Just in time for me to hand forge a few personalized Christmas tree ornaments!
To quote the late lamented Anna Nicole (as reimagined for protein wisdom), “Deck the halls, bitches!”
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sumthing to sell in the pw gift shop
What do you do with them?
Full disclosure: I hurt my arms this summer doing high rep sets on the vertical bar, so I’ve been slowly easing my way back into the kinds of challenges that call for applying a whole lot of pressure on the biceps tendon or the elbow of either arm.
But this being the holidays, I was feeling a bit daffy. So I thought I’d give it a go again.
For each bend I used the reverse (or “Terminator”) style, which is a bit more difficult — and more wrist and grip specific — than a double overhand bend, which brings in to play a lot of chest, back, and shoulder. Truth is, I have only really ever trained the reverse style, so I’m still not adept at getting the thicker nails (like the 60D or greater) fully halved (the “crush down” takes place in a double overhand grip, and I don’t yet have the proper technique to finish; I’m working on it. For the thinner nails, I was able to muscle it without any technique).
All in all, it was a rewarding session. I’ve already bent a 60D nail (with the point and nail head attached), but I haven’t yet done it with the Ironmind pads, which are cordura and rougher on the hands than the strips of suede I have so far used.
The next step up from the 60D nail is the Ironmind Red Nail. When I get it — and I will — I’ll be one of only (right now) about 70 people to get certified. Ever.
Which, that would be totally fucking cool, I have to say. In a dorky kinda way.
Leigh —
I hang them on our tree. Maybe later I’ll make a sculpture out of ’em.
You remember that line from Real Genius?
I thought leigh meant the nails, not the ornaments.
Just askin’.
bending metal this way will be big after the emp strike.
Yes, the nails. I hang them on the tree all bent up like so. We Jews don’t really do angels or little Jesus statues, so we make do with whatever.
Oh, no Jesus, but you’ll roll with nails? I see what you did there.
Blame the Romans, pal. I was off counting my coins.
Will you eventually be able to bend them into bullets or throwing stars?
And, that’s a Chanukka Bush.
now if only you could do that to proggs.
You have better tree ornaments than the National Tree.
A friend of mine used to do a Hanukkah Bush, leigh. (His dad was Italian and a dirty Papist like us.) Is that a sorta common joke?
I actually thought my buddy invented that.
By the way, I might want to retract my standing invitation to fight at some point, Jeff.
Really isn’t fair for you to have that kind of grip strength.
Or, maybe you’d agree to a rule change. No grabbing. (You, that is. I’m still allowed to grab.)
Seems fair.
It was my turn to kill all threads at once apparently.
I don’t really have anything to say, but an all bh recent comments list on the sidebar was just too ugly to look at.
Especially for you bh a song I first heard live at when I was 12 and in Colorado Springs, 1960 at the fiftieth anniversary Boy Scout Jamboree. The lead guitarist’s guitar’s body was a toilet seat.
Heh, much appreciated, guys.
(Yes, I know I’m likely to once again kill all threads at this hour. I’m not particularly bright.)
I can finger walk a 10# sledge with both hands now. I have one of those 10# hammers with the yellow plastic handle. Very slippery and very tough to control. Next up I need to find a 12# hammer, but one with a wooden handle. Either that or buy a shot loadable hammer from StrongerGrip and just put some athletic tape on the handle.
Shouldn’t that read “Deck the halls, Bishes!”?
Jeff,
If you rotate that picture 90 degrees to the left, the nails form the shape of how they’re feeling now that you bent them.
@bh,
I thought I was the only one with magical thread-killing power. I hope it’s not contagious, and, if it is, I hope you didn’t get it from me.
@ThomasD,
I was thinking, “Decka halls, bishes.” Annicole was never one for annunciation.
Ok Goldstein,
Just get back to me when you’re stopping drug dealers if Florida
Tebow is every where man
Sailing Tebow,
Captain Tebow,
COMMODORE TEBOW!
A friend of mine used to do a Hanukkah Bush, leigh. (His dad was Italian and a dirty Papist like us.) Is that a sorta common joke?
I actually thought my buddy invented that.
Heh. Actually, I had a number of friends (dirty Papists, like us) who married Jews when I lived back East. They called their Christmas trees CHannuka bushes for their kids’ sakes. The first time I heard anyone say it was at a Rita Rudner show years ago.
I thought I was the official thread-killer.
“Tebow is in happyfeet, but he’s tryin’ to get out man, he’s tryin’ to get out!”
I can do that. But with my mind.
Pliers work better.