2017-11-13 01:19
All good wishes for the 99th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in the most devastating war to date - to be later surpassed by chapter two.We call it "Veteran's Day".Truth be told… Read More
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The random rantings of an old, 62 years, knifemaker (please don't say "bladesmith") on tools, technology and the world's unfortunate tendency toward overcomplication.
2017-10-24 01:53
I have just sent away - and received intel upon its receipt - that it is "horrible"- the last Phil Collins Bowie that ever I shall make.I expect it to be returning home soon and it will be a… Read More
2017-09-19 03:22
Like Pixie Stix - only different. More historical.Instead of Kool-aid powder and sugar, they were filled with dust swept from the back corners of library shelves. Silverfish leavings include… Read More
2017-09-04 20:52
Pigging out.But I hardly ate anything because it was so hot. Let me back up a bit:Thursday afternoon I e-mailed the company I'd ordered brass from a week prior. They'd confirmed my order but… Read More
2017-07-31 16:41
Meet Siegfried Loraine Sassoon. Taken circa May, 1915 when he was twenty-eight years old and with all of nine months-ish in the army, much of that time having been spent in the hospital… Read More
2017-06-23 03:25
That actually sounds like it'd be a good band name. Like Jimmy Buffet only bleaker.Short version: Al Gore got fat, a hurricane made landfall near New Orleans. Brownie did "a heck-of-a job" R… Read More
2017-06-04 23:22
Poetry Break!First, some context: Pictured: A Bristol Beaufighter.Originally conceived as a twin engine, two man, heavy fighter, it suffered the fate of all the heavy fighters of WW2 a… Read More
2017-05-30 00:22
To the Warmongers Written by my hero, Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon:"I'm back again from hell With loathsome thoughts to sell; secrets of death to tell;And ho… Read More
2017-05-28 21:41
Poetry alert!A poem follows and, lest you miss the meaning.Cheat sheet: "Scarlet Majors" refers to "Red-tabs". That ought to clear things up.Above are "red tabs"; collar flashes worn by staf… Read More
2017-04-21 02:08
If you have doing likewise and kicking said ass, I'd carry some plastic bags to put over your shoes 'cause... it's Ted.First up: A Motown one-hit-wonder, The Contours circa 1962.Motown is th… Read More
2017-04-12 03:27
In the beginning... there was the Garford 5-ton. Pictured above and below.In both illustrations you can plainly see the sleek lines, low-slung carriage and the air that it's going like a bat… Read More
2017-04-04 22:02
Some old stuff from about seven years ago that seems apropos to the present moment.There just might be a figure in the present that bears a resemblance.The following concerns the sociopathic… Read More
2017-03-27 01:33
Here's a hypothetical: Suppose there was a fella -a well-respectedengineer and a proven designer of multiple, railroad structures - wholanded his dream job. And this cushy gig just happened… Read More
2017-03-11 00:29
"A Fast Convoy" I've posted this painting before, only because I absolutely adore it.It has everything, the stormy North Atlantic, the gallant destroyer USS Allen bucking the swel… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
It's been a very long time. My apologies.To at least make a run at making that alright, let's have another rousing tale of the U.S. Army's glacially slow grasp of concepts; that of the tacti… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Like this one:It's a Mack EXBX in Australian service. A 4X6, 18 ton, tank-transporter/prime mover.Here's the same in use by the Soviets.Next up: The White 920, another 18-tonner.A brief stop… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
One hundred and forty years old today but I'll bet the old guy still remembers the present he got for his forty-fifth.He is said to have gushed over the shiny new Armistice and, oddly unfami… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I've shared my odd truck obsession before but I'm all set to inflict it again with what has possibly been my favorite truck of all time.That is of course the 6X6, 2 1/2 ton payload (cross co… Read More
2016-03-13 16:06
It would seem to go without saying that, if one lives in a self-contained world made almost entirely from wood, one would have to watch out for fire. And if such wood were further coated wit… Read More
2016-02-19 18:17
Okay, maybe it's different now but when I was a lad, growing up in Missoula and watching TV from Butte - the only station we could get - it was hard not to feel left out.Sidebar: Yes, Missou… Read More
2016-01-12 19:58
"Mom is so gonna kill you two when she gets home."Unless your head has been in a hole recently, you've certainly heard of the brave patriots weathering harsh, winter conditions with i… Read More
2015-12-13 00:53
Don't laugh. It's surprisingly important.First of all, what's a woodlot?It's bunch of ground with trees growing all over it, trees that are going to be used for something - someday.Doesn't s… Read More
2015-11-17 03:15
I've raved before about the drop-dead coolness of torpedo boats and our topic is kinda like on of those. It looked the part anyway. USS Katahdin wasn't really a T-boat since it actuall… Read More
2015-11-11 08:09
Teeth. What's the expression... "just ignore them. They'll go away"?Speaking for my own self; me and the chompers have had a rocky relationship.In general, they don't fuck with me and I stay… Read More
2015-10-05 23:57
What bridge?The Brooklyn bridge, although it's not called that yet. In fact it's not even a bridge, indeed it's hardly visible above the waterline of the East River at this stage.Wait, what?… Read More
2015-09-01 02:32
In 1987 I bought a house, a dirt-cheap shitbox, 31739 C. G. Lorane Rd. (Folks with a better computer than mine - ie everybody - can probably look at a picture).Anyway, bought the joint… Read More
2015-08-19 00:40
"I'm busting, Jerry. I'm busting"George CostanzaGot some Facebook buddies dating from my past in Montana that have been waxing stupid re Muslims, the world, reality and of course, the intern… Read More
2015-07-19 19:03
My load specifically. To that end I'm having a house-cleaning sale. Everything must go!Everything on this page that is.Check it out. You may find something you can't be without Read More
2015-06-29 02:43
Buy one here! With a trailer! Adorable.This was a wonder of WW2 engineering that I completely glossed-over in my hit-and-miss diatribe on the Deuce-and-a-half earlier. Sorry.To make up… Read More
2015-06-25 22:40
The man who would be president:Ted Cruz, Douchebag, Texas.Now I know that our boy, Raul doesn't really rock that ink - or them pecs. He's never going to be president either but who doesn't s… Read More
2015-06-04 03:46
Those damned flanges.You'll recall; last time I mentioned that Dr. Konrad Spindler described the sides of Otzi's axe as having been worked into "three facets"...Pictured above is how I inter… Read More
2015-05-28 04:22
Maybe.Okay, phase two. After the fortuitous events leading to my melting contaminated (Tin and antimony) copper and the resultant, resounding success I chose to accept my sorry luck and purs… Read More
2015-03-21 21:30
Ummm... Right here. Just lazy.Lots of shit been goin' on, lot 'o water under the bridge/over the dam since last year.Since this is just a loosening-up exercise - leading up my being a more r… Read More
2015-02-07 04:55
Double your fun!Being a brief foray into the post-war netherworld of large truck payloads, under-powered gasoline engines vs expensive diesels - and the innovations that sprang from this odd… Read More
2014-09-19 16:12
Remember this guy? Stupid question; we saw the same pic a few weeks back.The poor SOB, out in the cold but soldiering on, making sure the product got through in a timely manner.But, what of… Read More
2014-08-22 23:34
Interpretations of the legend painted on the bumper are welcome.This doesn't look good.What I can gather from this photo, when held up to my extensive experience in the construction… Read More
2014-07-28 18:05
The formation held upon initial knowledge of the long-anticipated-but-dreaded-nonethesame, retirement:Of my 3/8" drill. Sad, very sad.Above we see my Sioux 8000, purchased twenty-years… Read More
2014-07-24 15:57
Random Tangent!That's what I meant!You may recall (Probably not) the seemingly pointless struggle I bravely powered through, ultimately emerging triumphant as... "The Guy Who Successfully Po… Read More
2014-07-04 20:15
I want to assure everyone; there is no "Polack joke" forthcoming. We'll get to the countrymen of Copernicus, Joseph Conrad and others soon enough.Homegrown stupidity is the first order of th… Read More
2014-06-18 16:49
To your left: a (mis-named) "sniper shield". This is a German example - in case the helmet hadn't tipped you off.This is an early pattern and similar shields were manufactured and used by al… Read More
2014-06-09 05:12
Vehicles with odd numbers of wheels (Mostly three). Just to get it out of my system and 'cause it's kind of on the subject, here's a shout-out to the Harley Davidson trike.I think the things… Read More
2014-05-29 16:43
This has been around a lot the past few days what with the taxpayer-patriots gettin' all gushy about Memorial Day and all. And this is so full of shit.Where to begin... I've been to Vashon I… Read More
2014-05-23 04:39
It's not this:Although... it is and it isn't.Nor is it this; same story as above.It's not even this... the coolness-below-the-cool, Texaco-designed, Diamond-T - built, 1500 gal, Doodlebug fu… Read More
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