SOUVENIRS...

As a fan of of northern countries and bush-craft skills I wish to start learning to carve wood and build small furniture. This quest for tools and knives made me remember I already owned some Finnish knives I got when I was a young kid and traveled with my parents in Finland in the early 80's. As soon as I came back from work this evening I ran in my barn and started browsing in the crates from my last moving to see if I could find these pieces of steel. And..bingo here they are !

A Martiini Kätevä that nearly like a brand new one.

And an...unknown knife, "Rovaniemi" on the back side of the sheath (?), that is a bit rusted but in a pretty good condition after a bit of sanding.

I will use them for wood carving and small tasks or may be be for a short walk in the woods.

Christmas and birthday presents

How lucky I was on Christmas day some months ago and for my birthday too.

I had the pleasure to find these nice presents :







A soft, warm and very light Golite ultralite 3 seasons quilt:

an ultra light and useful tripod for my cameras : 

a mega light Petzl Elight : 

An heavy .22 rifle from CZ :

Yes we can ! .....survive...

If you feel concern about the world economy collapse or the end of the world as we know it or simply feel concern about home defense, green projects, gear, nature you can check the many survivalist websites on the net. for those of french language check the most famous preppers aka Volwest on : http://lesurvivaliste.blogspot.fr/

I started to build my own survival backup in my house, gathering food, tools, wood, growing vegetables and training to shoot with guns.

This, which could look like paranoia, is nothing less than what did our grand parents or farmers or people in most parts of the world today. this is not a matter of building a bunker filled with thousand of ammo and assault rifles. this is more about gardening and getting independent from the system. if you don't like being dependent from someone else (from your government in this case) if you care about your family, if you just want to give your life more sense, if you like nature (and I guess you do or won't have reach this blog)  and share experience with others then, you should go for survival.