wow nativedude thats impressive , how big was the cabin?
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wow nativedude thats impressive , how big was the cabin?
Thanks Marcraft! ;)
It is 16'x20' with 7 1/2' side walls and 9' ridge beam. I fell the trees in the early summer of '04 and built it in the late spring of '05. I just finished the final touches on the dunne and food cache this past summer. I have lived there full time for the last year and a half.
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Originally Posted by marcraft
Quite impressive, good to know someone round here other than WrEagle69 is living off the land :D Will be me in a few years.
Possible to get some pictures? Id love to see that cabin sounds nice and warm.
I will try to dig up some pics. It is the first place that has ever felt like and I have ever truly called "home" in my 43 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by STB
I carry one and was wondering who else carries them. What kinds and how often you use them? I use mine every time I go out. The Sven Saw folds flat and weighs next to nothing. 1&1/2 inch wide and 22 inches long. It has made getting fire wood ready fairly quickly.
Don
I have a folding saw similar to the sven saw and also one that fits in a tube andsets up like a buck saw they both work very well.
I used to carry one but then I started making my fire with long logs and letting the fire cut them for me. But a folding saw is definitely useful, don't get me wrong.
I love my folding saw. I didn't even buy the best one out there either. Mine is a Coghlans sierra saw, and it really tears through logs. I like it because cutting a log is safer than trying to break one by hand, and there is something nice about having fresh cut firewood for your fire. It's really light too.
I carry the Sawvivor (available from Campmor.com). It's pretty rugged and collapses into a small package. There's also a bone saw blade available for it if you needed it for quartering game.
Yep, what he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by mitch.chesney
Carry a hatchet so no need for a folding saw. Then again I find wood the size I need to I don't to cut as much.
A saw can be so much more in the woods . It can keep pointy stick ups down and cutting slots for frames and things you want to have a good fit a lot of uses for a saw even if it is on your swiss army knife.
I don't mind letting the fire cut the logs but it seems like I need to watch it more when the wood is hanging out of the fire ring. I know it can't travel that fast but it makes me feel better knowing that every piece of wood is inside the rocks and less likely to travel.
I prefer to carry a modified Ghurka over a hatchet. It's pretty light, inexpensive, tough and works pretty well for chopping. Saves my straight blade, too. Of course, I'm not building a cabin out there, either. But for a debris shelters and such it works just fine. I posted some pictures and a write up on:
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...?t=1034&page=2
Post #30 if you're interested.
Okay, three pages in I'll tell ya, I carry one full size custom hawk the Danny made me. It is a copy of my H&B that was given to me by an old friend who won it in Friendship. Donny's hawk is made of steel horseshoes, razor sharp and I decor. the handle. Good for chopping, throwing, and fighting.
The second is a little bag ax, it has a little pole on the back of it, and it is also razor sharp.
Here is a pic of my large hawk and my bag ax.
http://http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...MVC-002S-2.jpg
And, you can shave with either one of them.
I see posts all the time where people state that their knives and axes are "shaving sharp", why would anyone try to shave with a knife or axe? One slip and you're the headless horseman!! :D
I have a straight razor that I use (when I used to shave.) Now that I keep "razor sharp", but my knives, axes, & hatchets are sharp enough to shave bark off of a tree, but if I slip shaving a tree I don't have to worry about bleeding to death or being the headless horseman!! :eek:
It's an expression. You've been out of the woods too long.
I have two small hand axes. Whether I carry one or not depends on where I'm going and for how long I plan to stay out. I carry it on my belt.
One of my favorite throwers.
It's really a nice backpack ax/hawk. It's flat, sharp, has a hammer back, up-sweep tip and very good weight. Good for throwing, chopping, pounding, and fighting.
http://http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...V/MVC-033S.jpg
Unfortunately, it's not mine. LOL. Good friend lent it to me, I did track down the maker and he will be making me one soon. He sells them for a whole 50 bucks, not a bad deal.
I'm going to have him make it with the back part of the handle that is steel, made to be able to use as a striker with flint.
Nice lookin' tool FVR!! :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by FVR
I do have an axe, a trail hawk and a couple of hatchets as well. But for most stuff I find a nice saw works faster and easier for what I need. For long term survival and axe would probably be a necessity . But for short term a stout large knife, modified machete, and saw are plenty for me.
BTW get familiar with using an axe before you "have" to use it. One bad swing is all it takes for a serious injury. Kinda like using a chainsaw for the first time. A lot of people don't take the time it takes to master an axe, I am only decent with one. I know others who are pros and can do anything quickly and smoothly with one. Including wood carvings and such.
Nice pair ya there FVR.
hey guys, new to the forum and was just wondering if anyone has tried out the atax tool. i'm sorta excited to buy and try it out but also weighing up cost and shipping to ireland.
I never used it or even heard of it. I did a search and checked it out. Here is the site I found on it. The blade kind of is exposed for most of the uses of it... that really bothers me. If you look at the first pic on the page you notice the three bloody knuckles... all in a nice stright line with the blade. You would have to add a protection to the blade if not using it for some things. The other thing that bothered me was the $200 price tag.
thanks for feed back. yea saw those knuckles, great advertisment !
This looks like a modification to the ULU knife. I own one but don't use it much. As mbarnatl said, the blade is exposed and I am more comfortable with a "standard" knife. The up side to the $200 price tag is it comes with a DVD.:rolleyes:
http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/superga...ung0014-33.htm
Welcome! Now get over to the "introductions" thread and tell us more about you. Give us an idea as to your age, what you do, whereabouts you live, etc.:cool:
why it's a swiss army ulu!
born dublin ireland '72.left at 17 and backpacked around b.c.canada,eventualy got caught and opted to go yo the u.s. spent the best part of 10 years checking out washington, arizona and the nice bits of ca.built a house south of seattle, got married, lived abit of the americian dream then left everything to bum around northern india for half a year.now back in ireland wondering what i'll be when i grow up:)
i like to survive, so i work on my kit.hennessey hammock,sog seal elite,ontario short & heavy machette, still and fire kit are my basics.
rock on with the camping hammock. i just use a parachutte nylon amazonas but it's nice being able to sleep off of the ground [not having to find level ground, not having to avoid watershed, etc] in areas with sufficient purchase to hang it. and all for a mere 6oz.
the hammock i got is cool,pretty watertight .was used to using gortex sleeping system (u.s.army type)but humping it around was tiresome ,especially as my kit got more larger and fine tuned.
canid - Do you use the mosquito traveler? If not, how do you combat the mosquitoes and black flys in the summer?
richard - I've looked at those hammocks a hundred times over. One of these days I'm going to just get one. I use a tarp and build a diamond tent but that hammock sure looks comfortable.
they're not much a problem down here in cali. in Wa/Id smoke does it fine for the squitters but i have a couple yards of netting around somewhere. i haven't needed to bring it out since i bought it.
in Ak, nothing keeps them at bay, looking back, it almost seems i forget to remember them, so to speek.
Ouch! Those freshly skinned knuckles are great advertisements!
a couple of months back i dragged a buddy to a local national pk. for a break from the kids, after setting up camp ,fire and grub i climbed in the hammock .its got a no see-um net, starrs were out and about 30 deer came out to check us out.took out my red lense kit and lay silently awe struck as 30 pair of deer eyes reflected back ,spooky but crazy. they hung out for about half hour ,the young were curious but then they scattered as my buddy started snoring:mad:
that one night with the stars and the deer was well worth the $ i spent.
its a cool gadget but in survival you need something that will get er dun not some toy that will break and wreck on you right away!
yea kinda given up on the atax job,it is gimicky
I looked at the list of things you could do with it and a lot of the stuff I can do without carrying anything. A couple of sticks in the ground will tell me the time and direction for example. The rest I can do with equipment I have on me already and I don't have to spend the $200. Of course, there is that DVD. :rolleyes:
Cool gadgets are okay if they buy you something. Lord knows I've bought my fair share that sit in the back of the closet and collect dust. If that's what you want and your heart it set on it, then go for it. Just let us know how good it is and whether you inherent knuckles like in the picture. (I'm with RR. Wouldn't you think they'd have taken a picture with some squeeky clean hands or maybe some ladies hands to show how easy it is to use? But bloody knuckles, crikey!).
Ooops. We posted at the same time.