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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #495 on: July 17, 2018, 06:33:31 am »
      Sorry for your loss Eric...Do those tools justice and think of him while you use them...Your Father must have lived a wonderful life...My dad is 81 and hope to have him for a long time....That's a really nice draw knife, I would maybe sharpen it and leave the patina he gave it...
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #496 on: July 20, 2018, 08:39:27 am »
This drawknife sat unused in a damp basement for years, I decided to give it a new life and the respect it deserves. I filed of all the burs and nicks off the top of the blade where someone had been splitting stuff by striking the back with a hammer, polished up all the metal, stripped the finish off the handles, sanded them, and put on a few coats of Tru-Oil.

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Offline tattoo dave

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« Reply #497 on: July 21, 2018, 08:25:57 pm »
Couldn’t pass up either of these buys. The smoker I got for 15$. Still not sure how I got the canvas tent, plus the 2 cots for 10$. It was a good week. ;)

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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #498 on: July 21, 2018, 09:57:50 pm »
Now that's a good deal!  How big is the wall tent?
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Offline chamookman

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #499 on: July 22, 2018, 01:46:43 am »
Wow - Good deal Dave !  :OK Bob
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Offline tattoo dave

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« Reply #500 on: July 22, 2018, 08:56:37 am »
Haven’t measured the tent yet, but it’s about 10x12.

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #501 on: July 22, 2018, 09:16:41 am »
Great score on that tent!  I am looking at a similar one, used, and they are asking $350. It looked like a fair deal until you posted this...now I cringe!
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Offline bjrogg

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« Reply #502 on: July 22, 2018, 09:32:47 am »
That is a great deal Dave . A very good week indeed.
Bjrogg
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Offline Eric Krewson

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« Reply #503 on: July 23, 2018, 06:01:54 pm »
Here is an update on the tools;

I made a pass through my Dad's shop after his funeral, not a lot of stuff I could use or didn't already have. I did notice a draw knife (I collect them) and a froe. Both had seen better days but I wanted the chance to restore them so I brought them home.

The new osage handle on the froe will darken over time to a deep chestnut color, much like a buckeye. It was also hand forged so I elected to remove the surface rust, leave the patina and not take it back to bare metal .A bare metal finish would have eliminated the blacksmith's hammer strikes on the blade which would have taken away its history.

A froe is used for the secondary splitting of wood. Back in the day it would be used for splitting out red oak shingles for roofing from a section cut out of a log.

I filed all the nicks out of the drawknife, removed the rust and refinished the handles.

The before and after pics;
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Offline BrianS

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #504 on: July 23, 2018, 06:14:03 pm »
Nice work Eric
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #505 on: July 23, 2018, 06:33:59 pm »
Nice job on the restoration.  They will last many more generations now.
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #506 on: August 19, 2018, 03:49:18 pm »
I picked up this hitch receiver, a 4 way lug nut wrench, and these two heads for $15 while on a weekend get a way trip with the wife.  The ax and hatchet heads both say Made in West Germany. 

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Offline JEB

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Re: It followed me home thread
« Reply #507 on: August 19, 2018, 08:28:27 pm »
neighbor is an e-bayer so when I pick odds and ends I give them to him and does the same for me when it is archery related. The other day he  stopped by with a box of 40 aluminum arrows that he paid 50 cents for the whole box. Trouble is most of them were 2016's and 2018's. I use 1916's when I use metal. I gave the 2016's away 
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Offline bjrogg

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« Reply #508 on: August 20, 2018, 08:49:50 am »
Nice work on the draw knife and froe Eric

Glad you got a little time to spend relaxing with your wife Clint. Those axe heads should clean up nice.
Bjrogg
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Offline Eric Krewson

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« Reply #509 on: August 22, 2018, 06:48:08 am »
I put the froe out in the sun every day for a month, the handle is a nice dark chestnut color now.
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