a trip to CONN Mini gathering

RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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Teamed up with Kuruptd thismorning and took a drive to Conn to visit Tonym
We hiked into a cool spot TOny knew of and worked on some skills..BigMike Joined us shortly after we arrived. A good time was had by all

Some pics from the Hike in:
Kuruptd crossing the Log bridge of doom
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The talented Tonym
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Me and kuruptd crossing the Log bridge in tandem
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Tony got the fire going Lickty split, with a misch rod an natural tinder
so I got working on my project for the day (making a wooden cntainer to boil water) it was a mix of success and failure ( mostly failure)

first I needed a section of log to use as my container
my fiskars axe made short work of it
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once I got the section I wanted I used the fiskars an my mora to cut a channeled depression in the surface of the wood
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The depression ws than filed with coals and allowed to burn..than it was scraped out, an the process was repeated
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eventually It held about 12 ounces of water
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I placed some heated rocks inside..( it definitely sizzled an percolated a bit.) but the depression was still to narrow and shallow to accomodate the stones I needed to really get a god boil
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It was a fairly labor intensive process..... but one I plan to replicate son with a larger log, and hopefully greater success

More to come
 
Cool stuff man! Thanks for sharing. All that work makes my hands hurt just seeing it, haha. I wonder if the process would be more efficient by burning a less wide / more deep hole to put the rocks into? I'm afraid I've not tried that so I can't say.

How'd you like the Fiskars, btw?
 
Awesome stuff, guys. Good to see everyone enjoying the outdoors. Mine is coming soon. Moose
 
Of course I can;t Hangout with Tony withou him hating on my moras so I had to show how tough they can be by battoning a half tang clipper through a knotted piece of black birch
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He than asked me to take up the same challenge accept with apiece of shagbark hickory but I declined after seeing what it did to his saw
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We also screwed around with some deadfalls
a paiute using natural cordage
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a quick figure 4

That's all the pics I got, but I'm sure the guys will add more

THe rest of the day was spent eating and chatting, as I said, I had a blast and learned allot from everyone, and from my own mistakes... can;t wait till next time Thanks Guys!
 
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One of these days I'm going to get you to break your Mora John; till then I will just admitt it is like an Atlantic City prostitute. You know; cheap, ugly, but definitly gets the job done.. :D

I forgot to mention it earlier, but you have gotten really good making cordage, you need to teach me some of that cause I suck at cordage.

It was good to see Kurupt and Mike again, we always have a great time when we are all together.

By the way, my wife pulled a deer tick off me tonight. So John and Mike, have your wives check you out good. Kurupt, you can call 1 of your ladyboy friends to help you out. :p
 
It was great getting together with Tony & John again as well as meeting Big Mike.

Some shots of the surrounding woods

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And some random shots from throughout the day

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great pics guys.. looks like a nice day out in the woods...:thumbup: i need to get my butt over to the east coast already to hang out..:o
 
Oh, almost forgot the obligatory knife pics

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And the hike out ... thanks again fellas :thumbup:

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You got some great shots Kurupt! Thanks for making it out, I hope to see you at the next one.
 
tonym said:
By the way, my wife pulled a deer tick off me tonight. So John and Mike, have your wives check you out good. Kurupt, you can call 1 of your ladyboy friends to help you out. :p
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Thanks for the heads up bro - I'll just stop by tomorrow so your wife can give me a thorough once over too :eek:

:D
 
SpookyPistolero said:
Ladyboys? Atlantic City prostitutes? What the hell do you guys in those woods?? :D
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exactly my thoughts...well, the prostitutes part anyway...i didn't see any the last time i hanged out with rescueriley. i need a different hobby :o

good stuff, guys!
 
Great Photos

Looks like a trip all of us would have loved to be included on

Thanks for posting
 
Nice work guys.....

Love all the pics. Its cool to get together with folks to practice skills...I love solo time, but having a good group is nice too.
 
KuRUpTD said:
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Why do I feel left out? :confused:





Yeah, it was good to spend some time in the woods with the boys.

Like beavers, Tony and Riley slowly but surely turn big pices on wood into smaller and smaller ones.

By the end of the day any Paiute Indians in the area where scared off by Riley's deadfall.

I'll post some photo's as soon as get them downloaded.





Big Mike
 
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