All About Pocket Knives

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:24 pm One of the highlights of Summer.....

Those berries look so good.

Peach Cobbler - You're killin' me!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:24 pm One of the highlights of Summer.....

I’ll be right over

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:35 am

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:24 pm One of the highlights of Summer.....

I’ll be right over

You better be on the fast train North! My wife made 2 pies last evening, 1 was the Peach/Blackberry and it is more than half gone. The plain Blackberry may still be here by the time you arrive.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:46 pm Thanks, Garry, and John. It is not only Blackberry time here, but the peaches are also ripe. My favorite pie, hands down, is a Peach and Blackberry cobbler. Some of these berries will go into a cobbler, and the rest will be eaten with yogurt. The next couple of rounds that I pick will be frozen.

Good looking berries, my wife's favorites.
Let's see the set up. The birds eat the few I've tried raising . I'm with you on the cobblers, the very ones Mommy made.

Great story and pictures Woodwlker.

Thanks Eustace for the pictures. That's a large place!

wlf wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:31 pm

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:46 pm Thanks, Garry, and John. It is not only Blackberry time here, but the peaches are also ripe. My favorite pie, hands down, is a Peach and Blackberry cobbler. Some of these berries will go into a cobbler, and the rest will be eaten with yogurt. The next couple of rounds that I pick will be frozen.

Good looking berries, my wife's favorites.
Let's see the set up. The birds eat the few I've tried raising . I'm with you on the cobblers, the very ones Mommy made.

Great story and pictures Woodwlker.

Thanks Eustace for the pictures. That's a large place!

Thank you sir!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:24 pm One of the highlights of Summer.....

Wow Ike!! Those look quite tasty!!

Didn't know where else to post this little "Upcycling" project. I haven't had a nightstand for the past 20 years or more.
Thought I'd like to have one now so I took an old wooden wine crate, some scrap wood for the feet, a cutting board for the top & an old jar that I put a rooster on (for a trash can) with decoupage technique. It turned out pretty nice. I like it.

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Useful, creative, understated, well done.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:13 am Useful, creative, understated, well done.

Well Thank You Sir!
I appreciate your kind words.

Tom, your stand is creative and very nicely done.

Knice place to but your edc's, love the rooster. x10.

Saw this crawler in a parking lot. Had to stop and snap a quick photo. Looks like it is getting restored.
John

Operated a D7 Cat as a late teen. Wonderful memories

doglegg wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 12:12 am Operated a D7 Cat as a late teen. Wonderful memories

Floyd. That’s sooo KOOL!!

John

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:52 am Tom, your stand is creative and very nicely done.

Thanks Buddy! I appreciate it!

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:09 pm Knice place to but your edc's, love the rooster. x10.

Thanks Buddy!

The rooster. I've been putting roosters & chickens on a bunch of stuff now that I figured out how easy it is to do.

1) Just slap some clear varnish on a (for example) flower pot,
2) then put a napkin picture on top of the clear varnish,
3) then add a top coat of clear varnish making sure the napkin becomes totaly saturated with varnish
4) and you paint it from the center of the napkin going out towards the edges trying to get out all the air bubbles.
5) Let it dry. Done.

Tips:

1) The flower pots can't have a beer belly form. Of course they are round but not round & with a beer belly form. I did one beer belly formed glass with a small set of chickens & it turned out ok but you have to make several cuts into the edges of the napkin & overlap the edges while adding the varnish. Gets a little messy on the fingers & only works well with small pictures.

2) White glass, clear glass or colored/tinted glass gives the best results. Dark colored glass kind of takes away from the pictures added to it.

Till now, I have done mostly flower pots & vases so I'll do a "Tutorial" post in the "plants" thread latter on today (I hope) and show you all some of the other stuff I've done.

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jmh58 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 5:28 pm IMG_7795.jpeg
Saw this crawler in a parking lot. Had to stop and snap a quick photo. Looks like it is getting restored.
John

That is a really cool looking old crawler!
Bet it's not easy to find the right tracks to fit it.

Did somebody say peach cobbler? They broke the world record last week here at the Parker County Peach Festival with a 5,790 lb peach cobbler. I guess I should have grabbed my bowl and spoon and drove over there.

https://www.wfaa.com/video/entertainmen ... 61dbc029ef

Unk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:26 pm Did somebody say peach cobbler? They broke the world record last week here at the Parker County Peach Festival with a 5,790 lb peach cobbler. I guess I should have grabbed my bowl and spoon and drove over there.

https://www.wfaa.com/video/entertainmen ... 61dbc029ef

Peach cooler and Blue Bell!!! Wahoo!!!

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:09 pm Knice place to but your edc's, love the rooster. x10.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:52 am Tom, your stand is creative and very nicely done.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:13 am Useful, creative, understated, well done.

Hi Friends,

Please allow me to invite you to check out some of my other creations here.:
viewtopic.php?t=82617#p1146399
Thanks for looking everyone!

On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 7:16 am

jmh58 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 5:28 pm IMG_7795.jpeg
Saw this crawler in a parking lot. Had to stop and snap a quick photo. Looks like it is getting restored.
John

That is a really cool looking old crawler!
Bet it's not easy to find the right tracks to fit it.

I thought so too Tom.
Wasn’t anyone around to ask any questions. I am hoping they have the tracks.
John

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

That’s cool Phil. Neat pic!!
John

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

Years ago when we were in the cow business, we thought about bailing some roadside Bahai grass. We were informed by several older heads that it would not be a good idea for several reasons. They said the residue from vehicle exhaust would contaminate our "free" hay crop. Also we would possibly contribute to hardware disease by unintentionally baling bits of metal, cans, plastics and glass commonly found on public right of ways. Back then, in the late '70s, we scrambled around and bailed about anything that could be made palatable use of hot mineral lick.
I can see a lot of uses for bailed right of way grass without feeding it to cattle.
Just a comment from an old feller almost over the hill.
Treefarmer

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

Philco they was doing that when I traveled out that way back in 2012. Like you say it makes sense.
I noticed on my little trip to Illinois this past week that there and Ky. they have cut a swath next to the highway and are letting the rest of the median grow up. I kinda hope they come back and cut it, just looks ugly to me. Some places they planted wild flowers and I'm cool with that.