It might come in handy one day to know what type of plants in your area you could use for natural cordage... In my area, the Southwest US, there's lots of these stringy fiber type plants, the first 3 that come to mind are: ...these are great and the Fan Palms probably have the longest...

This is more than just F/W, so please plop elsewhere if need be Oh Modly Ones... with my thanks and a blush. I'm a newbie. I've no problem owning up to the responsibility of not paying attention for this long. I'm trying to educate myself. Being a fiend for research, and a bibliophile (I'm...

i purchased a 1911 with a fiber optic sight. they work really well in daylight, quite bright. at night and low light, the fiber optic sight is less than desirable, i cannot see where the gun is pointing. so anyway, i replaced them with trijicon night sights. love them. oh yeah, the vise...