Lone Wolf Project: Post All Your "Experiments" Here

I'll just carry my SAK , or maybe my copperlock , or that barlow I just got , or the peanut I rescaled with my first deer antler, nevermind , you guys have at it.
 
Stockman did it's job today. Had the pleasure of using my knife to open gun stuff. Doesn't get much better than that, and can't shoot open knife packaging, so...

Received a beautiful restored M1 Garand today from Tony in NJ. Also received two packages from cheaperthandirt.com - a nice canvas gun case for the Garand and a couple tubes of Tetra grease, as I was out.

A good first day, and a beautiful piece of history to shoot will definitely start me off on the right foot.
 
OK, after some heavy thinking about it, I've decided to give this a try as well. My choice for the rest of the year is going to be a Case amber bone medium stockman in CV.

This is really a two-fold experiment for me. The first thing is to see if I can make it with only one knife like I've seen my grandfather, father, and father-in-law do. The only exception will be a sheath knife when hunting/camping.

The second reason I'm going to give it a try has to do with the CV blades. Being a heavy-set guy I sweat a lot, and I've had some bad luck with certain carbon blades before. However, I believe if I pay the proper attention to correct maintainance of the CV blades they should work out for me. So for me this experiment is both about minimizing and about taking proper care of my equipment.

That said, does anyone have any hints or tips for daily care of the carbon/CV blades. They're starting to develop a patina from some apple peeling a while back, so I'm going to have to start buying more fruit again to help it along.
 
freekboi said:
OK, after some heavy thinking about it, I've decided to give this a try as well. My choice for the rest of the year is going to be a Case amber bone medium stockman in CV.

This is really a two-fold experiment for me. The first thing is to see if I can make it with only one knife like I've seen my grandfather, father, and father-in-law do. The only exception will be a sheath knife when hunting/camping.

The second reason I'm going to give it a try has to do with the CV blades. Being a heavy-set guy I sweat a lot, and I've had some bad luck with certain carbon blades before. However, I believe if I pay the proper attention to correct maintainance of the CV blades they should work out for me. So for me this experiment is both about minimizing and about taking proper care of my equipment.

That said, does anyone have any hints or tips for daily care of the carbon/CV blades. They're starting to develop a patina from some apple peeling a while back, so I'm going to have to start buying more fruit again to help it along.
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I like 3in1 oil for my carbon blades. I think as long as you clean it daily and put some protection on it, you should be ok. I am heavy set also and know what you're talking about. Honestly, that's why I usually carry a stainless steel blade knife, like I am doing for this experiment. I also don't like the taste some carbon blades give to certain foods, like apples.

Anyway, welcoem aboard and good luck!
Brett
 
freekboi said:
That said, does anyone have any hints or tips for daily care of the carbon/CV blades. They're starting to develop a patina from some apple peeling a while back, so I'm going to have to start buying more fruit again to help it along.
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Yeah, try not doing anything.

Okay, okay, hang on, I'm not trying to be funny so let me explain where I'm comming from. Just keep doing what you're doing with the fruit. Cut up some apples, their good for you anyway. Do an orange now and then. Just wipe it off afterward. Note; wipe it off, don't wash the blade. Let it keep gettng more and more of a natural patina till it finds it's own shade of grey. The darker the better.

The only thing I would do is to wipe it off in the morning, and once more in the evening after dinner when you give it a little stropping. Okay, so you sweat some, so did our grandfathers in the summer. I've seen very few old blades that were really carried day in, day out, that were rusty. I have a personal theroy that any pocket knife that is a sole carry every single day will not rust, because of just that, it is there every single day for you to look at, and if nessesary wipe down with a bandanna. If in the heat of next summer you have a little problem, then resort to a little mineral oil rubbed sparingly on the blades in the morning. That should do for a day. I think alot of the old rusty knives you see have been carried and then put away someplace with no care, and eventually the humidity in the air gets to them.

I think if you just wipe it down once in a while and use the heck out of it, your gonna be just fine! Good luck

Think about a seaman on an old square rigged sailing ship off on trip to the far east for tea, or a schooner plying the trade routes up and down the east coast. Hardly a more salty environment can be found, but those old wooden ship sailors kept thier knives from rusting somehow.

Good luck freekboi.:thumbup:
 
freekboi said:
The second reason I'm going to give it a try has to do with the CV blades. Being a heavy-set guy I sweat a lot, and I've had some bad luck with certain carbon blades before.
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So use this experiment to explore the benefits of minimalism, get in touch with your roots (going back to one knife like your grandfather, father, and father-in-law), AND lose some weight and get healthier.

I'm not taking a dig at you here, I'm serious. I too battle the bulge constantly and lately have been eating better, drinking less beer, and exercising more. It's amazing how much better I feel. Eat well for a better patina and a healthier body! :D
 
freekboi,

I would agree with jackknife. Once you get a good uniform patina on the blade, I think you will have a hard time making it rust. I have a Schrade Pioneer 123OT that has sat, largely unused, in my tackle box for the last 10 years or so. It looks the way it looked the day I put it in there. Nice dark patina, no rust anywhere.

Best,
Bob
 
mnblade said:
So use this experiment to explore the benefits of minimalism, get in touch with your roots (going back to one knife like your grandfather, father, and father-in-law), AND lose some weight and get healthier.

I'm not taking a dig at you here, I'm serious. I too battle the bulge constantly and lately have been eating better, drinking less beer, and exercising more. It's amazing how much better I feel. Eat well for a better patina and a healthier body! :D
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drinking less beer....:thumbdn::thumbdn::thumbdn:
 
I wanted to do that with my CV Soddie as well, carry that for a year, but the Peanut is a better fit in my pocket, so I chose the one I would most likely be carried. I wish I had a CV Peanut to carry with me for the year, but alas I don't, and I don't want to go and buy one because it would defeat the purpose of the project.
 
El Cuchillo:
I think that there is an advantage to the peanut over the soddie that will be good with using only one knife- the extra blade will be good. For me there is always the fear that the blade will get dull and I need another one.

I like the idea that sm2 has about using the cardboard to stop or a nail file.

I went well today. I only had to use mine 34OT to cut straps at work. I had always kept and steak knife for this, but the 34OT did a better job.
 
flyfishrman said:
ElChuchillo,

Since you own the thread and can edit your first post, why don't you start a running talley of all of the folks that are in on the experiment? Might be too much trouble, but thought it might be interesting.
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So far, these are the folks involved:
Myself
Jackknife
RandyW
bdws1975
sm2
lampundermyfeet
cortopar
RescueRiley
navihawk
flyfishrman
freekboi

that makes 11 of us embarcking on this quest. Cool.
 
Well here she is, my beloved companion for the next 12 months...

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Nothing like nice shiny new CV steel. Thought I'd post the before and a nice after next January to show you all that hard earned patina!!
 
flyfishrman said:
Well here she is, my beloved companion for the next 12 months...

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Nothing like nice shiny new CV steel. Thought I'd post the before and a nice after next January to show you all that hard earned patina!!
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oh, that's a nice one. CV is so fun to get all patina'd out.

Good luck!

Brett
 
ElCuchillo said:
So far, these are the folks involved: (See list, post #114)

that makes 11 of us embarcking on this quest. Cool.
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(edits mine) Good luck fellas - from the responses, and the number of folks joining in, it looks like 'minimalism' is something that people have had on their minds, and has come together in this grand experiment.

Good luck - you guys are better men than me; I love all my knives too much to carry just one for a year.

thx - cpr
 
Thanks to BDWS1975, Jackknife, MNBlade and Cortopar for the advice and encouragement. Looks like I'm definitely heading back to the grocery for a bag of apples (can't do oranges though, allergic!) Come payday I may even get a mango or two and see if they help the patina along (can't wait till summer when mango prices go back down!)

As for losing some weight, that's also one thing I'm definitely trying to do this year. I'm trying to eat healthier, cut down on soda and beer and drink more water instead, and exercise a little more. And like Jackknife and MNBlade mentioned, the healthier eating will also lead to a nice patina and better protection for my carbon slippie. So I get to kill two birds with one stone. It's nice when things work out like that!
 
Good for you, freekboi!

Keep at it and if ya feel yourself wavering, come on back here and we'll give you a pat on the back and tell you to keep going.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
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