Camera phone competition December 2019: cutting edge
 

As explained in this post, i would like to see creative use of the phrase or literal depiction of a blade or other device doing a cut job in broad sense.

Rules are as usual:
Photos must be taken during this month and posted before voting starts.
Photos must be taken by the posting member.
Photos must be taken with a camera phone.
Post processing is allowed but you have to say what you did.
Users must name the phone and software they used.
Users post only one photo per entry.
Users can change the entry only once.
3 day voting period starts on December 27th at 20:00 UTC and ends on the evening of December 30th.
(One day shifted to accommodate for New years eve)

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BlessN900; Brightnes -18; Contrast +4; Downscaled to 50 0/0 (percent).

I have an idea of the competition picture. It would be of the smallest knife in this picture. It was a knife that was always in my dad's drawer which I raded once in every month when I was a kid. It was filled with all sorts of things -and this knife. Finally I got it to myself.

The black one is a knife which is the same as some military bayonet. Don't remember was it british or something. I think I got it as a confirmation gift from my dad.

And the last one, which type is called leuku in Finland and Lappland, I made myself when I was in the artesan school in Inari, sami people area education center (SAKK) for one year. Have never made the case for it.

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The early bird catches the worm:

Sailfish Camera App on Pro1 Cropped in darktable and pushed a little bit the contrast.

https://i.ibb.co/mcXqjrF/20191201-174037-01.jpg

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another one from Spain :D

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Still can't watch these images with my N900 because it crashes. So annoying. Have to use either my Samsung S5 work phone or my old iPhone 4s.

After Fellfrosh's picture I am a bit unsure of wanting to even try to take my competition picture. The placing idea was same but the quality of N900 camera and when downscaled to 50 percent to get it downloaded here... Maybe I will still try. I think I just have to have reeeeaaallllyyyyy good light conditions.

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The light conditions all lay in your own hands. Use some flashlights + some warm roomlight and whatever fits your needs. With blades and knifes it isn't that hard to set up your own light scenario. If it comes to bridges an skyscrapers it's a little bit more difficult-

Anyway I'm sorry to hear, that your n900 still crashes... :mad:

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don't tell him that, but his photo in 100% crop is awfully noisy

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:confused:
Not if there is enough light for iso 100.

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Don't let yourself be discouraged by the limitations of your equipment!*
Fellfrosch's and your picture are both attractive in two very different ways:
His picture shows a beautiful knife in nice lighting, but in the end it's just a knife sitting on a table.
Your picture might not be as aesthetically pleasing, but it tells a story. You obviously either put a lot of effort into arranging** the log and the knives this way, or this is the random result of a knife throwing competition.

*) Otherwise I would not have posted my bike photo for last month's competition. I knew I couldn't score with aesthetics, but I was hoping for an interesting composition. Unfortunately I screwed up the perspective, because it turns out it's hardly noticeable, that my bike was half-way folded.
**) I'm sure so did Fellfrosch, but his photo might just be the result of a lucky coincidence.

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Someone told me the watchdog related thing that could be reason for making the device free. Now I suddenly am able to load these pages again with images. If you know the instructions for the watchdog matter can you share with me?

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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.

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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...

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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 ;)

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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! :(

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Really? I thought you were only allowed to carry guns. Any other weapons, or even toys that may look like weapons, are illegal. Which is kinda funny, considering that the second amendment grants you the right to bear arms. It does not say that those arms must be of the fire variety.

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You made me look for, and find, my 50+ year old fishing/fillet knife. :D
Xperia X stock. No extra processing.

https://svenskasprakfiler.se/show/20...uttingedge.jpg

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Does eson's last post include a picture?

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yes it does

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Does Maemish's last post include a message?

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Aren't you the one who should be able to tell?
I mean, are you aware of any "Ruotsi-ottelu" ad-blocker? ;)

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Only picture I can see is a green smiley, and I doubt it is taken with Xperia X.

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Santa doesn't approve of my knife. :(

BlessN900 with flash and WB at "indoor tungsten", then resized and caption added via kolourpaint.

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"Thet's not a knoife!"

For some reason, youtube seems to think I need to re-watch that scene right now.

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You mean this one?

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"Just kids havin fun!"
Noice.
Although I would have prefered a more humorous approach to the following Jane/Tarzan scene. Ah well, comedies of the 80s never make fun of the romance.
Maybe I need to rewatch the whole movie.

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As threatened^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B promised, the "cutting edge" of my snow shovel!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cf3b1d23_o.jpg
IMG_20191215_114720

I went with the replacement of the wear strip on my Yoho snow shovel. It's an aluminum blade for lightness with a steel strip riveted on the . . . cutting edge. The steel strip holds up to use better than all aluminum without making the whole thing heavy as hell. The aluminum is also much less prone to corrosion. The October snowfall was the last this particular cutting edge had in it. Replacement strips are available from the manufacturer in nearby Iowa, and it's a matter of drilling out the old rivets to remove the old strip and secure the new one in its place by mushrooming new rivets with a hammer or small sledge.

Also pictured, cordless drill and 3 lb. engineer's hammer -- model's own.

Click the link for the entire album of blade replacement and some cutting edge closeup pr0n.

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Opera shows and renders images nicely so finally saw eson's picture.

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My entry:

Different type of tool, currently it's cutting edge technology, and it's also named "Power Edge"

Shot with Pro1, crop, rotate and vignette effect at snapseed

https://i.postimg.cc/21SJ19Sn/IMG-20...-210529-01.jpg

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I am not into server things but aren't those called "blades" if mounted in a rack? :)

Cutting edge blades you got then.

Only, i would have thought of SSDs when thingking about cutting edge servers? Are those regular HDDs? Just one for testing in the top most?

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Those are not blade servers. It's regular pizza servers.

We are customizing them - maxing them out. The pile is before customization/configuration.

We are still using HDD as a backup storage or some specific workloads that does not require heavy I/O.

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I approach this topic from a slightly different perspective, there were no other options because the knives, axes and "lumikola" have already been here...

The cutting edge "phrase" can be understood in many ways and i understood it in my way. That is why I chose this picture because it is hopefully possible to combine time as an attribute with this subject.

I took this selfie with timer... - In picture i'm on the edge of the box. The work is done for now and after that a small vacation is starting... - This is cutting edge, of time, for me... ;)

N9, crop by Gimp...

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I present to you three knives that are of special importance to me.
Left to right,

1. A dagger I found in the woods close to the hall of residence (students accommodation) when I was at the Uni about 30 years ago. The woods were a popular place for the students to go and sit around a bonfire, roasting sausages on a stick, drink and play the guitar or sing. I found this dagger left behind by a previous troupe. It was partially burnt but otherwise nearly perfect. It served me well ever since.
2. A small opening pen knife a supplier gave me as a souvenir when our company made a multi-million order. I have kept it permanently on my key ring for about 20 years. It is small enough to pass the airport security.
3. A small kitchen knife I acquired with the house that I bough 15 years ago. The house came fully furnished, including the kitchen equipment. There are about 20 knives but this is our favourite.

Taken around 21:30 on 26 December 2019 with Xperia X, SFOS, stock camera. Cropped in Paint in Windows 8.1, re-taken again the next morning with a (marginally, due to it being overcast) better light. The top picture is my entry, the original is still attached below for reference.

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Since today is the last day, and I don't have anything, just a quick photo of my favorite pocket knife with the glorious Pro1 :-). No edits, auto mode, drunk. [and idk why it's upside down, on the phone it isn't but on the forum it is ... edit 2 = i put a properly rotated version]
http://matland.be/transfer/photo_201...7_18-47-23.jpg

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The phone takes a lazy route to rotation. It simply sets a flag in the JPEG header. All decent picture viewers respect that flag and rotate the picture as told. But the TMO uploader is not a decent picture viewer.