Scratch your knife up challenge: Winner announced

[Mistwalker]

Before one can know a broom corn knife, one must first know a broom corn.... Haha you have to fill me in. That looks like Andy's first knife.

Locally I am more familiar with the types of sorghum used for fodder and silage, and the sweet sorghums used to make sorghum molasses. It was one of the old staples here in Tennessee years ago, and there are still a couple of places here locally that make sorghum molasses. Then I've read up on it later during my survival studies and experiments after stumbling across some of the UTC agriculture dept. sorghum grain experiments on one of the WMA areas here, and learned of it's use as grains and cereals in India and Asia. Historically it is a very significant plant, though the broom variety was one I had forgotten about.

 

[pertinux]

i guess im out

I'm out, too!

Except, wait, what's this?

Oh noes! I scritched (dented?) my Esquire.

It doesn't bug me at all, and just means I need to use my knife more more more!

I'm just baffled at how it happened, here in my little life.

~ P.

 

[varga49]

I'm out, too!

Except, wait, what's this?

Oh noes! I scritched (dented?) my Esquire.

It doesn't bug me at all, and just means I need to use my knife more more more!

I'm just baffled at how it happened, here in my little life.

~ P.

Never mind that... what kind of atomic microscope of a macro lens are you using??


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[Mistwalker]

I'm just baffled at how it happened, here in my little life.

~ P.

Been using it as a steak knife?

 

[swonut]

Been using it as a steak knife?

looks like tape residue to me. Probably wipe right off with some WD-40

 

[varga49]

looks like tape residue to me. Probably wipe right off with some WD-40

Hmmm that might be it!!


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[Danbomb01]

My paramilitary 2 has seen a lot of action

 

[pertinux]

Never mind that... what kind of atomic microscope of a macro lens are you using??

One of my daughters gave me a Moment macro lens (for my iDevice) to play with.

(Just realized that I can take the distance/outside cone thingy off, or the following images wouldn't be blurry. A work in progress.)

Been using it as a steak knife?

Nope!

looks like tape residue to me. Probably wipe right off with some WD-40

Aha-- You're right, upon further investigation, "tape residue" is definitely involved...

... but something also scritched the blade:

Must've run into a staple or some other untoward material whilst de-taping something.

~ P.

 

[varga49]

One of my daughters gave me a Moment macro lens (for my iDevice) to play

Must've run into a staple or some other untoward material whilst de-taping something.

~ P.

I ran into one of those copper coated big staples that come on heavy duty cardboard. similar outcome. And now I'm googling... "moment macro lens for iPhone"


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[fod]

I can play this game. . .

The patch and hiking buddy have been edc'd and used alot over the last year or so. From remodeling to butchering Bambi neither has failed me.

The patch has become my favorite EDC for GP work, like stripping wire, trimming drywall and assorted utility work. The drop point gives a little extra curve in the blade that makes a big difference with many tasks.

If I was going on a strictly out of doors day, I might choose the HB.






Three years on the hop farm. . .still going strong.
Mow, chop, hack, even cut up a the odd roast or pizza.

 

[Tim the Wizard]

Top entries:

Onedog’s esquire

Tekton’s Bushboot

Gusbuster's Fiddleback

Fod's pocket buddy

Mistwalker's daughter's woodsman

For all of those who submitted food patinas or tape residue, keep working on it!


Honorable Mentions to

Steve's camp Fiddleback

Luca917’s broken horn thing used to be a knife

K5MOW’s heirloom pocket knife

Varga49’s cold steel tanto and grandfather bowie

Jaz322 broom corn

These are all great entries with stories behind them! Thank you to all participants.

I will now introduce a random number generator to the top 5.

 

[Tim the Wizard]

Congratulations to Onedog for his esquire entry. Out of the top 5 participants, number 1 was selected by the final random number generator.

 

[Luca917]

Luca917’s broken horn thing used to be a knife

Yeah Onedog! Congratulations.
I'm just so proud I made the honorable mention list!

 

[varga49]

Congratulations Jim. Jarrett this was a great thread, as it also spun off an additional thread !


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[Bmurray]

I cry foul. I think the Russians helped the winner.

 

[Mistwalker]

Congrats Jim!!

I cry foul. I think the Russians helped the winner.

I thought our illustrious leader just kicked them all out of the country? That's what I read in the USA Today anyway

 

[Tim the Wizard]

This year is your year, Bmurray, I can feel it.

 

[Scotcha]

I cry foul. I think the Russians helped the winner.

Haha

Congratulations Jim [emoji106]

 

[ncrockclimb]

Congrats. Love seeing well used knives.

 

[Onedog]

I cry foul. I think the Russians helped the winner.