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Got away for a few days with the family, and took the blades for a little workout. Two day trip so figured I should pack light..
First up was the Scrapyard 1111, I'd wanted to give her a beating since I stripped her. The wood they sold there was not fully cured, so it was heavy and dense. Figured I better made a baton.
Now that the fire was going, I realized that we didn't bring a spatula for the burgers, onto the next task for the Dog.
The thinned out bevel just planed the wood off in thin sheets, it was incredibly effective at this task.
It may not be the prettiest, but for 20 minutes work of carving it served us well.
Even the wife wanted the get in on the fun, I was 99% sure she'd chop her hand off, but she did ok
A little obligatory bacon pic, and a new piece of equipment that I just picked up and am really impressed with, my firebox stove.
It's a really great design and you get a lot of cooking heat and time from very little wood.
Next day for dinner I needed a bigger fire for tinfoil dinners so what better way to break in the CGFBM.
That bead and lanyard lasted all of two swings before I said "screw this!" and cut it off.
I recorded this video, but even I got bored watching, so added a little soundtrack.
I was pretty much already gassed at this point, I'd already cut through twice with the 1111, need to hit the gym for arm day!
https://vimeo.com/174128617
Now for a little hammock and beer time.
Back home and cleaned up. Another piece of equipment that I highly recommend for fast and easy sharpening in the field is this Lansky folding stone. One side is a medium grit ceramic stone and the other is a fine white ceramic stone. I did about 10 strokes on each side almost the same way that you would with a wicked edge,blade side up, and they were back to shaving sharp within minutes.
Cheers Hogs
Forgot to mention, the AMS did its share of the work on the spatula, and food prep, no pics though!
First up was the Scrapyard 1111, I'd wanted to give her a beating since I stripped her. The wood they sold there was not fully cured, so it was heavy and dense. Figured I better made a baton.
Now that the fire was going, I realized that we didn't bring a spatula for the burgers, onto the next task for the Dog.
The thinned out bevel just planed the wood off in thin sheets, it was incredibly effective at this task.
It may not be the prettiest, but for 20 minutes work of carving it served us well.
Even the wife wanted the get in on the fun, I was 99% sure she'd chop her hand off, but she did ok
A little obligatory bacon pic, and a new piece of equipment that I just picked up and am really impressed with, my firebox stove.
It's a really great design and you get a lot of cooking heat and time from very little wood.
Next day for dinner I needed a bigger fire for tinfoil dinners so what better way to break in the CGFBM.
That bead and lanyard lasted all of two swings before I said "screw this!" and cut it off.
I recorded this video, but even I got bored watching, so added a little soundtrack.
I was pretty much already gassed at this point, I'd already cut through twice with the 1111, need to hit the gym for arm day!
https://vimeo.com/174128617
Now for a little hammock and beer time.
Back home and cleaned up. Another piece of equipment that I highly recommend for fast and easy sharpening in the field is this Lansky folding stone. One side is a medium grit ceramic stone and the other is a fine white ceramic stone. I did about 10 strokes on each side almost the same way that you would with a wicked edge,blade side up, and they were back to shaving sharp within minutes.
Cheers Hogs
Forgot to mention, the AMS did its share of the work on the spatula, and food prep, no pics though!
) before bacon, the man has his priorities!
:thumbup:
D) or new cup yet, so I boiled some water for the hell of it.
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