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Well Memaquay, I sorry to hear about your Mora knife rusting so quick. It did prompt me to go out to my shed and check my Mora knives (3) they all are carbon steel. That sandwich kind of blade. All are old, one at forty and the other two some wheres around thirty years. They've all been used as...

I really like Robin's idea of removing large amounts of wood with the cross the log saw cuts and knocking out the wastage. I'd be tempted to do that on both side rather than splitting or trying to. Don't know for sure, have to see how it went. I've been impressed with my axe with the...

Oh! Memaquay, I'm ashamed of you! Before you even think of asking such a perfidious question you've got to admit to using a kayak paddle when no one is looking. :eek::eek::eek:! I would fully expect to get hit with a lightening bolt if I ever attempted such an unspeakable act with one of...

Mem, Didn't you have a Mosin-Nigant, one of those short carbines? As far as a gun to take abuse while canoeing and still work just fine, that or a Lee-Enfield would be my pick. I may be wrong, but I think the factory ammunition for the older military rifles is loaded down, just because the...

Well done Mike! Could you feel the ghosts looking over your shoulder nodding their approval too? Now, when you're just killing time, looking at flea markets or thrift shops, keep an eye out for your axe head. It's out there waiting for you! A person could almost make a song about it! "Some...

"But I think we should just move on"...........well said Dave and thanks for the nudge in the right direction. Rob

Great video Glenn! Obviously you're right about wood splitting being an old and very necessary need. And I can certainly see during some emergency using the kitchen knife or sword or battle axe or come to that, Uncle Urk's head to provide the necessary fuel. I remember a bit from " A Distant...

Always nice to hear from you Hoop! Perhaps I can amplify what I was saying in #44 and answer some of your comments as well. I've been impressed how very many people, at least click on what we've written in these threads. I might think that I'm just having a chat with my hand full of friends...

Hi Mike, I guess this thread is going forward? Something I've been playing around with is looping a cord under my arm and around my neck and hanging one of my heavier sheath knives from it. In this case the Buck "Special" . The sheath and knife seem very willing to ride just under my armpit...

Well, a whole lot of ideas and opinions here and that's fine. We each of us must decide what we want to do for firewood and that's the way it ought to be, with a certainty we will bear the consequences of those decisions. But I'd really suggest that what ever your system is, that you practice...

Thanks Glenn, You had me worried, I think it's probably a deficiency of the medium we use. Had we been standing beside you the joke likely would have come through. Rob

Well Glenn, Over on that thread about fixed blade knives you listed the need for a knife for people and bears. Now the "Moral of the Story" above. If you're just indulging some kind of fantasy, never to be acted on, that great. But remember: when you start showing lethal iron you are stepping on...

Fire starting? Nothing very fancy for me, I cut plenty of kindling and also some slightly larger pieces just so I don't run out while getting the fire going. I'll carve some curled bits up from a stick to trap and hold the vaseline/cotton ball. Then build a kinda of tepee around that. If I'm...

Wow Turtle! You look pretty darn good there! Do you use some kind of toboggan to move your gear when you're snowshoeing? I've never done any winter camping, would the plan be that you'd build a reflecting fire in front of the opening? Your coat sure looks warm, I like the way it extends below...

After observing Glenn's ferric oxide collection, I decided to see just what was offered now on retail sites. My stars and bars! Every shape seen in Glenn's collection as well as many others are offered at very reasonable prices. Now for the life of me, I can't decide if the machete type of knife...

For goodness sakes don't leave Canube! We have lots of fun here and knowing what you're talking about is the last thing we worry about. Besides, I believe you have an under appreciated talent for sowing confusion! Now just hold on a minute and think about it. If you stick around, then, every...

Well Glenn, If that's your collection of machete kinds of things you don't need to worry about the bad guys, just mount that lot on the side of your bus and everyone including the bad ones will give you a wide berth! Looks as if the cut didn't kill you the subsequent infection surely would...

Hmmm....... this is beginning to resemble one of those Russian novels where I can't keep everybody straight. Or maybe I'm having an Alzheimer moment. Canube, unless I miss my guess, Robin isn't going to be able to mail those stickers to your e-mail address. Of course he's pretty tricky, maybe...

Now, you know about all the difficulties of organizing a fund raiser here for the "CanoeTripping" site. Or at least some of them. And you probably know Glenn is looking for a fixed bladed knife and the Mora knife came up a lot in the discussion. I went to the Mora site and they have a bunch of...

Well there sure are some interesting ideas here. Although I can relate to how some of them got started, I guess I see them from a different perspective. That business about "Relax, I'm not perfect, don't beat yourself up over things that aren't exactly right"? My take on that is: There are...