Mystery GAW/Challenge

Had more of the usual - hard salami, cheese, carrots, celery. Nice and hopefully healthy morning snack Later I opened a package that had knives inside!
20200311_072456.jpg

20200311_142505.jpg



Really enjoying all the pictures!

As to using a pocket knife for culinary tasks - I usually do not, but this challenge said one knife for week I thought and food is a lot of what I use knives upon. Plus it's fun.

best

mqqn
 
More mundane tasks...


The patina is piling up, might time for a clean-up


I don't particularly like the big, black, splotchy, dirty type of patina.
But I love the dull grey patina that looks aged and well-worn.
Just have to keep cleaning it off until it becomes more uniform, then it settles in for good.
 
Quite a busy day for me and the Bullnose ;) Started off for an early morning trip to my local market, where each Thursday, a pal of mine runs a second-hand tool stall :thumbsup:

Eru4eFl.jpg


After lunch, I had to go and pick up some packages, which the Bullnose got to open :thumbsup:

zvdbsEj.jpg


Later, I couldn't find a single piece of cutlery in my kitchen, so the Bullnose had to help out again ;)

RB71GJJ.jpg
 
mqqn said:
As to using a pocket knife for culinary tasks - I usually do not, but this challenge said one knife for week I thought and food is a lot of what I use knives upon. Plus it's fun.
Click to expand...
I agree, I have many kitchen/chef/food prep knives and usually don't use my EDC/pocket knife for food prep...just for fun this week!
This is a set of Gerber blades I found a couple of weeks ago. I love this style of Gerber knives from the '60-'70s. These had the edges badly deteriorated and I've been working on them with the Edge Pro. It is taking a lot of time, but next week I'l be able to see how I like them.
DSC_0417.JPG

This is the before picture of the edge on the Pixie, paring knife. The little on in the center left.
IMG_1499.JPG

This is after about an hour, off and on, my old hands and fingers would fail to function properly and I'd have to rest them. Still some to do but I'm going to go with it and work it as the blade dulls.
IMG_1500.JPG
 
JohnDF said:
More mundane tasks...


The patina is piling up, might time for a clean-up


I don't particularly like the big, black, splotchy, dirty type of patina.
But I love the dull grey patina that looks aged and well-worn.
Just have to keep cleaning it off until it becomes more uniform, then it settles in for good.
Click to expand...

I think I've Flitzed mine at least twice in the past. When I'm out hiking and use the knife for cutting fruit, for example, I tend to wipe the blade off with my bandana. Unfortunately, that can leave streaks in the patina which leave the blade looking like a horizontal bar code :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
 
Falling behind in this thread, too! :(:eek:
Wednesday I switched from "cold cereal" for breakfast to oatmeal. I used the Kamp-King to chop fresh broccoli, red bell pepper, ham, apples, grapes, and bananas as some of the oatmeal ingredients. (The scout knife wasn't needed for the peanuts, dark chocolate M&Ms, frozen peas, OJ, and flax seed that also went into the oatmeal "casserole".)
After breakfast Wednesday, I used the knife to sharpen a golf pencil that goes with my pocket notebook case.
Wednesday evening, I used the scout to open a bottle of Guinness Draft Stout, and to remove the seal on a new bottle of mouthwash at bedtime.

Today, I had left-over oatmeal for breakfast, and added a few sliced grapes. I dismembered a Pink Lady (apple).
Early in the afternoon, I used the knife to open a family-sized bag of Peanut Butter M&Ms (I eat 9 of them almost every day at the office). When I got home after work, I chopped up some baby carrots, bell peppers (red, yellow, and green), potato, chicken breast, and baby cucumber for my evening meal (and saved half for Friday evening). I also used the bottle opener on the knife to open another Killians.
impKK.pile.closed.jpg

- GT
 
I used the trapper to split and butter some (almost warm) cornbread at lunch today.

sunknife sunknife At least you picked a good one to carry for the challenge. :)

I've never been able to carry "just one".
I always have at least three or four in my pocket, and one or two on my belt.

Even as a youngling in first and second grade, I had at least two in my pocket. (A Scout/Camp/"Demo" knife and a two blade Barlow) That way, on the days the teacher "forgot" her knife and borrowed mine, I still had one to sharpen my pencil ... and maybe the pencil belonging to the (then) cute gal that sat next to me.
(I don't know if she is still cute. I ain't seen her in going on 60 years now.)
 
Last edited:
Yesterday i had to use a little on the spot ingenuity to help enlarge a hole i had cut to run wires but i needed to cut a second hole connected to the first but i disnt want to remove the wires i had just run and secured so i whittled this scrap of wood i had in my bag and made this protector. Worked like a charm and the OT was up for the job!20200312_080533_copy_756x1008.jpg 20200312_080332_copy_756x1008.jpg 20200312_080423_copy_756x1008.jpg
 
Duckdog said:
mlSQMGm.jpg


- Stuart
Click to expand...

Have you finished watching that Ken Burns Country Music series yet? My wife and I just finished it a couple weeks ago. It had aired one episode a week which we recorded and watched each Saturday morning. Was a very enjoyable documentary series. After eight weeks we were really sad it came to an end :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top