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I didn't. Haha! Sorry for the sarcasm.
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I didn't. Haha! Sorry for the sarcasm.
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That would be unforgivable
Great news, the trip to the family cabin was a complete success for team becker. I'll note here that my parents are relatively new to cabin ownership, and so some things that might be common at other cabins are still missing from ours (most notably absent this trip was an axe).
When we arrived at the cabin we found that a smallish pine tree had come down in a recent snow storm and was blocking one of the driveways. The chainsaw had been forgotten in the rush to get on the road, so the only tools available to take out the offending tree were my BK9 and my newly modded ZK War Sword (and a 7in corona folding saw that is kept up at the cabin).
Action shot with my newly modded war sword.
Comparison between the BK9 and the war sword.
Here it was after it was taken care of.
Once in the cabin, we found that no kindling had been left at the cabin and all of the youngins were cold. Out came the BK9 and the firesteel to save the day. I battoned some of the smaller rounds down to kindling, fuzzed some sticks and got a fire going within a few minutes to warm the cabin up from the sub-freezing temperature it was when we got there.
The next day, we went out and discovered that the road on the edge of our property had been partially blocked by 3 of our trees that had come down in the storm a week or so ago. Once again, the only tools really available to us to take care of these trees were the BK9, the ZK war sword, and the 7 in corona saw.
The best part about this was that my brother in law who had never really "appreciated" knives before got to carry the war sword throughout the task of cleaning up the downed trees (nothing larger than about 6-7in thick, most of the trees were smaller). During this time he gained a real appreciation for larger camp knives. In fact, he liked the war sword so much that he carried it on his belt for the rest of the day. Now that we're back home from the cabin, I've found him holding and carrying around the knife. I think there may be hope for him yet
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Here we are working on one of the downed trees.
Brother in law with the war sword helping limb one of the sections.
Here are the results of team kabar-becker, and the team that took it down.
I then used a BK11 and my newly found (old) camillus boy scout knife to teach my 9 year old nephew about knife safetey and proper handling of knives. After that we got to practice by doing some soap carving. We made it through the event with only one small cut on my nephews finger. I think he learned some valuable lessons about knifes that day.
Here are the results of the carving. Mine is the extremely lame vaugely bear shaped object in the middle by the BK11. The nephews work is on the right, and brother in laws actually vaugely bear shaped object is on the left.
Random gratuitous photo of my wife and I in front of the cabin. This is from the week before where we spent a day or two up there for our anniversary.
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Sorry for the lots of words, but this was my entire holiday experience shoved into one post. I had a great time documenting things, and some real headway was made in demonstrating how knives are actually extremely useful tools to the rest of my family.
When we arrived at the cabin we found that a smallish pine tree had come down in a recent snow storm and was blocking one of the driveways. The chainsaw had been forgotten in the rush to get on the road, so the only tools available to take out the offending tree were my BK9 and my newly modded ZK War Sword (and a 7in corona folding saw that is kept up at the cabin).
Action shot with my newly modded war sword.
Comparison between the BK9 and the war sword.
Here it was after it was taken care of.
Once in the cabin, we found that no kindling had been left at the cabin and all of the youngins were cold. Out came the BK9 and the firesteel to save the day. I battoned some of the smaller rounds down to kindling, fuzzed some sticks and got a fire going within a few minutes to warm the cabin up from the sub-freezing temperature it was when we got there.
The next day, we went out and discovered that the road on the edge of our property had been partially blocked by 3 of our trees that had come down in the storm a week or so ago. Once again, the only tools really available to us to take care of these trees were the BK9, the ZK war sword, and the 7 in corona saw.
The best part about this was that my brother in law who had never really "appreciated" knives before got to carry the war sword throughout the task of cleaning up the downed trees (nothing larger than about 6-7in thick, most of the trees were smaller). During this time he gained a real appreciation for larger camp knives. In fact, he liked the war sword so much that he carried it on his belt for the rest of the day. Now that we're back home from the cabin, I've found him holding and carrying around the knife. I think there may be hope for him yet
.Here we are working on one of the downed trees.
Brother in law with the war sword helping limb one of the sections.
Here are the results of team kabar-becker, and the team that took it down.
I then used a BK11 and my newly found (old) camillus boy scout knife to teach my 9 year old nephew about knife safetey and proper handling of knives. After that we got to practice by doing some soap carving. We made it through the event with only one small cut on my nephews finger. I think he learned some valuable lessons about knifes that day.
Here are the results of the carving. Mine is the extremely lame vaugely bear shaped object in the middle by the BK11. The nephews work is on the right, and brother in laws actually vaugely bear shaped object is on the left.
Random gratuitous photo of my wife and I in front of the cabin. This is from the week before where we spent a day or two up there for our anniversary.
Sorry for the lots of words, but this was my entire holiday experience shoved into one post. I had a great time documenting things, and some real headway was made in demonstrating how knives are actually extremely useful tools to the rest of my family.
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Okay, I filled in Santa and his reindeer with JB Weld, and cut out a Happy New Year! 
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Haha, with a flying moose. The moosefly
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Yeah, that was a bitch to carve out.
Address sent.
The best part is that my brother in law is still talking about knives, and I caught him looking at sharpening stuff and blocks of basswood online. He's wanting to get into carving
.And warrior, did you take two separate photos (one without the BK9 and one with), or did you try to clone the chain link fence section off the the left of the photo? I'm guessing two photos, but maybe you're just that good at GiMPing things
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Warrior is the Gimp Pimp
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Yes, two photos.And warrior, did you take two separate photos (one without the BK9 and one with), or did you try to clone the chain link fence section off the the left of the photo? I'm guessing two photos, but maybe you're just that good at GiMPing things
Ah shucks, tweren't nuttin'.
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Here's some NYE pics from a little get together me and the misses went to last night. I didn't get there until 11 and everyone except my pregnant GF were already hammered when I got there. So that's fun. :
And to finish it off my 16 with my special delivery from Tradewater Clause this year:
Happy new year ya'll!!
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And to finish it off my 16 with my special delivery from Tradewater Clause this year:
Happy new year ya'll!!
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Here's some NYE pics from a little get together me and the misses went to last night. I didn't get there until 11 and everyone except my pregnant GF were already hammered when I got there. So that's fun.
And to finish it off my 16 with my special delivery from Tradewater Clause this year:
Happy new year ya'll!!
I dont see you in any of those pics....thats you in your avatar right?
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I dont see you in any of those pics....thats you in your avatar right?
Haha, I wish! I'd be a lot richer. Also dead though...so it's a wash.
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I suppose you win some & you lose some.
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Well Santa Moose delivered today and dropped off a nice becker remora...Thanks!
Awesome news!
And because its related to this thread, I thought I'd mention it.
The brother in law that was fondling my war sword has kept up his interest in knives for the past few weeks. He has joined the forum, and has been mostly lurking in the traditional section. Turns out he had an old knife of his grandpas that he found in his shop when he was a kid that was all rusted that he was interested in cleaning up. It was an imperial jack of some type made in ireland IIRC. He spent 3 hrs over here at my place about a week ago learning how to sharpen (as if I'm good enough to really teach anyone
). And his wife (my sister) was just asking me about what type of knife to get him for his birthday this month. Apparently he's really interested in learning actual carving (ordering up blocks of balsa wood and stuff like that to practice on).
Anyway, just wanted to update everyone else on the successful conversion of a "normal" guy to a "knife guy".
And because its related to this thread, I thought I'd mention it.
The brother in law that was fondling my war sword has kept up his interest in knives for the past few weeks. He has joined the forum, and has been mostly lurking in the traditional section. Turns out he had an old knife of his grandpas that he found in his shop when he was a kid that was all rusted that he was interested in cleaning up. It was an imperial jack of some type made in ireland IIRC. He spent 3 hrs over here at my place about a week ago learning how to sharpen (as if I'm good enough to really teach anyone
). And his wife (my sister) was just asking me about what type of knife to get him for his birthday this month. Apparently he's really interested in learning actual carving (ordering up blocks of balsa wood and stuff like that to practice on).Anyway, just wanted to update everyone else on the successful conversion of a "normal" guy to a "knife guy"
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Not sure if it counts as holiday pics or not, but here some shots of my BK9 (picked it up as a little holiday gift to myself ) making quick work of the holiday trash!
Not pictured are the 3 other trees already chopped up (the 9 was great!) already that we used for a great bonfire last night:
) making quick work of the holiday trash!
Not pictured are the 3 other trees already chopped up (the 9 was great!) already that we used for a great bonfire last night: