Random Facts About You ....number 59

So is the tree still in a large pot?

 

absolutely! It is a huge square container.

 

rain sure brought some chilly air with it

 

It's stump sprouting... That fast growth rate is not a good sign for the tree. Those new sprouts will probably die off before they can produce any bark. They are basically suckers coming from the rootball.


Same thing happens when trees are topped severely or improperly trimmed... all these suckers grow out from the edge of the wounds but they will never form a true branch.

 

Today my sister Spectacles visited and after she left I walked up to close the gate... On the way up the driveway I saw baby deer sleeping in that spot just off the driveway where I first saw her... momma was nowhere in sight. When I walked back she was awake and very wary but I stopped for a minute looking at her without approaching and then finished walking down the drive. I turned after about 30 feet and she was laying her head back down to finish her nap.


I think that spot was probably where she was born...


She is getting bigger, so will probably be fine if she stays out of the road.

 

That's precious!

 

Ty may be right. It may die back but this type of tree is not my forte. Trees grow "sucker" growth like this more rapidly because they are trying to replace foliage....that means the roots are still alive and the tree recognizes the need for photosynthesis. The roots may be stressed but the tree is still fighting. They don't grow leaves for their good looks.

I'd let it grow. What harm can be done? (It may not produce the same type of growth but for the moment, I'm only talking about whether it will live at all.)

 

When I first read this, all I really got out of it was that there must be something alive down in that rootball. (well that is what I wanted to get out of )

...and then I got to this! (yay) I'm really wanting it to not completely die, so yeah I will let it continue on.

I do wonder if I should cut the 5' dead tree or just let things be.

When I try to drastically change things up, it doesn't always (or hardly ever) go well. So in saying that, I'll probably just let it be. Unless you tree men think differently.

I have looked up what I could online and in my books. The most I got was that they can be decades old and not grow over 6' tall and to grow them in containers is what you should do if you live in an area where it freezes in the winter. All the other info was basic about this type of tree.

 

If it is dry and brittle enough that it breaks....you can probably cut it off. If it bends at all (meaning it's still "green"), I'd leave it for now. I don't think I'd cut it all the way back to the live growth for fear of cutting down into live wood. That could open a wound that may allow bacteria, fungi, etc in and/or it may stress the tree more just because of the new wound. The dry, brittle stuff doesn't do that because trees use a method called compartmentalization to kind of seal off wounds (and sometimes entire branches) which stops the movement of water and nutrients. So those parts are already sealed off.

 

So.....


Notes to self are worthless if you aren't going to pay attention to them anyways...





This happened...





The set has grown to three pieces... This is a 27 inch blade. For my stature it is a full size "Viking" weapon. I will be making a matching pommel for this like I did with the other two.




And then runes cut into the guards...

 

I like it.

When do we raid?

 

CYPRESS, Texas - Monday was a sad day for the men and women with the Cy-Fair Fire Department as they said their final goodbyes to Bretagne (pronounced "Brittany"), the last known surviving search and rescue dog who worked at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. http://www.click2houston.com/news/last-surviving-911-search-and-rescue-dog-laid-to-rest-in-cy-fair

 

Oh my gosh - sad.

 

She lived a very long life, as well working in a heavily contaminated dangerous site of ground zero. I'm impressed with the age considering the fact.

 

beautiful dog

 

Watching the boys while their mom takes their sister to the dentist...

 

The continuing saga of the Damascus Blades.... (Hmmmm Good story title)


Anyways. These swords are not "battle ready, peened tang hilt" swords... They have a threaded pommel. (Which is not traditional, it's a modern and cheaper way to attach the hilt) I knew this and it is what it allowing me to change the pommel on these swords so they all match. It's not like I'm going to be hacking shyt up with these, they are for martial arts training, so a threaded pommel is fine. I was going to use a "flat disk" style and had made a matching set for the first two and they looked good. I've also been tossing around the idea of using a "ball pommel" because I have a set of solid brass ball pommels I salvaged from a set of fireplace tools that partially survived the fire... I kept them because the whole set is solid brass. This will also save me money as I won't have to buy more brass disks.



So yesterday evening I made a ball pommel from one of the fireplace tools and took the new sword out to the shop to mount the new piece. Sword in the vice, channel lock pliers on the pommel to be removed, twist and SNAP! The threaded end broke off the new sword. FUCKSHITPISSFUCK!


Okay.... I do have a welder. I removed the grip, trimmed the tang short, and welded on a 1/4-20 grade 8 bolt. Put it all back together with the new pommel and polished it all up. I will have to take this apart and add some reinforcement inside the grip at some point but it works for now. And the ball pommel looks great, so I will be making that style for the whole set... Changing the pommel is not only cosmetic, it changes the balance point of the sword.


I know nobody here knows what the fuck I'm talking about, but hey... I used to live back in the day when all this was new technology.

 

That's awesome stuff, Tyrson.

 

i think its a waste of money

but i collect some weird useless things too so i try not to say much about it :beatnik:

 

What is life without some beauty?