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Knife-making with Dean Piesner and Robb Martin

March 18, 2014 by Michael Zimmermann 2 Comments

Knowing as much about my tools as I can has always been the way I’ve been wired. It’s the reason I took up an interest in blacksmithing in the first place — I took a one-day historical society course on how to make a traditional Native neck knife (the pocketknife of the fur trade era)….

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Interview: Mykel Hawke from “Lost Survivors”, “One Man Army” and “Man, Woman, Wild”

December 30, 2013 by Michael Zimmermann 5 Comments

Mykel Hawke, smiling

A Conversation in the Woods, with Mykel Hawke Mykel Hawke is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Officer with a list of documented accolades too long to go into here. He is also a major driving force — both on and off-camera — for television shows “Man, Woman, Wild” and “One Man Army” and has…

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Advising new campers? Here’s some advice.

March 4, 2013 by Michael Zimmermann 3 Comments

“…but I’m not looking for anything hardcore, yet.” I’m often asked for advice about outdoor trips, and every once in a while, the person ends the question with the above statement.  I find this interesting, especially the “yet” part. The inference is that there’s a hierarchy to the camping world; your first trips start with…

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