blade show 2013 pix - a work in progress

Silverthorn said:
Anyone making bushcraft Dangler sheaths that will fit the Tradewater, from the inestimable T.M.Hunt ?
The sheath it came with is actually very nice, but I want a sheath on a swivel of some sort, so its can be moved sitting and such to be more comfortable.
If you don't have a T.M. Hunt knife, your missing out.


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If this knife had still been there Sunday morning, I was going to buy it. :D
 
That's why I grabbed it. The Yuma I wanted got grabbed by someone, and so I decided i needed to crap or get off the pot, on this bad boy.
 
Damned if standing in one spot isn't worse than moving. Just had the last of the Pappadeaux cheese grits and a 600 mg Ibuprofen. Time for a two-mile walk to work out some soreness and stiffness.
 
If you'd tried the salmon you wouldn't have that problem. All that Omega 3 and all.
 
II really appreciate the Lake Effect ice scrapers y'all handed me, they'll get a lot of use this summer! Oh, the Ka-Bar beer, excellent stuff.
 
and the salmon was good...

papadeaux was quite nice. mmm, blackened catfish etoufffffe with extra seafoods (lots of crab and oysters), gumbo, dirty rice crab logs er eggrolls, NICE key lime pie

also, the clever person will note two pictures in the gallery, of the NEW WORKSHOP TOOL - it's a four roller mini belt workstation ... think KMG or something, but smaller...

pretty cool...

the show breakdown was pretty fast - weather reports said tornadoes, and all flights were pushed back 2-3 hours "for safety". we got to the airport in time. in my case, i was nearly 5 hours early, and then pushed back 2 hours for boarding, and the planes sat on the ground for another hour while we waited for a safety window. heck, even arriving we had to go AROUND various death pockets. sweet. amazingly, the plane was on extra speed boost. actual flight took 25 minutes less than it normally does.

special bonus: the TSA found my bottle of KaBar brown i tried to smuggle home. i mostly just wanted to bottle - probably could have just brought an empty with me, but i figured i'd keep the liquid too. nope. denied.

they didn't have a care about the titantium twig stove i snagged "Ember Lit" brand - nice guys - they liked Ethan :>

the new RRT-0 XML got a workout today too :>
 
Guyon said:
Damned if standing in one spot isn't worse than moving. Just had the last of the Pappadeaux cheese grits and a 600 mg Ibuprofen. Time for a two-mile walk to work out some soreness and stiffness.
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yeah, we need "mats"... and some chairs for the relief crew...

i was popping vitamin-I, lots of water, and probably could have standed to have coffee and Monsters - kinda forgot that part. slept 13 hours the first nite. man.

today, most of the pains are gone - one of my shoelaces was setup wrong and pinched a tendon - that'll work out. bursitis kept threatening to get me, but i know how to stretch that out now. thank god for a *little* drinky poo before bed, and HOT HOT HOT showers. can't speak much to the beds at the hotel - though sleeping on twisted sheets my own stupid fault. but yeah, the hotel was used to store stuff and sleep. that's how busy we were.

best though: my knees braces saved my creaky ass knee.

bit laggy at work, but food, and coffee and the right focus got me all got up and ahead. tonite: more coding if i can. just did a lot of yard work. amazing lush verdant jungle yard. oh my.
 
Murphnuge said:
II really appreciate the Lake Effect ice scrapers y'all handed me, they'll get a lot of use this summer! Oh, the Ka-Bar beer, excellent stuff.
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Toooj hit a home run with those. people love them, and they're hella cool. mine got some use last Winter, though honestly, now that i have a garage, the "worst of it" was not much to deal with and i didn't have to cut my car up too much :)
 
Bladite said:
and the salmon was good...

papadeaux was quite nice. mmm, blackened catfish etoufffffe with extra seafoods (lots of crab and oysters), gumbo, dirty rice crab logs er eggrolls, NICE key lime pie

also, the clever person will note two pictures in the gallery, of the NEW WORKSHOP TOOL - it's a four roller mini belt workstation ... think KMG or something, but smaller...

pretty cool...

the show breakdown was pretty fast - weather reports said tornadoes, and all flights were pushed back 2-3 hours "for safety". we got to the airport in time. in my case, i was nearly 5 hours early, and then pushed back 2 hours for boarding, and the planes sat on the ground for another hour while we waited for a safety window. heck, even arriving we had to go AROUND various death pockets. sweet. amazingly, the plane was on extra speed boost. actual flight took 25 minutes less than it normally does.

special bonus: the TSA found my bottle of KaBar brown i tried to smuggle home. i mostly just wanted to bottle - probably could have just brought an empty with me, but i figured i'd keep the liquid too. nope. denied.

they didn't have a care about the titantium twig stove i snagged "Ember Lit" brand - nice guys - they liked Ethan :>

the new RRT-0 XML got a workout today too :>
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The new worksharp is really nice. Goes on sale in the fall.
 
I will be getting the new Work Sharp. It has all the features I'd wished for on my WS, and even a couple more I hadn't thought of. :thumbup:
 
Went to Pappadeaux for the first time Friday night. Outstanding. :thumbup: The waitress even found me a pint glass to take home.

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My Blade show schedule went like this, I thought ya'll might like to see it.

Thursday- Woke up at 6pm, went into work at 8pm. Got off work at 6am, went home, showered and packed, on the road to ATL at 7:30am Friday.

Friday-arrived at Blade at 11am, made a round, changed clothes in the parking lot, because I didn't have time to run to the hotel (E hosed us by not getting rooms at the Waverly, but I digress) Worked the Kabar booth from 12pm to 7pm. Dinner at Maggianno's, back to the Pit to party around 10pm. Partied and caught up with old friends til 2am. 34hrs awake.

Saturday, up at 730am, breakfast, Monster, and off to the show at 9am. Show let out at 6pm. Dinner at Papadeux's (freakin' awesome crawfish etouffe and cheese grits), back to the pit at 10pm for some partying, made it to be around 2am again.

Sunday- up at 730am, breakfast Monster, and off to the show at 9am. Worked the show til 12pm, said my goodbye's, made it on the road at 230pm. Home to the wife and kids, 530pm. Into work, at 10pm.

I slept 10hrs all weekend. yay.

Had a great time, got a new Spartan Enyo and a prototype ZT0300 Bladewash. Yuuuuuup.

Pics when I get a chance to take them.

Moose
 
I got some salmon and a lanyard and this...

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