Recent content by Dave E

i use the lansky system on my knives and then strop them until theey have a mirror edge and are scary sharp. my chisels i just use a simple 2 sided sharpening stone followed by stroping. here is one of my chisels

thanks for the advice

i've admired muranaka's trees on ebay for a while -especially the cork elms. a few weeks ago i decided to buy one and i'm glad i did.this is the nicest tree in my collection now and i wanted to share it. it's about 7 inches tall and the trunk is around 2 inches at the widest point it had a few...

bunker

32" striper i caught last night fishing chunks with my son (my guess 13-15 lb) with my son

yeah thats kinda the trade off there the whole tree leans back so like you said i would have to change the planting angle. for now i'm gonna look at it for a while-maybe i'll see something different

wanted to show my recent purchase.i've been trying to get some better material thats further along in development and i've had an interest in sweetgum i found this with some good movement and at a good price and i jumped on it. my thought is to chop it a couple inches past the last bend. i'd be...

sounds like it will also add some micro-nutrients

i'm going through my trees today and getting rid of whatever is dead. some didn't wake up this spring and i gave them a chance,it's over 1/2 way through may and i think i gave them enough time. need to make room for some new trees. anyways i have all this soil that on one hand i hate to...

very nice Dave you have some great trees i hope it starts to warm up here soon

here are my bucks including a couple chines knockoffs my fishing knives my son refurbished this one from a tagsale find.it had no handle and was dull and rusted he cleaned it ,up sharpened it and made this handle out of some exotic hardwoods

how could i have forgotten this one

the one on the left my son gave it to me for christmas when he was in 2nd grade -9 yrs ago and had always been my favorite mug until his friend hit it with a lax ball. the one on the rights been my fav coffee mug when a bass pro opened nearby this winter.

thanks Herman

i'm hoping mine does too