Sometimes, in the quest for getting the “best of the best”, we do get out of hand. If you’re a knife fan or a flashlight fan, you would consider $200 fair for a reliable, high quality tool. But what about a hammer? The Stiletto TiBone Titanium Milled-Face Hammer weighs a light 15 ounces, but expect to pay up to US$250 for it.
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You may or may not believe in global warming (or that humans are the cause of global warming), but you can’t deny that the weather has gone really screwy for the past few years. Storms have been bigger than ever. Last year saw more storms than ever before — will this year top it? We don’t know yet for sure, of course. But what we do know is that the storm season this year is starting early. 3 weeks before the “official” start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the first storm has already been named.
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How many knots can you tie? Mother Earth News has a handy guide on how to tie the 10 most useful knots. Each knot is accompanied by a real-life photo and a graphical instruction. The “top 10″ knots are :
1: Overhand Knot
2: Figure-eight Know
3: Reef (Square) Knot
4: Sheet (Becket) Bend
5: Carrick Bend
6: Bowline
7: Clove Hitch
8: Timber Hitch
9: Taut-line Hitch
10: Sheepshank
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