A VERY knifey day

A day off. Empty calender. A knifeday?

I honed that thought and the knives. I made up my mind. Time to give myself a soothing patch on a worn soul. Focus on something that is not about health, life and death. There have been too much of that lately. 

07.10 Wakes up, actually before the alarm sounds. Has struggled with the breathing mask last night but is unusually alert considering it. Looks out and sees that the crescent is dramatic with drifting clouds in front but that the sun intends to show. May be a good day!

07.25 Skims through the Instagram feed lying in bed and responds to comments and writes some myself.

08.00 Breakfast. While drinking coffee, I study how a piece of leather should be folded later in the day. It is difficult to miss the knife sheath production as gadgets and materials cover most of the kitchen table. Wondering if the remaining material is enough for the fold over sheath I want to make for my Bug Osetr TZ. It probably does.

08.30 Time to sit down at the computer. Writes a review of a folding knife. Parts of it already made. Knife carried, tests performed, notes taken, a rough draft written down. Remains: wording, add details, insert both external and internal links, write labels, another read-through, image composition, write captions and a final proofreading. The text may need to be supplemented with some more photos. Or are the ones I already took enough?

10.45 Drinking coffee and eating a sandwich at the computer. The Swedish smoked caviar I have on the bread and coffee don't go together. Sees radiant sun outside the window. Continues to write. Among other things, notes for this text. In the headphones E.S.T. - Esbjörn Svensson Trio. R.I.P Esbjörn. 

12.15 I Make a post on IG while eating lunch. Longing for the outdoors. Actually to the forest but it probably will not be today. According to the saying, Rome was not built in a day and everything I want to do is not possible in a day either.

13.00 Instead, goes out into the garden to get some air. Shoots some photos for the blog and some for Instagram. Must use daylight. Bringing forth photo stuff, that is mobile, camera and a few other paraphernalia. Soon that it's a good day for ...

14.00 Knife throwing! Finally sun and above all, above freezing. This means that the targets, the wounded and broken ones, thaw and I can put some knives in them. Some 850 throws in two hours. Pleased with that.

16.00 Continues to work on the sheaths. Today, sewing is on the agenda. Also hope to get a couple of new tools in the mail soon. Including a better edge beveler, which is needed. The awaited package also includes the necessary rivets to complete the first project.

18.15 Time for another post on IG (better as an app than as a rating. "IG - icke godkänd" means failed grade in Swedish). 

Then it's time for dinner and the knife day starts to lose momentum. But another or two wes spent surfing on the subject while watching TV. Also, another post on Instagram was made before the day was over. 

A wasted day or a particularly productive one? Someone else can decide.

/ J - your somewhat obsessed knifenut