As far as survival gear goes, I like cheap, light, unobtrusive, and multi-use. Today’s tip of using a Pencil Sharpener for Tinder fits all those things. If you keep a small pencil sharpener in your gear you can use it to make tinder for your fire. It the outside of the wood is wet from […]
Category: Outdoor Life
Knots: Figure Eight
If you are involved in either sailing or rock climbing, it is likely you know the importance of the Figure Eight knot. It is used to stop ropes from running out of retaining devices. Like the overhand knot, it will jam under strain, but unlike the Overhand, which often causes the rope to have to be […]
How to Tie a Clove Hitch
There are a couple knots that everyone needs to know. The Clove Hitch is one such knot. A clove hitch is used to tie a rope to a cylindrical object (like a fence post or tree). However, it is unreliable when tied on a square post. What makes it useful is that if you feed […]
How to Make Arrow Fletching With Duct Tape
Several years ago I tried out Dave Canterbury’s sling bow. It was fun and I saw that it had potential, Unfortunately, arrows are expensive. The short arrows I bought just did not develop enough energy to be useful. I decided to look into making my own arrows. Arrow-making has obviously been around a long […]
Organize Fishing Hooks With Safety Pins
This simple project of learning to organize fishing hooks with safety pins takes less than a minute, and can make your fishing trips much less stressful. Simply sort your fishhooks by type, and then run a safety pin through the hook’s eye. This not only keeps your fishhooks sorted, keeps them in place, and it […]