My Return to Photography
Over the course of the past 10 years, I have occasionally dabbled in various photographic ventures both above and below the water. Usually, the obsession is a natural by-product of wanting to share my hobbies with the world and doing so requires a method of capture. The methods I chose for each of these adventures…
Pressed for Time
I believe that I’ve finally crossed the midlife threshold if my newfound love for vintage things is anything to go by. As a kid, nay, even as a young adult, the thought of willingly sacrificing my personal time to peruse the local antique shops and vintage markets would have been cause for concern, and nowadays…
The First Hunter
The Value of a Good Knife Having recently completed the ACB-90 that has been haunting my dreams since my school days, the time has come to set my sights on something slightly more practical. As a passionate outdoorsman and active bow hunter, I hold a great appreciation for knives of all shapes and sizes. Short…
The Forging Perch
I’ve briefly covered my entry into the world of hobby blacksmithing in the Operation Belt Grinder post which included the acquisition of a little two-burner hobby propane forge produced by the great minds over at Devil Forge in Lithuania. Quick shout out to bigstackD over in Perth for paving the way in terms of proving…
The ACB-90
Background When I was in primary school circa 2000, there was a little internet cafe close to my school that someone ran from their private residence in a double garage converted to house a good amount of, what was at the time, good gaming PC’s. They had this special where for ZAR60.00 (AU$6), you could…
Operation Belt Grinder
A while ago I came across a small 15kg Hardwear anvil on Facebook. It was priced really well and I’ve always had a fascination with anvils so I got it and I was super excited. It was dirty and rusted so I first took great care to clean it to a majestic, like-new state, then…
Back on Air
I find myself writing these posts more and more often nowadays. I also always explain why it’s a recurring theme, but then go on to dump that platform and end up in the same shoes. Let’s hope this is the last time 🙂 Hi! I’m Martin! I struggle to pay attention to things that don’t…
Doing It Right: The Hogarthian setup explained
As many of you might know, I have recently bid farewell to my trusty Mares Hybrid MRS+ BCD to start a venture into the more technical side of diving, starting with a combination of some new certifications as well as the appropriate gear. But appropriate gear is such a wide term. What constitutes “appropriate”? A…
How to properly attach a bolt snap to your kit
From the moment you start making the change to DIR or any form of tec diving for that matter, you will notice an overwhelming support for stainless steel bolt snaps. These replace just about any standard attachment that come with retail gear if they do not already employ stainless bolts snaps, and the appeal is…
Shark Week 2015 – Aliwal Shoal
On 21 March 2015 we attended the first ever Aqua-Lung Fun Day which was hosted by Manex Marine in Gordon’s Bay. Though the day saw it’s share of sub-par surf conditions, we had an absolute blast diving the reef of “Steenbras Deep” where I tested out my new Knog Qudos Action video light for the very first…
