harrowing hewing

[Bladite]

[for those not following my adventures elsewhere...]

nothing but the best of the lot for now...

the critters - start here:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1741816/1/94136205/Medium
frog, more mature monarch larva (just the one? what happened to the OTHERS *cry*), some very shy looking ant/beetle THING. whoa

the mushrooms - start here:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1580342/1/94138150/Medium
looks like some pretty amanitas (yellow)?, boletes (red/brown thick things with pores)?, puff balls (white centers usually edible (one of the "sure" ones) smell good anyway - no i don't eat them), some spiffy cup shapes things, and a massive colony of YELLOW stubby guys (kinda bolete like...), and sulphur shelf (oyster shaped) - the later shots of these - look close - have termites in the stems. this is just off the cuff, i'll look up the names, or try to later, and go back and spore print a few again. if any of thse look "odd", it's the lighting and the fact it's REALLY late at nite (before sunrise) and i used two different kinds of LED lamps as well as flash - though in some cases no flash. the indian pipe especially - whoa pink? neat.

it's the shrub that flowers like a bit and smells like honeysuckle (invasive), and has produced some way cool berries, one at night with fake light, and the other today during the sun:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1741816/1/94139986/Medium
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1741816/1/94140020/Medium

and my first harrowing hewing adventure... have axes, will travel. ended up having to "hurry" a bit there towards the end, as the THUNDER was amazing and coming closer and closer. whoa. nelly. i decided to take my work WITH ME heh, so out comes the saw and the 31.5 pound piece of new timber comes with ME. the backpack weighed 26 pounds loaded. yar. that's a bit extra to walk with exercise! start here:
http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1872016

at the end there, you'll see my new baby villager chitlangi. while baby for a chit, it's a full sized knife. wow. i LIKE it a lot. differentially tempered 5160 for $60 shipped? hah

bladite

 

[Svashtar]

Nice! Is that a Becker patrol machete there? I _really_ like the villager baby chit. I snagged one of the first ones in horn, 12" and 9 oz. I believe, but it is the standard brass, shiny horn and ironically is not nearly so sharp looking. That one looks a bit bigger?
(Ah, found it. The one from Ram on 9/6? Nice snag. My 9 oz. one is a bit light for a 12" blade.)

Finally, I recognize the Fiskars, great axes, but what are the other axes on the left? GB's?

Thanks for sharing.

Norm

 

[Bladite]

Nice! Is that a Becker patrol machete there? I _really_ like the villager baby chit. I snagged one of the first ones in horn, 12" and 9 oz. I believe, but it is the standard brass, shiny horn and ironically is not nearly so sharp looking. That one looks a bit bigger?
(Ah, found it. The one from Ram on 9/6? Nice snag. My 9 oz. one is a bit light for a 12" blade.)

Finally, I recognize the Fiskars, great axes, but what are the other axes on the left? GB's?

Thanks for sharing.

Norm

yup, patrol machete.

"12 inch 12 ounce baby villager Chitlangi by Dil Bhadur kami", haven't done anything with it yet. came in a 4 sided (*shock*) box late this afternoon while i was out chopping!

fiskars hatchet... and yup, three GBs, for da wooding

bladite

 

[Kevin the grey]

A striking picture of the Amanita .
Its good to see someone with varied interests . They do seem to have a common goal which is enjoyment of the great outdoors .