If you've ever been camping, you've probably experienced the joys of tent stakes either stubbornly refusing to enter the ground, or equally stubbornly refusing to stay in it. Sticking tent stakes...
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Many tents are made with bottoms that are not quite as water-resistant as campers may hope. Even when selecting an optimally-drained camp site, pitching your tent straight on the ground can lead to...
Perhaps you've heard (maybe even from me) that flint can't throw a spark from stainless steel knives. The other day, I was doing some experiments in anticipation of shooting a video, and realized...
Perhaps one of the easiest devices to make and use reliably is the bow. While a crude, albeit useful, version may be cobbled together from a bundle of sticks satisfactorily enough for a...
A hatchet is a small axe, designed for use with one hand. Hatchets usually have slim profiles, meant more for biting deep into wood on the cross-grain than for splitting. While a hatchet or axe...
Hatchets are extremely versatile tools. They can be used for splitting kindling and building shelters, but it doesn't end there. A hatchet can quickly remove material, shape and carve like a knife,...