EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

Wasatch11253 said:
Another snowshoe slog up a remote northern Utah peak near Golden Spike Monument. Intermittent clouds made things interesting with no point of reference at times. These two jointed.

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Cloud cover down lower, everywhere.

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Awesome pics 👍
 
ChazzyP said:
It's a built-in brick shell with the firebox in the basement, the shell rising up the half-story to a height of over three feet in our kitchen. The flue is extended above the firebox within the shell, directing the smoke (and heat) up, down, and up again before exiting into the chimney. This superheats the gases, burning off most of the creosote, and the longer travel within leads to more heat being absorbed into the shell.

It's my understanding that Russian fireplaces evolved and were prevalent on the steppes where firewood was scarce and fast, hot fires from whatever small fuel might be available would heat the shell. The fires could go out and the masonry shell would act as a heat sink, continuing to warm the indoor space. I worked as a framer/home builder for many years and job scrap, brought home daily in barrels was the perfect material to burn.

Our fireplace is surrounded by two lower half-flights of masonry stairs with a brick hearth in the kitchen and the chimney in our open plan house rising two and a half stories through the two upper flights of open-riser wooden stairs. The more we burn the deeper into winter, the more all the masonry warms and radiates. I'm not finding any pics and will see if I can get you some tomorrow.

Back on topic, another shot of today's carry....

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Great explanation on how and why they are used my Friend 👍🏼😃
 
ChazzyP said:
It's a built-in brick shell with the firebox in the basement, the shell rising up the half-story to a height of over three feet in our kitchen. The flue is extended above the firebox within the shell, directing the smoke (and heat) up, down, and up again before exiting into the chimney. This superheats the gases, burning off most of the creosote, and the longer travel within leads to more heat being absorbed into the shell.

It's my understanding that Russian fireplaces evolved and were prevalent on the steppes where firewood was scarce and fast, hot fires from whatever small fuel might be available would heat the shell. The fires could go out and the masonry shell would act as a heat sink, continuing to warm the indoor space. I worked as a framer/home builder for many years and job scrap, brought home daily in barrels was the perfect material to burn.

Our fireplace is surrounded by two lower half-flights of masonry stairs with a brick hearth in the kitchen and the chimney in our open plan house rising two and a half stories through the two upper flights of open-riser wooden stairs. The more we burn the deeper into winter, the more all the masonry warms and radiates. I'm not finding any pics and will see if I can get you some tomorrow.

Back on topic, another shot of today's carry....

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Thank you. I understand what you're talking about. My friends in a country house have the same stove. I'm just surprised that she is called "Russian". Our "Russian stove" is a completely different design.
 
maxjeg said:
Thank you. I understand what you're talking about. My friends in a country house have the same stove. I'm just surprised that she is called "Russian". Our "Russian stove" is a completely different design.
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Just Googling "Russian Fireplace" for images brings up as many different designs as there are pictures. Over here it seems a generic term for a masonry mass, extended flue wood burning heater.
 
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