Mistwalker
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It may officially still be winter, but Mother Nature does as she pleases and it looks like winter has come and gone. Yesterday meant working out in a muddy wet world after a night of rain. I got busted taking pics of a squirrel as he ate
I propped my walking stick on a tree while I took those shots, and found a visitor on it when I went to pick it up again.
The green is returning
I was well prepared for starting fire in wet conditions. I had initially planned to play around with a new striker at the end of the work day yesterday, and I had a good sharp knife to work with
But in the roaring winds of March it took longer to get my work done than I expected. After being in the field for 12 hours with only one small snack, I was tired and hungry. So then I decided to just take the easiest method of starting a fire to cook my evening meal while I rested and looked through the 457 photos on my camera at the time. The UCO Stormproof matches could spoil a man. In my childhood, even if using the large strike anywhere kitchen matches, a one-match-fire on a wet day required a bit more prep work than piling small twigs on a larger ones and setting a match to it.
The stormproof matches work somewhat like little road flares and flare really hot for about 8 seconds or so.
You can see how wet the wood is by the amount of steam.
Soon I had a hot fire to cook over, and set about sending the scent of roasting fowl wafting on the breeze. It's a little more time consuming yes, but the hen, the hunk of bread and hunk of cheese, and the V-8 I drank, costed no more than a value meal at a fast food place, and I enjoyed the atmosphere much more.
Oh, and a few shots of the Kephart in use. Very nicely done in 1/8 / 3mm CPM S35VN, it handles very well. I finally have my favorite bushcraft knife profile in my favorite steel
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I propped my walking stick on a tree while I took those shots, and found a visitor on it when I went to pick it up again.
The green is returning
I was well prepared for starting fire in wet conditions. I had initially planned to play around with a new striker at the end of the work day yesterday, and I had a good sharp knife to work with
But in the roaring winds of March it took longer to get my work done than I expected. After being in the field for 12 hours with only one small snack, I was tired and hungry. So then I decided to just take the easiest method of starting a fire to cook my evening meal while I rested and looked through the 457 photos on my camera at the time. The UCO Stormproof matches could spoil a man. In my childhood, even if using the large strike anywhere kitchen matches, a one-match-fire on a wet day required a bit more prep work than piling small twigs on a larger ones and setting a match to it.
The stormproof matches work somewhat like little road flares and flare really hot for about 8 seconds or so.
You can see how wet the wood is by the amount of steam.
Soon I had a hot fire to cook over, and set about sending the scent of roasting fowl wafting on the breeze. It's a little more time consuming yes, but the hen, the hunk of bread and hunk of cheese, and the V-8 I drank, costed no more than a value meal at a fast food place, and I enjoyed the atmosphere much more.
Oh, and a few shots of the Kephart in use. Very nicely done in 1/8 / 3mm CPM S35VN, it handles very well. I finally have my favorite bushcraft knife profile in my favorite steel
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