KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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seem to affect the transmission of 

 sound in the least. 



In taking the 'phone down, all 

 we did was to unhook the can at 

 one end and wind the wire around 

 it. After binding the wire tight 

 around the can with a rubber 

 band and placing everything in a 

 small cloth bag the 'phone was 

 ready to be transported home. 

 The whole thing is not very large 

 and does not weigh over a pound. 



A KNIFE SHEATH KINK 



BY TOM MOORE 

 I have seen many of the ordi- 

 nary sheath-knives carried in the 

 ordinary sheath, which is sewed 

 along the edge against the inside 

 of which the keen blade of the 

 Tatro rests, with the handle usu- 

 ally protruding handily. I have 

 seen knives thus sheathed edge 

 their way out through this seam, 

 and while in my observation it only 

 resulted in a lost knife or a dam- 

 aged case, it might also easily 

 have resulted in a damaged leg or 

 a spoiled trip. My kink was to 

 put two copper rivets through the 

 sheath in front of the knife edge, 

 one about one and a half inches 



Strip oi old ftlt 



up from the point, and one about 

 one-third the way up. If these 

 are put through tightly they will 

 keep the knife edge away from 

 that seam, uninjured and unin- 

 juring. I also sew a strip of old 



felt hat around the inside of the 

 top of my sheath to keep Tatro at 

 home, regardless of my position. 

 For safety's sake and the preser- 

 vation of a good knife, hunters 

 should try these out. 



AN EMERGENCY ANCHOR 



BY C. H. BALDWIN 

 Here is a kink that may save 

 the day for some lone fisherman. 

 Last year I rented a cottage and 

 boat at a small inland lake in 

 northern Illinois, and when ready 

 to use the boat I found it had no 

 anchor, and not a stone in sight or 

 any weight of sufficient size. I 

 discovered an old pair of overalls 

 hanging on the garage. I cut off 

 about two feet of one leg, tied 

 one end securely and filled it with 

 gravel. Tied the other end, tied 

 anchor rope around the center, 

 and had an anchor that held for 

 keeps. 



GATHERING INFORMA- 

 TION 



BY A. L. WEAVER, JR. 



While talking to some friends 

 (who are rather enthusiastic fish- 

 ermen) one day, I asked, rather 

 casually, if they knew of any 

 good places to fish. In the course 

 of a few minutes I had quite a 

 number of them too many of 

 of them to remember, in fact 

 so I decided I must have some 

 way to keep them on record. A 

 file was too unhandy, so after 

 much labor and thinking I finally 



