bird feeder in east-central Saskatchewan.

Bogan and I took the riverside trail. A few gobblers talking, but no bear sign yet. Maybe a couple weeks and the mommas and babies...