by Todd Walker My legs felt like a container of jello slithering down an aged washing board. I knelt in a non-human silhouette stalking in Ultra Slow Motion. A twig beneath my paw snarled and my prey jolted his head…
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Carbonized dust shine from friction. Charcoal hurryings up just so amazing exothermic reaction of combustion. Align a convex lens vertical to full sunbathe on different non-charred tinder material. Smoke will rise in a minute. Do…
How do you make a living? How do you live your Dream? Well, for Jack English, a 93-year-old legend, those questions are easily answered with the same response, “By doing what feels right.” In Mr. English’s case, that means living in a…
The throwing stick is one of Man’s earliest weapons and was noticed throughout nearly all primitive cultures. Countless people be aware of the throwing fraternity in the form of the returning boomerang used by the aboriginal peoples of Australia. The…
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Cutting rounds for” burn and rake” spoons and bowls. Other research has indicated that working with our hands shapes our mentality happy. Cutting tree bark, bearing holes with an awl, and seaming areas to make…
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND We mingled the mortar in a wheelbarrow. Before slapping any mortar in the gaps, I exercised my pneumatic framing handgun to drive claws 2-3 inches apart in all the crannies between the enters on the…
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Files, file placard, 220, 400, 600, 1,000 gumption sanders, and a skin strop impregnated with lettuce rubbing compound. My Field Tools Ax Puck: Medium and coarse struggle sided gumption Strop: Leather belt, leather ax sheath,…
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Inspection at school. ~ ATAGEND Boots still on the dirt in our outdoor classroom. American Made Craftsmanship I keep my working axes sharpened and shaving-sharp. The ax strike separated the inside advantage of my boot…
As preppers we are always projecting, disseminating, like the ants as opposed to the grasshoppers of metropolitan lore. And having grown up in the formerly golden state of California my life events always draw me back to her record, which…