Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[JTB_5]

Thank you very much my friend



Hope everyone is well again soon, that's a great pair of knives, and a very tasty beer

Thank you, Jack.

 

[Chui]

TEW 2-blade Barlow in MOP, made by Russell White

 

[Jack Black]

Very civilised Paul

 

[strokednbored]

I'm stuck inside reviewing and writing annual performance reviews all day today.

TX-sized cup of tea to help fight off the flu that's going around and my 78 that's just starting to show a bit of patina.

 

[Chui]

TX-sized cup of tea to help fight off the flu that's going around and my 78 that's just starting to show a bit of patina.

- sympathies, sir

Since the sun's over the yardarm here in UK, and I've had flu, feeling and I'm working and fed up.........it's out with a Gordons & Tonic to cheer me up - any excuse

 

[Jack Black]

Good luck in beating the flu guys

 

[WhittlinAway]

strokednbored good luck fighting off the flu. I know those annual performance reviews are a pain, but I’ve always deeply appreciated it when my managers take them seriously, as I am sure you do, and give me constructive feedback to help me be my best.

Chui I hope you’re feeling better soon. I’d always thought G&T was more to ward off malaria than to beat down the flu, but I applaud your willingness to innovate.

It’s coffee in an adult sippy cup for me this afternoon:

I suspect there’s a garden gnome hiding in that redwood log and there’s only one way to find out....

 

[Will Power]

TEW 2-blade Barlow in MOP, made by Russell White

And some exceptional file-work on view there

G&T is always refreshing and invigorating , funny that Gin has become quite the trendy drink. An old gardener I used to work with drank it neat, no ice.....bit too much for me

Regards, Will

 

[strokednbored]

Thanks for the well wishes, but i should have chosen my words a bit better. haha.

I'm still in the preemptive strike stage: Not sick - and doing everything i can from catching it from all those who are around me who are!
Lots of citrus, hot tea with lemon, and single malts from the highlands to burn out anything the first two don't get!

WhittlinAway
Performance Reviews: Many hours of painstaking care and deliberation goes into what sometimes taken with a grain of salt, but more often than not is viewed as a path and roadmap for success that people will respond well to. In my mind, it's the most important thing I do all year and i'm working on instilling that in some new supervisors that work for me as well.

 

[Chui]

strokednbored - ah, very glad to hear you’ve not succumbed to the lurghi proper.......if that helps keep it at bay, brilliant

Cheers Will Power - am more or less over it now. Just occasionally, the desire for a summery G&T, despite the dull grey Brit weather, manages to lift the spirits, forgive the pun. When feeling ill, nowt worse than being ill too.

Some people find Gin to be a bit of a downer........guess it is if you drink too many! Yes, very fashionable drink now, overtaken Vodka by a good stretch - interesting though, many people are surprised that Gin is simply naturally flavoured Vodka...

 

[Mitt]

 

[WhittlinAway]

Earl Grey seems an appropriate pair with the Thwitle.

 

[Jack Black]

Cool pic Greg

 

[WhittlinAway]

Thanks Jack.

Found some cold brew concentrate that I’d forgotten about and had been sitting in the fridge for a couple or three weeks. Remarkably, it’s still pretty good.

 

[Spencergarden]

I'm always compelled to post in this thread when I get a new knife. My new glowing coffee pal:

 

[5K Qs]

...

I suspect there’s a garden gnome hiding in that redwood log and there’s only one way to find out....

Earl Grey seems an appropriate pair with the Thwitle.

That's an incredible redwood transformation in fewer than 24 hours, Greg!!!
I don't think I've ever tried a carving/whittling project that wouldn't fit in a jacket pocket!

- GT

 

[WhittlinAway]

That's an incredible redwood transformation in fewer than 24 hours, Greg!!!
I don't think I've ever tried a carving/whittling project that wouldn't fit in a jacket pocket!

Thanks GT! I'd never tried anything this big either, nor had I worked with redwood.

That progress was made almost entirely with a carving hatchet. In fact, I embarked on this project as a way to improve my hatchet skills, figuring it would help my spoon carving. I'm struggling a bit with the knives on this piece of wood. Carving with the grain works well, but across grain is quite hard. I've put it aside for a couple of days to clear my head and ponder the best way to tackle it. I'm guessing that might be a series of alternations between the knife and hatchet, each opening up space for the next round of the other's work. (If anyone has experience with this sort of thing and would like to share some insights, please PM me.)

Edited to add: enjoying some herbal tea with an Old Timer as I wind down for the evening.

 

[Pàdruig]

Coffee for me this morning, working from home today.

 

[Kiro]

A Boulevadier with my smooth bone American Jack

 

[Ramrodmb]

Medicinal purposes.