Most of us older than 50 and use tools on job or home have a small collection of antiques. From his collection I have a saw vice and slate hammer. I also have planes, hammers wrenches and a lot of other shit.
When one of the wooden rails on the Chinese wheelbarrow rotted out I used an old (older than me and that’s old) draw knife to make a new one. They still have uses
Eh. It's not made out of beryllium, it's made out of beryllium bronze, an about that's mostly copper.
I've seen better demonstrations of old tools. Though I suppose the heat shaped hog ear punch is kinda cool. I'd think people would just use notches though. Can do that with a knife. That punch strikes me as expensive.
That hog scraper. That was for removing hair. Ya dunked the hog in a barrel of hot water, pulled it out and scraped the hair off with those things. I know because I've done it many times.
Despite all the criticism, I thought this was very cool. Exposing the ways that were is important to the generations that have no clue what life was like before cell phones... While he may have been inaccurate in his presentation, one should get kids today to watch and learn how we have evolved... GB
I had about an acre of hay that I cut when I was about 25 years old, to feed a horse that the neighbor had. He let my kids sit on it when they were young, and was an old guy who could not do it himself. I used a scythe of my ex FIL which had to be from the early 1900's. He kept is razor sharp and it was faster than any other way for such a small amount. An acre is about 43,000 sq.ft. A football field is 48,000 sq.ft. So you can sort of visualize how big an acre is, which is an easy way of thinking about it. My uncle who was a lifer in the U.S. Army told me when we were deer hunting once that the Army told them to estimate distance while in the field by imagining football fields laid end to end. Since back then most young men played football at one time or another, or had watched it growing up, it was apparently the easiest way to teach them without the electronic yardage things we have now. He would have gone through basic training in about 1950.
why does he feel he has to apologize for the way our grandfathers lived and the things they had to do?
ReplyDeleteMost of us older than 50 and use tools on job or home have a small collection of antiques. From his collection I have a saw vice and slate hammer. I also have planes, hammers wrenches and a lot of other shit.
ReplyDeleteMy dad became a carpenter after WWII. I have a ton of old wood working tools that I use to this day. Dad bought good tools and took care of them.
DeleteWhen one of the wooden rails on the Chinese wheelbarrow rotted out I used an old (older than me and that’s old) draw knife to make a new one. They still have uses
DeleteEh. It's not made out of beryllium, it's made out of beryllium bronze, an about that's mostly copper.
ReplyDeleteI've seen better demonstrations of old tools. Though I suppose the heat shaped hog ear punch is kinda cool. I'd think people would just use notches though. Can do that with a knife. That punch strikes me as expensive.
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Yeah, you try cutting on a pig's ear with a knife and let me know how that works out for you. They use a punch because it's quick.
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DeleteKnife is good for a small number of hogs, like one or two raised for a family use. And you cut marks in the ear edge with a knife.
DeleteFor more than 5-10, yeah, some sort of marker is the way to go. Quick and relatively painless on the human's part.
That hog scraper. That was for removing hair. Ya dunked the hog in a barrel of hot water, pulled it out and scraped the hair off with those things. I know because I've done it many times.
ReplyDeleteDespite all the criticism, I thought this was very cool. Exposing the ways that were is important to the generations that have no clue what life was like before cell phones... While he may have been inaccurate in his presentation, one should get kids today to watch and learn how we have evolved...
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I had about an acre of hay that I cut when I was about 25 years old, to feed a horse that the neighbor had. He let my kids sit on it when they were young, and was an old guy who could not do it himself. I used a scythe of my ex FIL which had to be from the early 1900's. He kept is razor sharp and it was faster than any other way for such a small amount.
ReplyDeleteAn acre is about 43,000 sq.ft. A football field is 48,000 sq.ft. So you can sort of visualize how big an acre is, which is an easy way of thinking about it.
My uncle who was a lifer in the U.S. Army told me when we were deer hunting once that the Army told them to estimate distance while in the field by imagining football fields laid end to end. Since back then most young men played football at one time or another, or had watched it growing up, it was apparently the easiest way to teach them without the electronic yardage things we have now. He would have gone through basic training in about 1950.