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Dog Chew Puukko goes to Big Sur
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The man whose writing is the equivalent of a puukko: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers
http://www.best-poems.net/robinson_jeffers/index.html
http://www.best-poems.net/robinson_jeffers/index.html
Will Power
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An epic trip! Really nice shots, and, I must say you chose the right knife companion.
Thanks, Will
Thanks, Will
Today we took a drive from Santa Cruz to Big Sur. . .
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This Puukko was rehandled by sitflyer and gifted to me, for which I am deeply grateful.
Superb thread! But that single pic above looks like an application of masterful sleight-of-hand, balancing skill.
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thanks again to everyone for the positive comments
Thanks for the info. I googled Chital, and learned they are commercially ranched in Texas. This particular stag antler dog chew, came from over 1000 miles away, North Carolina.
here are a couple other details from http://www.venison.com/axis.htm
"Excess Axis deer have been harvested in the Texas Hill Country since around 1980 with a state health inspector present and examining every carcass. No Axis carcasses have ever been rejected for health reasons out of thousands of animals….
Axis Deer meat was judged best tasting wild game meat by the Exotic Wildlife Association. It is a mild, naturally tender red meat. It contains less than 1% fat and can be marketed as fat free. (Red Deer and Fallow have 5% - 7% fat.) Axis Deer venison customers tend to be repeat customers."
and from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chital
"Chital also eat their shed antlers as a source of nutrients"
Thanks for the info. I googled Chital, and learned they are commercially ranched in Texas. This particular stag antler dog chew, came from over 1000 miles away, North Carolina.
here are a couple other details from http://www.venison.com/axis.htm
"Excess Axis deer have been harvested in the Texas Hill Country since around 1980 with a state health inspector present and examining every carcass. No Axis carcasses have ever been rejected for health reasons out of thousands of animals….
Axis Deer meat was judged best tasting wild game meat by the Exotic Wildlife Association. It is a mild, naturally tender red meat. It contains less than 1% fat and can be marketed as fat free. (Red Deer and Fallow have 5% - 7% fat.) Axis Deer venison customers tend to be repeat customers."
and from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chital
"Chital also eat their shed antlers as a source of nutrients"
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Big Sur Xmas
Went back to Big Sur, stopped at Tor House in Carmel. It is an amazing building, the work of one man mostly. The amount of work is mind boggling, and the way the building drapes down over the rock is amazing.
I then drove up into the hills of Big Sur to spend the night, 4wheeling in the dark. This is the morning after.
Dog Chew Puukko was with me.
there is a Puukko in this picture too
someone cleaned up the shell casings and made some art
took a walk towards the ocean, Dog Chew Puukko came along:
After reentry into civilization I found a parking lot overlooking the ocean. Unfortunately the view included peoples dog crap, cigarette butts, and other detritus. One thing led to another, and I ended up cleaning the parking lot. I can imagine I made an impression on the many tourists, hairy hippy walking around in a Beret, wearing a Puukko and surgical gloves, picking up trash.
I try to tread lightly, and leave no trace, or leave the place better than I found it.
Happy New Year!
Went back to Big Sur, stopped at Tor House in Carmel. It is an amazing building, the work of one man mostly. The amount of work is mind boggling, and the way the building drapes down over the rock is amazing.
I then drove up into the hills of Big Sur to spend the night, 4wheeling in the dark. This is the morning after.
Dog Chew Puukko was with me.
there is a Puukko in this picture too
someone cleaned up the shell casings and made some art
took a walk towards the ocean, Dog Chew Puukko came along:
After reentry into civilization I found a parking lot overlooking the ocean. Unfortunately the view included peoples dog crap, cigarette butts, and other detritus. One thing led to another, and I ended up cleaning the parking lot. I can imagine I made an impression on the many tourists, hairy hippy walking around in a Beret, wearing a Puukko and surgical gloves, picking up trash.
I try to tread lightly, and leave no trace, or leave the place better than I found it.
Happy New Year!
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Excellent. Thanks for sharing. Love the knife and the van. :thumbup:
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thanks for your encouraging readership gentlemen I hope 2014 is a great year for you all
I was back in Big Sur yesterday, Dog Chew Puukko was with me. No puukko pics of the event, but here is a recent one from a past outing
Decided to make a fire, and someone had left some 2-4" diameter branches that just needed sawing and splitting. I reached for the saw and found it, but could not find the hatchet. hmmm I thought, I wonder if this Puukko I have dangling on my hip, can split dry oak?
battoning through the sections was
no problem!
fire in the hole
this morning
drove up a little hill
found some old antler sheds and some skull bones, guessing deer? thats my latest Bay buy Remington posing
on the way home, stopped in at the Maiden Pub
by the tiny Big Sur River
great time of year above the fog line. No flies, no wind. Puukko made fire.
I was back in Big Sur yesterday, Dog Chew Puukko was with me. No puukko pics of the event, but here is a recent one from a past outing
Decided to make a fire, and someone had left some 2-4" diameter branches that just needed sawing and splitting. I reached for the saw and found it, but could not find the hatchet. hmmm I thought, I wonder if this Puukko I have dangling on my hip, can split dry oak?
battoning through the sections was
no problem!
fire in the hole
this morning
drove up a little hill
found some old antler sheds and some skull bones, guessing deer? thats my latest Bay buy Remington posing
on the way home, stopped in at the Maiden Pub
by the tiny Big Sur River
great time of year above the fog line. No flies, no wind. Puukko made fire.