In an age of super light, exotic pressured gas mixes in proprietary canisters, Camping Solutions’ Frontier Stove is a marvelous throw-back that is remarkable durable, reliable and practical. I love the design that looks like you could fight a bear off with it, or haul it to the next base camp. The only challenge? A US distributor?
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Posted by DidYaSee
March 26, 2012
Fans of George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire will instantly recognize the benefits of learning flint knapping. But that piece of geek trivia aside, flint knapping is one of those primitive skills that is mostly done for enjoyment and art/craft. While I doubt it will come in handy except in the rarest of survival situations, it is somehow pleasing to know skills that allowed man to survive and prosper for some 2.5 million years are being preserved.
The flint knapping community is as generous with its time and expertise as any enthusiast group I know. Case in …
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Posted by DidYaSee
March 19, 2012