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We only had about 70% here in central Texas, but I'm already planing for 2024. The projected path will put my farm about 15 miles inside the 100% zone.

Very nice. What process did you use to darken the mild steel guard and spacer?

For all of us old enough to remember B&W TVs and their manual adjustments, remember the black bar that would move up or down across the screen with moving the Horizontal Hold knob? One night back in the early 70s, my grandmother was watching TV when a black bar started moving in from 1 side...

I used to keep the rattles, but after I hit 2 gallons of them some years back, I quit keeping them (the rattles, n0t the rattlers :D ). A couple of years ago, when I got robbed for the umpteenth time:mad:, the thieves took the bucket of rattles. Why??? Who knows. They also took my kitchen...

Yes, both Eastern and Western Diamondbacks are live birth snakes. Eastern diamondback clutches range from 4 to 32, but average out to a dozen or so. Westerns clutch size is 4 to 20, averaging around 8 to 10. There is still controversy over whether or not a neonate's venom is stronger than...

I only kill rattlesnakes and copperheads. Any other snake gets a pass, although any snake will scare the bejeezus out of me if I encounter it unawares. Kingsnakes eat rats, mice, bugs and OTHER SNAKES. The more ratsnakes, kingsnakes and bullsnakes you have, the fewer rats, mice and other...

To my knowledge, Connecticut is the only state with a "cutting edge" length statute. All other length statutes refer to "blade length". Some statutes specify verbage along the lines of AKTI's recommendation. Other states, such as Texas, don't have a measurement method delineated in law, but...

In my initial post, I referenced my grandfather giving me my first fixed blade based on a question I asked. Here's what happened... Back in early August 1965, a couple of years before he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, my grandfather and I were working on a combine when his left shirt...

Retired USN LCDR, 1110 Admiral in the Texas Navy Refugee from the high tech corporate rat race Collector/Accumulator/Packrat of sharp and/or pointy things since 1975 97% of my edged instruments are fixed blades Volunteer Fireman/EMT-B since 1989 Hobbies include - Gardening (Texas Master...