Affordable and Inexpensive Camping Knives

Travel - Patrick - June 2, 2020

Anyone who reads any of my outdoor material knows that one of the most important tools that I have is my knife. A good knife will get you far when camping and it can also save your life. This article is about inexpensive camping knives and where to find them, however please notice that I said inexpensive and not cheap. A cheap knife will do you no good in the wilderness.

The first two camping knives are from walmart.com Wal-Mart is a good place to shop for camping knives because there is a Wal-Mart in just about every town you come to.

The Remingt
on fixed blade Sportsman’s knife
Rubber coated black stainless steel handle
440 black stainless steel blade with etched Sportsman Series logo
Black handle
5 3/8 inch serrated blade
10 1/2 inch overall length

Remington has long been known to make quality products or in this case put their name on quality product. This would be a good knife for general camp chores or skinning. The handle how ever is a hard material and may not be comfortable for long use if a prolonged tight grip is necessary. The fixed blade sportsman retails for about $16.97. The selection of the perfect tent to watch the stars can be made with proper research at the sites. The stargazed tents and camping will be effective for the person. The charges will be less in comparison to the normal tent. The rates will be less in comparison to the other one.

The Gerber Gator

As camping knives go this would be a very comfortable knife to use. Let’s look at the specs:

Blade 4.02
Stainless steel blade
The handle is molded rubber
Fine blade (not serrarated)
Nylon sheath

I like this knife for the handle, generally molded rubber handles are comfortable to use. The 4.02″ blade is big enough to be a skinning knife or a small work knife. The Gerber Gator retails for $38.44

These next two camping knives come from cabelas.com. Cabela’s is well known for the reliability of the product that they carry and the have an awesome guarantee.

The K-Bar Skinner

The Skinner is a no nonsense camping knife similar to the camping knives that a lot of us grew up with one look at one, and memories of the knife that hung from your hip as a child will flood your mind.

Blade 4 3/8″ stainless steel
Handle is stacked leather
Comes with a leather sheath
SOG Fusion Jungle Primitive Knife

This is a big knife but for a camping knife, it is still practical especially if you are into back country back packing. If you need to split kindling or cut a small branch for a walking stick this would be your knife.

Blade 9.5″ 420 stainless steel
Overall length 15.3″
Handle molded Kraton w/ digi grip

The blade also has a saw tooth spine to aid with really big chores. SOG is a well known company who specialize in military and survival style knives. This knife retails for $39.99

MORAKNIVES Outdoor 2000

This knife is made by Mora Knives; it would also make a quality camping knife. There are many different types of camping knives made by Mora of Sweden. This particular camping knife will be good for camping, hunting or fishing, let’s take a look at some specs.

Blade Sandvik stainless steel blade
Blade length 4 ½”
Grip high friction
Sheath green plastic with a leather belt loop
This knife can be found at swedishknives.com and retails for $41.50
Mora knives are well known for their quality and dependability, another notch for Mora knives is that they are favored by many survival instructors.
No matter which camping knife you choose, remember that camping knives are mission specific and although you desire to save money you don’t want to sacrifice quality.

Young Children and Hearing Loss: A Mother’s Look Back

Health - Patrick - June 1, 2020

Welcome to my world. My oldest child is 7 (even though he will say almost 8) and in 2nd grade. He loves playing and watching his dad play World of Warcraft. Sounds like a normal child right? Well let’s take a look back at the past few years.

He has always been the quiet one even as an infant. I called him my easy baby as he just went with the flow of things. He started talking just as every child does and had certain letter sounds he just didn’t say. This was a frustrating time because the letter sounds he did not say were common in so many words. Sure he sounded cute and when asking the doctors they always said “oh this is normal”.

At the age of 3 he started Pre-School. This is when I as the mommy got to hear all the good things about my child. How well behaved he was, how he played well with others, and things like that. The teachers were a little concerned about his speech, but that was it.

At the age of 4 he went to 3 day Pre-School. This was a good year for him. This is the year that they finally were concerned enough about his speech to suggest speech therapy. He did very well in speech and I noticed the difference with a few weeks. He was finally saying the beginning sounds of his words. It was wonderful. At school he was doing well, but at home I had to get his attention in order to talk to him. Once again the doctors told me “Oh he is just being a kid, this is normal”. The intake of sonus complete will be herbal as all the ingredients are natural for the consumption of the pills. Either older adults or children, the medicine will be provided to all patients. The attention of the person should be complete for the purchase of the pills under the budget of the person.

Well next he started Kindergarten, this was it, and this was the year everything would change. During the first half of the year I kept hearing the same thing being said “He just doesn’t listen well”. He was still in speech and doing very well. As a mother you want your child to be perfect, so why at home does he listen, but when you get a report card it says he is not listening at school? This is what I heard over and over and also saw on his report cards. I just didn’t get it.

Then it happened, the second part of the year started and they did a hearing test at the school. He failed it. I was shocked to say the least. In the letter it said take him here to get it retested, so we did. I took him out of school that morning and we went over to the health department and they retested his hearing. He failed the test again. Now we get a referral to a specialist. As a mom you start thinking, how did I not know, how bad is this and how long has this been going on?

About a month later we finally get in to the specialist and everything was confirmed. He has hearing loss in both ears with his left ear being the worse of the two. Since we were visiting my parents at the time during Daddy’s deployment, there was not too much this specialist could do. He gave me tips to use and some tips for the classroom. He also gave me all the paperwork so that I could pass it on to the specialist back at home. There is was paperwork; this paperwork said that MY child had hearing loss. I felt helpless. I felt like I let him down.

His Kindergarten teacher was awesome about everything. Just as the doctor suggested she had my son sit as far to the left side of the room as she could, that way his right ear was facing towards her. It worked out well and he finished Kindergarten without any more problems.

First grade started and even though we had an appointment with the specialist, it was still a few months away. I wish I could say his first grade year went as well as the second half of Kindergarten. He went to two different schools and neither one would use the tips that the Doctor suggested. So once again I got to hear and see on his report cards that he did not listen well. He was frustrated and so was I. Finally towards the end of the school year we saw the specialist. Once again they tested his hearing and once again he failed the test. His hearing loss was unexplained meaning his was not caused by fluid or nerve damage. Now by this time 1st grade was pretty much over, so none of the new information would really be helpful to them.

The day came to go back to the specialist and pick something up. That is right my now 7 year old little boy received a hearing aid. I didn’t know how to feel. None of my feelings really mattered, what mattered was how he felt. He was so happy, he became a different child, he once again had self confidence, and he was happy. It was such an awesome feeling as a mom to see him this way. Now a year later he is homeschooled and doing well, in fact we are about to have his next check on his hearing.

The only advice I can give is to listen to your child and if things are not adding up then get things checked out, even if a doctor says things are normal. Get a second opinion if you feel you need to.

Afk Arena – Modern Gaming Made Easy For a Better Destination

Gaming, Guide - Patrick - June 1, 2020

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about your childhood? Well, that’s a very personal question to begin with and second of all, there are many memories that flash across the mind as you reminisce about the days gone by as there is a hint of sadness that they would never come back again but do give a wave of nostalgia.

Nothing can match the joy of entertainment that one gets to enjoy at that age like playing and hanging out with friends, family outings to hill stations or abroad but those are once in a blue moon opportunities.

Video games can be considered the core basis that make our childhood enjoyable like Contra, Super Mario, Ninja Roberts and others but today we will talk about a different one that is the current generations’ obsession.

Summarized Version

Now, AFK Arena is not a game that many people are familiar with because it is the newest addition to your mobile phone and there are many of them that are lying dormant in the form of applications waiting to be discovered and played.

Mobile games are the norm of the day because they hope to surpass the popularity of PS4 and Xbox 360 alongwith other video games without success though social media has helped them a lot by providing them with a separate platform.

It was founded by Lilith Games Strategy and quickly became the favorite of many a youngster due to its innovative levels that would immediately remind you of action packed adventure games like Claw, Johnny Quest, Ace Ventura, etc. where there is a thin line of gap between journey and the final destination.

The arena in questions consists of two teams where they have to unlock different levels after tackling the challenges and obstacles in the path where there is fierce gun battle and physical skirmishes among the best warriors that you can find in mobile games of today.

Getting past the battalion forces is like passing through a hornet’s nest or disturbing a sleeping lion and only the ones who are experts can realize how difficult it is to reach the final lap to win all the rounds.

Patch Up

It is impossible to miss out on the slangs when talking about AFK Arena where some of the most popular ones are as follows:

Ascended heroes
Elite tier
Legendary tier
Mythic tier
Food/Fodder

The above mentioned ones are just a few of them and perhaps the best of the lot and used by most of the characters while the best heroes new patch AFK Arena into a battlefield reminiscent of the Roman age but there are also chances of a patch up amongst the enemies.

This can be done when they have the gumption to share the treasure amongst themselves and call for a truce to avoid unnecessary bloodshed but it is difficult when you have the likes of Wilders, Graveborns, Maulers and Lightbearers pitted against each other.

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