Recent content by Readyrod

I have a sak with all the gadgets that I bought a few years ago for cheap. I cut the blades off because of the strict laws here. I take it when I go somewhere and add a single bladed knife that is legal locally. What you should do in this type of situation is turn this into an opportunity to...

I love Opinels too. Two years ago a local camping store got a shipment of Opinels with exotic handles. I bought a bubinga handled #8. It has beautiful grain. I use it as my gentleman's steak knife. I later bought another beautiful olive handled #7 to use as a nice pocket knife. Together they...

Whoa, that was enlightening.

That was definitely part of my problem in this case. Yea, pepper spray. I'm going to start looking it up. I think there is a mega thread on it in THR. I do that when I'm cycling. I have a quickscan that I do to check see if anything is heading in my direction. I guess that I need to do it at...

As the title suggests I just had a major failure in situational awareness. Sorry I can't give any details other than one moment all was normal and then shtf. I know I've asked it before but can anyone share their practical everyday tips on situational awareness.

Something I found works really well for sealing up leather boots is to use grease first and then wax. It does an awesome job. For clothes I find that fleece plus shell works wonders. As H&H said layers rule. Goretex is the best as a shell but for various reasons I use two shells, windproof nylon...

Just bought a Mora Garberg. I haven't had a chance to use it much yet. What is the general feeling about this knife?

Hasn't anyone bought one yet?

I've been kind of drooling over the L'Epicurien knife by Robert David. It's nice and also kind of stealthy, take a look: It looks like a pen when closed. I was wondering if any of you could suggest other knives that are "stealthy" or that blend in?

I just bought a bubinga handled Opinel and it is really nice. I used it today and noticed it was sticking to the fork a little.I ran a compass near it and it went beserk. So I have a magnetized blade on my new knife. Is this a potential problem? How do I get rid of it?

So what do you all think of the seecamp mouseguns?

Had a dream one night about finding a red SAK in the sand and the next day I found a red SAK in the sand at the beach. Freaky. That fall I went to Paris for my honeymoon. This was after 9/11. I went through multiple checkpoints at airports, museums, tourist sites, and even department stores. On...

Ok so I'm thinking maybe the best strategy would be .380 semi auto minimum, but larger is better. A while ago I read up about shootouts and, while I know it's not exactly the same thing as self defense, I was amazed at the amount of ammo they went through. Which would point to a semi auto as a...

I agree but I'm fishing for opinions here so that's ok. Hopefully the more opinions I get the better informed I'll be. Mouseguns are illegal (or maybe very special permit) as far as I know in Canada, you can only have handguns with a barrel length of 4 inches or more. Also in Canada you can't...

I guess the .380 guns have more rounds in the gun and it's easy to carry extra mags which beats the many small rounds vs a few large rounds argument. So what about the .380 vs .32 thing?