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 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 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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