What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

One of my #23 Jacks, and Victorinox Pioneer today. Since I store my three 23s on top of a cigar box instead of inside, Ivoroid/French Ivory is celluloid, they are always taunting me when I open the knife drawer ~ "Pick Me!"

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This Telecaster®️Copy body is Western Red Cedar. It used to be our fireplace mantle before Mrs Fleschwund asked me to replace it. I originally wanted it to be Seafoam Green, so had sprayed dozens of coats of nitrocellulose lacquer. Recently got back to working on it, and realized I was unhappy with it. Stripped it off yesterday. I have decided it's going to be a translucent white blond using nothing but shellac. Nitro is a superior guitar finish, but the fumes when spraying are really bad stuff. My cartridge mask doesn't do so well since I have a beard, and my garage lacks a proper spray booth with safe ventilation. Shellac is something I can do at the dining room table. Non toxic. And in my experience, plenty durable as long as you don't spill alcohol on it. I don't drink or perform in bars with sloppy drunks (although that can be fun), and if I dribble coffee on it, it won't hurt it.
So I have a mason jar of shellac flakes dissolved in alcohol ready. Just need to mix in a little white tint.
And I am cussing myself for not taping off those routed cavities before spraying. Live 'n learn.
Vik says it's pretty wood, so she agrees I should let it show. When it was our mantle, it was rough sawn and stained dark, which is why she did not like it.
Now:
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Before stripping:
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I have hobbies and "jobs" to do, which I reccommend for all of my retired friends. Between my hobbies and raising a GSD puppy, the only time I watch tv is old Matlock and Perry Mason reruns while we eat supper (dinner in some parts of the country).
Have a fine fall day.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I have hobbies and "jobs" to do, which I reccommend for all of my retired friends. Between my hobbies and raising a GSD puppy, the only time I watch tv is old Matlock and Perry Mason reruns while we eat supper (dinner in some parts of the country).
Have a fine fall day.
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Sometimes I wonder how I got everything done while I was working all those years of overtime, because ever since I retired there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. It couldn't be that I've slowed down.:)
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
One of my #23 Jacks, and Victorinox Pioneer today. Since I store my three 23s on top of a cigar box instead of inside, Ivoroid/French Ivory is celluloid, they are always taunting me when I open the knife drawer ~ "Pick Me!"

7DD7E5A0-AA05-4CEC-9A8B-1A43A7EDC12E.jpg

This Telecaster®️Copy body is Western Red Cedar. It used to be our fireplace mantle before Mrs Fleschwund asked me to replace it. I originally wanted it to be Seafoam Green, so had sprayed dozens of coats of nitrocellulose lacquer. Recently got back to working on it, and realized I was unhappy with it. Stripped it off yesterday. I have decided it's going to be a translucent white blond using nothing but shellac. Nitro is a superior guitar finish, but the fumes when spraying are really bad stuff. My cartridge mask doesn't do so well since I have a beard, and my garage lacks a proper spray booth with safe ventilation. Shellac is something I can do at the dining room table. Non toxic. And in my experience, plenty durable as long as you don't spill alcohol on it. I don't drink or perform in bars with sloppy drunks (although that can be fun), and if I dribble coffee on it, it won't hurt it.
So I have a mason jar of shellac flakes dissolved in alcohol ready. Just need to mix in a little white tint.
And I am cussing myself for not taping off those routed cavities before spraying. Live 'n learn.
Vik says it's pretty wood, so she agrees I should let it show. When it was our mantle, it was rough sawn and stained dark, which is why she did not like it.
Now:
21F29CBA-F413-4711-B15B-FBAFBFAA7B88.jpg

Before stripping:
8A104579-10E5-436D-B066-4535A80909B0.jpg

I have hobbies and "jobs" to do, which I reccommend for all of my retired friends. Between my hobbies and raising a GSD puppy, the only time I watch tv is old Matlock and Perry Mason reruns while we eat supper (dinner in some parts of the country).
Have a fine fall day.
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Cool project, Jeff. Stripping finishes off wood is one of my least favorite things to do. On the other hand applying finishes to wood hobby projects is something I enjoy. You did a dandy job on that paint removal, be sure to post some pics of this as it progresses and especially when finished.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
One of my #23 Jacks, and Victorinox Pioneer today. Since I store my three 23s on top of a cigar box instead of inside, Ivoroid/French Ivory is celluloid, they are always taunting me when I open the knife drawer ~ "Pick Me!"

7DD7E5A0-AA05-4CEC-9A8B-1A43A7EDC12E.jpg

This Telecaster®️Copy body is Western Red Cedar. It used to be our fireplace mantle before Mrs Fleschwund asked me to replace it. I originally wanted it to be Seafoam Green, so had sprayed dozens of coats of nitrocellulose lacquer. Recently got back to working on it, and realized I was unhappy with it. Stripped it off yesterday. I have decided it's going to be a translucent white blond using nothing but shellac. Nitro is a superior guitar finish, but the fumes when spraying are really bad stuff. My cartridge mask doesn't do so well since I have a beard, and my garage lacks a proper spray booth with safe ventilation. Shellac is something I can do at the dining room table. Non toxic. And in my experience, plenty durable as long as you don't spill alcohol on it. I don't drink or perform in bars with sloppy drunks (although that can be fun), and if I dribble coffee on it, it won't hurt it.
So I have a mason jar of shellac flakes dissolved in alcohol ready. Just need to mix in a little white tint.
And I am cussing myself for not taping off those routed cavities before spraying. Live 'n learn.
Vik says it's pretty wood, so she agrees I should let it show. When it was our mantle, it was rough sawn and stained dark, which is why she did not like it.
Now:
21F29CBA-F413-4711-B15B-FBAFBFAA7B88.jpg

Before stripping:
8A104579-10E5-436D-B066-4535A80909B0.jpg

I have hobbies and "jobs" to do, which I reccommend for all of my retired friends. Between my hobbies and raising a GSD puppy, the only time I watch tv is old Matlock and Perry Mason reruns while we eat supper (dinner in some parts of the country).
Have a fine fall day.
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That sak has some stories I bet. The green in the wells can stand as a reminder of lives it has lived when all is said and done. Another life (almost) lived. A scar if you will. Please show us when you get that guy finished!
 
sunknife said:
Cool project, Jeff. Stripping finishes off wood is one of my least favorite things to do. On the other hand applying finishes to wood hobby projects is something I enjoy. You did a dandy job on that paint removal, be sure to post some pics of this as it progresses and especially when finished.
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I spent a couple of hours last night scraping at that lacquer inside the pickup and control cavities with a Schrade Whittler.
I guess that's why some call them Carpenter's Whittlers.
I should invest in sandpaper stocks.
 
Don't know why but this CV Sod Buster Jr. said "carry me carry me" when I came out to my desk after feeding "Abby" the Hoarder this morning so carry it I will today. When Cindy came home yesterday evening from her jaunt to Klamath Falls, Oregon, she was listing to her left - the side she carries her credit cards on and she confirmed they'd taken a heavy hit. She said that when she tapped her card at WalMart on the card reader the card actually screamed. Sausage and waffles for breakfast.

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I’ve been chasing this one for a while and it didn’t help that I got into GECs just this year. I love that it has just the right amount of pull for both blades. I did also notice that they switch the positioning of the blades on the most recent release which is a problem because then it doesn’t have the same “manual of arms” as my Case Barlow. Although I will say that the smooth white bone Northfield Eureka with the long pull on the main blade looks quite appealing.
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