Oops.....Found my Breeden scalpel !

[pitdog]

Here I was blaming my niece and nephew for losing my little Breeden knife when it turns out I'd removed it from my car prior to their visit to ensure they didn't find it and cut themselves !

While this knife isn't ever going to fit in an Altoids tin it does weigh next to nothing, is super thin even in it's sheath and is big enough to most tasks other than splitting large sections of wood ( which you rarely need to do in the PNW anyway ).



Once you give it a quick and dirty Cord wrap it is super comfy and could be used for prolonged use making fuzz sticks etc with no problems !



Maybe some can remember my first trip out with this scalpel !

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...wonders-how-sharp-Bryan-Breeden-s-knives-are-!!!

I was going to practice some Breeden knife/Ferro Rod fire making but my phone died so I saved my tinder till I got back home. Today I used some old mans beard and some pine resin.



Maybe 4 quick strikes and we were cooking !




While out and about today I came across a rather prolific wild edible......Dead Nettles !

The entire plant is edible. The flavor is very mild, grassy - you can eat it stem and all, or pluck off the leafy tops. The leaves are covered in a dense hairy down - and this can take away some from the mild flavor. However you get used to it quickly.

Dead-nettle's reported to be highly nutritious, abundant in iron, vitamins, and fiber. The oil in the seeds is high in antioxidants. And the bruised leaves can be applied to external cuts and wounds to stop bleeding and aid in healing.

One great way to eat large quantities of this plant is to blend it into a smoothie. I'm a firm believer after many years of foraging that greens are the most important part of our diet. But instead of grazing and chewing all day (though chewing is important!), we can mimic an indigenous diet by blending up large amounts of greens and edible weeds into smoothies - the miracle tonic called the 'green smoothie'.

I actually found these growing today in large numbers amongst both Dandelions and Miners Lettuce, if that's not god handing you a salad on a plate I don't know what is !

 

[Rockywolf]

Always fun to see your pics and go with you on your adventures. Nice little knife. Does Bryan still make knives?

 

[pitdog]

Always fun to see your pics and go with you on your adventures. Nice little knife. Does Bryan still make knives?

From what I understand he now works full time and no longer makes knives.....real shame for us !

 

[fmajor007]

Well done finding your lost "friend"!!!! Finding a favorite knife, tool, what have you is better than finding a $50 or $100 note. The sentimental value exceeds cash surrender/replacement cost by far.

Always fun to see your pics and go with you on your adventures. Nice little knife. Does Bryan still make knives?

From what I understand he now works full time and no longer makes knives.....real shame for us !

I hadn't heard from or seen him posting for a long time and wondered if something terrible had happened. I was relieved to hear from someone on here who knows him more personally say that he was working a full-time job. That is a loss for this Community, but hopefully a very good thing for him.

I wish he came around from time to time - I miss his sense of humor and expert perspective on "things".