What did you do with your CRK today?

Carved some pumpkins last week. I used a bunch of knives (the one time a year the whole family plays with dad's knives at once) but the Northwoods and the small sebenza got the most use. Here they are in all the gore.


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A little bit of everything today. Helped prep lunch, open a few packages, and some mail.
 
I opened a couple of packages from Leupold and Stevens. I sent a pair of rifle scopes to them for some work and they made it back home today.
 
Stripped some marine communications cable on a ship. The small Insingo is a great work knife. The blade shape is perfect for this sort of task. Of course, I do not work with a camera-phone in one hand and a knife in the other, so there's a little "staging" going on of course, but your get the drift. I had to do this process 10 times today, so I figured I'd snap some images.

All in a day's work (boring stuff for other electricians out there, but maybe interesting to other folk):

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Lightly scoring the outer covering (finesse work for a sharp sheeps-foot blade....too deep and you cut the inner wires :eek:) :

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Making a plunge cut to get the jacket split started (the outer jacket will then be pulled off by hand. Note- this sort of plunge-cut is where the Insingo really shows it's clever design and the advantage it has for this sort of work over the standard CRk blade shape. The tip is thinner, so inserts easier, and the angle you have your hand at isn't so goofy):

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Cutting away the now slit outer jacket:

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Cutting the inner rope strands (used to prevent cable from stretching when pulled):

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Making a nice clean-cut on the sealing tape:

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I don't use my Insingo for this job just to say I did. It really is the prefect knife for this job. You learn to appreciate the design when really working with these knives. The less-aggresive jimping is particularly appreciated on long days working with this knife (saves the fingers).
 
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I used my small 21 raindrop for an hour today to cut away and pull thread that was twisted around the end of the brush that

picks up dirt etc. on our vacuum. No, I wasn't using the vacuum when this happened. I pulled and cut a Big handful of thread off of the brush.

We have a Chow Chow that sheads...I usually have take a few minutes clean the brush every time we use the vac.

Not too much dog fur this time tho.
 
I used my small 21 raindrop for an hour today to cut away and pull thread that was twisted around the end of the brush that

picks up dirt etc. on our vacuum. No, I wasn't using the vacuum when this happened. I pulled and cut a Big handful of thread off of the brush.

We have a Chow Chow that sheads...I usually have take a few minutes clean the brush every time we use the vac.

Not too much dog fur this time tho.

My wife makes custom clothing and in her sewing room there are always scraps of thread all over the floor that eventually need to be removed from the vaccuum this way. I know that procedure well;)
 
I hit and killed a deer at 4:40 am on Sunday morning. Driving about 40-45 mph on a rural road and all of a sudden

a deer ran right in front of my Tacoma 4x4. No time to stop. I lost about 1/4 of my plastic front bumper. I stopped after I

hit the deer to cut a piece of the plastic inner fender of that was dragging on the rf tire.

I had to cut another piece of the inner fender rubbing on the rf tire driving to the body shop

for an estimate of the damage on Monday.

Not fun thinking about the deer I just killed driving home and after I got home.
 
Other than open up some mail and boxes this morning, got my gifts in already, it posed with my flashlight for today.

I'm about to start work, so it'll be opening more boxes today.
 
You didn't eat the venison?

I hit and killed a deer at 4:40 am on Sunday morning. Driving about 40-45 mph on a rural road and all of a sudden

a deer ran right in front of my Tacoma 4x4. No time to stop. I lost about 1/4 of my plastic front bumper. I stopped after I

hit the deer to cut a piece of the plastic inner fender of that was dragging on the rf tire.

I had to cut another piece of the inner fender rubbing on the rf tire driving to the body shop

for an estimate of the damage on Monday.

Not fun thinking about the deer I just killed driving home and after I got home.
 
Opened some dog bone treats for the dogs. The Insingo is great for splitting each one in two to share with my critters.
 
Removed silicon caulk while replacing a dryer vent cover with the tanto edge of my Zaanto, and it was the perfect tool for the job.
 
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