I am a knife guy I like how they can be used for a lot of different things like carving wood, cutting wood, cutting rope, protection, eating utensil, etc..  A good knife is a sharp knife.  To sharpen your knife you can use many different methods like a: sharpening stone - Stones are usually available in various
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Have you ever looked at the blade of your knife and seen writing on it that says something like AUS-6 Stainless?  What that is, is the code for what materials your blade is made of,  the quality of that knife such as the strength of the blade and how easy it is to sharpen.  Blade steel refers
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By definition the parang knife or more aptly described machete is by origin of Malay design.  Malaysia of course is dense with thick jungle terrain which by necessity demanded the creation of a handheld cutting implement for indigents to literally slice their way through the maze of tropical growth. By Dr. John J. Woods, a
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Most people don’t like to think about preparing for horrible situations because in doing so they have to think about them. Well, believe it or not they can and will happen and more and more people from all continents are becoming “Preppers”. When I speak to people about preparedness I reinforce the fact that prepping
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