Frag Out! Magazine
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No heavy work, all in the limits of common sense. One of the fires for which I have not taken any other tools has turned out to be ground-break- ing for its further destiny. After a frosty end of November, a beginning of December has brought a little bit of the sun and it has added me new strengths. I have hung the knife from Raptor at my belt and I have set off along the lake- sides in order to find new grounds for a temporary forest asylum. Having crossed a narrow channel on the beam put across it, I have reached to the beach surrounded by the water thickets. In order to diver- sify my Saturday walk and to put myself in a more "tactical" mood, I have forced my way through the dense reeds, walking along the paths trodden by the does. After going a full circle by the mud and through the dried brushwood I have returned in amazement to the same small clearance. While not exploring the topographical phenomena, I have brought some wood and have got involved in preparing a fire. The RTK has started with simple tasks. It has cut and sharp- ened sticks for the sausages, without any problems removing little knots, and it has cut smaller branches which have been prepared for as the kindling wood. It next task has consisted in chopping boughs. The blade has penetrated them deeply, effectively break- ing down pieces of wood. Also fracturing has made no impression on the RTK. The flat, high cut has worked successfully as a chock and has enabled, without a greater resistance, to provide the blade and break away the next pieces of wood. Only a frozen pine trunk has made some difficulties to it. Despite a significant hardness degree, the knife has reluctantly bitten into the wood, hardly cutting out little woodchips. Initially I have been afraid not to crumble its cutting edge but my curiousness has won and finally I have hit on the KNIVES