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i have a mark i and love it, but my rifle is actually an armalite ar-7 scout rifle. i think any rifle would be better because of range and accuracy, but the portability of a pistol is undeniable. ...

i wonder, could this technique be used with a modern metal axe head in a similar fashion?

if you greased up the axe head so that it would be resistant to moisture and then fed a tree through the...

klkak,
i wanted to share with you that my mother had an identical tumor to that which your wife has about five years ago. we live in spokane, washington, and thankfully one of the best...

Has anyone seen the TV documentary Alone in the Wilderness, about Dick Proenneke? In the early 60's Dick moved to the Aleutian peninsula and built a cabin using only hand tools, then lived there...

i have a 91/30, and love it to death! it's quite loud, but the build quality is amazing. it's highly accurate with the windage sight, and since the scope mount and scope would be $150 for a $75...

my wish list of useful items would be:
slingshot
firestarter (lighter, metal match, etc.)
water container (canteen, bladder, etc.)
water boiling solution (watertight cloth hat, pot, coffee can,...

i prefer the tomahawk, myself. i'm not exactly a big burly mountain man with huge arms, so i need the most efficient tools i can get. a tomahawk's one pound weight is focused on a blade only a few...

my father in-law works for sandvik, but i haven't worked with any of their materials myself. if you have a specific question, i could certainly pass it along.

i think he works with the titanium...

the only thing i can find with a female from l.a. law and alaska together is "rugged gold", a 1994 made for tv movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111030/

i don't know if that's the one you're...

moose is awesome, and nothing tops emu meat. buffalo is pretty good, too.

i carry a leatherman micra and my inhaler. i'm just a cube farmer, so i don't need much else. i usually have a small notebook and pencil, if i have a pocket for it.

oh! also on my keyring is my...

i think i'd have to go with a horse, honestly. anything that runs on a liquid fuel will run out eventually, unless you want to somehow make your own vegetable oil for a diesel or something. since...

yes, the setup you propose would work if you just want your power generation to be the backup if the grid fails. the expensive equipment i was talking about is if you want to have your power...

you can't gain more electricity (energy) out of the system than existed beforehand. you lose electricity because of the energy coefficiency of the turbine and the pump. any energy you can generate...

honey doesn't spoil. in fact, honey is the one food edible by man that will never spoil. spoiling means "rendered inedible by bacteria", or thereabouts. honey is a natural antibacterial substance...

i personally pack modern, but i pack light (about 11 pounds for a 4-6 day pack currently). don't get me wrong, i'm all for extreme survivalism with ancient technologies and materials, but those...

i'm not too worried about it.. it can't get any worse. :)

awesome! feel free to pm or email me with anything you find out about it! (zaebra @ hotmail.com)

thanks!

Goldrydd is the name of one of my ancestors. He was a warlord in 9th century Wales, fighting against occupation by England. He led a successful resistance that won Wales an independence that lasted...

howdy! i'm in the spokane valley, so i know what you mean about the snow. did you see yesterday's? whoo!

nice to see a local!

i agree about reading the book. it's not a survivalist story, it's a story about a young idealist who drops everything to try to find himself by journeying "into the wild". it's a personal journey...

Otzi

Otzi, also known as the Iceman, is the frozen mummy found in the Alps in the 90's. While he is certainly a fascinating historical and anthropological study subject, I'd like to address the...

i'd really like to start buying silver, but the only places i can find that sell it are the little coin shops around town. am i missing something, or is that really the only place to buy silver...

a quick note about epoxy: you'll want to be very careful about mixing epoxy on a plastic surface. there's some sort of chemical reaction that makes the plastic blistering hot and usually melts the...

let's see..
you can use the tab as a fishing lure and/or the fish hook itself.
you can cut the sides of the can out as one big sheet and use it as a wind screen for your alcohol stove you made...