Noa Isumi's Discontinued Badge Thread

[Poncho65]

Day 25
Happy Friday the 13th

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 

Similar to starting my lawn mower with the med flat when I forgot to grab my key on way out the door I have had to do this on more than one occasion 

[Noa Isumi]

Day 26
SAK in a Tree


Edit
That pic looks interesting sideways as posted. The knife is suposed to be tip down not horizontal.

[Noa Isumi]

Day 27
Leatherman on the rocks

[Poncho65]

Excellent pics of both You are so close to being finished Congrats on a great job so far

[Noa Isumi]

Day 28
Range finding with a Leatherman

Ever hear the phrase "rule of thumb"? It is an old range finding technique. The basic idea is to know the size of a known object at a known distance compaired to the heignt of your thumb with your arm fully outstreached. A common example is a 6ft man at 50 or 100yards.
Later in the 1800s a sliding gauge with a cut length cord or chain would be used. You bit down the end of the cord and pulled it tight while looking through the appature. Then adjust the size of the opening to fit the target and take your reading.
These work on the principal that an object will appear half the size as distance doubles. For rough example a 6ft man may measure 1in tall 100 yards; 1/2in tall at 200; and 1/4in at 400.
This of course is a rough example and not accurate. Many of you will see this principal optical rangefinders for golf, archery, artillery, and rangefindering reticle scopes.

These methods can also be used with a simple ruler if you know how and have already paced off a known distance as a standard.
The old ST is nice for this because where the ruler is positioned makes it easier to sight.

If you have a a ruler on a boat or near a water horizon you can also measure  the height of the sun from the horizon while holding it as straight. This combined with the length your arm will give you 2 legs of a 90deg triangle necessary to math out its angle. Knowing the angle of the sun on the horizon can give you a basic latitude if you have knowledge of such things. I dont, but I have several books and am learning very slowly.

"Practical military surveying and sketching" by Captian Drayson, R.A- 1861
Avalable free on Google play books under the name Alfred Wilks Drayson
Covers land based surverying, tools(construction description included), techniques and aplications

"Latitude Hooks and azimuth rings: how to build and use 18 traditional navigational tools" bl Dennis Fisher 1995
Is still in print and readily avalable.
More sea based includes details of the ruler/sun technique


Todays pics
Me sighting along LM in grocery parking lot at nothing in particular, well mabey the donation bin, and a closeup of rule

Reproduction 1800s rangefinder by ted cash, pic from ebay, see watermark for seller.

 

[Poncho65]

Day 28
Range finding with a Leatherman

Ever hear the phrase "rule of thumb"? It is an old range finding technique. The basic idea is to know the size of a known object at a known distance compaired to the heignt of your thumb with your arm fully outstreached. A common example is a 6ft man at 50 or 100yards.
Later in the 1800s a sliding gauge with a cut length cord or chain would be used. You bit down the end of the cord and pulled it tight while looking through the appature. Then adjust the size of the opening to fit the target and take your reading.
These work on the principal that an object will appear half the size as distance doubles. For rough example a 6ft man may measure 1in tall 100 yards; 1/2in tall at 200; and 1/4in at 400.
This of course is a rough example and not accurate. Many of you will see this principal optical rangefinders for golf, archery, artillery, and rangefindering reticle scopes.

These methods can also be used with a simple ruler if you know how and have already paced off a known distance as a standard.
The old ST is nice for this because where the ruler is positioned makes it easier to sight.

If you have a a ruler on a boat or near a water horizon you can also measure  the height of the sun from the horizon while holding it as straight. This combined with the length your arm will give you 2 legs of a 90deg triangle necessary to math out its angle. Knowing the angle of the sun on the horizon can give you a basic latitude if you have knowledge of such things. I dont, but I have several books and am learning very slowly.

"Practical military surveying and sketching" by Captian Drayson, R.A- 1861
Avalable free on Google play books under the name Alfred Wilks Drayson
Covers land based surverying, tools(construction description included), techniques and aplications

"Latitude Hooks and azimuth rings: how to build and use 18 traditional navigational tools" bl Dennis Fisher 1995
Is still in print and readily avalable.
More sea based includes details of the ruler/sun technique


Todays pics
Me sighting along LM in grocery parking lot at nothing in particular, well mabey the donation bin, and a closeup of rule

Reproduction 1800s rangefinder by ted cash, pic from ebay, see watermark for seller.

Interesting tidbit and cool pics

[Noa Isumi]

Day 29
LM is the best nutcracker; jaws to crush, and screw driver to pry. Now pistachios are generally open, but ocasionaly you get one that isn't.

[Noa Isumi]

Day 30
 
Day 30
 
It isnt often I get a package from Switzerland. Ok. This is actually the first.
 
Its those Silver-Tech scales I was going to strip clear and hydro-dip paint. So that project will continue elsewhere. Etheralicer has a Coloring SAK Scales thread going, so I may post something there when I do it. Or I may start my own, I havent decided yet.
 
 

[Poncho65]

Sorry I missed the last post until now

Congrats on a challenge well done Noa

[Poncho65]

Congrats on the badges I let stuff slip on the weekends

[Noa Isumi]

Thanks
Now I need to decide what to do next, there are so many to pick from. Surge, Offbrand, Traditional, sak-minimal
How to choose???

[Poncho65]

Thanks
Now I need to decide what to do next, there are so many to pick from. Surge, Offbrand, Traditional, sak-minimal
How to choose???

Maybe traditional