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Folded as a birthday present, because the desired real Swiss Army Knife was sold out in the shop….
This model is folded out of one piece of metal foil (35x35cm) and I painted the white side previously red. Final size 22cm in length and 14cm widthwise.
Model: Swiss Army Knife
Design: Jun Maekawa
Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine #67
Für gut eine Woche ist der Sekretär unterwegs, um die Welt zu erkunden.
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For a bit longer than a week, Secretary is off to explore the world.
Ein sehr altes Schweizer Messer, ich benutze es schon seit 50 Jahren.
A very old swiss army knife, I've been using it for 50 years.
Beschnitten, weil es nicht den Regeln entsprach und danach wieder zur Gruppe zugefügt. Ich hoffe, so ist es jetzt okay.
Cropped, because it did not correspond to the rules. And then again added to the group. I hope so it's okay now.
Auch in diesen zum Reisen wirklich nicht idealen Zeiten kann der Sekretär nicht aufhören, Pläne zu schmieden...
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Even in these times, which are really not ideal for traveling, the secretary cannot stop making plans...
I remember that, some years ago, my father was reading the book "Tea Time for the Traditionally Built", belonging to a detective agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith.
I never read his books, but my naive guess is about a murder occouring during tea time... and here the picture of today! ;-)
Happy Smile on Saturday! ;-)
P. S. There exists also the novel "Murder at Teatime", but I never read it either! 😥😅
Macro Mondays theme: Pareidolia
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These little scissors sport amazingly SHARP blades! One of many tools in a Swiss Army Knife. This one's outer cover is blue: an L.L.Bean edition.
Theme: "Sharp"
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I have chosen this for today entry among the 3 favorite shots.
I like this for the curves, colors and bokeh.
Hope you like it too.
Macro Mondays, theme Monday, February 27: In Between
Scissors on my Swiss Army pocket knife
“Less than 3 inch”
Victorinox multi tool Swiss Army Knife. Converted into negative. Taken for the week 43 theme "Tools of the trade".
Reflected in the blade of a Swiss Army Knife
photo size: 2.7"W by 2.8"H
In cm: 7.03 by 7.29
Theme: "reflection in a knife"
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.. und das (vermeintlich) bekannte ebenso wie das unbekannte erkunden. Wir wollen das erwartete stützen oder wiederlegen, und skeptisch aber offen gegenüber dem unerwarteten und vielleicht vermeintlich unmöglichen sein.
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... and explore the (supposedly) known as well as the unknown. We want to support or refute the expected, and be skeptical but open to the unexpected and perhaps supposedly impossible.
Für etwas mehr als eine Woche ist der Sekretär unterwegs, um die Welt zu erkunden.
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For a little more than one week, Secretary is off to explore the world.
Thought this week would be a challenge to find anything, then I remembered this tiny Victorinox knife I got at a trade show in Cairo, probably 3 decades ago. The knife is only just over 2 inches long including the key ring loop. The company in question also hosted an absolutely amazing party by the pyramids that I will never forget. I thought the little knife was really just decorative but over the years it has come in handy for odd little jobs. I remember using it for peeling thin slithers of wood off logs to make kindling on a camping trip in Canada, amongst many other things.
Focus stack (30 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II L trigger), bare bulb, mounted on overhead boom, bounced off 32 inch white umbrella.
Shot for Macro Mondays - spiky
Length of blade 68mm.
Das Bild erinnert an eine Zeit, als es in der Regel kein Problem war, als Passagier ein Flugzeug etwa mit einem Taschenmesser zu besteigen.
Der Sekretär erinnert sich an eine Begebenheit (nicht genau zu datieren, vermutlich aus den späten 1970er bis frühen 1980er Jahren), als er einen Flug gemeinsam mit seinem Vater machte. Beim Röntgen des Gepäcks (das gab es schon) am Frankfurter Flughafen zog der Beamte mit sicherem Griff ein Schweizer Taschenmesser (nicht dieses) aus der kleinen Umhängetasche des Sekretärs, schaute es an und fragte mit strenger Miene, ob es scharf sein. Der positiven Antwort des (vermutlich etwas eingeschüchterten) Sekretärs folgte die Frage, ob wir Heftpflaster dabei hätten. Als des Sekretärs Vaters auch dies bejahte, grinste der Beamte, legte das Messer zurück und sagte etwas wie: «Dann ist ja alles klar. Guten Flug!»
(Eigentlich müsste auf dieses Bild natürlich noch ein alter Bording-Pass. Aber den konnte der Sekretär nicht auftreiben.)
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The picture recalls a time when it was usually no problem to board an airplane as a passenger with, say, a pocket knife.
Secretary remembers an incident (not to be dated exactly, probably from the late 1970s to early 1980s) when he made a flight together with his father. When x-raying the luggage ( that already existed) at Frankfurt Airport, the officer, with an experienced grip, pulled a Swiss Army knife (not this one) out of Secretary's small shoulder bag, looked at it, and asked, with a stern face, if it was sharp. The positive answer of (presumably somewhat intimidated) Secretary was followed by the question whether we had adhesive plasters with us. When Secretary's father answered in the affirmative as well, the officer grinned, put the knife back, and said something like, "All right, then. Have a good flight!"
(Actually, an old boarding pass should be on this picture, too, of course. But Secretary could not get one.)
A distinctive red brand of pen knife (Swiss Army). One is my husband's from when he was a cub; the other is my son's that his dad bought for him when he became a cub.
For Looking Close...on Friday's #red theme
Zu diesem Bild gehört eine kleine Geschichte: In den Sommerferien zwischen den letzten beiden Schuljahren begaben sich der Sekretär und ein guter Freund auf eine längere Wanderung durch Süddeutschland zu Bekannten in der Nähe Münchens. Eine Tour, die für bleibende Erinnerungen sorgte, wie etwa die «Feier» des achtzehnten Geburtstags des Sekretärs in einer Jugendherberge.
Kurz vor dem Aufbruch hatte der Grossvater des Sekretärs (der es schier unglaublich fand, dass junge Leute so etwas noch machten) ihm einen Geldschein in die Hand gedrückt, um sich davon in München ein schönes Andenken zu kaufen. Und der Sekretär hatte sofort gewusst, was dieses Andenken seien würde: Ein gerade noch zum täglichen Mitführen geeignetes Schweizer Taschenmesser.
Für viele Jahre trug der Sekretär es immer am Gürtel bei sich (das tut er immer noch, heute ist es aber ein anderes und noch etwas Grösseres, schliesslich hat auch der Sekretär im Umfang zugelegt), einschliesslich bei Theater- und Opernbesuchen. Die spöttischen Bemerkungen der Freunde, wozu man wohl etwa im Konzert eine Zange bräuchte, endeten an dem Tag, als bei einer Kommilitonin der Reissverschluss ihrer Jacke klemmte, als sie sie gerade an der Garderobe abgeben wollte.
Mit diesem Werkzeugkasten am Gürtel, seinem hochgeschätzten HP-Taschenrechner und einigen wenigen weiteren nützlichen Helfern fühlte sich der angehende Ingenieur so ziemlich allen praktischen Aufgaben des Lebens gewachsen…
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There is a little story that goes with this picture: During summer vacation between the last two years of school, Secretary and a good friend went on a long trek through southern Germany to acquaintances near Munich. It was a tour that made for lasting memories, such as the "celebration" of Secretary's eighteenth birthday at a youth hostel.
Shortly before leaving, Secretary's grandfather (who found it almost unbelievable that young people still did such things) had put a bill in Secretary's hand to buy a nice souvenir from it in Munich. And Secretary had immediately known what this souvenir would be: a Swiss Army knife just about suitable for daily carry.
For many years, Secretary always carried it on his belt (he still does, but today it is a different and even larger one, after all, Secretary has also increased in size), including during visits to the theater and opera. The teasing of his friends, for what one would need pliers at a concert, for example, ended the day when the zipper of a fellow student's jacket got stuck as she was about to hand it in at the checkroom.
With this toolbox on his belt, his highly valued HP pocket calculator and a few other useful helpers, the future engineer felt up to just about any practical task in life...
Victorinox or Swiss Army knife with all the attachments—amazing they’re still there. Focal point is on tiny scissor tips. Grid only looks warped. That's what is fun about playing with light. A trip back to the Matrix: I just had to think I was the steel grid, or something...
Just think. If we replaced guns and assault rifles with these tiny Victorinox tools, what a happy, productive society we could be, at least in the US.
Off to write my congresswomen.
For Macro Monday's "Every Day Carry" Theme. There have been very few days in my adult life that I did not have one of these in my pocket. Most of those days spent without were on an airplane. Somewhere in the Shanghai airport I ditched one in a potted plant when I forgot to put it in my checked luggage!
The pocket lint was left for authenticity.
Today's image is a macro photograph of my trusty 'Swiss Army Lock Pen Knife', it has a red handle and really so useful .... need to peel an Apple when out walking?
Well it's just the job with the main blade locking there is little chance of the blade folding back and cutting oneself.
The hand in the photograph wasn't real of course... it's a plastic hand attached to a old small back scratcher I found knocking around in my shed.
This is my macro image entry for Macro Mondays this week .... 25-05-2020 topic .... Handle ....
I do hope it's liked ....
Cheers .... Sean.
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Keepsake, since many many years, bought for bike trip, and still have it.
Normally in the kitchen drawer, but for bike trips it still comes out.
Size wise, from just behind the logo, to the tip of the knife less then 33 mm, knife height 12 mm. For taking the photo, placed on a slate, but a box of matches below the knife, a kitchen sponge below a small torch to generate some slate to accentuate the falloff of the light and modify the DOF.
And this time, I will post in the group Macro Monday for keepsake.
Something whimsical for MACRO MONDAYS, a macro consisting of complimentary colors. This is a small child's ring against the backdrop of one of my Swiss Army knives.
Updated view of Personal Effects: Swiss Army Knife, changed lighting and the foil bottle wrapper just in on the bottom right. Just playing and hoping it will develop into a viable sries.
One of the great things about camping trips is scaling everything back to the simple necessities. For the five days camping, this was all that was needed to prepare and have meals. And yes, no plate is needed when you eat straight from the pan, making one less thing to clean. Having the table was a bonus since I usually just lower the truck's tailgate and set up on that. This little combo has served me well for decades. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2020
All rights reasved.
This still life is intended to be a tribute to Der Sekretär - off to explore the world and to the 80s
Can you work out the meaning of the numbers on the display? Any guesses?
This is my Swiss Army Knife with multiple (not all) of its tools extended. Carried this on my belt every day while deployed to Fleet Hospital 5 during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91. It was much used and much loved.
Altadena, California
Macro Mondays, Feb.10/25, dangling
This small Swiss Army knife dangles from the handle of my small camera bag.
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