fewpop
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Today I finally took a day off, and decided to do something fun. When I was a little fellow, one of my favorite things to do was to go to the zoo in New Orleans with my grandparents who lived there. First stop (and usually longest stop) was always at the monkey house.
With no big zoo in my local town, I thought the next best big adventure would be to go see Tom and Dan at Krein Knives. Makes sense right?
Well, I couldn't have made a better choice. Tom and Dan were great hosts, and I am very grateful for their hospitality. The monkeys were lively and full of high jinks...probably due to the cool weather we've been having. Thank goodness Jessie was there to keep some order.
I figured you folks would like to take a vicarious tour of the "grind monkey house" with me, so here we go...
Arriving at Krein Knives I was warmly met by Jessie, Dan's sweetheart bulldog, the current greeter and seating hostess.
Jessie is inspecting the bag I bought with me, and telling Tom and Dan that I am here, and to look sharp.
After only 3 barks from Jessie, Dan and Tom shook the grinder dust out of their ears, and seemed to recognize that another life form had entered the monkey house.
Here Dan sucks in his gut and displays the barrel chest he is famous for. Unfortunately, when he sucked in, he inhaled some of the drill press residue, and was choked up for awhile. I think he's done it before, because he recovered quickly.
Here's a bench shot. My Benjamin air rifle is waiting for a scope.
Jessie, being the hot young bitch that she is, insisted on leaving her footprint on my tummy. I think it was me holding the Ultimate Boar Knife that turned her on.
Here Tom begins to put himself into "the rockwell trance" which he does many times a day. I think this is why he needs so little sleep.
Once Tom is fully into "the rockwell trance", Dan prepares one of his sweet nessies for the ultimate assessment of impact resistance. Tom is a strict judge, and if any blade put to the test fails to penetrate, he shoots off one of Dan's toes. Don't worry about them though, because Tom has healing powers like a shark, and being an ER trauma nurse, he stitches all Dan's toes (the ones that they find) back on at the end of each shift.
Tom and Dan's relationship in the shop is really egalitarian, and since Dan gives his toes for the testing, Tom's job is to find them after he shoots them off. (Dan has big pink fluffy bunny slippers, but Jessie wouldn't let me photograph them for some reason.)
Another "bench" shot.
With no big zoo in my local town, I thought the next best big adventure would be to go see Tom and Dan at Krein Knives. Makes sense right?
Well, I couldn't have made a better choice. Tom and Dan were great hosts, and I am very grateful for their hospitality. The monkeys were lively and full of high jinks...probably due to the cool weather we've been having. Thank goodness Jessie was there to keep some order.
I figured you folks would like to take a vicarious tour of the "grind monkey house" with me, so here we go...
Arriving at Krein Knives I was warmly met by Jessie, Dan's sweetheart bulldog, the current greeter and seating hostess.
Jessie is inspecting the bag I bought with me, and telling Tom and Dan that I am here, and to look sharp.
After only 3 barks from Jessie, Dan and Tom shook the grinder dust out of their ears, and seemed to recognize that another life form had entered the monkey house.
Here Dan sucks in his gut and displays the barrel chest he is famous for. Unfortunately, when he sucked in, he inhaled some of the drill press residue, and was choked up for awhile. I think he's done it before, because he recovered quickly.
Here's a bench shot. My Benjamin air rifle is waiting for a scope.
Jessie, being the hot young bitch that she is, insisted on leaving her footprint on my tummy. I think it was me holding the Ultimate Boar Knife that turned her on.
Here Tom begins to put himself into "the rockwell trance" which he does many times a day. I think this is why he needs so little sleep.
Once Tom is fully into "the rockwell trance", Dan prepares one of his sweet nessies for the ultimate assessment of impact resistance. Tom is a strict judge, and if any blade put to the test fails to penetrate, he shoots off one of Dan's toes. Don't worry about them though, because Tom has healing powers like a shark, and being an ER trauma nurse, he stitches all Dan's toes (the ones that they find) back on at the end of each shift.
Tom and Dan's relationship in the shop is really egalitarian, and since Dan gives his toes for the testing, Tom's job is to find them after he shoots them off. (Dan has big pink fluffy bunny slippers, but Jessie wouldn't let me photograph them for some reason.)
Another "bench" shot.
