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Kidco Hearth Gate Review

January 14, 2012 By Mike

Kidco Hearth Gate

Kidco Hearth Gate If you are a wood stove owner and a parent of young children you know that heart stopping moment watching your baby lunge towards your red hot stove! If you are like me you want to balance safety, the benefits of wood heat, and not having your kids live with you forever […]

Estwing Camper’s Axes – A Gear Review

January 6, 2012 By Mike

Estwing Camper's Axe

Estwing Camper’s Axe One of the handiest tools to have around is good ax. As I’ve admitted to in the past I’m a bit of a blade junkie and unfortunately that runs to axes as well. I’ve got both the Estwing E44A 16-Inch Steel Campers Axe and the Estwing E45A Campers Axe Metal Handle, they […]

Lansky Puck Sharpener Review

December 9, 2011 By Mike

Lansky Puck Sharpener The Lansky Puck Sharpener is a neat little sharpener. With the end of the nice weather here, it was time to move some of my Backyard activities down into the basement (Don’t worry I won’t be renaming the blog, The Basement Pioneer that just brings up images of “Bring out The Gimp” […]

Gear Review-Stanley FUBAR’s and Bostich 36″ Wrecking Bar

December 2, 2011 By Mike

Last weekend while ripping out my kitchen I got to use Stanley FUBAR’s and a Bostitch 36″ Wrecking Bar. The Stanley Fatmax FUBAR III I got for my Birthday and the Stanley XTreme FUBAR and Bostitch 36″ Wrecking Bar I went out and bought for the occasion. Now I had collected what I considered to […]

Beat Stihl my heart or why I love my chainsaw.

October 7, 2011 By Mike

Stihl Chainsaw After a blog like “How radishes helped me get my groove back…” I feel I need to shift gears a little bit and profess my love for my Stihl 290 chainsaw!!! I’ve been hacking away at my wood pile for the better part of the month and My Beast has been my constant […]

About Mike

The Backyard Pioneer
I'm a 43 year old husband, father, life long outdoorsman, and have 20+ years experience in infrastructure construction. I strive to bring you the best EDC Knife and Gear Reviews, Small Scale Homesteading, Common Sense Preparedness, and Dutch Oven Recipes.

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