Interesting narrative and timing Carl,
This morning I was helping with a on-going science project, where small birds are captured in thin nets hung in the forest and banded on the leg before they are released. This is mainly a volunteer worked project with low government input, bird watchers enjoy assisting and holding the birds before release. During a quite lull a young woman and I began disussing the effects of the tornados this spring and being prepared for emergencies. I brought up my training in the scouts from 40 years ago. The group listened in rap attention as I described my car emergency kit, which includes a folding shovel and a orange Buck 422 and then my homes 5 gallon bucket kits. I have four plastic buckets with lids that hold a variety of things that would let me survive should a tornado reduce my home to a trash heap. ( Don't use pickle buckets) In one of those buckets is a Buck 119 and a plumb scout hatchet. Along with stuff the other folks had never thought of, i.e. such as a hammer with 2 X 4 size nails, a small bottle of clorox for pruifying water. As Jackknife states, that long ago scout training along with the fix-it-up attitude of my military father set me on the course of feeling naked without my knife and a pair of pliers or multitool. Even a small folder will do amazing things if necessary. The 'bird watchers" went home with ideas of readiness in the heads. And at the next project day they are bringing their 'personal' knives for me to freshen up the edges.....The knife gosphel has begun...........Thanks Carl
300Bucks
