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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I wonder how much time he allowed to "whittle" that ash tree.  Desert indians 
had axes with no handles.  They held it in the palm of their hands to chop.  
I guess you use what you have ....bobford

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--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Nessmuk, was Crock Pot thread
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:54 PM
> On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
> wrote:...
> >
> > "... we got out the meal-bag and made drammach in
> the iron pan....  
> > it is the chief stand-by of those who have taken to
> the heather."
> > (From Robert L. Stevens'  'Kidnapped')
> 
> This literary nugget reminded me of another book perhaps
> well known to  
> the present company:
> 
> Woodcraft and Camping
> By Nessmuk
> 
> It appears that Dover republished it in 1963.  Copies can
> be had via  
> bookfinder.com for less than $10.  (The reversed title,
> "Camping and  
> Woodcraft", will lead you astray.)
> 
> This  book was written a LONG time ago, when Uh Murrica was
> quite  
> wild, it seems, and hikers were MUCH stronger than I have
> ever been.   
> So it advises that when your ax handle breaks, simply cut a
> 4 to 5  
> inch ash tree down and whittle a new one.  Topics covered
> are from the  
> whole range of subjects; packing, cooking, trapping and
> curing game,  
> building shelters, and so on.
> 
> As we hear more nowadays: Folks, don't try some of
> these things at home.
> 
> Roy
> Who bought an unused Army surplus pick-axe head, and needs
> a handle.
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky AT earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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