Leuku

The traditional camp knife of the Scandinavian Saami people, the Leuku was used as a sort of heavy-bladed machete.

Personal Carry

To each his own, but for several reasons, I don't like to carry anything strung around my neck. Otherwise, this is a good video.

Camp Life and the Tricks of Trapping

The latest copy of The Backwoodsman magazine contains an article by Charlie Fox extolling the virtues of a book called "Camp Life and the Tricks of Trapping", by W. Hamilton Gibson. The copyright date was given as 1881, so I decided to search for it on Project Gutenberg. Sure enough, I found it, so here is the link. You can download it for free in Plucker, HTML or plain text formats.

Modified Ka-Bar

The USMC Combat/Utility Knife, more popularly known as the Ka-Bar, is a great backwoodsman's knife but has just a little too much "combat", which interferes with the "utility". More to the point (no pun intended), that cross-guard has gotta go. While a finger guard on the sharpened side may be a good thing (though not really necessary), having a guard stick out on the back of the blade just gets in the way. I don't really know if it is a good thing for combat or not, since I am not a knife fighter. If somebody comes after me with a knife, I'm not gonna say, "Wait a minute, this is not fair. Let me put my rifle down and get my knife".
With that in mind, I decided to break out the trusty Dremel and remove the useless appendage. The results can be seen in the photo, and it really does feel more handy and handleable now. Click on the picture to expand.
Now, to do something about that crappy sheath...
*Note: No original WWII knives were harmed in this experiment.

Trotline

Trotlining for catfish.

The Moron Brothers