Little outing, little failure, little learning

Marcelo Cantu

Marcelo Cantu

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Tony and I got out today for a little woods time. It was a beautiful day, temperature was around 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

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We took both dogs with us. Little Nicki [sp?] was sporting her Prada faux fur collar trench.

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Whilst Sadie chose to go au natural.

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So what I wanted to try was one of those green wood cooker fires with the four pieces of green wood uprights to support a cooking receptacle. This is where we ran in to our first issue. It is very difficult to pound a wooden stake into frozen ground.

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They were barely an inch into the hard ground and we couldn't get the to an even height even though they were the same size and sharpened to a strong point. An attempt was made to work through this and we easily lit our fire using paper birch bark as tinder and various dead twigs as kindling.

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Our second realization. We failed to insulate the fire from below so it took the waste of quite a bit of kindling to get the fire to sustain. Had this been a situation where fire was needed for warmth, with limited fuel, it would have been an added unnecessary challenge.

After several attempts to stabilize our cup of mmmm, pine needle tea, and one near extinguishing spill, we adapted to a simpler set-up

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More to come...
 
Good stuff! Thanks for you sharing your work with the 'stove', looks like a potentially tough one to execute (devil's in the details).

So of course I have to know: who made that badass puukko? and whaddaya wanna trade for it? Hehehe.
 
SpookyPistolero said:
So of course I have to know: who made that badass puukko? and whaddaya wanna trade for it? Hehehe.
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That is my new Koyote, it is his new scandier convex grind, and it is just sick:thumbup:

and no, we it isn't for sale or trade:p
 
great pics guys.. looks like a nice cold day out in CT...:D

is that Tony's new Koyote scandi, i see in that steel group shot?? if it is, that thing is bad a$$, i loved it... i go to check it out at Mark W's shop, before Christof sent it out... it is wicked sharp...:eek:
 
Which puukko do you mean Will? The big one is as Tony said. The shrt bladed one is an EnZo Nordic I picked up from a gent from Blighty over on BB. Stewart J. Light handled this one in Yellow Mallee and Kingwood. It also is not for sale or trade. :p
 
I actually saw that Koyote on his forum, it's a looker to be sure! It's exciting that he's doing scandi grinds. However, I have to say, it was that Enzo/Light that really caught my eye. And you're just plain mean for not selling it to me. ;)
 
Looks like you all had a great day in the snow :thumbup:

Love the handle on that EnZo Nordic, nice and beefy, and that Koyote is just sick.

Thanks for sharing.
 
can't be far into the woods with that nice stone hearth in the background
I would have had a fire roaring in that baby, all that stone reflecting heat.
Nice pics man
 
This is our usual default haunt. It's 883 acres of new and old growth woodland, some of which used to be farmland. as with much of the woods here in New England, there are old stone walls and these homestead skeletons here and there. We have and do use this hearth but I just wanted to try this little set-up.
 
Hey Marcelo, nice pictures. Wish we had that kind of snow.

I think it's wonderful that you take the time, and make the effort to introduce another, through no fault of his own, and who may not be too quick on the uptake, to the joys of the outdoors.

Kind of reminds of a Dustin Hoffman movie, I once saw.

He probably really enjoys seeing pictures of himself on the bright screen, so I'll post it again. Enjoy, little buddy! :thumbup:

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Good stuff guys, looks like you two had a great time. :thumbup:

I think I'd skip the whole driving steaks into frozen ground...I get enough of that crap on my day job in the winter months :)
 
Aw leave the guy alone....He get his good looks from his Dear ol' granma.....from the old country.

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