I too have an old Ben Pearson recurve bow, I got when I was 10. That bow has put many Rabbits, Pheasent, and Whitetail on the table when I was a kid. I still have it hanging on the wall in the living room. I get it down and shoot it every few weeks. just a bow, String, and a nocking point on the string. Shoot institive faster and better with it than my compound with sights. Took it to the North Slope as back up. Used it when mu cables started coming apart. Took a fair caribou with it.
Old Hickory Knives, have a set in the camper. Wife kept throwing them away because they rusted when she left them in the kit sink overnight. I dug them out of the trash and put them in my camper. Easy to sharpen, just a few strokes and they are like razors.
My old Sears Game Fisher, 3hp, trolling motor. Made sometime in the 70s or 80s. Don't sell small two stroke motors today. When we fly into a lake for fishing, it's so light no one complaines about weight. it really pushes the inflatiable rafts around the lake. People with electric trolling motors, have battery problems, (the battery alone weighs twice as much as my motor) or develop electrical problems, or just run the battery down and no way of recharging it. The old Sears GameFisher starts third pull every time.
Two man Crosscut saw. Keep one at the cabin. Often times when we run low on gasoline for the chainsaw, and we need firewood for the stove. The boy and I can cut a bunch of wood in a small amount of time. That old saw keeps you warm while cutting too.
Kerosine lamps and lanterns. Have them sitting or hanging around the house. Some people think they are just for decoration, but when we have power outages they all are used. They light up the house. Never seems to be enough batteries at those times.
