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Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge

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us Offline SteveC

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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5370 on: July 30, 2019, 11:49:51 PM
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Reply #5371 on: July 30, 2019, 11:50:34 PM
I know.  I almost feel guilty.  From that aspect it has been a good month. 

On another forum someone loaned me a flashlight I was considering buying to experiment with for a couple weeks.

From my wife, I got the “Let me understand, people you don’t know except on a forum are sending you things for free?  Why would they do that?”  My reply was “because their great people with similar interests”.  I’m not sure she bought it, even though she  doesn’t stop me from buying what I want.
My wife didn't really get it when I won my first GAW here either :rofl:
Had to show her the whole thread so she would believe me :rofl:

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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5372 on: July 30, 2019, 11:52:21 PM
Day 30


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Reply #5373 on: July 30, 2019, 11:52:59 PM
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Reply #5374 on: July 30, 2019, 11:53:43 PM
My wife didn't really get it when I won my first GAW here either :rofl:
Had to show her the whole thread so she would believe me :rofl:


She'll have to be a patient wife to read this whole thread!   :rofl:


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Reply #5375 on: July 30, 2019, 11:57:04 PM

She'll have to be a patient wife to read this whole thread!   :rofl:
She has gotten used to me getting packages from you now so I think I'm in the clear :cheers:
And considering how little patience she has she would take my word for it when seeing how long this thread is :rofl:

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Reply #5376 on: July 30, 2019, 11:59:41 PM
Thanks for the badge Steve  :hatsoff:
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Reply #5377 on: July 31, 2019, 12:00:45 AM
Congratulations everyone for finishing the challenge  :cheers:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5378 on: July 31, 2019, 12:03:32 AM
Second round of badges awarded including the GEC badges :tu:



Congrats  :cheers:

Cheers cuzzy-cuzkins... Wait, that sounds a bit rude... Cheers cuz!  :cheers:


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Reply #5379 on: July 31, 2019, 12:13:29 AM
Cheers cuzzy-cuzkins... Wait, that sounds a bit rude... Cheers cuz!  :cheers:


Love and kisses cuz   :D


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Reply #5380 on: July 31, 2019, 12:18:48 AM
What a great final day everyone  :tu:

 A big thank you to Nix and Barry for getting the Challenge going  :hatsoff:

And all the knowledgeable people and fellow participants, thanks for the fun learning, I've enjoyed it  :cheers:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5381 on: July 31, 2019, 12:20:23 AM
Thanks Steve for the Badge and the GAW.


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Reply #5382 on: July 31, 2019, 12:21:28 AM
Thanks Steve for the Badge and the GAW.

You are most welcome !   :cheers:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5383 on: July 31, 2019, 12:23:01 AM
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Thank you, Steve! :cheers:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5384 on: July 31, 2019, 12:51:01 AM
Absolutely!  This became a Forum within a Forum!!
I think everyone made it a lot of fun!

And thanks to my co-host, Barry for helping get this going. I don't recall exactly when we cooked this challenge up, but we expected it to be fun. I think our expectations were exceeded.....by a  long shot!   :2tu:

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Reply #5385 on: July 31, 2019, 12:55:03 AM
Great pic and nice Meerschaum Alan!
 
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5386 on: July 31, 2019, 01:12:07 AM
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Many thanks, Steve.
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Reply #5387 on: July 31, 2019, 01:45:32 AM
ICC #2 Fire Challenge
Well learned 2 things on this - 1) Case Trapper edges on the spine are rounded and SS???? so very few sparks and 2) my IPhone camera is way to many megapixels. So had to crop some!
Had to go to my GEC #44 Buffalo Jack - whole lot more sparks than my Trapper.
The tinder was some of the chips of green wood from the whittling challenge which was “oh boy, ain’t nobody going to see this!”  :facepalm: Still a little green but also just dry enough to catch on fire. Cotton ball that was pulled apart so it would catch easier. No problem of it catching fire. And one piece of fat wood.
Definitely not camping but at home on the porch and 83 degrees so fire was small and in aluminum tray for containment.



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Reply #5388 on: July 31, 2019, 01:47:35 AM
Day 30
Oh boy, that looks like a nice size meerschaum pipe! Knife is so bad either  :tu: :cheers:


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Reply #5389 on: July 31, 2019, 01:48:45 AM
Day 30 B

I was curious to see if Huckleberry could pass Roberts strenuous jute string cutting test. I'm pleased to announce that ol'Huck passed with flying colors!     :D
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Reply #5390 on: July 31, 2019, 01:50:29 AM
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Excellent!!


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Reply #5391 on: July 31, 2019, 01:51:25 AM
Day 30 B

I was curious to see if Huckleberry could pass Roberts strenuous jute string cutting test. I'm pleased to announce that ol'Huck passed with flying colors!     :D
Yeay  :tu: :cheers:


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Reply #5392 on: July 31, 2019, 01:53:31 AM
Nice test, Ray.  :tu:  I try to have a striker with me if I have a ferro rod along, too. I'll try to post a set I made....if I can find it...  :facepalm:

And that gets you qualified!   :tu:

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Reply #5393 on: July 31, 2019, 01:56:06 AM
Thanks for the badge Steve  :cheers:


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Reply #5394 on: July 31, 2019, 01:56:36 AM
ICC #2 Fire Challenge
Well learned 2 things on this - 1) Case Trapper edges on the spine are rounded and SS???? so very few sparks and 2) my IPhone camera is way to many megapixels. So had to crop some!
Had to go to my GEC #44 Buffalo Jack - whole lot more sparks than my Trapper.
The tinder was some of the chips of green wood from the whittling challenge which was “oh boy, ain’t nobody going to see this!”  :facepalm: Still a little green but also just dry enough to catch on fire. Cotton ball that was pulled apart so it would catch easier. No problem of it catching fire. And one piece of fat wood.
Definitely not camping but at home on the porch and 83 degrees so fire was small and in aluminum tray for containment.

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What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Reply #5395 on: July 31, 2019, 02:08:51 AM
Nice test, Ray.  :tu:  I try to have a striker with me if I have a ferro rod along, too. I'll try to post a set I made....if I can find it...  :facepalm:

And that gets you qualified!   :tu:

ICC #2, Campfire Challenge:

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A striker...cool. Would love to see it if you get some down time!  :cheers:
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Reply #5397 on: July 31, 2019, 02:24:54 AM
A striker...cool. Would love to see it if you get some down time!  :cheers:
Thanks

I dug this set out of my fishing vest:





I mounted a ferro rod in a bit of deer antler for a handle. The striker is a small bit of hardened O1 tool steel made by knife maker Scott Gossman. The edge of the striker is squared off and burnished so that there is a sharp corner and slight burr. (Or there was, a close examination shows that it has seen a bit of wear.) 

This little striker throws great sparks.

The lanyard just keeps the striker with the ferro rod. It is long enough that the two can be used together with ease.  I have a couple of others like this tucked away in packs and kits, etc.... I can dig some extras out later.  :tu:  But this way, if I have my ferro rod, I have a striker.   :tu:


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Reply #5398 on: July 31, 2019, 02:40:24 AM
While I'm chatting about fire....

In my post yesterday, I noted that I needed to make some more char-cloth. This evening, while the grill was hot, I made a replacement batch.

This is a pretty easy process; I imagine most of you know this already, but if anybody doesn't here is what I do:

Take some scrap cotton cloth and cut it into small squares. It has to be 100% cotton. Thin cloth works best, but an old t-shirt can work, too.

I put these in my char-cloth 'cooker', a little can, and close it up. You can see in the pic below there is a small hole in the lid of the can--this lets out smoke, but prevents actual combustion.  Then the can gets place in or on a fire. The cloth turns into a charcoal fabric. (Charcoal is wood that has been cooked in the absence of oxygen until it gets carbonized.)

After the can stops smoking, I let it cool. You can se the results in the photo below. I had this fail once when I got greedy and over packed the can. Now I fill the can halfway full and then cook it. This seems to work consistently--and I get a dozen or more pieces of char-cloth out of the deal. More than enough for a season of campfires.





Char-cloth is good stuff. It catches a spark from any source easily and becomes a hot ember. With some tinder and a little blowing, you get fire. So even with a ferro rod, this stuff can be useful in damp conditions.  :tu: 

And it's an old tradition.....  ;)


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Reply #5399 on: July 31, 2019, 02:41:23 AM
Barry and Ray, :hatsoff: I'm glad you both liked my pipe. It is my favorite.  It is Bacchus, the Roman god of drunken revelry and a favored subject of the artists that carve meerschaum pipes. He is always depicted with a crown of grape vines, the most striking thing about this pipe is the face looks like Jack Elam, an actor that appeared mostly in westerns.  He died in 2003. I always liked him.


 

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