Firefox Kuksa

[Wayland]

Eurasian Elk ( Alces alces ) Renamed by those rebellious colonials as "Moose" for some reason.

The colonial elk (Cervus canadensis) until very recently (2004) was considered to be the same species as the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Obviously another whiff of rebellion.

And what you lot insist on calling the Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is definitely the Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).

 

[Tengu]

There, now look, the Shaman.

He gives the animals names...and they stick.

He is called Carl Linneus and he is from Sweden.

Now go look a picture of him up online and tell me what you see...

 

[TLM]

Linneus is not going to be anything for long, he's in for ritual cancellation ...

 

[Wayland]

Linneus is not going to be anything for long, he's in for ritual cancellation ...

Hadn't heard anything about that. What is the story?

 

[TLM]

BLM and typical Swedish SD political correctness.

Actually that was somebodys demand but heaven knows when another takes a catch.

 

[Wayland]

There, now look, the Shaman.

He gives the animals names...and they stick.

He is called Carl Linneus and he is from Sweden.

Now go look a picture of him up online and tell me what you see...

I am working my way through parts of Lachesis lapponica among other such documents at the moment.

 

[Wayland]

BLM and typical Swedish SD political correctness.

Actually that was somebodys demand but heaven knows when another takes a catch.

A lot of that going around at the moment.

The "Woke" generation may learn to look to the beam in their own eyes eventually.

In the mean time I will satisfy myself with the thought that I am rather too old to be right about everything.

 

[TLM]

You can't be right about something where there is no right or wrong, of course you can try if you are a leftist but that still does not make it right. Goes into politics let it be.

 

[Robson Valley]

Thanks for the proper names. We have very small herds of protected mountain caribou which look nothing like reindeer.
Our moose. There are clearly several distinctly different races of them with overlapping ranges.
"Moose" might be derived from a name given in one of the First Nations languages.

 

[TLM]

All reindeer subspecies look pretty much alike, small differences like height. What most Americans think of reindeer is a Disney make believe, just about nothing to do with reindeer.

 

[Robson Valley]

Sorry but north of the 49th, we don't give a sweet rat's patootie what Disney says or does.
Public perception of these animals is quite different from American perceptions.

Those endangered mountain caribou are 50 miles west of me.
They come down, north, in April to spend about a month along the Fraser riverthen they
go back up George Mtn and other places for the rest of the year.
Go in there on a snowmobile and you're looking at a major fine and the loss of your sled.

Ever seen a car that has hit an adult moose at 70 mph? I've watched it happen. Bigger than most horses.
We have obviously different subspecies of Alces alces (moose) here.
The long-legged brown ones and the short-legged black ones. Every hunter knows that.

 

[TLM]

Yes I have seen what happens to the car. The North American Alces is on the average slightly bigger than the northern European one, I think the biggest they have weighted in Sweden was slightly over 800 kg in Finland over 700 kg. On the average about 2000 collisions a year.

In Fennoskandia there are two subspecies of reindeer, the fell reindeer that is the origin of the half tame one and the larger and taller forest reindeer. When going east there probably are other ones.

 

[Tengu]

Diferrent reindeer have different antlers.

That I do know.

 

[TLM]

Here the fell and woodland ssp have very similar ones, male and female antlers do differ.

 

[Pignut]

looks awesome

 

[Wayland]

looks awesome

Hello there stranger...

 

[quietone]

Marvelous they are. Did you use a dedicated kolrosing knife, or adapt another small knife, like say a small mora, and adjust the grip?
I've recently been carving a birch kuksa for an old pal who is still laid up with c19, thought it would cheer him up a little. The birch was very well seasoned, and was subsequently stubborn to shape.
Not a lot left to do, and was intending to try some kolrosing on it.

 

[Wayland]

Nothing so elaborate or specialised.

The knife I use is a simple no.10A blade in a Swan Morton retractable scalpel handle.

Any craft knife that you can get a pen like grip on should do the job.

 

[quietone]

Thanks for the reply. I've a set of vintage bracht carving knives, they allow a pencil grip. Many thanks Wayland

 

[Pipster]

Wayland, if you don't mind the question - whereabouts did you buy the kuksa from, please ? I'm currently looking for one with antler deco, but most of the ones I'm turning up on the internet aren't really hitting the mark - whereas the one you've pictured is beautiful - even before the kolrosing !