Runswithscisssors, has it right. Wool, is still the best for inner warmth.I still have wool socks from the military (summer and winter type), but I al...
A very good artical, and in one past posting I mentioned "blister steel" that is baked in carbon in a sealed clay vessle, and in Persia, they used lam...
As my Dear departed father told me when I was young, "A knife is only as good as the person wielding it, and there will always be someone better who w...
Try a two week excursion around Algonquin park, and determine how good you are by the amount of "real" food you bring back. I did this in 74 before jo...
In one book I read, The main Character in the book was surprised that, when,the savages butchered the animals that hunted, the first part that was eat...
I should add. What would you call your alter ego? Which one, I have: Me, Myself and I, and most of the time we dont agree. 😮 😕 😈
Indeed, indeed, bravo. 
Show me running water, and some seasoned lumber and I’ll show you a power hammer and and a powered air forge. I'd still need some banding so bring you...
I know I'm blunt and to the point. A CME like the horses, it's Win, place or show or in this case: Dead(1859), winged(1989), and near miss (every othe...
Farming, carpentry, plumber/tinsmith, blacksmith, husbandry, midwife, cooper, wheelwright, furrier, tanner, herbalist, and machine designer(me). That’...
Thinking about it, while doing the dishes, how many innovations there were before electricity. We had coal fired industries, using steam instead of c...
Thinking about it, while doing the dishes, how many innovations there were before electricity. We had coal fired industries, using steam instead of c...
If the food starts to defrost, then its time to can it, dry it or smoke it. Frozen meat, smoke it or can it, veggies, can them or dry them. Eat only t...
Thinking about it, while doing the dishes, how many innovations there were before electricity. We had coal fired industries, using steam instead of c...
On the ammo boxes, take out the rubber gasket, remove paint from contact area and put in some fine steel wool in place of place of the gasket.