Dmelone,
I have meandered thru hood's woods a couple of times. very interesting stuff.

Yeah, the have great threads. I like the primitive thread.

Thanks Rainwalker I really liked reading your story. I find that a lot of knoledge from primitive cultures have a lot of value and truth. When I worked at the local army surplus we also sold traps and bought furs so I met a lot of really cool old indian trappers (and one really nice young one)and they really knew their stuff.
They knew good blades and I sold them a bunch of moras I made my boss buy.
We had 2 kinds of axes cheap crappy chinese ones with fibreglass handles and nice but expensive Oxheads. Those old guys would all do the same thing and flick the blade with their finger. The Oxheads had a great heat treat and rang like a fine bell while the chinese ones thudded and even sounded bad. It was really neat how these old guys could tell a good blade without knowing anything about which are the cool super steels or big names or even without seeing the price.

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My name is pretty simple- my name is Stan, and I brew beer, combine the 2 and you don't remember what happened the next day! Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it.

I used to brew a lot of IPA. Now its just mead. What is your favorite homebrew?

I'm drinking a Deschutes Brewery Inversion IPA right now...amazing coincidence <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

there's no such thing as coincidence, it means Horn Dog has something to teach you! something you really need right now.

Messer-"knife" in German. My favorite word all the years I took German in High School and College. German because oF MY gERMAN HERITAGE.

454-The number of knives I had from a collection starting as a kindergartner. I started selling them first to buy Spydercos but last year I became addicted to the Busse family.
-I also have always wanted a .454 Casull but that interst has sorta wained due to a limited 1 week deer gun hunting season in Ohio.

Mine is pretty much self expanatory. Kept it from other forums, including backpacking and hiking. I am a lightweight gear geek. I could not find gear light enough to hike with so I made my own tent, stove, sleeping bag, and shirt. Now lightweight gear is more common. However, if I purchase equipment at the store for hiking, I take a scale with me. Told ya I was a geek.

Rainwalker - nice story. I know several people that have taken the Tom Brown courses. All have liked the experience.

So I am not the only one with a titanium spork and a hanlde shaved tooth brush. Cool.

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it's just a nickname my buddies call me

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