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oh man, that sounds good, the wife took us off pork and i love the stuff lol. Really missing bbq ribs and bacon and cracklings mmmmmmm.

Ritza tiger thread is good stuff it works great on outdoor gear as well as indoor. Any thread will wear and fail if you don't set it into a groove; that's the key for dog collars and such especially.

That's what I use too

Thank you, I have those also lol. I ike these over hatchets because they are so light and the thin blade cuts better. They are excellent for backpacking or foraging. I have a sweet little double-bit hatchet that I carry sometimes when hunting also. LOL ironically, today is opening day of the season.

Thanks, yeah I heard that, so just how many folks over there are doing bad things with machetes to get them banned? The reason i made this was that i have a couple of cheap machetes that I cut down and found they are better suited for me that way. The grip finally broke on one of them, and I wanted one made a bit better so i used it as a pattern.

thanks, it came out better than expected. I've had this bottle for years, so didn't even know if it was still good, and it was an experiment that worked out for a change lol.

lol They are like pets here, they run around all over town. Its great to watch the fawns grow up every year. These just got their winter coats.

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Thank you, Pastor, I wish the fence wasn't in some of them but my front yard was full of Deer, I went to go out the gate, and this is what I saw lol. Right now it's just a piece of wood the same size as the whetstone, I sewed the pocket on flat so I had to wet form it to shape.

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Finally did something!! It's been a while, but it sure felt good to get back to doing a few things. The Machete is 1095, cold blued, with an apple wood handle, and a 13 1/2" blade. The sheath is about 7/8 oz, Mottled bison brown stain, and finished with Feibings Mink oil. Dang, when I pulled that leather out of the box and that wonderful aroma of tanned leather hit me, i was hooked again lol.

Calling the people trying to help you a peanut gallery probably won't help in getting your questions answered. Good luck with your problems.

What did you clean it for, and what did you clean it with? its probably the soap.

you should be able to buy those easy enough. I have bought plenty for my cars and trucks from the local parts store. Oreillys is where i get mine.

Oh yeah, when i was a kid we would make a yearly trip to Fort Collins to JAX army surplus store , they had tons of milsurp and only milsurp, most of our campiing gear was military. Sadly now their surplus is in one little area in one little room af a huge multi-building sporting goods store. On top of that, my dad was a commander in the local Civil Air Patrol. I still have stuff from the Korean War era and before that i still use. We have a surplus store here, but its friggin crazy expensive.

Its just leather man lol. Sharpen them and ya won't have to beat them to death.

I feel the same way, thank you!!!

I've worn a few pairs of those out. They couldn't give them away, hardly back in the day, I used to buy them because they were the cheapest boots you could find. lol. They aren't the most comfortable things in the world, so consider them a collectible before good footwear. They may have worked well for jungle use, but that's about all imo. Did a quick internet search (Vietnam era jungle boot care) and there's actually a forum on this stuff, "US Milatria forum", plenty of good info. What I did learn is that these boots were not polished during that time in history, so doing so would lessen their value and make old guys laugh at you when they see you.

beautiful!! i love that dogs smile!!! Dont take a minute for granted my friend that next 20 will go by in the blink of an eye. My wife and I are at 45 years this fall and going strong.

I'm always amazed and saddened at the same time. Knowledge that was commonplace and common sense for literally centuries has been lost in just a few generations. Higher learning they call it. We are smarter now or so they say and they actually have people believing it. Simple wax and paraffin were household staples and used for hundreds of common things we are led to believe need specialized products today.

oh yea, you could harden that up, and it would be just as effective. I'll give it a pretty cool too.

Most of those arent soldered. I doubt you would need to in this case, there is not a lot of weight on it. But if ya want to, then tin them first before putting them on the wallet, then it's just a matter of touching a hot iron to them for an instant. Beware, solder isn't the same color, so it will show, so you have to be careful tinning just the seam.

took the burb out for her shakedown run, it was a beautiful day yesterday, only in the 60s but no clouds and the leaves are changing big time lol. did you know Quaking Aspen stands are really one huge living organism not separate trees like pines and such. They grow from the roots of an existing tree so are all interconnected and actually the same living organism. You can see it in fall, as the colors change each stand changes at slighty diferent times and colors.

nfo and Feibings Golden Mink Oil its a water proofing and conditioner for outdoor gear.

there ya go!! Then I would coil a whole stick of it around a piece of hardwood or steel after annealing, then cut it down the side making dozens at once. Like they make chain mail.