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A.P.F.

A.P.F.

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So there I was on the commode, playing with my...(wait for it)...knife. Everything to read had already perused and as I gazed around, my eyes fell on a few empty toilet paper spools, you know, the recycled cardboard cylinders that the TP gets rolled up on. I was turning one of the spools around and suddenly it was like that scene in 2001 A Space Odyssey, where the ape man is flipping that Tapir bone from side to side, all the while looking at it from a different angle. I slowly flattened a core and then folded it in half, lengthwise. I grabbed another spool and inserted the folded core into it, then I flattened it too and inserted it in yet another core. I repeated the process a number of times until it formed a shape that you see in the pictures below.

I discovered that when you get enough cores folded within an outer core, enough tension is placed on it to flatten one side and leave the remainder in a circular form. Knowing that Ernest Emerson recommends the back of a legal pad to fine hone his knives, I figures that my little invention should work as well, so I tried it on a few of my working knives that had lost that shaving edge. Well, a couple of minutes on the 'core' and they were back to hair popping sharp. The round part of the cylinder worked great on recurved blades as well! Now I just do more frequent touch-ups and everything is nice and sharp.

Anyway, I thought you may be interested to try the three 'R's', Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle.

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COOL!

And if your recurve gets too dull you could just wrap a piece of sandpaper around one of those to whip it back in shape!:)
 
you must have a LOT of empty toilet paper rolls haha. very nice idea though, lightweight for backpacking as well.

-Alex
 
s12.aaxtell said:
you must have a LOT of empty toilet paper rolls haha. very nice idea though, lightweight for backpacking as well.

-Alex
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Ha, I was going to say he needs to take out the trash more. Looks like 30 rolls saved up. Does look like it could work pretty good. Now you just need to put some compound on it to speed things up.
 
udtjim said:
AT Last!!! My day is complete.:D:D
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I want to see if this idea will float.;)

Um, I mean, that's a great idea you had. Isn't it amazing how many things come to you when you're otherwise engaged...and this idea is a loo-loo. :D

I will take the plunge and try this myself. Do you recommend Cottonelle or White Cloud or some other brand?

You should poop more often!
 
Great idea, thanks for sharing. I'm gonna start keeping my rolls and make me a few of these!
 
Thanks, guys, you just crack me up. I am not sure if I am so retentive that it took me a year to save those up, or so full of it a week was enough. It could go either way. ;)
 
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