At The Cabin With The Beckers (Ridiculously Photo Heavy)

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Got to the cabin a little earlier than usual Friday night, but still too late to really do anything, besides unload and unpack. Then, a smoke and a drink.

Saturday was calling for bad weather, and it was cloudy all day long, which is not good for taking photos, of course. So I decided to wait until Sunday for that, when there was supposed to be better weather.

Cloudy, and gloomy, but hey, still at the cabin:



Not that anyone gives a flying rat's butt, but I took the weed wacker, and cut the grass on the driveway:



I had chopped this tree down with an axe some time ago, but the side split out, and it fell towards the cabin, landing between these two trees:



You can see how close to the cabin it got, and pieces of it broke off, and mangled some of the branches on this cedar:



So, I used the saw on my Vic Camper to trim the dead branches off:





The wife got to use her Becker first, dang her. She loves her 15:

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Let's get this morning started off right. Bacon!

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Took a small branch, then cut a notch in the middle of it with my Vic Camper. Then snapped it at that point, to make tongs to turn the bacon with:

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Worked out okay:

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Bacon!

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The usual taters in the bacon grease trick:

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Getting some color:

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Time to throw the onions in:

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A good breakfast:

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For those that haven't seen it before, my little micro cabin:

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The sky started to look bad...

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...and we could hear the sirens going off in a town 10 miles away. Good to know we can still hear it from there. Heard the siren 3 times, and the neighbor stopped and told us there could be a tornado headed our way. This was Saturday evening. Then all hell started to break loose. When the camera pans to the right, to the yard, notice the top of a small tree hanging over:


I'm on my small porch taking video. This is right after the last. I'll pan to the right, and you can see more branches on the ground, then when I pan back to the left, it got wicked. You can hear me say, "Holy chit". We think there was a tornado above us, that didn't touch down. The rain went one direction, then after a bit, it went the opposite direction. My neighbor down there later told me that there was a tornado just over the mountain from us:


It rained and stormed most of that night. We decided to go into town, to the Iron Mule, and get a pizza, since everything was so saturated.

This is what I woke up to Sunday morning. Luckily, it was just out in the yard, and didn't do any damage:

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It was the tops of the two trees closest to the water tank:

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Close to the porch:

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Do what I always do at the cabin, get the wife's morning java going:

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Clean up the mess. The way I saw it, I had some BK20 fodder, haha:

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Get the morning started off right again. Bacon!

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Meanwhile, the sky was showing promise of clearing up:

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Bacon done:

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Pancakes in:

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What we ate Sunday morning:

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Came out after breakfast, and there was some strange substance. Sunlight!

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Oh yeah, time for the glams. Let's get them done while the sun is shining. BK20, with 710 sheath:

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A few sheath scars, but no biggie, of course:

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The angle of this shot makes the 20's blade look short:

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And more glams. She is a sexy girl:

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Some BK12 shots:

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Nearly evil:

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Nice touch:

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Let's use these things! BK20 first. Chop, chop.

I'll let Jean Shepherd explain the BK20:

"In my hand was the contoured handle of as cooly deadly-looking a piece of weaponry as ever I had laid eyes on":

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The girl bites deep:

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Fly chunks, fly:

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Hai:

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YAH! :D

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Loving those deep bites. This isn't exactly green wood, haha:

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Like those nice size pieces it's taking out:

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My wife actually laid on the ground for this shot, haha. Good girl:

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Man oh man, look at those chunks fly! Freakin' love this thing!

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I normally turn the log on the side after I make the initial kerf. Much easier, and faster:

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Mmmmmm, used blade! There's nothing quite like getting to use fresh steel:

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She did good:

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Do some batoning:

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Batoned with no problem, as expected. The 20 with my well loved baton:

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Gotta love wearing off the coating for the first time:

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Feather sticking. No problemo for the 20:

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Like this angle shot of the blade:

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The result:

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Close up of the edge:

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Time to give the 12 a go. Feather sticking:

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Easy, peasey, Japanesy. I actually like the weights in the handle on this blade. Has a nice balance to it. I think I'll leave them in there:

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Thought the sun reflecting on the windshield in the background looked kinda cool:

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The result:

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Baton some kindling for a later projest:

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Hey, I needed a lot, haha:

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Nice work 12:

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Mmmm, fresh blade scars:

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Two more awesome blades to add to the stable:

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Did I say she bites deep?

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Log probably wighs 40-50lbs, and it was no problem to pick it up off the ground, without a slip from the 20's bite:

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What I had with me:

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Really liking the way the mustard patina turned out on me Brute:

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Made another feather with the 12. What a joy to use:

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What a gorgeous day Sunday turned out to be:

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Wife hung our "shot" glasses up. (Just telling the story as it transpired)

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Okay, time for the next project. Sunday evening supper.

Fire prep, from cedar boughs to wood splits:

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Grate and tongs ready:

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A fire kit I've had, and been wanting to use for some time. Pick, striker, PJCB tube, and cigar hole punch. Don't need that, just there. Also, Pocket Bellows:

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A closer view:

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Yes, my cotton pick is a brass coke spoon, haha. A spoon has a natural curve, so I filed the edges, to make a pick:

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Striker works well:

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Open the tube:

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Cotton pick in action:

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Fluffing the PJCB:

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Striker applied:

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Lit the first try:

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Cedar boughs on. I'm not going to lie, it put it out. Everything is so saturated from the previous day:

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I only had 3 small balls left. Struck, and lit:

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Cedar boughs, and small twigs added. Throughout the process, you can see the Pocket Bellows in action. What a great tool! You owe it to yourself to get one. My damp wood would not have got going without it:

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Feathers on:

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Thought this feather afire was a cool shot:

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Kindling added:

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More kindling, and the Pocket Bellows doing it's job:

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Finally, the big stuff:

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Bellows:

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Cool fire shot:

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Turkey Buzzard came to see what was going on:

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Bellows in action yet again:

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Put some damp wood around the fire to dry up:

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Back on the porch, the wife got the oven going:

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Strawberry scones:

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Scones in:

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Done:

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Back at the firepit:

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Coals ready for action. Potatoes in foil, in the coals:

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Grate on:

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New York Strip:

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Steaks on:

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A larger view:

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Smoke baby, smoke:

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Oh hell yes:

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A fine meal!

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Use that 14:

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Forgot the butter, pepper, etc, for the previous shot, haha:

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Juicy:

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So satisfying. It was damn good:

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Sun going down behind the valley:

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Get that fire going again, to relax for the evening. It was a busy day:

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I thought I saw something, and what I thought was a lizard, came out from between the rocks from the firepit. Dead center of the photo:

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It later came out, and was a frog, haha. Guess the fire felt great to his cold blooded body. He sat on that rock for probably a half hour, hanging out with us, before hopping away:

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BK20, cigar, and rum and Coke in my Rtic cup. A fine ending for the day:

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Caveman TV:

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Got up Monday morning, our final day, and got another fire going. It was cool Monday morning. I always get a fire going for the wife, and get her coffee going, so she can relax and enjoy her morning. The least I can do for such a good wife, who does everything for me:

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BK20 shot:

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Breakfast time. We've been wanting to try this waffle iron I found at a thrift shop for a few bucks:

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We were concerned, because we didn't have any non stick spray. It was teflon coated, but still. We went for it, what the hell:

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On the fire:

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Short handle, mitts on:

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Screw holding it:

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Epic fail, haha. Oh well:

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Plan B. Arrange the fire to hold a skillet:

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Start yet another morning right. Bacon!

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Too close to the coals, which meant too hot. The wife remembered that I brought my backpacking grill to the cabin:

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That's more like it:

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YUM:

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Bacon out, butter in:

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More pancakes:

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Just about ready to flip:

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Another good breakfast:

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Went back out to the fire to relax, and have a smoke. Wife took her cabin copy of the Joy of Cooking out to peruse while relaxing:

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Not a very good photo, but a fence lizard, aka blue belly:

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Took a walk down to the river. River was muddy from all the rain we got:

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Hard to tell, but I used the 20 to trim the trees/bushes on the left side of the drive. Some of the flora was really sticking out:

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Was sitting on the porch, and a Bald Eagle went flying by. Have seen them several times there, but never seem to have my camera ready. By the time I got a shot off, he was quite a ways off. That little dot is a Bald Eagle, haha:

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Get the grill going for out final meal before departure. I only had a few chunks of charcoal left, so I loaded it up with wood:

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Butter steamed broccoli, and burgers on:

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Our departing meal:

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Don't have to tell you that we had yet another blast there. As usual, using the Becker blades were awesome. The BK20 delivered, and delivered well. I always seem to migrate towards the larger knives, and it did not disappoint. The BK12 was a pleasure to use as well. Whether you find the weighted handle gimmicky, or not, it is well balanced with them in. I like it a lot. I normally don't chop with the "smaller" blades anywhos.

Also, this is the most photo laden thread I've ever done, haha. We took 826 photos in a few days, and I "narrowed" it down to 229 I think it was. You want photos, you got it.

As always, thanks for looking.
 
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Nice Warrior Thanks for getting me out of the house. It's like I was there but I didn't get any bacon, I could almost smell it though. Great Journey Warrior:thumbsup::)
 
Great pictures as always, and it looks like a great trip too, but how did you get the BK20 to lose coating that quickly? I've been trying for over a year and mine still looks relatively fresh even though I've put it through more than it looks like you did. *jealous*
 
Tanker 1/66 said:
Nice Warrior Thanks for getting me out of the house. It's like I was there but I didn't get any bacon, I could almost smell it though. Great Journey Warrior:thumbsup::)
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Thanks man. That was a lot of work. I don't think I'll ever do that many photos again, haha.

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Great pictures as always, and it looks like a great trip too, but how did you get the BK20 to lose coating that quickly? I've been trying for over a year and mine still looks relatively fresh even though I've put it through more than it looks like you did. *jealous*
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Thanks brudda. Not really sure about the coating.
 
Your thread broke my computer at work, it's frozen pretty bad lol.

Those are some of the clearest and most well-shot photos I've seen anywhere outside a professional photographer's repertoire. It's an amazing documentation of an awesome-looking trip, I just won't be able to comment on it very easily unless I turn off my photo-display settings lol.
 
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Your thread broke my computer at work, it's frozen pretty bad lol.

Those are some of the clearest and most well-shot photos I've seen anywhere outside a professional photographer's repertoire. It's an amazing documentation of an awesome-looking trip, I just won't be able to comment on it very easily unless I turn off my photo-display settings lol.
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Haha, awesome. :D I always add photo heavy to the title, for peeps that use their phone. Poor things. :D
 
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