What have you learned in this forum?

ANother thing(s) I have learned is the vareity of folk on here.
Not some tight knit group in a specific region, but people from all over!

Brazil, Australia, UK, France, all over Canada, and all areas of the US from East Coast to California, from Texas to Washington state.

You wanna know about what they do in the jungle, Pict is your man.
Wanna know about Cold Weather issues? When someone from far-north Canada speaks, I'm all ears. What to do in an earthquake? The Californians know! Gigging frogs down south? Runningboar has got you covered.

The variety of knowledge on this sub-forum is as wide as it is deep.

Give yourselves a round of applause, or a toast with your favorite beverage.

cheers.
 
Well, BF, in general has tought me a LOT. Sylvrfalcn at HI tought me Knifemaking and sheathmaking. Tought me about Moras, trade knives, Opinels, Laguiole, and the Po-Boy mentality. I'm forever grateful Greg.

HD tought me the value of thin blades. He tought me about Nessmuk too. And he has outright spanked me in many-a political debate. (even though he was wrong) Hehe.

In this particular area I've learned about PJ cotton balls, and found a bunch of guys with similar interests. I've learned about trapping too, which I had no experience with. I've picked up some survival ethics, and much of the thought process that keeps a person alive in the wilderness. Now, I grew up in the woods, and I'm an Eagle Scout, so I had a background, but this place is certainly a great outlet for these interests. I'm grateful.

I've also learned that Thomas Linton will catch me every time I go off half cocked. Though, I learned that in the HI section. Hehe. (Thanks Thomas, every Cajun needs that!)
 
The best thing I've learned is that you can't learn enough. There's always something new or a better way to do something. I've learned that I'm not the only one out there who carries a pocket full of sharp goodies and pocket-sized just-in-case stuff. So many places you look or ask about survival, people either are, or assume that you are, some sort of angry loner, Rambo, wanna-be nut. This forum, however, has been filled with practical, down to earth advice and I haven't seen anybody flamed for a post yet.

I've got a background in the wilderness, practically raised in the woods but still want to keep my skills sharp and see new strategies and techniques. Here's one that didn't work for me: I'm trying to quit smoking and want to get much faster at starting fires with a ferro rod so I told myself I'd only smoke if I could light it "the primitive way". Long story short...still at a pack a day but, oh man, can I start a fire.

Just ordered a Spyderco Moran and a Fallkniven F1 as anniversary presents for my wife and I. Her Spyderco shipped but my F1 was out of stock...really bummed about it...seriously, I can feel the tears practically rolling down my fat little cheeks as I write this. I guess I'm lucky to have a wife who wants to learn these skills...she got really excited when I told her that hers shipped. Last anniversary, she got her first rifle and I got lucky...just kidding...No, I'm not. The year before, I bought her her first pistol and she went accessory crazy...holster, extra mags, thousands of rounds of ammo...the whole bit. For Christmas this year she got me a little bitty kit gun for my PSK. I am so lucky...so why wasn't my F1 in stock?

Anyway, thanks for everything.
 
I have learned to much on here to list it, just about knives alone. I Had no idea about the history of my own state that skunk found on the net, tarps, hammocks recently. It is just about everyday that I read about something that I didn't know about. Chris
 
What Ive learned mostly is: I know less about general survival than I thought I did. Im also learning to appreciate the wide variety of experience and knowledge that others freely pass on to me in these forums. ;)
 
I've learned more from this forum and BF as a whole to even begin to list. I love to bring people into the fold of fine knives and help them learn by learning myself. I've NEVER had any negative experiences here as I have on other forums and I couldn't be happier knowing that other people share my passion. It makes me think I might not be so crazy after all; though my wife would debate that! :D
 
Shotgun said:
Greased cotton balls is the biggest one I can think of. Of course never let your girlfriend who likes getting deals do the shopping. Now I have greasy pink balls...

...pink was on sale.:o
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Sounds like a new South Park episode to me! :D

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Seriously, two heads are better than one. Having a group go over your list, or your philosophy, may find things that really will save your life someday.

Product knowledge is huge here too. Ol' Stewart Brand, the father of the Whole Earth Catalog, started off with the concept of "access to tools." It wasn't long before he realized that the real concept was "access to information." Here we are!

My favorite new toy: spy capsules. I like cheap and handy-- like ME :cool:
 
This forum has really helped me keep my sanity while going up to 6 months without seeing a tree. At christmas I had to get a real tree, though it cost around 80 bucks, it was well worth it, though I found myself trimming it and thinning it out a lot more then was required:D

I learned how to go from hating the OH trekker to realizing its probably my ideal SAK, and to trust the opinions of everyone and know I am getting solid advice, and may even base my entire future on it.
Keep posting more great threads guys, we all have a lot more to share in the future.
 
I've learned that I need to get out and practice things like fire with a bow and drill instead of just reading about them, about patinas, and that I had money being wasted in the bank earning interest when I could have had a few mora's and becker's.
 
DaleW said:
Sounds like a new South Park episode to me! :D

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Seriously, two heads are better than one. Having a group go over your list, or your philosophy, may find things that really will save your life someday.

Product knowledge is huge here too. Ol' Stewart Brand, the father of the Whole Earth Catalog, started off with the concept of "access to tools." It wasn't long before he realized that the real concept was "access to information." Here we are!

My favorite new toy: spy capsules. I like cheap and handy-- like ME :cool:
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If you're ever in Oregon and see a guy lighting his fire with pink cotton balls, say hello!:D
 
Coldwood said:
I think WSS is a better than average sub-forum with very experienced and knowledgable people ready and willing to share what they know... A great forum, thanks to all of you.
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I second (or third or twenty-fifth, heh) that. Like to add, I haven't noticed one bit of people fighting each other, even when they disagree strongly. I also like the general attitude of respect and enjoyment of nature I see among you all. My hat's off to you gents! :)

P.S. those dang "greasy pink balls" are cracking me up...
 
That tourniquets are not for stopping bleeding. Compression is for stopping bleeding; tourniquets are for when you've already lost a body part!

And a host of other things, from PSK tweaking to cheap gear.

I have dozens of bookmarks that I'm going to go back to as soon as I move in April - I'll be living right next to a HUGE wilderness preserve.
 
I learned the same thing as DH1 did.

"What I take away from this forum is the fact that there are people out there who can survive. I grew up a factory worker city kid, went (light)fishing/hiking a lot in the summer, but most of my time was spent in the city. As I got older I noticed people of all ages were...dumb. They can't read maps, they don't know the sun rises in the east, don't know how to use a knife (or open a SAK for that matter), read/follow directions...if you take them out of their element, they are like infants. I'm just glad to see mankind CAN survive since there are people out there who can make due and have the tools and knowlege to survive. "

I had no clue there were this many people out there, interested in being self sufficient. I knew there were a lot, but not this many. Im glad that there are. It sort of gives me hope that mankind isnt too stupid after all. Hes right, theres not alot of folk that can even read a simple road map, much less pick a decent knife, carry it, and even make a simple fuzz stick, or baton some branches for a simple lean-to. It scares me at times, the level of stupidity of people around me. If shit went south, like a HUGE power loss, or a massive act of god, my city would crumble, and would look like mad max in less than a month.

I learned how high speed moras are. I knew they were kinda tough, but i had no idea they were this versatile and squared away. I also discovered a sweet sheath maker as well (normark) I could use those sheaths for all sorts of stuff.
 
I have learned a lot from these forums, but the one thing I like the most is Mora knives. I would have never heard of these knives if it was not for this forum.
 
I'm another one who learned about Mora's here. I have one now, I'll pick up more along the way I'm sure.
 
I've learned that there are a lot of very good, solid folks out there who spend a lot of time in the woods (and elsewhere) with sharp, pointy tools, and yet, never use the word, "tactical". Priceless.
 
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