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    Check out Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop. Great...

    Check out Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop. Great book on starting cheap and simple, how to build alot of tools, such as jigs and clamps, and even grinders. Also a lot of good info on forging...
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    Great way to improvise with what you have on...

    Great way to improvise with what you have on hand. It may not be pretty, but if it does the job then who cares. When you are in survival mode you sometimes have to think outside the box. Here is...
  3. Thread: Dog Breeders

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    Dog Breeders

    My wife and I are looking at getting a German Shepherd puppy in the near future. Was wondering if anyone on here may breed or know a breeder. Not looking for some high end show dog, just a good all...
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    Sticky: I know what you mean crash. All I've managed to...

    I know what you mean crash. All I've managed to do is get the wood to hot to touch. From the video I know that part of my problem is having the bow to high on the spindle. Need to try lubing the...
  5. Thread: Vole problem

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    they are more like field mouse. some of them...

    they are more like field mouse. some of them burrow like moles, but they eat roots and tubers.

    will have to try the mouse trap idea. one site suggested putting them in the tunnels to.
  6. Thread: Vole problem

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    Vole problem

    does anyone here have any advice on getting rid of voles? Never had them before, but this year they are destroying our garden. Squash in particular as well as zucchini. any help would be...
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    Sticky: thanks for the great tutorial. I have been...

    thanks for the great tutorial. I have been trying to master this for awhile now. But your pics show what I am doing wrong. Will give it a another go this weekend.
    also, i had heard somewhere that...
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    thanks for the tutorial. never seen one made this...

    thanks for the tutorial. never seen one made this way. I have been trying to figure out how I want the guard on an knife I am making for my dad. I think that this may be just what it needs.
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    Looks like i already have quite a few friends...

    Looks like i already have quite a few friends here. thanks for the welcome guys.
  10. Took some kids camping several years ago and they...

    Took some kids camping several years ago and they had no idea what lighter knot pine, also called fatwood, was. While cooking breakfast, I had some biscuits on the fire, I told one of them to put a...
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    Man, that looks great. Lot more user friendly.

    Man, that looks great. Lot more user friendly.
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    Looks good. Lot better than my first knife. ...

    Looks good. Lot better than my first knife. just a piece of flat iron with a hunk of hickory for a handle. If you look close, it almost looks like a knife, lol. Just keep at it, you will only...
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    Another new guy from Mississippi

    Hello to everyone. Friend told me about this place, thought I'd check it out and see what I can learn. As for a little bit about myself, I'm currently in the military. Love the outdoors, trying...
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