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in reply to: Putting a Patina on knives #28848
That’s properly cool Jason. Have you ever given it a go with old broadheads?
When you talk about mustard in the article, are you talking about regular, yellow american mustard you put on hot dogs?
Jim
in reply to: Wilderness survival tales #28721I’m enjoying the tales guys, although I’m a little perturbed that all yours start with “when I was a kid/teenager”. Am I the only one still making dumb mistakes as a grown up?? 😆
Skinner, I’ve heard that hitting people freaking out in the water can shock some sense into them from a number of sources (my wife, a rescue certified scuba diver is one) but I think you’re the first person I’ve spoken to that’s actually done it. Glad to know it works!
Doc, I guess your friend knowing the signs and symptoms of hypo was of benefit, and knowing how to look after you?
1shot… That tale of getting stuck, drunk, without fuel or water is scary stuff.. I’m glad you all got out.
Keep them coming guys.
in reply to: What's in your daypack? #28057We’ve got stuff here we call hoochy cord. In the UK they call it comms cord, I’m not sure what it’s called in the US. It’s like a poor man’s para cord, narrower, lighter, weaker. It’s about 1/8th of an inch thick and 10 yards of it weighs about an ounce and a half. I don’t know that I’d bother with it in a day bag but I’ve always got a little stash of about 10 yards in my field pack. One of it’s many uses is spare bootlaces. Cheap as chips too.
in reply to: Side quivers with arrow grippers #27688Dave, I love bow quivers. But for some reason they mess with my Chi when I’m shooting my longbow. I hear what you’re saying re: clumsy. That’s been the charm of this type of side quiver though, it’s quick and easy to change position and easy enough to steer through thicker stuff with my free hand.
in reply to: Man Eaters of Kumaon #27126Finished the book a week or so ago. “Excellent” doesn’t begin to describe it. Maybe “foundational to the genre” would be appropriate? The fact that all the elders here (I mean that respectfully 😉 ) chimed in and said it was high on all their bookshelves ought to be review enough I reckon.
I found another couple of copies of Year-long Day here for about 25 schmackos:
I already bought the one in Australia if you still see it listed! The one in the UK still has it’s dust cover though…
in reply to: What's in your daypack? #265291shot wrote: (probably doesnt work, but if you believe you might get a full nights sleep)…
Haha, that’s the real value of a lot of those old tricks.. peace of mind 😉
I think Americans know the inland taipan as the two step from soldiers coming here during WW2. We call it the fierce snake, as it can get a bit uppity. You wouldn’t want to step on one.
Most snakes down here are pretty peaceful, although none match the gentleman’s rules of the rattler, so civilized a duelest that he gives you an en garde.
Just like that Bruce 😉 The one I have is open on the top as well which allows you to sit the cup in the top which I think can be a little more efficient in windy or wet conditions.
I just love how neat it is to have a stove, cup and bottle of water in one neat little package.
Do you reckon that folding stove above is considerably faster/more efficient than the kidney stove?
Hey Bruce, have you ever tried one of the kidney stoves that just lives wrapped around your cup? I’ve used a couple of stoves that look similar to that one (albeit not the same) but I really love the kidney stove. Really just because of its administrative convenience, living there on your cup.
Jim
in reply to: What's in your daypack? #26439Something that never goes in mine but always should is a crepe bandage for snakebites. But I always forget 😳
in reply to: Clay Hayes new book! #24594Clay, I just finished your book the other day and would like to add my congratulations to everyone elses.
There is a photo of you with a bear and flintlock rifle in the Winter 2011 Backcountry Journal. Is that the same one you mentioned in your book?
Jim
in reply to: Awesome EFOC Idea Im working on #22498Jason that looks like a clever way to repurpose some obviously much loved broadheads. It also presents a solution for folks who want to achieve efoc with specific heads of limited weight like judos.
in reply to: Attraction #22189The original attraction for me was simple romance. I think what keeps me in the ‘trad tribe’ is a large dose of what Alex describes, that connection to those who have gone before us.
Another personal factor is the wonderful zen of archery, standing on the range committed to (attempting) perfecting a process and all other concerns disappear. It never happened to me shooting compounds and it never happens to me shooting firearms, but drawing a string on a stick, releasing and watching an arrow drive into a target is at times a meditative experience for me.
in reply to: Man Eaters of Kumaon #19231Dave, I should have also said that as long as the spin isn’t a matter of gravity or importance. Some subjects, or contexts that may never be the case. But if you wrote that you shot an elk in the morning then got rained on in the afternoon, when in fact it happened the other way round, I wouldn’t be too concerned.
in reply to: Man Eaters of Kumaon #18665I always reckon as long as the spin (or lies) are in the cause of the narrative, helping the story flow, they’re ok. Some truths can be a matter of perspective as well…
Jim
in reply to: Turbulators #16564I’ve just put one on one of mine. Honestly I’m not seeing or hearing a difference, but it is something both the Doc and Troy B. recommend with the little fletching. I just bought some arrow wraps and cut a strip off the end of one of them (I think that was Troy’s suggestion). It’s quick, easy and cheap. Or frugal as Grumpy would say 😉
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