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Well Glenn, Anybody who has a bow paddler like that needs no advice from me! But for anybody else: the leather of the axe sheath is porous and if wet will hold moisture next to the axe resulting in rust. I oil mine with Huberd's Shoe Grease, set the sheath somewhere it's warm and let the...

Well J, I'd suggest that what ever the other guy was using, Watco will do it too. I surely understand wanting to keep using the same stuff but I'll bet you the "magic" ingredient was that he used it frequently and often. I've had many adventures out in my shop, looking at some glass jar of...

Well Jonas, That sure is an interesting idea and really quite a departure from what we usually see in a paddle design. I agree with Yellow Canoe the real test will come when you paddle with it and have a chance to compare with a more traditional design. But even untried, I give you full marks...

Memaquay, This must be water for coffee you're talking about? Surely that tannin didn't get into the Bud-Light?? Rob

Thanks Glenn, You're right my "daisy-chain" sure wouldn't be good on a river. I can see that now. Since there is some talk about the possibility of getting caught by a line somehow, maybe it won't amiss to bring up an idea I stumbled on about how to have your sheath knife on your body...

Hi Will, Don't know what kind of filter set up you have, but on mine on the suction line there's a plastic basket with a metal mesh screen. One of those flat bottom coffee filters will enclose around the little basket and can be secured with a s/s hose clamp. What I think I'm doing is...

I recently purchased a farriers knife/crooked knife from Ben's Backwoods. A very well made little tool, just needed a polishing of the edge and it cuts like a dream. Not very expensive either. That funny little hook on the end of the blade is dandy for hollowing out shapes. To get into the curve...

Hi Red, I'm intrigued with the idea of a hammock but I won't leave my dog down on the ground. Just a suggestion, can you check out that Therma-Rest luxury lite cot? It's not big to pack and I find it's brought comfort back to camping for me. Rob

"With out making it too ugly" .......the way I figure it, anything I'm wearing has already lost out in any beauty pageant aspect. Maybe Glenn, it's time to embrace your internal ugly! First priority would be retain the down and then have fun. I'd look for some contrasting colorful tape and...

So far this discussion has been either-or, tie in or not. Without ever being put to the test, my system is to tie all my gear on one long line, but free of the canoe. My thinking is that in a long "daisy chain" of floating packs and stuff will be easier to find and much less prone to something...

Just a question for you guy's who use those alcohol stoves; somewhere I read that they make chemicals that added to a campfire give it (the fire) various colors. The thing that has always given me worries about alcohol is I can't see the flames in daylight, is there anything that a person could...

Well, just my 2 cent's but, I think maybe putting on that fiberglass would diminish the paddling qualities of the paddle. Depending on where the crack is I'd see if I could drill two small holes on either side of the crack with the idea of taking some braided nylon line (like that heavy fishing...

Hi Mike, I'm dredging old memories here but one time I went to a country fair where they had a display of old steam powered farm equipment. One nice old guy had restored a threshing machine, and he and I got to talking about it. It had a gear box where you could select what gear ratio you wanted...

I'm sorry to tell you but your hammer isn't Swedish. If you look closely you can clearly see: "Bumbershoot Tool & Die Works, Schenectady N.Y. Pat'd Oct. 23 1889" Rather nice engraving for a tool of that time. Best Wishes, Rob

Hi Memaquay, Thinking about your sub standard "Mora" knife. I went out and checked again my knives: One reads on the blade, GC & Co Mora Sweden. The other reads, Frost/mora made in Sweden laminated steel. Turns out that "Mora" is a place in Sweden and perhaps a company as well? Do you...

Hi Charlie, On my trucks I don't have any rain gutters and don't know if I'd trust them if I did. To hold the canoe on the truck I use an attachment point off the front bracket of the leaf spring, I'm talking under the rear of the truck, then over the canoe and secured to the bracket on the...

Hi Holmes and Dave, I'm really fired up over this Kydex stuff too! I've been assembling the parts for my press on the cheap. What I'm really going to need is a second pair of hands when it comes to clamping it up! On various wood projects where there was a lot of clamping, I found it useful to...

It was interesting to see what that fellow had on his belt. Although the print size just about killed my eyes. Now, I'm not trying to be awfully harsh but I own one of those Savage pistols and it's just about the last gun I'd take for his purposes. At the time of the writing, there were many...

Well, my fire steel came and I thought I'd tell you what I found out. First and most importantly: it sends out a dandy shower of sparks that starts my Vaseline/cotton ball, no problem. Of the two types of fire steels, it seems the harder and less inclined to send "glops" of burning metal out...

Hi Canotrouge, That axe may be found at Traditional Woodworker and Bailey's on line. Sorry, but both are in the states. It's interesting, I think that the German tradition of how a proper axe is made is a little different from the how we do it here. I bought my Biber axe from Traditional...