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Check out this Nessmuck Aboriginal knife...

not too different from my Old hickor cabbage knife, with the exception of the dramatic curve.
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The knife show is a good example of making use of what's available (Myal refers to this in the "axe for the north, machette for the tropics, what for the desert" thread).

As well as the benefits mentioned by Ray Mears, regular burning also selects for grasses which are a source of edible grain :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
I once read in an Australian knife magazine that the standard American Green River beef skinner was the favorite knife of the natives in the outback. Something like that seems to be what this guy is using.
 
We could use those Aboriginal techniques here in California.
It seems people out here are always getting caught surprised by wildfires since nobody maintains the brush.
 
ArturoTostadoIII said:
We could use those Aboriginal techniques here in California.
It seems people out here are always getting caught surprised by wildfires since nobody maintains the brush.
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It definately reduces the fuel build up and subsequent intensity of any wild fires:thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
ArturoTostadoIII said:
We could use those Aboriginal techniques here in California.
It seems people out here are always getting caught surprised by wildfires since nobody maintains the brush.
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I think the problem in Cali is that the law prohibits the land owners from maintaining the grasslands. I recall a case several years back where the treehuggers found some little kangaroo-rat-type critter in the tall grasses, and got the gubmint to stop the homeowners from mowing their yards (on the large acres) to protect the mouse, and then after the wildfires destroyed the homes, they came back to find no charred remains of mice, since they'd already left, looking for easier grass to roam thru! The cut-grass was part of the mice's habitat, and the uncut grass choked them out! :mad:

Similarly, the Aboriginals have been burning back the dried grasses every year for generations, long before the Europeans landed there (one might even say millennia!) The grasslands even rely on it to help with growing back in the next year.

Matt in Tx
 
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