Change of plans today… I was gonna go to the range but it is slick as snot on a doorknob today. We have been chinooking and the ice and snow melted and froze again and now there’s glaze ice out there you can curl on. Ughhh! I’ll wait till we get some sanding and shovelling done… I could barely make it round on dawg patrol this morn. Even the Niglet was slipping and struggling.
Instead I decided to go over my fire starting kit. I’ve always wanted to try paraffin wax soaked cotton pads so I went down in the Reclusium and made some. They worked okay I guess?
Basically ya get some of these things outta the old lady’s make up stuff, soak them in wax… and ligh5 them off when you need them. Mine burned for 5 minutes or so. Plenty of time and flame to get a blaze going. But… they needed a concentrated, deliberate flame from the lighter to get going. I think Vaseline dabbed cotton balls might be better…but I don’t think they burn as long…?
I made some feather sticks with the new knife and tried it out. It’s nice, but…yeah - I think I need a bit more sharpening than it got at the factory. Not much, mind you - I could live with it as is. Sharper knives are just easier to use with fiddly work.
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