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Enough of the riddles let me show ya !
Now the premise of this exercise is that for whatever reason the only knife ya have with you is your Tin knife, thus in reality it would have taken me maybe 20 minutes to prep the handle. However, as I always seem to have my Booshway with me I decided to take only 5 minutes and use that !
Cut yourself a nice handle sized bit of branch. You could leave it rough but I spent a few minutes whittling mine before I started the split:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Splitting the handle till it was maybe 2/3 rds of the way down :
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
It really doesn't matter if ya split the stick into two halves but I prefer to leave part of it intact. Then slide ya tin knife in position and start lashing that sucker in tight ! You can use Paracord or if going the natural route you can use Cedar roots etc. I chose to use some masonry twine as it's tough stuff and ya can get it nice and tight:
And here we have it a Tin knife that is no longer a Tin knife !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
With a full size handle you can now really get some cutting done and will find it now cuts like a full sized belt knife:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Might as well not let those curls go to waste:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
2 strikes of the ferro-rod with the back of the knife and we have fire !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Now to kick back with a cup of tea:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
With fire done I stripped the Tinny back down and placed it back in the fire kit:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Maybe I'll try this spot next time:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
How about this, Otters were using a Squirrels eating spot as their pooping spot ! Maybe they don't like the Squirrel eh !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Not sure if the Otters were in this hole but Maisy sure seemed determined to get in there !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
I will add that the handle idea is not mine, I saw it on another forum and figured I'd give it a go !
Now the premise of this exercise is that for whatever reason the only knife ya have with you is your Tin knife, thus in reality it would have taken me maybe 20 minutes to prep the handle. However, as I always seem to have my Booshway with me I decided to take only 5 minutes and use that !
Cut yourself a nice handle sized bit of branch. You could leave it rough but I spent a few minutes whittling mine before I started the split:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Splitting the handle till it was maybe 2/3 rds of the way down :
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
It really doesn't matter if ya split the stick into two halves but I prefer to leave part of it intact. Then slide ya tin knife in position and start lashing that sucker in tight ! You can use Paracord or if going the natural route you can use Cedar roots etc. I chose to use some masonry twine as it's tough stuff and ya can get it nice and tight:
And here we have it a Tin knife that is no longer a Tin knife !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
With a full size handle you can now really get some cutting done and will find it now cuts like a full sized belt knife:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Might as well not let those curls go to waste:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
2 strikes of the ferro-rod with the back of the knife and we have fire !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Now to kick back with a cup of tea:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
With fire done I stripped the Tinny back down and placed it back in the fire kit:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Maybe I'll try this spot next time:
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
How about this, Otters were using a Squirrels eating spot as their pooping spot ! Maybe they don't like the Squirrel eh !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
Not sure if the Otters were in this hole but Maisy sure seemed determined to get in there !
By pitdog2010 at 2010-09-16
I will add that the handle idea is not mine, I saw it on another forum and figured I'd give it a go !