Graduated Basic Training

Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to bring a camera with me, so most of what happened at basic will stay at basic.  Here are a few pics that I was able to get from various sources. "Why?" You ask. "What does it mean?" you ask. I don't really have answers. These are the photos I got from the last day of the strangest 9 weeks I've ever gone through. Do these pics reflect in any way shape or form what basic was like? NOPE, but they are pretty funny.

Campingtrip 2013 FINALLY

Made a Stiletto

I had a very old and rusted 3 sided file that I've wanted to turn into a 3 sided stiletto for a couple years and I finally had a reason to do it so I went for it. I made this for Monica for her B-Day.  The blade and tong are from the file, the hilt is made from part of a turn of the century water tank band, the handle is fashioned from deer antler, hunted by a friends grandfather in the 1960s. The pommel is out of a piece of metal from part of some old local farm equipment and the copper flowers are hammered from a couple of 1960's pennies I got from my grandmothers house. The Pommel nut is an acorn nut rounded down to shape.

PISMO!!!

So I finally got to go to Pismo last weekend with my brotha James for Sethzilla's birthday extravaganza.      ..

Went fishing with my Bro in the Santa Cruz Mountains

There is a lot I COULD say about these pics, location, etc, but I'm not going to. If you've been there, you know where we were. If you have not, you probably never will.

Metal Working

Found Me a Jet! Botched the landing...

Sugar Factory