We have been having single digit temperature these past few days with below zero wind chill.
This video was taken after the first significant snowfall of 2016. And precisely the reason why there is a need to winterize the car and include a means of staring a fire in the emergency kit.
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I found this knife while visiting the camping section of Walmart selling for $9.82. It was listed at Amazon for $16.18 so it was like $6.36 cheaper. Needless to say I bought it, although I already have a gazillion of these pointed toys.
I made 2 modifications on the knife. First, I didn't like the Katana style orange cord wrap so I just made a simple 550 cord wrap on the handle. I am thinking of using an olive drab colored 550 cord instead. Second, I removed the serrated edge. I've never been a fan of serrated edge especially for my wood working knives. But I know a serrated edge has its own merits.
This how the knife looks like after the modifications. The blade is 3mm thick made from 440 steel.
This is the original. I think the Katana style cord wrap looks much better but the snap button on the sheath won't close because the cord wrap is bulky. I think there's something wrong with the sheath I got. Well, what you get for what you pay.
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It comes with a ferro rod attached to a magnesium rod.
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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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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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I went to work overnight on November 19 and during lunch we had chicken, coleslaw, mashed potato, pasta and apple pie for dessert courtesy of the store. Not so much shoppers came in during the Black Friday sale unlike the previous years where there is along line of shoppers who are really aggressive in getting the items they want. Maybe people do get tired of TVs and laptops and it's not every year you buy them anyway.
One thing I cay say is, the food this year is really good.
Happy Thanksgiving and keep safe. Don't drink too much.
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The latest request from my grandson is to make him a Kylo Ren wood figure. Being a doting grandfather that I am, I grabbed my whittling knife and a piece of basswood and went to work. And here's the result.
My grandson enjoyed playing with Kylo Ren. I had a lot of fun making it.
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I've often seen this primitive fish hook in blogs and in YouTube but I never got to making it. One day when I was walking in the park I saw a tree with a lot of thorns. I don't know what kind of tree it was but I thought I can use the thorns to make a primitive fish hook. So I picked up a dead twig lying on the ground and brought it home.
I used the inner strands of 550 cord to tie the thorn down on the wood stem. The knot itself is easy to make once you learn how to do it.
Will it catch a fish? Maybe or maybe not, who knows, but I've some fun making it.
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