Some of you might be wondering what an EDU knife is. On the other hand, I bet most of you know what an EDC knife is. Well, according to a post by Woodsroamer, an EDC knife is a knife you carry everyday but is seldom used while an EDU knife is a knife you carry every day and gets used all day long. In other words, an EDU knife is your utility knife.
I myself carry 2 knives to work, a Swiss Army Classic SD in a key chain and a modified Kershaw Select Fire. I use the Classic SD for small cutting task or when people around me might be freaked out by a bigger knife. Otherwise, the Select Fire sees action most of the time at work.
I removed the serrations on the Kershaw Select Fire knife and cut off its pointed blade tip. The blade now resemble a wharncliffe profile which make it suitable for opening boxes. The Kershaw Select Fire also has a bit driver and 4 standard bits stored in the handle.
The mod on the blade and the bit driver and bits included make this knife a very useful tool in my workplace. An EDU knife indeed.
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Used and unused P51 can opener stamped "US Shelby Co" bought from Amazon. Worn out after using it less than 20 times. See arrow in the photo above.
It doesn't work anymore. What is this opener made of - aluminum? Used to be steel, I know.
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One way of starting a fire is with the use of flint and steel. This method requires a tinder to catch the sparks produced when the steels strikes the flint. The tinder used oftentimes is a char cloth. I've seen some people in Youtube use chaga as tinder but the majority uses char cloth. I myself uses char cloth as tinder for flint and steel firemaking but char cloth is somewhat messy to use. While browsing the Internet, I came across a fire tinder tube from Rons Primitive Skills blog. I thought it was a very cool idea so I decided to make one.
This is the fire tinder tube from Rons Primitive Skills blog. Visit his blog to learn more about it.
The 3 cotton ropes I bought from eBay. I have charred one of the rope end and tried it with my flint and steel. It works well and not so messy as char cloth is. All I need now is the copper tube and I'm good to go. It will be a nice addition to my fire kit.
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Brrr. The temperature is really going down to almost single digit, usually in the 12-10 degrees range this week. I guess it's time to bring out the hand warmers.
My job requires me to work outside early in the morning for 1-2 hours and with these kind of weather you're sure to get numb and painful fingers, even when you have your gloves on. Before I had my hand warmer, I used to go back inside the building maybe 2 or 3 times to warm my hands and that's a lot of hustle because you have to walk quite a distance. Ever since I had my hand warmer I don't need to do that anymore.
The Jon-e hand warmer I bought in a garage sale last summer for $2. You have to fill it with lighter fluid and light it and works similar to a regular liquid filled lighter. Zippo also makes a hand warmer like this and there are China made ones that are of comparable quality. One refill will last for 8 hours, they say, but I haven't used the hand warmer that long yet.
There are also disposable single-use hand warmers and there are reusable ones that are chemically filled but they do not give enough heat. The same is true with electronic hand warmers. For me, the Jon-e type hand warmers are the best.
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I ordered online a replacement flint for my flint & steel kit. I was wondering if this kind of stone can be found in my country, the Philippines. Maybe there is another kind of stone with similar characteristics that I can use instead.
1 of the 2 English flint I ordered online for $5.
The Hudson Bay Flint & Steel Kit. Highly recommended kit.
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