Most people here in Florida know how to swim. Actually, these days, most people know how to swim, period. Our parents may have loved the water, or imagined us kids falling in a pool and drowning. So, we took swimming lessons, and for most of us, it was great fun. Aside from the undeniable fun [...]
I stumbled upon this old article I wrote for a knife magazine, relating a little adventure I had towing an advertising banner with an ultralight airplane.
Learning self defense or combat techniques won’t help you as much as learning sound principles and body mechanics.
I wanted a rust-proof finish on my khukuri. The cheapest and easiest solution I came up with is parkerizing. Wikipedia: “Parkerizing (also called phosphating and phosphatizing) is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of an electrochemical phosphate conversion coating.” This process is used [...]
The charcoal forge was fun to build and use, but let’s face it, it takes forever to heat-up and it is pretty dirty. If I made another one, it would be more of a closed design to concentrate and conserve heat, and would have a good hand-cranked blower. So, I went on Ebay and shopped [...]