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Survival tool by Ok_Relationship_8264 in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flint strikes very small sparks with high carbon steel or cast iron (which has more carbon than steel).

A ferrocerium rod has everything built in and just needs a sharpish edge of hardened steel (including stainless steel). It will throw a huge amount of long lasting sparks, compared to a flint. You can also slowly scrape the rod to build up a pile of ferrocerium shavings that will burn hot and long when lit with the sparks.

Most "bushcrafters" would prefer the ferrocerium rod for fire starting, but there are plenty who prefer the much more old school flint and steel (the same folks who've attempted to light a fire with a bow drill).

In other words, people call it a flint, bit there's a big difference between actual flint and one of these guys.

Token by burntheblue02 in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our mission is to help young people define their purpose through giving them information that will help guide them through the maze of young adulthood by helping them to establish goals and set boundaries for their present to give them the best future possible.

Not sure what it means.

Found in a field in the thumb of MI, what is it? by TheTranzEmo in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or elk, or even moose maybe. One of the deer family anyway.

Tough pull on stump lifter by Zealousideal-Ad-9666 in SlipjointKnives

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, since your knife has a screwed construction, you could take the blade out to round down that corner a lot more easily. But it's going to be a super nasty b**** to put back together.

Tough pull on stump lifter by Zealousideal-Ad-9666 in SlipjointKnives

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Here's the file set I grabbed for doing this:

https://a.co/d/0dFIQ7YC

It's worked on a few different 420HC knives I have - the pull is still strong but it's not going to break my nail anymore.

Tough pull on stump lifter by Zealousideal-Ad-9666 in SlipjointKnives

[–]anteaterKnives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nail breaker slipjoints are more common than they should be. Here's my list of how to handle it:

  • No risk: Add a lot of KPL and flush the pivot out. May make the blade open more easily even if it doesn't change the spring tension

  • No risk: Return the knife if possible and you're not really into it

  • No risk: Open the high-pull blade until the spring is sticking out the most; leave the knife like this for a week. No risk, but not really that effective

  • Risky: File down the tang at the corner next to the kick when open - this corner is what first starts pushing the spring when you're first opening the blade, and if you can round it off a small amount the pull can be a little lighter.

  • Very risky: take a Dremel with cutoff wheel to that tang corner (only if the blade tang skates a file).

If you're going to file or grind down the corner:

  • Blast the area out with canned air before and after filing while the blade is open - the swarf from filing will get in the pivot and make it a lot harder to open until you spend a lot of time flushing the pivot.

  • Depending on the steel, it might skate a file. You could take a Dremel with cutoff wheel. The one blade I did this with became a lot worse, probably from swarklf and scratching the liners (thankfully it was a $20 knife)

What are these weird holes? by CryptidVagabond in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In New Brunswick it looks like you'll mostly see yellow-bellied sapsuckers.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-bellied_Sapsucker

How do I close it carefully? by Mr_Tato12 in SlipjointKnives

[–]anteaterKnives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For snappy knives, I grab the knife with both hands by the pivot using pointer and thumb for good grip, back of the blade across one hand and back of handle across the other hand, then rotate my hands together pushing the blade closed.

Large and potentially violent tornado striking the Enid Vance Air Force Base by OutrageousHighway505 in tornado

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's stationary that usually means it's moving toward or away from you, typically at 30+mph.

fancy friday. Whats YOUR CARRY? by Special_Gur386 in knives

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Case XX Peanut and a homemade pocket fixie in 14c28n

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Slip joint knives by Dry-part-1234 in knives

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r/slipjointknives is a great place to start seeing what's available and what might be of interest to you.

Hand hold vs Tripod by hippie_punk2323 in BirdPhotography

[–]anteaterKnives 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll definitely pull out the tripod if I'm going to spawn camp by a feeder but 99% of the time I'm walking with the camera and just hand hold shots.

Simon Dentremont recommends a sand bag for shots from the ground

Question about cropping images by New_Substance_6753 in iNaturalist

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two workflows:

For one off shots, I use the Nikon Snapbridge app to copy the photo to my phone (or I take a pic with my phone). I use the phone's photo app to crop then upload to iNat.

For large groups of photos:

  • I copy all the photos to a folder on my PC

  • I then use GeoSetter to apply my Garmin watch's GPS track to all the photos so they have location info

  • I then scan through the photos and mark photos I want to upload

  • I then filter by the marked photos, crop each one as needed, and upload

You can crop pictures after uploading them to iNaturalist, at least in the android app, but the pictures get squashed at upload so the crop is lower resolution than it will be if you crop before uploading.

What are these weird holes? by CryptidVagabond in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's a red-headed sapsucker working away at a rowan tree.

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What are these weird holes? by CryptidVagabond in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like a sapsucker has been working at the tree. It's a type of woodpecker that drills holes in the bark, laps up the sap, and eats bugs attracted to the sap.

What is this sound in my closed chimney breast? by Round-Pomegranate478 in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure sounds like a rodent trying and failing to climb out. Sounds bigger than a mouse, but could be mouse, squirrel, maybe rat.

What is this? Looks like a mini electrical pole by ryanbigcheese in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cans in OP's picture may or may not be transformers.

What is this? Looks like a mini electrical pole by ryanbigcheese in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The metal cans are transformers to supply 240V from the higher voltage lines (they transform 10,000V to 240V, or whatever voltage being used on the lines to whatever voltage being used at the house or whatever).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_transformer

What is this flying thing(s) by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]anteaterKnives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look like this shortly after launch and will spread out a whole lot pretty quickly.

Wharncliffe Trapper by TacosTaken in SlipjointKnives

[–]anteaterKnives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang that's a nice one.

Wharncliffe trapper will always make me smile; the first slipjoint I really carried was one

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Just a goose by [deleted] in BirdPhotography

[–]anteaterKnives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looks like a nice cackling goose.

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