MaxwellB Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I'm a little late in posting this, but over the holiday break I managed to finish up another letter opener, which was given to a friend who gifted me a butcher block cutting board. Recycled coil spring blade, Zebrawood & resin handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That is an outstanding letter opener. I bet your friend is proud to have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxwellB Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Thanks! He was gushing about it. It's not hardened or tempered, because it's just for paper. Hopefully it serves him well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 11:24 AM, MaxwellB said: He was gushing about it. I hope he's learned his lesson and won't run with a blade again! Really nice letter opener, well done. I appreciate the straight line too, it spurty good one. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRLD Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 It's gonna slay some letters for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Curious as to how many people use letter openers today with the drop in letters overall? Even my bills are done paperless now. I wonder if they are headed the way of the buggy whip. BUT, it looks like it could possible double as an oyster shucker. Looks great BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I use mine mainly to stir my tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Said John ironically! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Very nice! Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 How long did Thomas mull over that one Frosty wines. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 why does your tea need stirring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxwellB Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 5 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Curious as to how many people use letter openers today with the drop in letters overall? Even my bills are done paperless now. I wonder if they are headed the way of the buggy whip. BUT, it looks like it could possible double as an oyster shucker. Looks great BTW Thanks! And yes, there is a decline in the letter opener business. This was for an older (than me) guy, who still does a lot of things old school. Still writes checks, still buys stamps, that sort of thing. Although I will say that I still get some things by mail that I give a toot about. So I use mine maybe 2x a week? And if I don't have it handy, or can't find it, or just can't be buggered, I just tear the side of the envelope off like a heathen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 We'll soon be at loggerheads Frosty! Steve, perhaps to help dissolve the strange white powder in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I have one nice long stirring spoon left for my travel coffee mug as one disappeared. (Having kids will do that). Im thinking Ill have to make a new one as a backup as they are about impossible to find and I Have to have my longer thin stirring spoon. A letter opener is just an atrocity. Lol might as well use a butter knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 " I know you are a blacksmith, and not a common jerk, Because no one but a blacksmith stirs his coffee with a dirk." "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I have made bottle opener daggers before. Only two really but it might be worth revisiting. Come to think about it, maybe not the safest idea. Might want to get extra insurance if selling them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 6 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Curious as to how many people use letter openers today with the drop in letters overall? Even my bills are done paperless now. I still get all my bills in the mail, but rarely get a letter anymore, ain’t nobody writes anything down no more, we all got the internet to send messages with… That being said, if you want a reason to use a letter opener I’ll be happy to mail you a letter! now as to the rest of y’all!!! With all yer stirring! What on earth y’all people been doing to your coffee an tea that you need to stir it? don’t y’all know your not supposed to ever add anything to coffee or tea!?! That’s sacrilege! Immoral! And just plain icky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Sorry but i gatta have my sugar in my coffee and tea. Honey in tea is an acceptable alternative. Otherwise it's just a bitter form of rain. Can't drink beer all day... water is acceptable but city water is like drinking from an over crowded swimming pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Bitter form of rain? Mr Daswulf, I’m afraid that your sadly mistaken on how to make coffee if it looks like or tastes like bitter rain! it should look like burnt motor oil an have about the same consistency! And be boiling hot! lol, my wife on waters down the coffee I make with milk an honey I’m on rural water here so most of that gets pumped out of creeks around here, so we filter it, I’ve met people that drink beer all day even first thing in the morning! I don’t know how they function!? I’d never get anything done if I tried that, lol, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 My first mug is good dark and thicker. I make mine using a french press so the filter doesn't hold back the goodness. Works coffee is a sad state tho. Better than their water. I brought in a filter pot at one point and it barely helped. Summer time we keep some cold bottled water. My parents have well water and it was good right out of the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Ive got a few wells on the property, one is hand drawn I’ve never had the water tested in it, one is hooked up and I use it to water the animals and plants but it’s a sulphur well the water is pretty pungent lol, the third well is supposedly a sweet water well 85 foot deep but I’ve never been able to locate it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I have a well outside my garage. From what I remember that I heard, it didn't produce enough for the house. From my tinkering with it it seems to fluctuate with wet and dry weather but I've never noticed it dry. I've also never had a pump hooked up to it. I would love to put a hand pump on it and just use it for the animals and shop use. The well that used to service the house also serviced another house (once my great grandparents house) the well was in what was a shop. When my grand parents lost that property (long story) a man built the shop into a house. He would complain there wasn't enough water for both properties so my grandparents put in a cistern. After the grandparents passed and a few years after I moved in the township ran a water line for the newer industrial park down the road they forced every house along the road to tap in so I had to get city water. I've been wanting to tie the roof drainage to the cistern and plumb just that into the laundry and maybe commode water but haven't been up to the task yet. Right now the cistern input to the house is capped off as per their inspection demands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 By a strange coincidence, "A Bitter Form of Rain" was the title of my band's last album. George N. M., nice nod to "The Frozen Logger". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 JHCC, I didn’t know you was in a band, what kinda music did you play? Daswulf, the well I have hooked up I can run wide open for about 200 gallons then I gotta shut it off an wait for the water level to come back up, the hand drawn well is right in front of my shop so I check it regularly through out the year and the water stays ruffly around 25’ from the surface, Like you, one of these days I’m gonna put a hand pump on it just because lol, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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