What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Good Friday really started for me ay 3:00 am when my sump pump refused to quit running. I may not hear my wife when she talks to me but I'm acutely in tune with the sound of my sump pump 😬 Laying in bed I thought, "float stuck". It's located under our stairs in the hall closet. I had to take EVERYTHING out and shinny back passed the cubby hole access panel. I realized that kneeling on my recently replace knee wasn't working out well. I switched to a belly crawl and pushed through the cobwebs only to see there was approximately 2" until water crested the top of the sump pump hole.

Rushed outside, grabbed the 30' hose and shook violently hoping to break the ice jam and allow water to flow. Not working, so I grabbed my 50 year old Schrade Walden fixed blade and pierced the 1 1/4 corrugated hose and totally drenched my front side, from chin to knee's :mad: :mad: :mad:

Screw it, I had remedied to problem until morning, so went to bed and came back out around 7:30/8:00 and spliced a 24' piece of hose onto the 6' stub that I had cut off in haste to prevent my sump pump from burning out. All in all a total of 8 to 10 minutes elapsed. The temp outside hoovered in the single digits and really caused issues with my worsening Asthma that my doctors feel was brought on from having Covid 19 in March of 2020. I had Juvenile asthma that totally disappeared in my early teens. Managing my Asthma recently has involved a lot of trail and error and still working on it.

Here's the aftermath :oops: 🙂
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paulhilborn said:
Good Friday really started for me ay 3:00 am when my sump pump refused to quit running. I may not hear my wife when she talks to me but I'm acutely in tune with the sound of my sump pump 😬 Laying in bed I thought, "float stuck". It's located under our stairs in the hall closet. I had to take EVERYTHING out and shinny back passed the cubby hole access panel. I realized that kneeling on my recently replace knee wasn't working out well. I switched to a belly crawl and pushed through the cobwebs only to see there was approximately 2" until water crested the top of the sump pump hole.

Rushed outside, grabbed the 30' hose and shook violently hoping to break the ice jam and allow water to flow. Not working, so I grabbed my 50 year old Schrade Walden fixed blade and pierced the 1 1/4 corrugated hose and totally drenched my front side, from chin to knee's :mad: :mad: :mad:

Screw it, I had remedied to problem until morning, so went to bed and came back out around 7:30/8:00 and spliced a 24' piece of hose onto the 6' stub that I had cut off in haste to prevent my sump pump from burning out. All in all a total of 8 to 10 minutes elapsed. The temp outside hoovered in the single digits and really caused issues with my worsening Asthma that my doctors feel was brought on from having Covid 19 in March of 2020. I had Juvenile asthma that totally disappeared in my early teens. Managing my Asthma recently has involved a lot of trail and error and still working on it.

Here's the aftermath :oops: 🙂
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n7Vasd.jpg

IBC6nQ.jpg

SSN9LE.jpg

Gt4uh2.jpg
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Damn, Paul. :( I hate those unexpected house emergencies, especially when it happens in the middle of the night. Hope your weekend is better.:thumbsup:
 
Crappie71 said:
Thanks ! 13.5”.
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29" and 14.5 lbs., but, yours will taste better ! 😇🤣🤣🤣
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Very nice Crappie and Eureka Jack !
I occasionally catch that big of a Crappie jigging a 3/4 ounce spoon for the Hybrid Stripers. I always keep them for a fine dinner and almost always release the stripers.
 
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sunknife said:
Damn, Paul. :( I hate those unexpected house emergencies, especially when it happens in the middle of the night. Hope your weekend is better.:thumbsup:
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Thanks Greg, I actually look back at early this morning and laugh. My pant legs were up over my boots, shirt hanging out, jacket unzipped, head light on and fixed blade in hand. My neighbors however wouldn't have thought that anything was out of the ordinary if they had looked over 😂

Looking forward to the holiday with family:thumbsup:

Have a Happy Easter Greg.
 
Jack Black said:
LOL! :D Thanks Mr P :) It's mainly the players, though some folks dress up just a little more (a few more waistcoats (vests) and flat-caps than usual) :) Several new members of the cast this year, including a young lady :thumbsup:

Fabulous Mr P :cool: :) :thumbsup:



Struggling to catch up, and I am out walking again tomorrow! Not sure what I'm carrying, but I've enjoyed carrying my Hartshead Barlow today :) :thumbsup:

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Sounds like my favorite kind of day Mr. Jack and speaking of fabulous pics, I think you took one here ! 😲:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Might be my new favorite Hartshead picture !
Have a good Easter weekend my friend !
 
Jack Black said:
Fantastic pairing my friend :) Victorinox were one of around a dozen GAK contractors, but the knife didn't have the Clip blade, which is exclusive to the Mauser Officer's Knife :) :thumbsup:
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Thanks Jack. I knew the Mauser version with the additional clip point was different from the standard GAK, but I wasn’t really sure if it would still be referred to as a German Army Knife or not.

Crappie71 said:
Had this #92 with me this morning crappie fishing. Didn’t think to count how many I kept, but I ended up with two quart bags of fillets.


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Great photo! :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Have a good Passover Rachel, you got visitors? :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jack. Even better: I got to be a guest at someone else's place! It was a big, lively seder, outdoors, around 25-30 people. I've got to get to sleep soon, but I'm really not used to eating such a heavy meal so late in the evening. We'll see how four glasses of overly sweetened wine and a big plate of brisket settles.
Tomorrow, I'll go by and help with cleanup and maybe scam some leftovers. ;)
 
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