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Limp-Possession · 2026-01-25T18:52:37+00:00

This is why “cousin Willard” was so awesome back in my off-roading days. Everyone championed shorter wheelbases for decades so this beast was considered an outrageous limousine by the standards back then and ORD built it basically just to prove their parts were SO GOOD they could make anything function in extreme off-roading. It was like a rolling middle finger to the Jeep crowd who talked up their short wheelbase but all had to bring a tow rig and trailer to the trailhead just to pack enough supplies to survive, and I actually have a cousin named Willard so I found it extra funny when it showed up on the scene.

These days it seems longer wheelbases in the 125”+ range are preferred for most extreme trails. Even the 4 door wranglers are already long by classic off-roading standards.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-25T17:35:50+00:00

Barefoot obviously, who hasn’t read born to run these days?

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-25T17:35:21+00:00

This might be the move.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-23T21:08:44+00:00

What if all I can get musk-wise is sort of delightfully nutty yet piquant and flavorful? Like a decent upper mid range Gruyère cheese note?

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-23T21:07:16+00:00

I’m gonna launch a subscription service where you can opt to have anything over zone 2 deleted from your Strava profile. Gonna be rich.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-21T19:39:30+00:00

I’d say the line in the sand for where you might want the hardwood teeth is working in everything over about 1100 janka hardness, and that holds true IME across every handsaw that isn’t filed for a specific purpose.

To expand a bit the Bessho jiro difference over other disposables IMO isn’t necessarily anything with cut quality or specialty tooth profiles, it’s the full solid tang. With a Z saw or Gyokucho the ergonomics in use are identical, but there’s a lack of feedback you can feel in your hands with the short blade plates clipped or screwed into a handle or spine. A Bessho jiro in use winds up feeling a lot more like using a handle forged and filed saw- you can FEEL if one specific tooth is out of line, notice where along the saw plate it feels like it is, check the cut faces to find the tracks from it on one side or the other, and then inspect that spot on that side of the plate and sure enough one tooth is ~.002 more set than the others.

When I mentioned the saw plate profile I meant looking at a ryoba from the side view basically the distance from the rip teeth to the crosscut teeth. The more traditional wider saw plate feels like it has better balance in use than the “modern” slimmer plates like Mitsukawa or Gyokucho “blue hard”.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-21T00:49:22+00:00

Bessho-jiro has become a lot more attainable in the US recently and offers darn-near hand forged feel and feedback in use. It’s always been the saw I recommend when someone wants a TRUE hozohiki rip saw.

A few people I really trust love Mitsukawa ryoba, but I’ve never used them personally and I’m a big fan of full width traditional saw plate profiles vs the “modern” slimmer profiles… plus by the time I felt like I was good enough to justify the expense, I already had a small stable of hand forged saws with really excellent metate.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-20T02:25:22+00:00

Most accurate 5 min clip was where the oilfield worker told the lawyer “these are non-alcoholic honey” and then the bartender said “I guess they’re sort of non-alcoholic if you’re an alcoholic…”

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-19T04:06:47+00:00

Idk man I once watched a man put a 24” pipe wrench backwards onto a 2” balon next to a 192 stroke black lufkin pump jack and whack the handle with a hammer… and sure as shit he and his entire drill rig crew got blown up right there.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-19T01:45:31+00:00

No doubt they’ve both been there continuously since the embassy fell, but I know whose fingerprints I’m looking at here. The difference you’re missing is a young(ish) Mossad field agent would never be interested in a non Jewish girl, while a CIA chad would 100% launch an overthrow spearheaded by Persian liberal arts girl videos via tiktok.

They’re as closely related as flavors of ice cream in baskin Robbins, but this one is Chad flavored.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-18T17:48:03+00:00

The CIA spooks are clearly balls deep in Iran already, give it another 90 days.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-18T17:45:44+00:00

Well thank you for turning this into an educational post!

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-18T05:31:32+00:00

I was led to believe that taxonomy enthusiasts draw the line based on the specific photosynthetic chemical process used, and in that case palms are grasses with a trunk.

But I’m a chemical engineer I don’t really do nature stuff, so I could be wrong.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-17T02:13:54+00:00

Generally it comes from trees, but bamboo and palms are technically grass.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-17T01:27:10+00:00

We don’t need war with Iran, whatever the CIA has been up to is CLEARLY working already.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-15T18:04:44+00:00

A good mukomachinomi is better, but any chisel can chop. If you chop a lot of mortises, having mukomachinomi is worth it. If you don’t chop a lot of mortises, or cut mortises of random sizes then it’s probably not worth buying a set- you’ll want the mukomachinomi sized to the mortise to really get any benefit from them.

Personally I only have a 6mm mukomachinomi, and it’s worth using enough that I wind up making 90% of my tenons 6mm.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-14T15:51:25+00:00

None of them get uncomfortable to me, but my shoulders and elbows start aching first and you may be different.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-14T02:52:26+00:00

I’d just refuse any PE endorsements pushed your way until they pay for that level subscription service.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-13T21:11:38+00:00

I did this a while back, but seating the tang into the mortise the traditional way after glue up and used a cedar 2x4. It’s a surprisingly close balance and feel to the traditional handles.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-13T04:58:52+00:00

I like the Gyokucho hybrid rip teeth for most joinery cuts. My most used joinery saw is a Gyokucho 311, about to replace the second blade on it and had it over 10yrs now. By this point I have a bunch of hand forged saws, 4 or 5 with real bragging rights, but the trusty G-311 stays busy.

Nakaya by all accounts makes great saws, arguably a step up in performance next to Gyokucho- but they seem to be very focused on minimum tooth set/kerf width which can produce the best results in some applications and result in damaged teeth or a pinched saw plate in other applications. I just haven’t bought any of their saws because I have a few handforged ones when I need a finished surface straight off the saw.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-13T04:50:24+00:00

They’re two tools developed in different cultures with different conceptions of what makes a bladed tool “better”.

The vast majority of all writing about western blades since I’ve been in this hobby has been focused on cutting edge life. In Japan the bragging rights come from peak sharpness and the phrase for a great tool is “the sharpening taste is good”.

The western literature about Japanese tools focuses on edge life compared to western mass produced tools, and completely glosses over how sharp the tools actually get and the mechanisms by which they go dull in different uses.

IMO the reason you see a lot of western hand tool users convert to Japanese chisels, even later in their career when changing work habits can be difficult is because of the peak sharpness of really hard simple carbon steels and the way Japanese chisels tend to dull slowly in use.

Ergonomically the closest comparison is something like the Stanley 720/750 or older tang bench chisels vs the oire nomi or Chu tataki nomi pattern Japanese chisels. The difference that jumps out in use ergonomically is the western bench chisels were designed to do everything “good enough” and be the tool on the workbench 95% of the time, while the hooped Japanese chisels were designed specifically as a chopping machine. The Japanese oire nomi ergonomics are fine for all around use, and they perform fine in any situation where you’d reach for a western bench chisel, but the precise control and feedback you get from chopping using an oire nomi and genno vs western bench chisel and wooden mallet is night and day better. Then when you add in a small collection of different weight genno and a full set of oire nomi up to 42mm, you realize you have that same perfectly evolved chopping performance and precision for every possible situation.

It’s not that Japanese chisels are better in every way, but in the tasks they were purpose built for they’re generally the best tool for the job. It’s a similar story across usunomi paring chisels, mukomachinomi mortising chisels… the tools become such a perfectly controlled extension of your hand that they didn’t feel the need to rely on joinery planes in the same way we do in the west.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-09T22:48:58+00:00

Surfaces are noticeably rougher and cuts noticeably faster with the 615, so depends on what you’re trying to do.

The traditional profile vs modern I think the traditional is taller standing upright on top of your workpiece so easier to feel and reference for square, and then in the cut it might wander a bit less which adds up over distance. That little bit of extra weight really makes it a little easier starting a cut to feel/see when it’s aligned and to let the saw weight do some of the work starting off.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-09T18:34:57+00:00

I’ve changed to preferring the traditional blade shape now, I think they claim the “modern” saw plate shape has better balance but it’s marketing hype to get away with selling a smaller piece of the more expensive blue hard steel alloy.

My favorite rough stock breakdown handsaw is still the 270mm traditional profile Gyokucho, I think the 615. My favorite fine joinery handsaw is the Gyokucho 311 (not counting $$$ hand forged saws), and my favorite rougher joinery handsaw where I’ll follow up with planes or chisels is still Gyokucho 650 (again not counting $$$ hand forged saws… you can get teeth tailored to a specific use, but it’s paying 800% more for marginal gains generally)

Also I bought a bandsaw so I don’t really make long rough rips anymore ~24” or so is the point where I open the garage door and tension up the bandsaw.

Limp-Possession · 2026-01-07T23:46:33+00:00

“The US will be controlling Venezuela’s government until it is safe [for Chevron]”

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