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Yeah, the throw with the small knife was a lucky one to get in that position. Just threw them about the direction of the peace of wood and there they settled.

Re: Camera phone competition December 2019: cutting edge
 

This is what we usually do here in north when polar night is here. Some calls it an eternal night when the Winter is coming...

Just throwing small or bigger knifes...

Re: Camera phone competition December 2019: cutting edge
 

In Inari in the local bar you had to give your knives away when coming in. For a guy grown in a city it fvelt odd, but everybody were carrying knives, Leukus, big knives, so it was understandable. In Helsinki you are not aloud to carry big knives just hanging from your belt.

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In England, too, you tend to keep it quiet when you carry big knives ;)

Re: Camera phone competition December 2019: cutting edge
 

Me when universal luck selects me for any security check.

https://dazedimg-dazedgroup.netdna-s.../3/1073640.jpg

https://mosushi.de/misc/photocomp/4.jpg

(Not my entry tho)

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I could perhaps do better than this, but those scissors made me smile at work, so this'll be my entry. Taken with Pro1, some exposure/color correcting made in Google Photos app.
https://i.imgur.com/PyNYaLw.jpg
Well... Perhaps just the handles? Although these scissors mostly see saltwater, so not entirely their fault. No, I don't work as a fisherman at sea, but a nurse in a central hospital. Those scissors are mainly used to cut [used] iv lines in order to drain half-empty fluid bags. And most iv fluids contain salt.

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Can't you just rinse the scissors with clean water after use?

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Too busy for that! But yes, that is what should be done.

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Then it is still wet and needs to be dried. Since it is brushed metal there will be residues of the salt imo.

It is a matter of protection.
For knives most common in Europe is to use Ballistol or similar food safe "creeping oil". Those have very low surface tension and are drawn into the most tiny scratch of the brushed metal surface by the Capillary effect.
Japanese have found camellia leaf oil to be their conservation oil of choice, but it is as expensive as it sounds. But it evaporates super slowly.

For non food save knives or scissors it is quite easy.
Utility knives love WD40 :D

Once you have a tool conserved with that thin oil it is advised to ad some wax if you plan to abuse it.
That helps to keep the oil in place and not wash it away easily. Also for long storage conservation wax helps to minimize evaporation of the oil.

If those where 50$ scissors i would advise to get a Silizium-Carbid rubber and work the rust off. But also for new ones, clean with alcohol, apply oil meticulously, remove the oil with a paper towel coarsely. Then apply some thin layer of petroleum jelly (a.k.a Vaseline) to the blades.

Ignoring the busy part that is :p

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In America, you can buy a holster that fits in your car's cupholder! :(