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Sharp & Fiery
's compliments on my Firetac, then discovered the Eagle's CTS-XHP 15 DPS re-profiled edge was micro-chipped and rolled, searched the internet to find its hardness, and discovered my own almost two-year-old post here on how it had resisted just that after re-profiling. 
Anyway, I broke out the rarely used SharpMaker as it's less involved and messy than the EdgePro, added a micro-bevel, and re-polished the edge somewhat on the extra-fines. Here's an earlier basement pic that didn't come out too bad...
Let's continue today's adventures. After work, I drove to Tkachi Street. For more than a hundred years, the largest weaving factory in St. Petersburg was located here. Now destroyed. But that's not what's interesting.
The red building in the photo is the first city hostel for workers in Russia. 1874-75 years of construction. For 15-20% of the salary, the worker received a bed in a room. They lived 3-4 people in one room. The first communist revolutionaries began their activities here. Here, in 1898, the largest clash between the workers and the police took place at that time.
After the revolution, the factory became the property of the state and the hostel too. And in 1928, a new residential area was built for the workers of the weaving factory on the same street.
Yellow buildings in the photo. And all the working families were able to get their own apartments.
For the same 15-20% of wages. And after 25 years, the apartment became the property of the family.
Separately, I will write that the yellow houses were built in my favorite architectural style - constructivism.
That’s crazy, I’m not a gardener, but I would think the heat wouldn’t affect them so much. Needing water, yes of course we all need that
Where did you get the Sparrow? I've been eyeballing one, but trying to find one has been proving very difficult. Looks like a perfect "truck knife" to me.
My sentiments exactly! Thanks for sharing maxjeg.
