What did you buy today?

[Pattree]

Do you water your daleks?

 

[TeeDee]

Do you water your daleks?

Cant say I do - but it seems quite ( trigger word ) Moist in there - i tip in kitchen green bins , occasionally have a sly old man wee in over the top but I can't say its dry. Not even close.

 

[TeeDee]

One of these.
A FAK bumbag thingy. Big enough to be useful. Small enough to be remembered.

 

[bearbait]

Four of these Roughneck clamps, for fixing a tarp to the roofrails on my car when camping. (The roofrails fit directly to the roof with no gap underneath so I can't tie a tarp to them.) Alternatively, to extend the span for the tarp and for some flexibility, I can use the clamps to clamp a pole to the roof rails and then tie the tarp to that.

 

[HorseGuy]

Having tried out this Lansky Blademedic sharpener today I was not impressed with it at all.

Starting off with a Mora that was already fairly sharp to begin with this thing just immediately blunted it. Then no matter what I did trying both the Carbide V grove sharpener and the Ceramic V groove polisher I just couldn't get it back to being anywhere near sharp again. But a couple of quick swipes with my Victorinox knife sharpener and it was immediately back to being paper slicing sharp again in 10 seconds.

I've never tried any other pull though V sharpeners apart from these two but if anyone is considering buying a Lansky Blademedic then don't bother and just get a Victorinox one instead. They work much better.

 

[mrmike]

Having tried out this Lansky Blademedic sharpener today I was not impressed with it at all.

Starting off with a Mora that was already fairly sharp to begin with this thing just immediately blunted it. Then no matter what I did trying both the Carbide V grove sharpener and the Ceramic V groove polisher I just couldn't get it back to being anywhere near sharp again. But a couple of quick swipes with my Victorinox knife sharpener and it was immediately back to being paper slicing sharp again in 10 seconds.

I've never tried any other pull though V sharpeners apart from these two but if anyone is considering buying a Lansky Blademedic then don't bother and just get a Victorinox one instead. They work much better.

I have never never understood the carbide v pull through. Ceramic v for finishing, yes. Why are they not diamond v for the first stage?

 

[mrmike]

Bought some waxed thread for a knife sheath.

(Once I have fitted a handle on the blade that is....)

 

[HorseGuy]

I have never never understood the carbide v pull through. Ceramic v for finishing, yes. Why are they not diamond v for the first stage?

I've just found a use for the carbide V groove sharpener on the Lansky Blademedic. I tested it out on a exceptionally blunt knife. It was literally as blunt as a butter knife.

Starting with 4 heavy swipes on the carbide v pull through sharpener. Then 2 normal swipes in the Ceramic V groove polisher. Then swapping over to the Victorinox V groove sharpener did 2 light swipes on that to finish it.

With just 8 quick swipes in total, it went from being almost as blunt as a spoon to being razor sharp. That carbide V certainly takes a lot of metal of a blunt blade to get it started. So it's worth keeping in case I ever want to do that again. There was so much material was removed on those first 4 swipes that there was metal dust left on my desk afterwards!

Now I just need to find a way to blunt this knife again because it doesn't belong to me and the owner doesn't want it sharp.

 

[mrmike]

I've just found a use for the carbide V groove sharpener on the Lansky Blademedic. I tested it out on a exceptionally blunt knife. It was literally as blunt as a butter knife.

Starting with 4 heavy swipes on the carbide v pull through sharpener. Then 2 normal swipes in the Ceramic V groove polisher. Then swapping over to the Victorinox V groove sharpener did 2 light swipes on that to finish it.

With just 8 quick swipes in total, it went from being almost as blunt as a spoon to being razor sharp. That carbide V certainly takes a lot of metal of a blunt blade to get it started. So it's worth keeping in case I ever want to do that again. There was so much material was removed on those first 4 swipes that there was metal dust left on my desk afterwards!

Now I just need to find a way to blunt this knife again because it doesn't belong to me and the owner doesn't want it sharp.

Yes, I have always thought of them as being overly rough.

Regarding your new problem - throw it in a cement mixer with a shovel of gravel.