Did your Traditional knife get a workout today? -Part II

[WValtakis]

 

[dantzk8]

Whittling...

Dan.

 

[WValtakis]

 

[afishhunter]

I used the Buck 301 stockman I started the "day" with to remove the "skin" from the (cold) breakfast "ham" and to slice it up.

 

[afishhunter]

Used the LM pliers (and 3 in One oil from a ink syringe) to free up the automatic self locking and unlocking caplifter/screwdriver bade on my Evo Grip S-14 so it would.
I saw another review on YT that alleged all the Evo Grips have that feature.

 

[WValtakis]

 

[dantzk8]

Dan.

 

[dantzk8]

First attempt at the XO pattern.
A pleasure to use such a great knife.

Dan.

 

[JohnDF]

Very cool... nice work.

 

[dantzk8]

Very cool... nice work.

Thanks John,
The spring is snowy and windy here.
I keep myself busy near the stove.

Dan.

 

[Just Tom.]

You might wonder why I would need to open a new carbon monoxide detector at 1 o’clock in the morning, or where I even found one, but I’m too tired to tell the whole story right now…

 

[afishhunter]

You might wonder why I would need to open a new carbon monoxide detector at 1 o’clock in the morning, or where I even found one, but I’m too tired to tell the whole story right now…

The old one woke you up? (with a false alarm when it quit working and it wouldn't shut up.)

 

[screened porch]

The old one woke you up? (with a false alarm when it quit working and it wouldn't shut up.)

I hate it when that happens. Always have some 9-volts!

 

[Just Tom.]

The old one woke you up? (with a false alarm when it quit working and it wouldn't shut up.)

I was awake and out of the house when it went off. My daughter called in a panic about it and I rushed home. It looked like a malfunction because the beeps and lights were more or less random, but I didn’t know if the battery might have drained from having gone off properly earlier when I wasn’t home.

I checked that the water heater was drafting properly (it was), and the furnace will shut itself off if there is a backdraft I think, but for peace of mind I offered to stay up and go to the hardware store when it opened at 6.

Luckily my daughter used her google-fu to determine that our local 24-hour pharmacy had CO detectors, so I got one there (for just $10 more than the hardware store price - not bad!).

I hate it when that happens. Always have some 9-volts!

The unit had a sealed non-replaceable “10 year” lithium battery

 

[Ironbut]

So far today I cut open a bag of charcoal, so I can smoke our Easter pork butt.

 

[WValtakis]

 

[TheFactor]

I made a wanna be fire stick

 

[JohnDF]

My SBJ helped me make my kid-pleasing Sausage Mac n Cheese... It's one of my favorite kitchen knives.

 

[Just Tom.]

“Broke down” a cardboard box with my latest acquisition today - something which seems to be a popular activity around here but which I rarely do, for a variety of reasons:

• I don’t often buy things that come in big boxes.
• I have a huge recycling bin, so I can usually just mash boxes flat with my foot and jam them in.
• I remember my dad telling me probably 45 years ago to avoid using my pocket knife to cut cardboard, because it would make it dull.

Sometimes I wonder if I wouldn’t have done better in life if I had listened to what my mother always used to say instead.

 

[afishhunter]

Hasn't gotten any exercise yet today. However, Amazon claims my new fountain pen (Jinhao 599 in black) is "out for delivery". If so, ittle get a (very) little exercise opening the padded envelope this afternoon.