Smaug's Den

[Crow]

Good looking backyard and house.

I would not worry about teflon. Only if it gets loose particles and scratches. Same kind of articles appear about frying food in grease and oils. Latest i saw was about not to use olive oil in cooking.

But. Cast iron is allways good choise to make food.  i like looks of those Lodge pots.

Little easier ones to clean are clay pots. I like using them aswell.

[sLaughterMed]

Thats a real nice yard Smaug!

[Smaug]

As a side note, I used my Evo16 to help install a tuning kit in my Air Arms TX200 spring piston air rifle. I needed the can opener to pry off the factory breech seal.

[Smaug]

I got a new Vic Manager the other day. I've lost and found the previous one at least 5 times. It keeps sliding out of my dress pants pocket, unnoticed. I think this time, it's in my wife's car, fell between the driver's seat and the jack where I can't reach it without a lot of trouble. It literally takes 10-15 minutes to get that damned jack out. (Toyota Prius C)

One guy suggested carrying a hanky in my pocket on top of the knife; that keeps it from falling out, and the hanky has a lot of utility too. I tried that, but I've had a hard time making a habit of it. It's something I might put in my messenger bag that I carry daily... Kid has a runny nose, makeshift bandage, optics cleaning cloth, emergency napkin... they really have a million uses, if you think about it. Carrying a hanky is an old custom that seems to be fading. What do you think? Do you carry a handkerchief? If not, why not? Too many MTs and not enough room left?

Back to the Manager. Now, it's been lost for a few weeks, and sometimes, the Executive feels too big. So I treated myself to a new Manager. This time, I made a little fob out of a bit of nylon cord salvaged from a garage door opener emergency release string, tied a simple knot, and fused the ends. I think the small fob w/knot will makeit harder for it to slide out of my pocket without increasing the bulk or utility of the implements too much.

The cord that it's made from is much softer and more pliable than paracord. It has that "shiny new SAK" look and feel to it: it has that blade snap that can never quite be duplicated again, the shiny, scratch-free scales. I'll enjoy it while I can!

[Poncho65]

Your right it does have that new shiny SAK look Not had one of those in a while myself Great use of the red cordage as it could have easily been tossed out but now it has life again

[Smaug]

Sunrise over our back yard, yesterday morning. Every once in awhile, nature just shocks me with her beauty.

[Demel]

Sunrise over our back yard, yesterday morning. Every once in awhile, nature just shocks me with her beauty.

nice shot love it. 

[Fortytwo]

One guy suggested carrying a hanky in my pocket on top of the knife; that keeps it from falling out, and the hanky has a lot of utility too. I tried that, but I've had a hard time making a habit of it. It's something I might put in my messenger bag that I carry daily... Kid has a runny nose, makeshift bandage, optics cleaning cloth, emergency napkin... they really have a million uses, if you think about it. Carrying a hanky is an old custom that seems to be fading. What do you think? Do you carry a handkerchief? If not, why not? Too many MTs and not enough room left?

I did for a while this summer, it was really nice since I'm not used to central/south European summer weather (i.e. I was sweating a lot!). It also found uses at other times like when the bathroom only has those really inefficient air-dryers that takes for ever. I kind of stopped since I don't have the pocket space and because it's hard to find nice hankies around here (except for silk ones for a suit pocket), the one I got was meant as a bandana and triangular.

[Smaug]

I did for a while this summer, it was really nice since I'm not used to central/south European summer weather (i.e. I was sweating a lot!). It also found uses at other times like when the bathroom only has those really inefficient air-dryers that takes for ever. I kind of stopped since I don't have the pocket space and because it's hard to find nice hankies around here (except for silk ones for a suit pocket), the one I got was meant as a bandana and triangular.

Check out the Dockers hankies package on Amazon. They're are nicer than bandannas, but not as nice as silk. Quite reasonably priced too! Plain white cotton, so they can be bleached when they start to look scummy.

[Fortytwo]

I did for a while this summer, it was really nice since I'm not used to central/south European summer weather (i.e. I was sweating a lot!). It also found uses at other times like when the bathroom only has those really inefficient air-dryers that takes for ever. I kind of stopped since I don't have the pocket space and because it's hard to find nice hankies around here (except for silk ones for a suit pocket), the one I got was meant as a bandana and triangular.

Check out the Dockers hankies package on Amazon. They're are nicer than bandannas, but not as nice as silk. Quite reasonably priced too! Plain white cotton, so they can be bleached when they start to look scummy.

Thank you, they seem very reasonable. The possibility of bleaching is an advantage I hadn't considered.

[Smaug]

A few goings-on to share from my little world.

The chain keeps falling off of this old toilet in our most-used bathroom. I popped off  the lid and found a rusted ring holding the chain that attaches to the flapper. Replaced it with the keyring from a Wenger.

I finally gave up on an old pair of tennis shoes; they were 10 years old and falling apart. BUT, the shoelaces are such nice, strong, flexible nylon cord that is terminated in those plastic aglets. I saved the shoelaces and threw away the shoes.

The other two are of my daughter Constanze. (4.5 yrs. old) She's SO excited to have her own REAL tools, instead of the toy tools she has at her mom's house. One shows her with her toolbox, the other, she is driving screws with her ratcheting screwdriver that hold the side of the birdhouse on. That's our first woodworking project together.

Is a multi-bit ratcheting screwdriver a multi-tool? 

[Werkzeug]

Carrying a hanky is an old custom that seems to be fading. What do you think? Do you carry a handkerchief? If not, why not? Too many MTs and not enough room left?

I went on a lengthy ramble through Europe this summer, and would rank a handkerchief up in the top 10 of useful EDC items.  I took two of the black bandanna types (bought at the dollar store). Surviving on sandwiches, eating on trains etc. it's great to have something to spread on your lap and they saved my pants from a massive mustard explosion. Dampened it with water and used it clean up the rental car before returning it. Also used it to wrap my wife's sunglasses when she lost her case.

No weight, low cost, huge benefits!

[Smaug]

Just sharing a little airgun porn.

Here's my Air Arms TX200 in the woods in Wisconsin. I love these fall days, and there is nothing better than being in the woods with an air rifle and pocket knife.