on the original subject of protecting your sword from rust;
please forgive my ignorance here, but since your not dealing with a utilitarian blade (i.e. wont receive wear from daily cutting tasks), my first thought was why not use wax?

these pics get me all nervous, maybe it just because of where im from, but havent any of you people who venture into the modern wilds ever come across any 'authorities' who were less than understanding about your blades/bows? (a personal peeve of mine that in a 'free country' where its legal to carr...

im a big fan of Tom Brown Jr.'s field guides. while not being the most comprehensive books on there respective subjects, i (being somewhat of an 'animist') find the philosophy right up my alley. plus, i think the stories he tells help to ingrain the techniques into memory. as far as fiction goes, i ...

yea, sorry to hit and run on you like that. because of the recent hardships in the economy (the Detroit area being especially hard hit) ive had to start a career (as temporary as possible) as an over the road truck driver. and ive had a real tight schedule as of late, leaving me with two hours of fr...

That's excellent! Thanks for the link. Now how did he join the two bark ends? Tucking them into each other? I'm not anywhere near birch at the moment, so I can' play around with it myself... ~G [/size] in the absence of birch, try spruce or elm. he had two "ears" on the outside end of the...

well met all. ive been lurking these pages for a while now, and decided its time to voice some of my opinions in the discussion. obviously different people are here for different reasons, but i could find no board or sticky for members to introduce and explain themselves... am i guilty of not lookin...

may i suggest watching this video...
http://www.youtube.com/user/hobbexp?rec ... aKRmG9TFIU