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Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread

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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #30 on: December 29, 2016, 12:31:59 AM
Day 10
A small project: duct tape carrier
We've seen fancy machined edc spools from Atwood (65$) and Gearward (25$) or flat packs/mini rolls from UST, EDCbrand, random ebay sellers, etc(5-10$).
Well heres my take:
It is simply a piece of plastic tube/pen barrel/etc with 2 washers super glued to the ends, with a  simple paracord loop fob.
It works best with flat washers and gel glue.
The best part is it is made from garbage found in the bottom of my tool box. So its free.
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #31 on: December 29, 2016, 10:21:35 PM
Awesome Noa :like: Free is always good :D :cheers: :cheers:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #32 on: December 29, 2016, 11:18:55 PM
Day 11
whats in the mail? A Classic of course.
In this case a Rough Rider 1080 w/ pliers.

This is my first Rough Rider and I am pleasantly suprised at the quality. It is no Case or Queen, but it is a much cleaner finish than I expected at <1/5 the price .  Definitely a great value, especially if you are one to worry about loosing an expensive knife.

I will most likely be using a RR when I get around to the Traditional challenge.
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« Last Edit: December 30, 2016, 12:20:59 AM by Noa Isumi »
I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #33 on: December 30, 2016, 03:12:51 AM
Day 11
whats in the mail? A Classic of course.
In this case a Rough Rider 1080 w/ pliers.

This is my first Rough Rider and I am pleasantly suprised at the quality. It is no Case or Queen, but it is a much cleaner finish than I expected at <1/5 the price .  Definitely a great value, especially if you are one to worry about loosing an expensive knife.

I will most likely be using a RR when I get around to the Traditional challenge.

They are very good quality for the money :cheers: :cheers: Congrats on you first RR :like:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #34 on: December 30, 2016, 11:28:44 PM
Day 12
Cuttin more cards
Ya I know
I did this same boring photo months ago with the ST300, but its a daily task.
So this is me bieng lazy today.
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But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #35 on: December 31, 2016, 06:32:20 AM
Daily task isn't boring to us :cheers: :cheers: :like:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #36 on: December 31, 2016, 11:43:14 PM
Day 13
My postman is infuriating. First my package was miss-scanned as "delivered" yesterday :rant:, then re-scanned "sorted" this morning, finaly delivered this afternoon. :mail: He stuffed a box barely fit in the box, so I had to cut it up to get it out.  :twak:

But it was worth it. I am now the proud owner of a  Wenger Fidis lighter. I've wanted one since they came out but was never willing to drop the cash on one. Well I found one half off and jumped on it.

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« Last Edit: January 01, 2017, 12:44:34 AM by Noa Isumi »
I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #37 on: January 01, 2017, 10:01:33 PM
Day 14
Un-packing a dozen 2ft x 3ft x1/32in 3xx stainless steel sheets for one of my wife's art projects.
These will be riveted to a framework on square tubing, heat colored then painted.
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« Last Edit: January 01, 2017, 10:58:03 PM by Noa Isumi »
I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #38 on: January 01, 2017, 10:14:17 PM
Day 13
My postman is infuriating. First my package was miss-scanned as "delivered" yesterday :rant:, then re-scanned "sorted" this morning, finaly delivered this afternoon. :mail: He stuffed a box barely fit in the box, so I had to cut it up to get it out.  :twak:

But it was worth it. I am now the proud owner of a  Wenger Fidis lighter. I've wanted one since they came out but was never willing to drop the cash on one. Well I found one half off and jumped on it.

Mail men are like that everywhere it seems :facepalm: nice one though :like: :like:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #39 on: January 03, 2017, 04:17:57 AM
Day 14
Today... nothing
But I do have a PSA to evreyone with Cast Iron pans

Rember to oil after washing

I forgot to do this and found a little surface rust on the griddle and no10 skillet. So I had to re-season them.
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #40 on: January 04, 2017, 12:38:37 AM
Day 15
In the LM section there is a LM in a tree thread.
Well here is my LM in a tree in my own thread.
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Reply #41 on: January 04, 2017, 11:08:08 PM
Day 16
Its fish scaler time :ahhh
Ok, so I dont use it on fish I use it on my dogs. The fishscaler makes a great comb for them. Now there are fluffy clumps of fur blowing all over the neighborhood.
So here's a comparison pics of the Monarch vs ChampionPlus fishscaler too

And as usual Amy is not cooperative for the camera.
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Reply #42 on: January 05, 2017, 11:37:41 PM
Day 17
A line of SAKs. I realized I had a bunch of SAKs sitting out so I lined them up. This isnt all, just what isnt burried in drawers full of orher knives.

List left-right  ;)
Skipper- partially serrated
Trekker OHO
ChampionPlus
Monarch
TroubleShooter w/ Marlboro logo
Tradesman
Climber
Traveler
Bantam w/ Ford oval shield & blue scales

Smalls Lft-Rt :D
Esquire- pre evo/S## numbers
Classic
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #43 on: January 06, 2017, 01:49:52 AM
Day 17
A line of SAKs. I realized I had a bunch of SAKs sitting out so I lined them up. This isnt all, just what isnt burried in drawers full of orher knives.

List left-right  ;)
Skipper- partially serrated
Trekker OHO
ChampionPlus
Monarch
TroubleShooter w/ Marlboro logo
Tradesman
Climber
Traveler
Bantam w/ Ford oval shield & blue scales

Smalls Lft-Rt :D
Esquire- pre evo/S## numbers
Classic
MiniChamp- old style tweezer/toothpick not pen

Nice collection you have right there :cheers: :cheers: :like:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #44 on: January 07, 2017, 03:07:22 AM
Day 18
Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me  :whistle: lets Surge ahead one more year  :whistle: Happy birthday to me :whistle:

With a "new" Surge. The guys at the pawn shop gave me a great deal on a barely used surge. Serious no scuffs, scratches, lint, dust, rust, or resharpening. This thing looks new.

Edit:
Ok so the thumb hole on this thing is sharp, and I mean scraper/planer sharp. After an hour or so of playing with it I have large gouges in my thumb where the skin is gone. Any deeper and I would have drawn blood. So out come the needle files. Lets see if I can break that edge off, and clean it up.

Edit 2
So I smoothed that bur and its much better, and easier on the thumb. Then I realized some of this may be my thumb coming in contact with the edge itself after opening it a few dozen more times. By bad.
 :facepalm:
If I use the pad of my thumb I am fine, but if I use the tip of my thumb then 3/4 of the way around the pad touches the edge. So as my thumb got sore from the bur I was changing position slightly and may have contacted the edge.
 :facepalm:  :twak: :facepalm:  :twak: :facepalm:
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« Last Edit: January 07, 2017, 05:53:17 AM by Noa Isumi »
I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #45 on: January 07, 2017, 05:51:56 AM
Happy Birthday Buddy :cheers: :cheers: :like:

Glad to see you got yourself a nice and shiny Surge :tu: :like: :like:


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Reply #46 on: January 08, 2017, 12:42:18 AM
Day 19
I did not move from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast for it to be 21f  when I wake up. It was almost 50 today but they said we're going to shave 20 degrees once the sun goes down.
Oh well at least it's not the negatives I grew up with, or then negatives of the freezer warehouse I used to work in.
And I have a fireplace to photo the Monarch in front of.
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Reply #47 on: January 08, 2017, 01:10:39 AM
 :like: :cheers: :tu:


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Re: Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread
Reply #48 on: January 08, 2017, 01:26:38 AM
The whole nation was cooler today and it was around 5 here this morning when the sun first came up :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :o

Stay warm buddy :tu:


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Reply #49 on: January 08, 2017, 11:28:12 PM
Day 20
My remote has barely been working for days now. I had batteries on hand, but havent changed them.

Oops, wrong batteries. Now I'll have to go out. :facepalm:
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Reply #50 on: January 09, 2017, 03:22:32 AM
Day 20
My remote has barely been working for days now. I had batteries on hand, but havent changed them.

Oops, wrong batteries. Now I'll have to go out. :facepalm:

Don't ya hate that :doh: Hope you can find the right ones without much problem :tu:


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Reply #51 on: January 10, 2017, 03:54:16 AM
 8)Day 21
Another side by side. This time its the '99 ST and Rev
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Reply #52 on: January 10, 2017, 04:25:22 AM
Love the Supertool :dd: the Rev not so much ::) :D

Nice side by side though :tu:


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Reply #53 on: January 11, 2017, 01:30:14 AM
Day 22
Opening mail :mail:
No those aren't Skittles, it's a Climber, with red ?nylon? scales.
:climber:
This one was going to be for a scale modification. I was either going to paint  and DuraCoat them, or I might try to dye some epoxy and molding new ones similar to the glow in the dark scales I'm not sure which yet. I need to learn more. One thing I do know is the color will be "Tiffany" teal, and if painted will have a swirl dipped white accent.

Thoughts and opinions on the project? Of painting would it be better to use the nylon or celador?

Also I am not knowledgeable about Victorinox heraldry so what is up with the different shield on the nylon versus the celador climber.

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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
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Reply #54 on: January 11, 2017, 02:05:33 AM
No idea about painting scales sorry to say :-\ Etherealicer has a thread going over in the mod squad were he is trying different dyes on scales with varying results :tu: I also don't know anything about the differences in the shield either :facepalm: :D


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Reply #55 on: January 11, 2017, 11:08:48 PM
Day 23
These pics were an attempt to do some more formal staged set photos. Unfortunately the lighting was smurf and flash made it worse. The SAK adventure pics weren't as bad as the LM/rifle ones. This is why those got a negative filter, which turned out interesting.
I was going for a photographer badge but these aren't good enough in my opinion.

Edit seems I am having trouble posting pics at the moment. I will edit and post the pics asap
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
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Reply #56 on: January 11, 2017, 11:48:50 PM
Heres a couple  of the LM rifle shots without the filters
As I said bad lighting and too cluttered. I went overboard and they turned out  like a 3am Knife Shopper infomercial.
I was actualy reluctant to post any of these, but I didn't feel like finding a fresh photo op today.
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I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
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Reply #57 on: January 13, 2017, 01:41:21 AM
Day 24
Used the saw to fish out the cotton ball from some asprin
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Reply #58 on: January 13, 2017, 03:11:45 PM
The pics turned out pretty good :tu: Don't be so critical of your work :cheers: I like outside lighting in the shade for best results for me :tu:


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Reply #59 on: January 13, 2017, 11:53:37 PM
Day 25
Happy Friday the 13th :ahhh

Looks like the LM's med flat works well on the catch for paper towel dispenser at work. It's really just an arrowhead catch with a simple single warded keyway. If you have the right size flat head you can open it without the key. Too big you hit the ward, too small it wont catch.

Much easier than raking a padlock with SAK tweezers  :whistle:
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« Last Edit: January 14, 2017, 12:01:22 AM by Noa Isumi »
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