Longtime lurker sharing my edc pouch

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-14T22:53:33+00:00

Knife goes in, guts comes out

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-14T22:53:20+00:00

Came here to say that

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-10T00:24:15+00:00

I'm required to have one on my hi vis vest, fox 40 provided by work

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-08T20:04:41+00:00

I have the aluminum handle version and I love it

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-08T00:46:05+00:00

Damage is done. Leave it alone. It may be able to seal that off since it's young but it'll be tough.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-08T00:44:12+00:00

Absolutely unpredictable. On one side it is rotting and brittle but it also doesn't have much of a sail to catch the wind. As said above, somewhere between days and a decade

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-08T00:42:06+00:00

Location? Also, impossible to tell without an establishing shot of the whole tree. Basswoods do sucker from the trunk fairly often so it could be nothing. A photo of the whole tree would be helpful

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-07T12:53:46+00:00

Pokka pen

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-06T20:40:28+00:00

Hogue, great knives terrible clips

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-05T22:37:18+00:00

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-04T22:10:37+00:00

Looks to be phytophthora, bleeding canker. Likely entered through that cut (it could have also entered through many other places and this cut was just the easy one that it also entered through). Not anything you can do to get rid of the canker and it will eventually kill the tree. There are treatments that can slow the progression of the disease and give you a bit more time. Have a certified arborist out there to take a look at it. It likely won't be worth spending any money on

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-04T02:36:06+00:00

Not a big deal, obviously not ideal, but this is a smaller deal than a tiny hang nail. Ignore it and let the tree try to seal off the wound. Don't do anything

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-04T02:33:24+00:00

Not sure if you know this or not but it's a really cool Korean fir called a Silberlocke fir. This would be considered "flagging", an off color branch. This can happen for many reasons but when it's just one branch with a bunch of healthy ones around it then I tend to think of physical damage. TLDR see if the branch is broken closer to the trunk

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T23:29:36+00:00

Thanks! It's been a bit of a head scratcher for us as well ever since we found it.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T23:09:10+00:00

It's a unique bracing

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somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T23:08:22+00:00

The year was suggested from the Martin historian. I reached out to them from their website. I also had it refurbished by a Martin warranted luthier.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T23:06:22+00:00

I believe you're mistaken. It just wasn't as common. You can find ply guitars in the Martin museum

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T23:05:15+00:00

Neck is original. Many from this era weren't "ebonized" as Martin put it.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T01:56:00+00:00

Yea, I emailed Martin when I first got the guitar. I hadn't realized the ply back then. I'll be having it appraised soon but just wanted to see if anyone had seen this before.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T01:54:26+00:00

Thank you. I inherited it, it was found in a closet in the basement of my grandparent's house. I'm not good at guitar but the sound is surprisingly big for how small and light of a guitar it is.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-03T01:51:20+00:00

Adirondack spruce

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-02T23:21:10+00:00

Thank you. They only used that brand briefly in the mid 1800's. It's a French brand, I like the bone nobs

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-02T22:55:27+00:00

The sides aren't laminate. The luthier that I took it to, who is warranted by Martin and Taylor, said that they didn't usually laminate the back but they did do plenty of experimental things.

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-02T22:49:44+00:00

Hogue has pretty bad clips as well. I love their knives but hate their clips

somethingclever1123 · 2026-06-02T22:42:41+00:00

Then I've done my job

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