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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #480 on: November 13, 2018, 03:23:16 PM
Looking good, Fellas.   :tu:


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #481 on: November 13, 2018, 03:46:02 PM
 :iagree: nice work everyone  :cheers:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #482 on: November 13, 2018, 07:38:34 PM
A bit of letter opening today Day 13
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #483 on: November 13, 2018, 08:44:49 PM
Day 13.

Lazy package opening in the evening. Nothing knife related inside. :whistle:


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #484 on: November 13, 2018, 10:32:09 PM
Day 13.

Lazy package opening in the evening. Nothing knife related inside. :whistle:

Good pic though. Black scales are very smart  :like:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #485 on: November 13, 2018, 11:42:20 PM
Day 13 :

I decided to take myself out for lunch today.

So I packed up my Safety Orange daypack and headed for the hills.....




It was -4ºC when I started out, but I was dressed in just a long-sleeve Henley shirt and nylon hiking pants. Climbing up into the hills I got sweaty in no time.

I was not hunting, but it is still rifle season. I knew I'd be in some deer and elk country, so a bit of safety gear seemed appropriate. I did come across several sets of deer tracks. Following this set, led to a bedding site:




As I approached the bedding site, I spooked out a Mule deer doe. I didn't get to 'shoot' a photo, but it was fun to find her. Here is her bedding site, well located on a sunny slope, and under a tree:




Hiking on a bit, I climbed up to a hill top where I had nice view:




I hung my pack from a tree to keep it out of the wet and snow.




Here's a tip you guys probably already know, but I'll post it up anyway.  I keep a short length of string in my pocket, with a loop at one end. When I stop, it's a simple matter to run the line around a trunk or branch, running the tag end through the loop. With the line now secured to the tree, I tie in a Marline Spike hitch (super simple and quick) and then slip in a tent stake or branch to form a hanger for my pack. This keeps the pack off the damp ground (really important in cold weather, when everything seems to collect moisture) and up at a good working height. The key to this trick is to have the string easily accessible in your pocket; that way you don't have to rummage around in your pack, on the ground, to find the string. The whole hanger is made while the pack is on your back.  :tu:

Marlin Spike Hitch video


Ok, enough of that.  On to lunch:



I brought some rice noodles, a peanut butter packet from an old military ration, and my emergency bottle of Tabasco sauce. 
(The camo bag is my food bag. I took the leg off an old pair of fatigues and sewed up the open end where the knee was. The ankle end already had a draw string in place to cinch my 'bag' shut. Makes a great bear bag to hang food in trees....unless you can't find it again at breakfast time...... :-\)

Rice noodles are great, but some peanut butter kicks them up to true greatness! And everything in life is better with Tabasco, right?

I brought my little wood burnings stove along to use in cooking. As I got to my lunch spot, I tried collecting some tinder and kindling.




The Huntsman got used to make small twigs into smaller twigs and shavings. I put a bandana down to keep the shavings from getting lost, keep them dry (drier, anyway) and making it easier to gather them up.




I used a ferro rod to get the fire going. I have to say I really struggled to get a fire going. I don't know if it was the cold or everything was just a bit damp, but it wasn't easy. The thistle tops were the best tinder. They caught a spark quite easily and flamed rah up, but it was tough getting the other materials to catch. I used the Huntsman's saw to cut some sticks into small pieces and collected the sawdust in the bandana. The sawdust plus the thistle tops proved to be the ticket in getting the fire started. Not easy at all though.

Ray Mears makes it all look so simple...... :-\

Once lighted, it got going nicely:




All assembled and heating up my soup:




The view from the lunch room:




Lunch was great. I sat on a rock in the sun enjoying the quiet. Some ravens played overhead, a few chickadees worked the old branches in the tree above me. Of course I burnt my tongue on the hot noodles, but watching a fox run across the opposite hill made it all worthwhile.

The Huntsman's main blade and saw processed some wood. The scissors got used to open food packages. This is why I love the Huntsman: the combination of saw, scissors, and blade. Such useful tools when you are going out to lunch!  :tu:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #486 on: November 14, 2018, 12:11:30 AM
Gorgeous pics Nix :like: :tu:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #487 on: November 14, 2018, 12:39:00 AM
DAY 11
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #488 on: November 14, 2018, 01:56:36 AM
Nix
Great photo’s again. Even greater usage of the Huntsman.  :like: :cheers:


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Reply #489 on: November 14, 2018, 02:19:10 AM
DAY 11
Very nice 19 !!  No actual use today.....
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Reply #490 on: November 14, 2018, 02:25:24 AM
Wait...wait... used the screwdriver edge to pry up a Becks pop top!
Ha!   :cheers:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #491 on: November 14, 2018, 02:54:43 AM
Day 13
I used the toothpick today, and the small knife blade and the saw.  Neglected to get pictures of anything because I forgot my camera. This shot of Red Huntsman #1 will have to suffice.  I was using Red Huntsman #2 which has a different lanyard and brighter scales but I wanted to rotate them.  Next week I will switch to the Black Huntsman but I usually reserve that for formal occasions.


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #492 on: November 14, 2018, 03:15:34 AM
Seem to have misplaced it this evening. Hopefully I'll find it tommorow. Hook and scissor usage today. This photo was from when I packed up some SAKs to ship off on warranty, then informed by a clueless postal worker at a post office I rarely go in that I can't ship a knife in the mail. Bullsmurf! I've shipped (and had the clerk pack) knives at the two other post offices around here all the time without issue, including a quite tactical looking Gerber EZ OUT Skeleton.






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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #493 on: November 14, 2018, 07:51:41 AM
Nix, amazing pics. Wish I had such a wide and vast backyard...


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #494 on: November 14, 2018, 01:44:38 PM
Amen!
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #495 on: November 14, 2018, 02:48:14 PM
Nix, that's better than lunch in the most luxurious restaurant in the world!  I need some time in the woods...

Used the scissors to cut the safety seal from a bottle of eye drops.
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #496 on: November 14, 2018, 07:02:09 PM
I have used every tool except the corkscrew and I don’t drink. So maybe a knot will pop up and I can try it out on that.


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #497 on: November 14, 2018, 07:48:03 PM
Day 14.

Finally bought a new mattress. Huntsman for duty. Opening up the new, removing paperwork and tie the old one to a roll.
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #498 on: November 14, 2018, 08:00:49 PM
Day 14.

Finally bought a new mattress. Huntsman for duty. Opening up the new, removing paperwork and tie the old one to a roll.
Was wondering...is that your birth year soldier in your avatar???
New mattress...you will probably sleep well tonight!  :tu:


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #499 on: November 14, 2018, 08:26:09 PM
Nice work everyone  :cheers:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #500 on: November 14, 2018, 09:56:10 PM
You are one lucky bunny Nix on so many levels. Day 14 Nothing so much fun here just some scissor action with Navy Camo.
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Reply #501 on: November 14, 2018, 11:33:27 PM
Needed the tweezer to help with an adding machine jam, one tiny piece of paper stuck.
Yes we are still required to attach paper to show the arithmetic. ...
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #502 on: November 15, 2018, 12:36:39 AM
DAY 11
Very nice 19 !!  No actual use today.....

DAY 12
Thanks brother! Got the trusty buck today. Used the huntsman to trim a small amount of line today
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Reply #503 on: November 15, 2018, 12:39:45 AM
You are one lucky bunny Nix on so many levels. Day 14 Nothing so much fun here just some scissor action with Navy Camo.
But shouldn't Navy camo be waves or fish or something?  :facepalm:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #504 on: November 15, 2018, 12:45:43 AM
Day 14 :

You are one lucky bunny Nix on so many levels.

Ne'er a truer word, my friend.  :tu:


Today I had occasion to be at the air base. There is a small air museum with a number of fine and unusual planes on display. I was particularly drawn to this ol' B-25. The J-variant was used as a strafing-bomber. With eight (8!) .50 cal machine guns, I can imagine it could wreak some havoc.

Naturally the Huntsman had to photobomb the shot......




It's truly humbling to stand in front of one of these small (yes, small) and frail planes and realize that some mighty brave men climbed up into these aircraft to resist the forces of tyranny.





To those who flew, fought, and won.  :salute:


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Reply #505 on: November 15, 2018, 12:46:38 AM
DAY 12
Thanks brother! Got the trusty buck today. Used the huntsman to trim a small amount of line today

That's one of my awl-time favorite pairings!  :like: 


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Reply #506 on: November 15, 2018, 02:55:16 AM
Opened the Trifexis pill for the dog (dewormer and flea/tick protection) with the scissors, cleaned up a stick I use as a walking staff with the blade and saw (to remove rotted/split parts) and something else, I forgot. I also used the pen blade to open these two trucks which came in the mail. They're both Winross, USA made of 1990s vintage (the Dr. Pepper version is dated 1994). The company's current status I'm unsure of. They still have an active website, but it was only last updated in 2006.  I purchased these displayed, but not played with for like $4 each on eBay. But $11 shipping, that's because they're true 1:64, which means big for a truck. Still, it comes in total about what 1 would have cost without the shipping included.


The Diet Doctor Pepper version has an Ford L9000 cab, while the Ford version is an LTL9000.


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Reply #507 on: November 15, 2018, 03:36:50 AM
Opened the Trifexis pill for the dog (dewormer and flea/tick protection) with the scissors, cleaned up a stick I use as a walking staff with the blade and saw (to remove rotted/split parts) and something else, I forgot. I also used the pen blade to open these two trucks which came in the mail. They're both Winross, USA made of 1990s vintage (the Dr. Pepper version is dated 1994). The company's current status I'm unsure of. They still have an active website, but it was only last updated in 2006.  I purchased these displayed, but not played with for like $4 each on eBay. But $11 shipping, that's because they're true 1:64, which means big for a truck. Still, it comes in total about what 1 would have cost without the shipping included.


The Diet Doctor Pepper version has an Ford L9000 cab, while the Ford version is an LTL9000.


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Well, I’m loving the Dr. Pepper right off the bat...I have been drinking it since 1967 when we were stationed at Puerto Rico. I wish I had stock in the company with all the money I have spent!


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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #508 on: November 15, 2018, 05:18:50 AM
Day 14.

Finally bought a new mattress. Huntsman for duty. Opening up the new, removing paperwork and tie the old one to a roll.
Was wondering...is that your birth year soldier in your avatar???
New mattress...you will probably sleep well tonight!  :tu:

Hahaha, no, Im not that old. My BY Soldier would be an Alox, watching one on evilbay, but prices are high. Anyone got a 1986 Soldier? :dunno:
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Re: Huntsman Challenge
Reply #509 on: November 15, 2018, 05:21:32 AM
Double post, please delete
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