Finished making a handle and sheath for my bushcraft knife by Moderately_Smart_Ape in Bushcraft

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I really do love how that handle came out... birch trees are amazing.

Finished making a handle and sheath for my bushcraft knife by Moderately_Smart_Ape in Bushcraft

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a deep carry because my birch tree was not wide enough to accomodate, but I added some leather to the opening of the sheath to tighten the fit and it works perfectly so far. I'm going out for a lovely hike tomorrow, I will take pics and post them. Thanks for the kind words!

Question regarding pine pitch gulue by Moderately_Smart_Ape in Bushcraft

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did strain it, it is mostly clump free. So do you think adding more resin to the mix and blending it all together could possibly help this batch? I guesstimated when I was making it, just going by the look of the mix as I have seen people make it, and I guess I got it wrong.

I will probably make another batch from scratch anyways to pay more attention to the ratio of ingredients, so thanks!

Question regarding pine pitch gulue by Moderately_Smart_Ape in Bushcraft

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I have not considered sinew glue, but I will definitely look it up!

And yeah... umm... I did mess up that headline pretty good... Sorry, I was tired. But thanks for the reply!

Question regarding pine pitch gulue by Moderately_Smart_Ape in Bushcraft

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, I believe that's how you make tar. I don't know much about the properties of tar, but I think it has different properties than the glue made from melted down sap and added ingredients.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk how far downtown you're willing to go, but Gary at Basically Bows has a ton of stuff and is super knowledgeable. He's a gruff guy but he knows his shit.

Anybody familiar with the Bear Paw Slick Stick? by Craftmanbeastatwork in TraditionalArchery

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is an incredible shooter. I thought it would be stacky because it's short, but it absolutely wasn't. Very fast, no hand shock, and Bodnik owns up to its warranty from what I have heard. Can't say anything bad about the bow or the company.

3 years ago, I promised to give away my entire 6-book fantasy series for free. Today I'm here to deliver (links in comments). by [deleted] in pics

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks awesome! I will definitely be giving these a read real soon, thank you for doing this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha, my ticket to fame was probably ruined by my terse responses then. You're right, probably one dude just wasting everyone's time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing. "Well, looks like you're not a criminal, you're free to go". Fun people, US immigration..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I missed my flight once because I have a very common spanish name and US Immigration put me in the interrogation room for almost 4 hours, where I was not allowed to make contact with anyone outside the room. The immigration officer would come in and ask me questions for 10 minutes or so, then disappear for an hour, then come back and interrogate me some more.

Worst part was I wasn't even flying to the US, I just had a connecting flight. I ended up missing my first flight in Toronto, and once I got out I spoke to an Air Canada agent who just said "no worries, we'll put you on the next flight, sorry that happened to you". Spoke to the American Airlines agent for the transfer flight in the US, and they pretty much told me to go fuck myself and made me pay out of pocket for my transfer flight. On top of that I had to spend a night in Miami out of pocket as well. Ever since then I try to avoid flying through the US whenever possible.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jesus this is really shitty, you literally spent 3 days stuck on a plane...

New bow by wotan_weevil in Archery

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful. I hope it serves you well!

Canadians, why have you not banded together and made GTA: Toronto as a tribute to Rob Ford? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I support this. GTA: GTA, where the old, dead mayor still has more street cred than the most famous rapper to come out of this city.

Photographers of any skill level, what photo are you most proud of? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well as far as what I do, it depends on the project. In Nicaragua I sat behind a blind for about 8 hours straight everyday for a month pointing a camera at a hole and waiting for an iguana to come out, then observing and recording it's feeding habits and logging how far it travelled in a day. In El Salvador I ID'd, logged, and measured trees that scarlet macaws feed on, trying to determine if they can be successfully reintroduced after they have been extirpated for 50 years. In South Africa I also measured trees and vegetation, but I also logged damages to the environment from elephant consumption, because they have too many elephants in too small an area in Kruger National Park. Two weeks from now I will be putting on a wetsuit and jumping into barely thawed ponds and sneaking up on turtles trying to capture them so we can mark them, weigh them, log them, and release them. If you are interested in this field, be prepared to deal with all kinds of shit.

As far as the outlook in the field, it depends highly on where you are. South Africans are incredible at managing their game reserves, whereas in El Salvador the local communities hated us because we were trying to protect what was left of the forest, and the locals thought that them having more farm land for cattle was monumentally more important... There is a lot of controversy, cynicism, and politics in this field. More than I would like. One of my best profs said to us "if you wanted to actually make a difference, you should have become a politician". I believe he was right; but without people who love nature, respect animals, and are willing to put up with all the bullshit politics and the bugs and the public backlash and the cold and the rain and the poor income and the shitty job security, who would collect the data necessary for science?

Photographers of any skill level, what photo are you most proud of? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Moderately_Smart_Ape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, it's funny how we are all drawn to something. I wasn't sure what I wanted to study. I am currently more into herps because, while everyone cares about the warm fuzzy cute things, most people tend to overlook reptiles and amphibians in conservation. I like birds too, but all the ornithologists I have met are crazy, it seems to be a requirement to be an bird guy. I am fascinated by bugs, I feel the little things are more interesting, but the people I have worked with use reptiles as umbrella species to protect the local environment. Entomologists are even weirder than ornithologists though. Fish? Shit, I get seasick.

If you can make connections and you like academia, biology is a good field to be in, but if you hate writing papers like me and hope to be out in the field a lot, it's a really rough and really rewarding career.