Tadpoles

I remember my younger days in my hometown back in the Philippines when I was still in elementary. Our house is about half a kilometer away from the school and I used to walk that distance with my friends. Walking to school was never a tiresome task as adventure of some sort is always waiting along the way. Fruits are in abundance such as guava, cashew, duhat, camachile, siniguelas whatever is in season and the owner would not mind you taking some as long as you ask for permission first. Of course sometimes we don't ask permission and we would scamper as fast as we can when the owner comes out shouting invectives at us.

On our way home in the afternoon, my friends and I would stop by the town plaza and catch grasshoppers in the grassy area of the plaza or play at the monument of Rizal or Bonifacio. Come to think of it, all plazas I have been to always have a Rizal and Bonifacio monument.



Even the weather fails to dampen our spirit. During rainy days, we would play at the puddles that formed on the road splashing water at each other with our feet. Other times we would play with the tadpoles. There are lots of them in puddles during the rainy season. They look like a moving solid black mass when the puddles are drying up. Meron pa kayang butete sa mga probinsiya?

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Budget MTech Neck Knife

I am a sucker for inexpensive knives. Generally, the price of a knife is directly proportional to its quality. It means that the more expensive knives have better quality than the low cost ones. But how much quality you need depends on what you're going to use the knife for. My knives are just for light duty task and therefore budget knives like the one below would suffice.


I bought this from BudK 3-4 years ago for $2. Currently, the knife is selling at eBay for $5.95. I replaced the shoelace lanyard with a beaded chain.


Smith and Wesson is selling the same knife for $10. OAL is 7". Blade length is 3" and made of unknown steel but is very sharp.


I made some modifications on the knife like filing the spine to a 90 degree angle so I can use it as ferro rod striker. I also smoothen out the aggressive jimping on the spine to make it more comfortable to hold.


The sheath has a built-in whistle which is pretty loud.


Definitely one of my favorite neck knife.

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