Busy – Busy

Picked up this MTech dagger pattern knife on Amazon for 20 Bucks – Pakka Wood Scales and the pattern caught my eye. I realized when I bought it it was more “decorative” than functional – bur damn – I have butter knives that are sharper! After an hour or so with it – it is beginning to be sharp – a few more hours of working with it – it will be sharp – it won’t retain an edge very well – it’s straight stainless – but a dagger is not generally used in a “protracted” fashion – It will be sharp enough to stick with – and look good – and of course I make it look better – LOL!

Got two real nice Kissing Crane knives in from Kennesaw Cutlery – Check those folks out!! – I got the 2021 St Patty’s Day Commemorative . . .

Green dyed bone on the “back” side . . .

Really sweet engraving ( yes . . . I know it’s done on CNC machinery ) and red filled logo on the “front” side . . .

A look at the blade etching – most folks would consider it sharp – I may dress the edges a little but it’s not a “working” knife – it’s a commemorative . . .

And picked up a pearl stiletto – really good looking – they lay the pearl veneer on the frame then use clear acrylic scales over it – gives it a great “depth” effect . . .

And a Damascus blade – it was sharp out of the box – I dressed it a little with the V-Sharp and a few light strokes with a steel rod – Sharp?? – somewhere between “That’s Just Stupid” and “OMFG!!”

But Wait – There’s More!

Took the tow hooks off my new “old beater” to put a bull bar on to use for auxiliary lighting mount points – it came with an LED light strip – got a pair of Hella 700FF driving lights mounted and a pair of Hella 550 amber fog lights coming that will mount just above the Led strip . . .

It took over 10 hours of trying to stick arms into places that they wouldn’t fit to remove the tow hooks and mount the bar and I admit I did talk ugly to my truck several times – I honestly thought about having a friend come over and cuss at it in Japanese – but he was at work . . .

The tow hooks are installed on the frame and then the truck is actually built around them – only 4 bolts – piece of cake to remove them – Oh HELL NO!! – Never Again – I will spend money and pay someone to remove tow hooks if I have a stupid moment and ever get involved in something like this ever again – getting the wiring through the firewall and switches installed into factory “blank” locations – turning into total a total suck -it will be nice when it’s finished – don’t know how well it will photograph – but I will try to get some out in the middle of nowhere/middle of the night pics for y’all when it’s all done . . .

Some of you folks may remember this little darling from THIS POST – Well I took a few more pics and hacked out some more stuff about it for an upcoming article/review at SG2 for Nick Walker . . .

Have a glamour shot . . .

Which reminds me . . .

If you haven’t checked it out yet – HERE’S YOUR LINK TO GO DO IT!! – take a look – do some reading – Get Involved – It’s not only FUN – But it’s FREE . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Operation Teapot – Turk 1955 – I Remembered – Finally . . .

After looking half the night – I finally starting searching “shot” names – about the same time I thought maybe “Teapot” was it I searched and found it -sit back and enjoy the info overload . . .

Colorized video clip . . .

From WIKI

I fixed the links – they all open in separate windows . . .

Operation Teapot was a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955. It was preceded by Operation Castle, and followed by Operation Wigwam. Wigwam was, administratively, a part of Teapot, but it is usually treated as a class of its own. The aims of the operation were to establish military tactics for ground forces on a nuclear battlefield and to improve the nuclear weapons used for strategic delivery.

And a few still pics . . .

Tower and cab – the guy wires and tower become the “plasma spikes” . . .

The cab vanishing . . .

The tower and the guy wires becoming “plasma spikes” . . .

A view of the smoke rocket trails . . .

You can see the tower and cab through the window – the light is a reflection from inside lighting for photographic purposes . . .

Fun Times . . . like a bunch of kids running around playing with firecrackers – REALLY BIG firecrackers – LOL!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!