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Old Cross 30 Day Challenge

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ca Offline Tet

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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #390 on: October 22, 2020, 07:19:42 PM


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #391 on: October 22, 2020, 07:41:58 PM
Good job Barry - nobody likes having loose stools!

Hahaha!

Thanks for the pics of the technician Myron, its fantastic.  Can you date it using the scraper/notch combo?  I'm not very good at that yet.

Well, *very* approximately.  The presence of the scraper blade and wire bender on one tool was a thing from ca. 1951 to 1980, and the Elinox tang stamp was in use within that range, from 1957-1974, or thereabouts. 

I wish I knew more about Swiss Railways and when they were issuing tools such as this.  I love this knife. 


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #392 on: October 22, 2020, 07:46:00 PM
Ok thanks Myron! It's a beauty.

Day 22

Using the bottle opener to pry the vacuum apart.  I was up sucking up drywall dust, it's so fine I guess it clogged things up.


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #393 on: October 22, 2020, 07:53:56 PM
Many thanks, knifecoop! Good score!

Day 22

OC Pioneer’s main blade gained access to a package dropped off by my Postie today - a Parker 75 Premier fountain pen and ballpoint got off the usual suspect - the FP has a bent clip, but should be fixable with a little care, though the dents to the ballpoint look a little harder to fix.... Still I’m really interested in the FP. Both need a careful and thorough clean, and I’ve some NOS 18k nibs inbound from Battersea Pen Home to extend the scope - broad nibs are a bit too big for my writing.
Now you just need the pencil!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #394 on: October 23, 2020, 12:58:09 AM
Day 22: The only downside to Alox knives is the absence of a toothpick—a tool I routinely use. Thankfully, the remedy to this shortcoming is often at-hand.



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #395 on: October 23, 2020, 01:42:25 AM
Very nicely done, Frailer!

Today I think I had literally zero uses of my knife.  I am now enjoying a bourbon out of my favorite cup, which was gifted to me by @HolyDeuce and made right here in my hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich.  So, just a glamour shot of my Swiss Rail Technician and a couple other Soldiers that arrived the other night.  They are a W-K stamped 83, which I already had but it has a very strange laser engraving on the blade, and a '71 with horizontal W-K, the rarest in my experience (the others from this year being clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation).   Both of these old Model 1961's are in minty fresh condition. 


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #396 on: October 23, 2020, 03:13:39 AM
Day 22 - The weekend is almost in sight!!  :pok:

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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #397 on: October 23, 2020, 04:36:30 AM
Day 22
A 15 hour day, again, dark when I left and dark when I got home.  So, here's another picture of lunch.


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #398 on: October 23, 2020, 06:42:38 AM
Day 22 - The weekend is almost in sight!!  :pok:

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...off to the 2021 calendar vote with this pic  :salute:
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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #399 on: October 23, 2020, 01:16:18 PM
Everyone looks like they are doing great!!  I totally missed this one. Wish I’d seen it!!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #400 on: October 23, 2020, 01:25:03 PM
Now you just need the pencil!


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Never come across one tbh - I think pencils are the least available Parkers as most go for a FP, BP or RB in preference. The only Parker pencil I have is a Sonnet Chinese lacquer I got to go with the FP and BP as a set back in the 1990s when they came out, and very nice it is too!

Very nicely done, Frailer!

Today I think I had literally zero uses of my knife.  I am now enjoying a bourbon out of my favorite cup, which was gifted to me by @HolyDeuce and made right here in my hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich.  So, just a glamour shot of my Swiss Rail Technician and a couple other Soldiers that arrived the other night.  They are a W-K stamped 83, which I already had but it has a very strange laser engraving on the blade, and a '71 with horizontal W-K, the rarest in my experience (the others from this year being clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation).   Both of these old Model 1961's are in minty fresh condition. 


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Wow again, Myron- great scores  :cheers: I didn’t know the horizontal ‘71 was rare as I have one - I got it from Glenfiddich1983 a few years ago as my first Soldier.


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #401 on: October 23, 2020, 01:33:12 PM
Day 23

Package arrived from the Battersea Pen Home - NOS nibs in18k, an extra fine and a broad italic (and a spare clip, cos you never know!) - OC Pioneer’s awlsome awl did the konours. The pens have cleaned up nicely, and the new nib works well though I may give it a few passes on a 10,000 waterstone to remove a slight scratch - interestingly it seems much the same line as my 75 fine nib in 14k which is as smooth as butter, but then I’ve used it since 1987 when I got it! I managed to get the bend out of the clip ok using the Vic pliers on my CT41 mod - may have a further tweak when I’m feeling braver (sometimes the fatigue makes them a bit brittle). I’ve given the BP to my better half - a COVID safe pen to use when she’s out and about in London at work!



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #402 on: October 23, 2020, 04:36:36 PM
Please excuse my absence on day 22. The wife has been feeling ill and I have been taking care of her. Here is a photo for day 22: the dog likes alox



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #403 on: October 23, 2020, 04:38:07 PM
Day 22 - The weekend is almost in sight!!  :pok:

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Beautiful photo!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #404 on: October 23, 2020, 05:09:57 PM
HolyDeuce - that is a cracking photo!  :like: :like: G-Dizzle, I hope your wife is feeling better soon. The dog has good taste, what can I say!! :tu:


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #405 on: October 23, 2020, 06:30:09 PM
Day 23: Just taking a stroll during a midday break. The pen is a Machine Era Classic, my all-time favorite writing utensil.



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #406 on: October 23, 2020, 07:11:52 PM
@HD, great photo! Your resident Canadian approves!
@ G-Dizzle, I love the dog pic! Hope the wife is feeling better.
@ Rizio & Frailer - I don’t know anything about the pens you’re showing, but I’m enjoying looking at them!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #407 on: October 23, 2020, 07:15:32 PM
Day 23
 It’s a beautiful day here, so one last trip on the boat with a friend. Not many fish, but it’s really just an excuse to get on the water and smoke a nice Cuban!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #408 on: October 23, 2020, 07:22:13 PM
Day 23

Package arrived from the Battersea Pen Home - NOS nibs in18k, an extra fine and a broad italic (and a spare clip, cos you never know!) - OC Pioneer’s awlsome awl did the konours. The pens have cleaned up nicely, and the new nib works well though I may give it a few passes on a 10,000 waterstone to remove a slight scratch - interestingly it seems much the same line as my 75 fine nib in 14k which is as smooth as butter, but then I’ve used it since 1987 when I got it! I managed to get the bend out of the clip ok using the Vic pliers on my CT41 mod - may have a further tweak when I’m feeling braver (sometimes the fatigue makes them a bit brittle). I’ve given the BP to my better half - a COVID safe pen to use when she’s out and about in London at work!

Here is the full Parker 75 set, next to one of my OC's. Day 23



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #409 on: October 23, 2020, 08:45:05 PM
Day 23, at the workbench with my Machine Era pen and OC Pioneer.  @Frailer




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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #410 on: October 23, 2020, 09:56:03 PM
Day 23 - the OC Pioneer is going to do some "hot" work prepping some peppers (Carolina Reaper and Cayenne) that I grow in my garden. I had a good crop this year! The OC will need a good bath after cutting the Reapers, I'll be wearing rubber gloves, the Reapers are the worlds hottest pepper and are extremely spicy/painful to eat and if you get any of their juice on your skin it may cause irritation.



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #411 on: October 23, 2020, 11:44:10 PM
Day 23: Cutting the back off of an old microwave cart so I could take it apart.  It was pasteboard so it cut easily.
Barry


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #412 on: October 24, 2020, 12:12:36 AM
Oh they look nice, Frailer and Myron - I’ll have to look them up :like: :like: :like:

Here is the full Parker 75 set, next to one of my OC's. Day 23





Now that is a lovely full set of 75s, munsonhsr  :drool: as I’m sure you know, the 75 Premier is essentially the same section and nib, just a slightly longer and fatter barrel and cap - I only found this out recently  :facepalm  The 75 is my favourite Parker - it just clicked with me in 1987 when I got my first one, after 12 years of wearing a 25 down from a fine nib to a broad! I’ve yet to see a 75 premier pencil, though I know they were made. In the ‘50s and earlier, a set was an FP and a PP (propelling pencil), later the BP was added, and then the RB, and the PP tended to be dropped - much harder to find. So your set of all 4 of silver ciselé 75s is quite something to behold  :hatsoff: Many thanks for sharing!


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #413 on: October 24, 2020, 01:55:41 AM
Day 23, at the workbench with my Machine Era pen and OC Pioneer.  @Frailer


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I carried a Fisher Space pen for years, but they always frustrated me. The ink globs, they’re not especially durable, and the ergonomics don’t suit me at all.

I finally bought a brass Machine Era Classic at a friend’s recommendation, and it was love at first sight. In fact, less than a week later I bought its stainless counterpart. I can’t believe these are as inexpensive as they are.



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #414 on: October 24, 2020, 02:30:07 AM
I carried a Fisher Space pen for years, but they always frustrated me. The ink globs, they’re not especially durable, and the ergonomics don’t suit me at all.

I finally bought a brass Machine Era Classic at a friend’s recommendation, and it was love at first sight. In fact, less than a week later I bought its stainless counterpart. I can’t believe these are as inexpensive as they are.

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 :like: Those are really good looking sturdy pens.
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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #415 on: October 24, 2020, 02:33:57 AM
Day 23: Unfortunately I caught what the wife has, so here’s a picture from bed. Doc told her is was the flue, not the other thing that has been going around.



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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #416 on: October 24, 2020, 03:36:49 AM
Very nicely done, Frailer!

Today I think I had literally zero uses of my knife.  I am now enjoying a bourbon out of my favorite cup, which was gifted to me by @HolyDeuce and made right here in my hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich.  So, just a glamour shot of my Swiss Rail Technician and a couple other Soldiers that arrived the other night.  They are a W-K stamped 83, which I already had but it has a very strange laser engraving on the blade, and a '71 with horizontal W-K, the rarest in my experience (the others from this year being clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation).   Both of these old Model 1961's are in minty fresh condition. 


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Great pic Myron!  So glad you like the tin cup!!   :cheers:
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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #417 on: October 24, 2020, 03:37:13 AM
 :tu: :tu:
Day 23
 It’s a beautiful day here, so one last trip on the boat with a friend. Not many fish, but it’s really just an excuse to get on the water and smoke a nice Cuban!
Barry


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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #418 on: October 24, 2020, 03:38:51 AM
Day 23 - Happy Friday everyone.  Cheers to a great weekend!  :hatsoff:

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Re: Old Cross 30 Day Challenge
Reply #419 on: October 24, 2020, 04:07:08 AM
G-Dizzle, I hope you and the wife feel better soon.   Your dog does have good taste in knives.
Tet, you could as easily have said it being Tuesday is a good excuse for going fishing and smoking a cigar.
The pens look awesome and so do all the knives I've seen so far in this thread.

Day 23
I wish I could take some better pictures but I have zero time for creative or leisure pursuits until after the election.


 

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