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To: sig226
Joe - I would add two other essentials to your rifle and water:

3) folding knife
4) machete

Red: take up hunting.

Highly reccomended: tape or otherwise attach a smaller sheath with a 10-inch or so medium cut mill bastard file to your machete sheath to keep the edge maintained. And add a pair of work gloves- leather or cotton depending on your local climate, for wear when yiou'tre working with the brush cutter.

A guy whacking away with amachete can be heard for well over a mile when the conditions are right [or wrong, depending on your point of view) though tghat does not lessen the usefulness of the tool when it's needed; it's just another consideration worth keeping in mind.

And is also a good reason why a good bowsaw is a worthy addition to your list of useful pioneer tools. Which is actually a good suggestion for another list/thread.

93 posted on 05/19/2010 8:33:52 PM PDT by archy (q)
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To: archy

One of the reasons to have two knives, like a machete and a folder, is because you can use one of them as a hone for the other. You’ll need to maintain the blades daily because a hone won’t affect a rounded edge, but the knives will stay sharp if the hone is used for maintenance. Besides that, plenty of natural and artificial stones can serve as sharpeners.

We are trying to carry the bare minimum of stuff. :)


97 posted on 05/20/2010 5:57:09 AM PDT by sig226 (Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
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