What did you buy today?

[Damascus]

Goretex jacket, for walking the hills!

 

[Bhod]

Set out with the intention of buying a wood carving axe and failed miserably, can't make my mind up as to which one I would like so will leave it until I've managed to see them in the flesh and hold them and then make my decision.

 

[TeeDee]

Set out with the intention of buying a wood carving axe and failed miserably, can't make my mind up as to which one I would like so will leave it until I've managed to see them in the flesh and hold them and then make my decision.

I'm the same with the lady friends

 

[Keith_Beef]

Yesterday: six big oranges and three big lemons.

 

[Dan00001]

I didn't buy it but had it given to me. I want to take it home and put it in my rather small garden. I just have to somehow persuade my girlfriend.

Any ideas on 1. What paint to paint it with? and 2. What other uses apart from simply providing warmth on a cold night can I use it for? Not sure how I could utilise it for boiling some water, or cooking some food

 

[crosslandkelly]

I didn't buy it but had it given to me. I want to take it home and put it in my rather small garden. I just have to somehow persuade my girlfriend.

Any ideas on 1. What paint to paint it with? and 2. What other uses apart from simply providing warmth on a cold night can I use it for? Not sure how I could utilise it for boiling some water, or cooking some food

High temperature stove or engine block paint will do the trick.

 

[Broch]

I didn't buy it but had it given to me. I want to take it home and put it in my rather small garden. I just have to somehow persuade my girlfriend.

Any ideas on 1. What paint to paint it with? and 2. What other uses apart from simply providing warmth on a cold night can I use it for? Not sure how I could utilise it for boiling some water, or cooking some food

Matt black exhaust paint works just fine - be sure to give it a good burn-off before sitting around it.

 

[Chris]

I greatly covet @Nice65’s copper torch, so I bought the next best things I could find.

 

[Dan00001]

Matt black exhaust paint works just fine - be sure to give it a good burn-off before sitting around it.

High temperature stove or engine block paint will do the trick.

Thank you both

 

[Nice65]

Bought a Gerber E-Z out rescue knife. Had my eye on one for about 20 years, seems decent enough

I hope it gets another 20 without being needed for anything other than bread and salami

 

[Wildgoose]

I hope it gets another 20 without being needed for anything other than bread and salami

Fingers crossed.

 

[Bhod]

I didn't buy it but had it given to me. I want to take it home and put it in my rather small garden. I just have to somehow persuade my girlfriend.

Any ideas on 1. What paint to paint it with? and 2. What other uses apart from simply providing warmth on a cold night can I use it for? Not sure how I could utilise it for boiling some water, or cooking some food

I'd actually use stove blacking for it, a bit more effort than a rattle can of paint but the finish and the longevity will be much better. Apply blacking, polish up, light fire to cure and voila, Bob's your Dad's brother

 

[Broch]

Mmm... hate to disagree, but stove black doesn't work very well on shiny bare metal at all in my experience; it just wipes off. It works fine re-applied to the rougher surface of cast metal stoves. I suppose it will depend on what the metal surface is like. Most modern wood burning stoves are now finished with high-temp mat paint (actually called stove paint). Traditionally, they may have been oil quenched then graphite polished.

I would definitely use Stove Bright or Rust-Oleum High Heat, or just exhaust black. It is possible to do an oil quenching finish but it would be hard work.