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    Tiny candle for the kit.

    Hey guys, I went 4 hours last night and it's barely touched. This may very well turn out to be a good kit candle that takes no space. WAY better than the tealights!
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    DIY Leather Quiver

    Very nice work!
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    Tiny candle for the kit.

    I will let you know in a few days. the big ones last forever, but this is new. there is about 3 1/2 tealights in there though.
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    Tiny candle for the kit.

    We all can use a quick access candle for fire lighting or just warm light in the campsite Here is one example of using trash to make a nice one. I made this one tonight as a prototype. "Altoid smalls" boxes are tiny and cool, but I have had a hard time finding suitable uses for them. I eat a...
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    Where do you keep your gear?

    I keep a 3 month supply of food in sealed drums in the workshop, and most of the camping gear is there. I have a "get home" bag in each of the cars and the jeep which has 2 gallons of water(Desert living) and essentials for walking 20 miles should the roads be impassible. Since I do 130...
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    cooking pike from an open fire

    Carp are about 7/10ths intestine. Yukky muddy flavor to them. The Asians put them in clear ponds for a week or two before harvesting, as it clears the mud out...
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    Are you a Swiss Army Knife owner?

    Have had 10 or so over the years. Current pocket holds this one: http://tinyurl.com/yajfrqd last year i got my boy his first tinker!
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    cooking pike from an open fire

    And here I was picturing you skewering them and hanging them on the walls...
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    Zippo emergency fire starter.

    I am very happy with a keychain liquid fuel lighter I picked up last year. it seals up tight so it always has fluid in it. Have even carried it into courthouses and on aircraft as it's so innocuous. http://www.countycomm.com/sslight.htm
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    Weird and wonderful wood festival.

    Wood fest has a "whole 'nother meaning" in the US. Usually involving frat boys... Thanks for the laugh on a cold and blustery Monday...
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    Sulphur Matches from scratch Part 1

    Isn't this a higher risk with all the gum trees? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3A1UcvCC0 One of the biggest fires we have had in southern California in the lats 20 years started exactly this way.
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    Recommend a kayak?

    My next yak will be one of these. Just waiting on the new workshop... http://yostwerks.com/
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    UCO candle lanterns in tents

    Check out this one, I made these with a scouting group years ago, but mine have vanished... http://www.imrisk.com/teacandle/teacandle.htm
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    UCO candle lanterns in tents

    Miss-spelling... I "bought" The oil lamp that fits inside the UCO Candle Lantern... http://www.campmor.com/oil-insert-uco-candle-lantern.shtml?source=CI&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=87535WC It is brighter than the candle and the little lid over the week does keep the oil inside the lamp and not...
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    Vehicle , base camp cook kit .

    Here is a pic of my rig on a trip into Canyon De Guadalupe, BC Mexico in March. It's a 1974 Jeep Wagoneer, 4x4 AMC 360CI v8 and I got it for $500.00 Note that we were camped about 30 miles from the epicenter of ll those Mexicali Quakes. Canyon De Guadalupe is a little slice of heven in a very...
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    Budget Tepees (Juno etc)

    I have a friend with the Sportsmans Guide 10 foot tent and there is almost no standing room in it. It was alright for a cheapie though. I have an 18 foot "party" tent also from them, it's great for shade and hanging out, but no good in th wether due to massive amounts of mesh.
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    UCO candle lanterns in tents

    I have been using a Uco for 20 years. Same one too. It has never given me any trouble and does not leak. Recently but the oil lamp section as I wanted to try it out and it's much brighter than the candle, but only lasts about 2/3ds the time of a candle.
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    hey there folks

    you would be surprised... I had snow at work on April 1...
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    where did your username comefrom

    I am bad, and a dawg... it's My Playa name and I earned it. By Playa, I am talking Burning Man...
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    hey there folks

    I'm Badawg and I hail from the deserts of Southern California. I have been here before but my account died somehow... Our bushcraft is a bit different from yours, but the same goals are in mind. 6 months ago I changed jobs, and I find myself working on top of a 6000 foot mountain daily, and...