Recent content by Charliethehappycamper

That assumes that no one in the city ever has need for a large knife and people in rural areas always do. I grew up in a house with a single fireplace for heating. Although we burned coal or coke, we used kindling and logs, if we could get them. My first Kukri was as effective as a hand axe (and...

Too often, the kitchen knives have been shoplifted as a crime of opportunity, which is why some supermarkets stopped selling single knives and only sell knife sets. Most kids aren't going to have the focus to make something, if they did they might not be involved in the kind of situations where...

Hi, first time here, as someone from a Council Estate (or two) - I agree about the psychology. The ban on curved swords came about because the media bigged up supposed "ceremonial swords" and one of the results was that alloy "Samurai" swords designed for traditional sword drawing practice were...