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[threedogs]

My thread, my subject change, picked these up on Fleabay for nix.
My intension was/is to turn them into salt and pepper shakers.
All I know they are old power line insulators, Can anyone tell me
if "FB 41 is for FEB 1941???.
Plus has anyone made a set of salt and pepper shakers from some
cape York ones.

[threedogs]

Also a pic of my camp knives, and how I store them
Mates swear sharpest knives ever, just the weight will cause a cut.
Always have heaps of bandaids lol

The black handled jobs are Mundial, plastic handle more hygenic that wood.
Show me yours or what you use

[Drew]

I use an east/west (I think that's what it's called) Furi. Circumcise a fly when sharp

[threedogs]

Oh yeah Furii are a great Knife

[janderson]

Here is my camping & hunting knives. The top one is a 35 year old Schrade ‘Old Timer’ Made in USA. All are sharp enough to shave with.

[threedogs]

You Janderson nice looking Dick there lol Oh stop it its a brand name F.Dick , plus Black jobs are Mundial too are they??
The 2 with wooden handles are they heirloom numbers. Next time I'm up I'll bring some that I've made, Still have GGG grandmas carving Knife
Marked "special Steel" So Pre stainless And about 1845 from resarch of markings, Stainless invented in 1930 I think , Before Special steel we had warranted or forged steel which will date back to Cpt Cook, Rattling on but it is interesting stuff IMO
from top down my homemade full red gum fillet knife, my homemade schrade sharp finger from Damascus billet bar, GGGGranny's carving knife and some Damascus Ladder billet bar

[threedogs]

So I take it no one has made some some salt and pepper shakers from insulators.
Might have to attack one with the dremel and see what works

[threedogs]

Heres an interesting knife I just purchased, knife , 8" Chefs Its CERAMIC, yep ceramic, compressed under great pressure. to me looks like steel,cuts like steel
but its ceramic and bloody sharp too. As far as sharpening goes you do that in the normal way {stone or steel}, but very brittle so no cutting bones etc.

The other pic is a trivet I've made from a Clydesdale horse shoe, 8" across
Big Fella is getting some cast iron ones made from a sample I had. can't be too far away from ready

Going to finish an upside down finger skinner this week but need to see butcher about some bones first,
should look awesome if it works out

[threedogs]

@ Bob don't know if you remember But this was at our last camp.
Don't think we sat under it as was a warm night. But as you can see plenty of light