>>516318>I doubt you have anything in common with these people.That's true. I don't even like who they are. However, I want to sit at the fire and relax. Maybe I'll even talk to them about traditions and try to rub off on them a little.
These "meetings" are just one point though. I firmly believe that a nice knife like a helle, for example, pairs with a light saw is the most effective, comfortable, useful and it's really more traditional than I think you are giving it credit for. In truth I tend to think more inline with what Horace (I mistakenly said Ernest last post) Kephart said in 1906:
>FOR ordinary camping trips an old business suit will do; but be sure that the buttons are securely
sewn and that the cloth is not worn thin. It is some-
what embarrassing to come back home, as a friend of
mine once did, with a staring legend of XXX FAMILY
FLOUR emblazoned on the seat of his trousers. It
may be well to take along a pair of overalls; they are
workmanlike and win the respect of country folk. Men
who dwell in the woods the year 'round are practical
fellows who despise frills and ostentation. Many a
tenderfoot has had to pay double prices for everything,
and has been well laughed at in the bargain, because he
sported a big bowie knife or a fake cowboy hat-band.
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