Caring for my pet Chainpuri

Bookie · Jul 25, 2014

While out playing killtheneighborsencroachingbush with the very pretty Chainpuri Mrs. Martino sent a while back; it was noticed that the end of the rat tailed tang was a bit of a skin catcher. Exit stage left into the shop, viced up the kuk, and peened it smooth in no time. While placing the kuk back into it's sheath, the chip carving appeared to be turning dull gray. After a WTF moment and close examination; I realized that the gray stuff was buffing compound that didn't get removed from all the nooks and crannies of the design and was oxidizing. A clean, soft terry towel rubbed vigorously removed the largest portion of the stuff and really made the grain of the wood pop out. Hey-hey-hey! It now actually looks better than when it first arrived. BUT!! Should this issue crop up on you, allow me to suggest that you don't use the first terry towel you lay your hands on. Otherwise, you will notice that the wife will attempt to collect on your soon to be worthless life insurance after seeing her towel with black stains on it......

philllll · Jul 25, 2014

Thanks for the tip and the laugh, Bookie. I keep my own separate set of rags.

Bawanna · Jul 25, 2014

I've found the same holds true with tooth brushes. Never let the wife know you use hers for those hard to reach cleaning areas.

kronckew · Jul 26, 2014

Bawanna said:
I've found the same holds true with tooth brushes. Never let the wife know you use hers for those hard to reach cleaning areas.

make absolutely sure her brush is dry as a bone when you replace it in the brush holder. i forgot once and she killed me. luckily i recovered after a few days. clawing your way out of the hasty burial site scared a passing hunter who promptly killed me & reburied me again. took a while to recover from that one. wifey was a bit surprised when i walked in the house and said "hi honey, i'm home!". so were the party guests.

Bawanna · Jul 26, 2014

Oh man, fell out of the chair. You have any idea how hard it is to get back in?

Party guest. People tell me my wife will grieve in the Bahama's.

Jens Schuetz · Jul 26, 2014

Actually wifes aren't angry about the metal flakes on the brush. They are just jealous that the blades are shinier than their teeth.

kronckew · Jul 26, 2014

Jens Schuetz said:
Actually wifes aren't angry about the metal flakes on the brush. They are just jealous that the blades are shinier than their teeth.

my condolences, jens. where do we send the lillies for your funeral. i'm asking in advance as you will be in no condition to reply when your 'significant other' finds out you a. wrote this*. b. confessed what happened to their favourite brush. you are doomed. maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually they always find out. doomed. the longer it takes, the worse it will be. doomed.

if, and i shudder thinking of it, the tale was about an ex, your fate will be even worse. ten times worse on the pain scale. you will be like a little pomeranian being savaged, chomped and shaken by an enraged bull mastiff. trust me, been there. more than once. sometimes (more shudders) they do it with lawyers.

*- it's like the old saying about fight club. you don't talk about fight club. fight club is just a practice session, a warm up for marriage. you do NOT talk about anything you have done or had done to you. ever. even in generalities like referring to 'wives'. you might possibly get away with it if you refer to it as happening to a neighbour's wife that she doesn't like, but even that will put her on guard, so be very, very careful.

elephants never forget. wives never forgive. (they don't forget either)

Scara · Jul 26, 2014

I just had a vision of what would happen if I used a terry cloth towel that way while visiting my parents. My mother rolls out her rolls on terry cloth towels. Gives them a nice bit of texture. But black streaks and chemical in her rolls... she'd kill me. And beyond that, I really love her rolls.

ndoghouse · Jul 26, 2014

kronckew said:
elephants never forget. wives never forgive. (they don't forget either)[/SIZE]

Ha! right about that Kronck! My wife is that way about her fabric and hair cutting scissors. She doesnt like me cutting sheet metal, shim stock, and sandpaper with them for some reason? I dont dare even touch them. She wont let me touch her KLVUK either unless it needs sharpening. Shes afraid im gonna polish it or something i guess?

Jens Schuetz · Jul 26, 2014

kronckew said:
my condolences, jens. where do we send the lillies for your funeral. i'm asking in advance as you will be in no condition to reply when your 'significant other' finds out you a. wrote this*. b. confessed what happened to their favourite brush. you are doomed. maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually they always find out. doomed. the longer it takes, the worse it will be. doomed.

if, and i shudder thinking of it, the tale was about an ex, your fate will be even worse. ten times worse on the pain scale. you will be like a little pomeranian being savaged, chomped and shaken by an enraged bull mastiff. trust me, been there. more than once. sometimes (more shudders) they do it with lawyers.

*- it's like the old saying about fight club. you don't talk about fight club. fight club is just a practice session, a warm up for marriage. you do NOT talk about anything you have done or had done to you. ever. even in generalities like referring to 'wives'. you might possibly get away with it if you refer to it as happening to a neighbour's wife that she doesn't like, but even that will put her on guard, so be very, very careful.

elephants never forget. wives never forgive. (they don't forget either)

Do you think pointing at the cherry tree will distract from the apple tree? That Sun Tzu trick is too old. Wives know all about it.

You posted first and not only about wives in general but your own one in particular. You are brave!
If I'm doomed it will feel only half as bad knowing that you'll also be in for a beating from your other half.