Around the knives

I have decided, due to a week long cough (no fever) that I am going to stay away from work for at least a week or two.. what my company does (medical manufacturing) is not an "essential"... our products are used in elective surgeries. This goes against the grain for me, as I seldom miss work for anything, other than vacations.
But, at almost 66 yrs old, with a distant past history of a severe episode of pneumonia, I just don't want to take the risk of being in close contact with 80-90 people daily. I want to see how the "spread" progresses. If it doesn't spike in the next week or so, I will go back.
I could look at this as an early glimpse of what retirement will look like....:rolleyes:
 
Whittling the time away (nervously) waiting for my wife to fly back from overseas. Last contact was a couple of hours ago - she should be boarding for the first leg of her journey about now, so I probably won’t hear anything else until hopefully she arrives safely tomorrow morning. Not coming from a high risk country, so hopefully no quarantine.
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My job is essential pumping natural gas at a compressor station and I’m still going to work like I usually do. I also work alone as usual and rarely have anyone else around. I live alone so this really hasn’t changed much for me except going to the store only when necessary and not eating out. I was somewhat prepared and had a stock as I normally keep some extra in case I have a string of call outs or unexpected events after hours. My knife usage is mostly part of my normal routine at work, home and play so that hasn’t changed much either. I guess this is one advantage of living alone and a somewhat secluded lifestyle that I don’t have such an adjustment to make. Stay safe and healthy my friends!
 
meako said:
Youre best off reading the books a a storyteller would...out loud and using the voices of celebs as the characters...Donald Trump as Tom Sawyer springs to mind...the whole fence painting deal....anyway...thats what I'd do...if I wasnt so busy derailing this thread..
A true pirate be a keepin his knives in a treasure chest arrr hharr.
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And definitely a time to smell the roses...I counted 19 Mr Lincolns.
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Oh how I wish for being able to smell my Mr. Lincolns my friend . Still too early to even un-cover them yet.

Harry
 
@waynorth...hey Charlie im thinking corrugated iron ...which is probably too heavy but the perfect shape..and trimmable to size with angle grinder.....So heres the plan.....
find piece of old roof tin .
measure and cut to size of drawer.
Make papier mache and lay it on the iron as a mould....
Wait
Remove corrugated papier mache when dry and use for felt lined knife receptacle*.
You might even be able to make decorative themed liners...eg for instance....get French magazines to lay on for the French Collection**..a bit like decoupage.
Bingo.

*pat pending
*all rights reserved.

** first go downtown and do that jumping on and off a train before the doors shut thing like out of the movie..:)
 
Great storage drawers Charlie! He did a very nice job, unlike mine that I made myself out of scrap plywood and some scavenged drawer glides.

Back in the 70's when I worked in sign shops (and earlier) there was a type of Plexiglas made that had corrugations of about 1 inch center to center. We called it "C-1" back then but I haven't seen it in years. It was frequently used on old changeable reader-board type signs with 3-D letters that hung on track, but this stuff is long gone unless you can find a really old sign boneyard. There must still be small quantities of it around somewhere.
 
gunstockjack said:
Great storage drawers Charlie! He did a very nice job, unlike mine that I made myself out of scrap plywood and some scavenged drawer glides.

Back in the 70's when I worked in sign shops (and earlier) there was a type of Plexiglas made that had corrugations of about 1 inch center to center. We called it "C-1" back then but I haven't seen it in years. It was frequently used on old changeable reader-board type signs with 3-D letters that hung on track, but this stuff is long gone unless you can find a really old sign boneyard. There must still be small quantities of it around somewhere.
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Thanks for the suggestions, Barry and Nate!!
I am on the trail of that C-1 Barry!! There are some old sign shops here in Vancouver!! We'll see!!:rolleyes:
 
@waynorth -Charlie, I have a question for you, but I can’t dm you anymore, my old profile got snafu-ed in a systems upgrade...is the 35 Drover awl based on the Canton Knife co. style? Sorry to hijack
Thanks, Neal (Neal70)
 
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