New spork, reason to get out in the rain and make some noodles Esee 4 (with a new bead tied on) had the tough task of opening the plastic packaging on the noodles and herbs
Made some charcloth today from a piece of old bathroom towel. Result And the best part, a little test
My dad also sent some stabilized cedar. My hacksaw and filed 5160 knife I made will get the cedar scales if I can get it heat treated right. I tested the edge after it had cooled down from the quench, a file didn’t skate on the edge so I have to anneal it and start over.
Esee 4 for prepping firewood to get my Kelly Kettle going splitting And making curls to get my fire started We have a flame First get my water boiling for tea Now for some food
Went outdoors for lunch today Made a bunch of fatwood curls to get my stove going Thought all the rain had passed... NOT ... quick covering everything up Ok, time for a little fire Opinel 12 saw and Fiskars X5 hatchet helped out with firewood prep First... boiling water for some fresh gingerroot tea Done! Next up: fry some Rösti Hmmm... forgot my wooden spatula... time to improvise Fiskars did the rough outline And after a bit of finetuning with the Esee 4 we have a spatula Rösti done! Now for some sausages And last heating up my baked beans Man I'm hungry now Had a great afternoon again
Had time for an outdoors lunch today. Brought the Esee 4, Opinel 12 saw and the Firebox Nano to prepare things. Opinel provides some clean pieces of pine The Esee split it into thin pieces to feed the firebox birchbark from my firekit helped catching a spark from the ferro rod. First some water on for coffee Splitting more wood waiting for the water to boil Coffee ready Then some eggs And lunch is ready Great time out. Resetting my mind...
This knife has been sitting in the display case at the local butcher shop for a few years now. Every time I'm in there I threaten to buy it and I finally broke down and got it. It'll be going up on the mountain with us tonight to look for the northern lights.
Got a new 4. Quite a bit of age gap between my first 4 and the new one comparing the serial numbers. Hopefully the wind settles down this weekend and I can break it in on a fire pit. I also picked up a couple of the esee strap kits. I didn’t even know these existed, I just happened to see them when I had the 4 in my shopping cart. Knifeworks isn’t good for the wallet.
