Rose Anvil channel is great too. He saws boots in half in his breakdown videos to go through the construction. Most store boots are built with literal paper and cardboard

https://m.youtube.com/c/RoseAnvil

Your effort and care in the resto definitely shows and the display rack is just awesome. It's way more impressive than all my gear stuffed into a boring brown Kennedy roller. Even a person not familiar with these tools would have the impression they're something special and they're more than sufficient for the home gamer.

I see century-old Starrett and B&S micrometers all the time on eBay and it would be neat to collect and restore a set one day.

As someone who has a retired $20k+ box full of Etalon, Tesa, Compac, and Interapid Swiss tools among other machining and metrology tools that are BIFL, I would want this awesome restored set with display rack instead.

All-Clad is pretty much the king if you can swing it I ended up going with the Tramontina tri-ply full clad set (Costco currently has a set) which is a decent value and in my budget about four years ago, and has held up for me.

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Zojirushi makes a thermal cooker which is basically where the inner layer is a pot that you can boil a soup or stew in on the stove, then place it into another insulated container with a lid and it would be an energy-free slow cooker.

On the personal vacuum flasks, I usually toss in a small ice cube which gets it where it needs to be or I'll be burning my lips on hot tea all day.

Their higher end appliances are fantastic. I've got their induction pressure rice cooker and their water boiler/dispenser.

If you've got a decade of wear on them, one of those clampy systems might be good to re-establish a baseline, symmetrical bevel on either side that you can then maintain with more frequent touch-ups. It depends on your level of patience since they do take some time to set up and figure out the mechanisms (if you set it wrong, your angle at the tip can be much more acute than the belly.) I mentioned waterstones and those can be a rabbit hole, but also a fun zen thing you like that kind of thing. Hard arkansas stones are also a thing but they remove material very slowly so it requires a lot of skill to freehand sharpen with them.

I'd definitely recommend avoiding any powered grinding system as they remove grotesque quantities of material from the blade, and do not recommend any type of pull-through vee notch systems because they also scrape off a lot of met

Spyderco Sharpmaker is simple with ceramic stones. I use those to touch up knives and the ceramic doesn't have problems with stupidly hard Japanese steels or exotics like ZDP-189. Clean the sticks with Barkeeper's Friend. Ive not seen any wear yet and there are rougher and finer grits available (but it compromises the compact nature of the set). I use King or natural water stones for anything that needs a super keen edge or requires heavy work (working out a chip or nick).

If you need more angle selections, you can 3D print blocks that contain numerous angles increments.

The clampy stuff like Lansky or Edge Pro are just too fussy for me.

They take a while to heat up but also will remain hot for a good long while after your turn it off so it evens out. My mom still has teo DeLongi oil heaters that she bought when I was a child. There's almost nothing that goes wrong with them and they've changed very little.

I have an older one before they were available in different sizes and heights. Mine is about 5 years old (got it when they first came out) and shows no signs of degrading. Side sleeper also, I have a small pad inside the case to raise the pillow a little. Great support and it sleeps cool.

Klenk and Midwest Snip are some of the OG American snips. The others I mentioned get you into the (painfully priced) world of German tools.

Klenk as well on that list unless they've gone downhill like Wiss.

Stahlwille, Gedore, or Hazet snips if you have cash to burn.

I'd suggest Klenk for OG aviation snips. Stahlwille, Gedore, or Hazet snips if you're really burning to buy once, cry once.

I can hear this picture and it brings me back to childhood. Also, the freshly sharpened pencil smell.

I've been well-served by Tom Bihn Aeronauts in 30L and 45L sizes for all my travels the last 8ish years. They work great if you're just doing carry-on and know how to pack/live light. I don't miss baggage claim at all or dealing with janky roller wheels and handles. 45L fits fine in the overheads, 30Ls fit fine under the seat.

I have a Pomona socket saver for my output tube. The tube had galled pins and I have Teflon tube sockets with collet-style sockets that grip incredibly tight on pins that aren't perfect. It was a struggle to get the output tube on or off, so it was easier to use a saver which has a slightly a looser fit. In my case, it worked out visually because my input tube was already sitting higher on an octal-noval adapter.

https://imgur.com/a/UzVhVFi

How does oak bark tan fare? Or does it fall under the same category as veg tan?