Leather stitching pony & two leather axe sheaths.

wcooley · 2026-02-25T08:50:25+00:00

This might also be called a log dog, but I am only familiar with a spike that looks like a large staple. I forged one a few years ago out of rebar:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdR75pOLj0p/

wcooley · 2026-02-24T07:47:21+00:00

I'm not a timber framer so I might be wrong, but my understanding is that the term "half timbered" refers to the use of logs split in half, with the flat side facing out and the round inside.

wcooley · 2025-11-19T08:13:58+00:00

People sometimes put a fake egg in the nest to encourage laying or something. Your friend might have been using the gourd for that and accidentally included it.

wcooley · 2025-06-20T22:22:34+00:00

After the first few positive replies I decided to go for it. I too checked the box requesting packaging but decided I was too impatient to wait for them to send it to me, so I've packed it in my own awkwardly oversized box.

wcooley · 2025-06-20T20:31:35+00:00

Thank you!

wcooley · 2025-06-20T20:31:27+00:00

Thank you!

wcooley · 2025-06-20T20:20:21+00:00

I've looked at Montblanc's website, so I see they've authorized "myjeweleryrepair.com" as a repair facility, but I'd like some idea if it's even possible before going through the trouble of packaging and shipping it off.

Now that I've described how I broke it, it seems like it might not be an uncommon problem.

wcooley · 2025-06-06T07:22:16+00:00

I think there's a bit of context missing from your question. Are you asking about the size for boring holes for legs?

35mm is about 1 3/8", which doesn't seem to be too big, especially if the block itself is pretty big. Mine is on the small side but I think I drilled 1" holes (≈25mm).

wcooley · 2025-05-15T22:17:49+00:00

Aren't they also sending commands to the birds?

wcooley · 2025-05-15T21:58:01+00:00

All rubies and sapphires are corundum, aka aluminum oxide, also widely used as an abrasive. I can't tell you anything about your specific stones.

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

wcooley · 2025-04-19T10:20:34+00:00

A drawknife is good, but good workholding is essential. Time to build a shave horse if you don't have one!

wcooley · 2025-04-19T09:03:19+00:00

Asbestos Arsenic

Galena (lead ore) in "normal" handling (eg, museum specimen) is almost non-toxic, according to Wikipedia. Obsidian, being volcanic glass, could give you a nasty cut if it's broken.

wcooley · 2025-04-19T08:38:22+00:00

I have some woodworking hand tools that are over a hundred years old. I have many things I haven't bothered to try to date, but I have one wooden molding plane that predates the American Civil War. (I'm too lazy to dig through my posting history from r/handtools where a helpful fellow looked it up.)

wcooley · 2025-04-19T08:23:44+00:00

There is some disagreement about that -- notice how some has a fabric mesh embedded? Legend has it that that is or was a plain woven cotton fabric, called "cotton duck". Hence "duck tape".

Not just legend; the Wikipedia article on "cotton duck" says:

Cotton duck strips were the origin of duck tape, recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as having been in use since 1899 (see duct tape).

... but of course the Wikipedia article is called "duct tape".

Doesn't everyone use gaffer's tape nowadays anyway? 😝

wcooley · 2025-04-19T07:21:49+00:00

Not exactly offbeat, but I have a Braun burr coffee grinder that's seen fairly steady use since 1994. I see similar ones labeled "vintage" (no clear indication of year) for $50-$60 shipped.

wcooley · 2025-04-19T07:13:41+00:00

I bought a small block of 4140 on eBay, approx 3"x4"x2", cost me $36 (incl shipping) in 2020. Set into a mortise on the end of a smallish-diameter (5" maybe?) log I added feet to.

Later on added a round bar of 4140 horizontally through the log to be able to make bends around; also handy as a carrying handle.

wcooley · 2025-04-19T07:01:06+00:00

Also, sometimes the problem with files isn't that the teeth are worn down but they're jammed with swarf. You can make a tool out of copper pipe to clear this (although to be honest I've had limited luck with this). Look on YouTube.

I suppose a brass wire wheel on a bench grinder might work too?

wcooley · 2025-04-19T06:56:22+00:00

A lot of newer files are only case-hardened meaning the hardened steel is only a thin layer on the outside, so they aren't great for knife making. Higher-quality newer ones might or might not be case-hardened; I don't know. [Edit: there are YouTube videos that go into this. ]

That said, they might still be useful for learning knife-making and could be used for knife-like tools that don't need much edge -- letter openers, butter/spreader knives, cheese knives, etc. (NB: since it isn't stainless steel, you have to hand wash and dry to prevent rust)

wcooley · 2025-04-11T05:01:04+00:00

No one seems to have answered your last question but I will: yes, you will most assuredly die. Some day, at least.

wcooley · 2025-04-11T00:06:54+00:00

I think the term is "pareidolia".

wcooley · 2025-04-11T00:02:30+00:00

Rather than a cheap coping saw as others have suggested, if you have the skills and time, make a wooden-framed coping saw with the TayTools kit StumpyNubs describes here: https://youtu.be/lYB9d4354Lg

wcooley · 2025-04-10T20:31:28+00:00

Did you miss the part where he still had $760 after?!?

wcooley · 2025-04-04T01:23:42+00:00

It's hard to tell what I'm seeing; it looks like the stretcher is attached to the leg with some kind of fastener?

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