Other Hobbies?

ARecher said:
I'm really enjoying this thread. In addition to fishing, I enjoy doing so many things! Mostly painting/drawing (I'm an illustrator), wood/metalworking, gardening. I especially like when hobbies crossover (I guess it's like a two-for-one) making fishing tackle, woodworking handtools. Much of that is on hold right now until we can buy a place with enough space to move my tools out of storage and set up a decent studio space. I really hope that can happen soon. I'm not that great at just getting out in nature. I always feel this need to be doing something. A few paintings/drawings and things I've made:
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Home made buzz bombs. Impressive
 
SurfnFish said:
Been surfing since I started at 12, San Francisco beach, no wetsuits, just cut-off's and chattering teeth..has taken me around the world many times...Indonesia, Central America, Australia, Tahiti, Fiji, lotta Hawaii, surfed up and down the west coast endless times from the tip of Baja to Vancouver Island..still love to do it....this crappy shot by a buddy on my first day back in the water after hip replacement 6 years ago at 66..gonna surf until I keel over



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Never surfed Ocean Beach, but did a lot of surfing in Santa Cruz, I’m about 3-4 years older then you but if you surfed the East side we may have been in the water together. Bad back took me out of the water about 15 years back
 
Zak said:
I started collecting pocket knives when I stumbled across a good source of them. In a state where I used to live, I got to know a couple of state employees who worked with state surplus. Big warehouse with vehicles and equipment and things. There was this 50 gallon plastic barrel, and it was just full of loose knives. It turns out that this was the final destination of knives seized at the airport by the TSA. For a year or two, I could dig through the knives and buy as many as I could carry in two hands for $20, a box of donuts, and a box of coffee.

Later, the state figured out they were worth more and started having announced sales, with some researching on the prices. Those sales were cleaned out of good deals in minutes,

But I got a few that I like. Here's my favorite airport knife, a limited edition assisted opening Buck with Damascus blade and fossil mammoth scales:
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That a great Buck and a great find. I think I've probably got a dozen or so Opinels. So cheap but they are such great and useful knives.
 
ARecher said:
I'm really enjoying this thread. In addition to fishing, I enjoy doing so many things! Mostly painting/drawing (I'm an illustrator), wood/metalworking, gardening. I especially like when hobbies crossover (I guess it's like a two-for-one) making fishing tackle, woodworking handtools. Much of that is on hold right now until we can buy a place with enough space to move my tools out of storage and set up a decent studio space. I really hope that can happen soon. I'm not that great at just getting out in nature. I always feel this need to be doing something. A few paintings/drawings and things I've made:
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Beautiful little fixed blade. Looks like a Helle?
 
The last couple of years i have gotten into grafting fruit trees. Growing up we had a dozen or so trees including a couple of unnamed apple varietals that are absolutely mind blowing. The house has been sold a couple times and there is one specific tree that I feared would meet the saw. Its right against the house and fruits super late (finishes in November) and I was afraid somebody would see it as a nuisance before realizing its value.

When we bought the house we live in it came with a pear tree, granny smith tree and a crab apple tree. I decided to try and preserve those trees from my childhood home, specifically that one.

Last spring I made my first attempt at grafting to mixed results. I successfully grafted gravensteins to the granny smith, as well as another variety of pear to my pears to act as a pollinator.

But the prize apples didnt take. Where I placed them on the tree was initially successful with several scions shooting out leaves. But as spring became summer the rest of the trees growth blocked their sun, and they all withered away.

Back at it this year with a little more knowledge and a much more aggressive plan. After realizing that the crab apple tree should work as a host, I chopped the hell out of it and added 12 grafts to the crab apple and another 5 to the granny smith.

When they take, they form something of a scab over the cut you made to insert it. Looks cool and is super strong, these little tree patches made it through crazy storms this winter. Hoping for fruit off the gravensteins next year.

Where I live there are a lot of old farmsteads and derelict properties with old apple varietals. I'm thinking I'll be trying to preserve the old trees on some of them as well.

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Pink Nighty said:
The last couple of years i have gotten into grafting fruit trees. Growing up we had a dozen or so trees including a couple of unnamed apple varietals that are absolutely mind blowing. The house has been sold a couple times and there is one specific tree that I feared would meet the saw. Its right against the house and fruits super late (finishes in November) and I was afraid somebody would see it as a nuisance before realizing its value.

When we bought the house we live in it came with a pear tree, granny smith tree and a crab apple tree. I decided to try and preserve those trees from my childhood home, specifically that one.

Last spring I made my first attempt at grafting to mixed results. I successfully grafted gravensteins to the granny smith, as well as another variety of pear to my pears to act as a pollinator.

But the prize apples didnt take. Where I placed them on the tree was initially successful with several scions shooting out leaves. But as spring became summer the rest of the trees growth blocked their sun, and they all withered away.

Back at it this year with a little more knowledge and a much more aggressive plan. After realizing that the crab apple tree should work as a host, I chopped the hell out of it and added 12 grafts to the crab apple and another 5 to the granny smith.

When they take, they form something of a scab over the cut you made to insert it. Looks cool and is super strong, these little tree patches made it through crazy storms this winter. Hoping for fruit off the gravensteins next year.

Where I live there are a lot of old farmsteads and derelict properties with old apple varietals. I'm thinking I'll be trying to preserve the old trees on some of them as well.

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Ive got a few “feral” trees that I’ve picked from different old farmsteads that I’ve always wanted to graft and grow at home. Unfortunately one of my favorites got destroyed by the new property owner. You probably know about this guy and his apple site but here’s the link just in case you don’t.

 
Fuzzytugger said:
Ive got a few “feral” trees that I’ve picked from different old farmsteads that I’ve always wanted to graft and grow at home. Unfortunately one of my favorites got destroyed by the new property owner. You probably know about this guy and his apple site but here’s the link just in case you don’t.

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I had not seen that but super cool! Will be spending some time on that site.
 
Bagman said:
Never surfed Ocean Beach, but did a lot of surfing in Santa Cruz, I’m about 3-4 years older then you but if you surfed the East side we may have been in the water together. Bad back took me out of the water about 15 years back
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yea, used to surf First Peak a bunch back in the day when the swells were banging, drive down from Half Moon Bay where we lived for decades...on those real bangers go down the cliff at the Hook and paddle down to Privates...know most of the SC OG's..some of them shaped my boards...Steve Coletta, Joey Thomas, Wardy Coffey, etc.
and wether you still paddle out or not...once a surfer, always a surfer...just like being in the mafia..lol
 
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