Orlando Salido vs Juan Manuel Lopez II – Round 9:
This is how a boxing match should be, nowadays most boxers look too unfit for being professionals. And then you get the impression they picked the right boxer for the boxer in favor. Not in this fight, both fighters are equally skilled, they are fit, they both want to win and got heart.
Julius von Bismarck:
2010 we had Julius von Bismarck in Lindau while he took part in the Provinz 2010 art project. Yesterday I read an article about his new project “punishment” shown in the art gallery Alexander Levy.
While in Lindau 2010, Julius created with Benjamin Maus und Richard Wilhelmer the Smiley on the Lighthouse who changed his mood by analyzing the faces of the pedestrians at the harbour (the fühlometer).
Another great invention is his Fulgurator, a camera who projects images via a flash trough its lens in response of other flashs. This results in the desired image is shown on the images of the photographer “who flashed” to take a picture. Hard to explain and understand but watch his youtube video to understand the witty apparatus.
(c) of the images by Julius von Bismarck, Alexander Levy, Uli Kaiser
Lambchop – Mr. M. Concert & the last vinyl :
First of all thanks to Eric from Life time gear for pointing me via his post to this great artist. Luckily Lambchop & Kurt Wagner made a performance at the Spielboden – Dornbirn, which is only 25 minutes from here.It was a great evening and I even got the last vinyl the have had.
Robert Kaufmann cuttingart, knifesIm glad last weekend Manfred from Feinschmuck gave me an article in the newspaper to read about Robert Kaufmann. At his website, about the first words you read “Die schönsten Messer der Welt” (the most beautiful knifes of the world). That´s a ambitious statement and I think it is true. Unfortunately I could not visit him by now but I definitely have to see him for a chat, to see his knifes / works, take some photos and even ask him to craft a knife for me. The most difficult task is to just choose – only one knife.
Here a video about Robert Kaufmann in german.
(Copyright of the images by Robert Kaufmann)
Gränsfors Bruks – Wildlife Hatchet:
It was time to give my buddy a bit of care. So it got a treatment on the wet stone. Now its close to razor-sharp again. Sorry I would have made the tomato test, like with kitchen knifes but no tomatoes available.
How to start this story about the ultimate outdoor companion?
Ok about 10 years ago I got a hint from a good friend about this company and their axes. A research in the net showed me some addresses and I decided to buy it at Lauche & Maas because they are a real down to earth outdoor company. A call there and the guy on the phone told me they are out of stock because it is winter. What ? He explained to me that the blacksmith hammer at Gränsfors is driven by water and in winter there river is frozen up in Sweden, so no axe. This really fixed me to get hold of one of their axes.
Every axe/hatchet has got the smith mark on the head and comes with a lifetime guarantee (MM for this one). My one, the wildlife hatchet has got a tough grain leather sheath and a hickory handle. It is about 26 cm long in total and weights about 700g. The size and the weight is just perfect. While weekend Rambos with their Bowie knifes are getting blisters by carving their marshmallow sticks, you have already cut town a tree with this hatchet. A serious tool, and probably the biggest danger on our trips when late at night and after some red wine someone goes away from the campfire to chop more wood.
Ah and not to forget, due to it sharpness it is great as a rough tool for shaping wood before you use chiseling tools and start carving.
Just found a guy who filmed his visit at Gränsfors Bruks.
Guitar sharing in perfection. I think I might perfectly fulfill the job of the bearded guy.
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