Honed three straight razors with my bare hands. (actually I held the razors in my bare hands and dragged them across a variety of stones.) Played amateur plumber and blew out our slow laundry line with a water bladder on the end of the garden hose. Disposed of three rats captured in baited traps in the shop.
I rescued a puppy at work, took it to the vet, and brought it home for my daughter. The vet said she is a healthy mix of Shepherd and Husky. Might weigh around 75 lbs. Only 15 right now. Happy puppy, happy daughter. Not so happy wife.
Cut up some branches that were felled by the wind last night. Chainsaw ran like a top. Amazing what having a good attitude does for my chain saw sharpening and running.
3 manly things: one cup of black coffee at breakfast and lunch, and a good workout just before dinner.
Listened to three grown men complain about about each other then tell them how to do their job. Ran 4 different crews through about 6 jobs. Shaved. Cooked 3 steaks on the grill: 1 for about 5 minutes (rare - mine and my sons) 1.5 for 15 for medium rare, .5 for 30 minutes for the wife that likes charcoal steak.
I assembled a metal shofar stand without using the instructions. Of course, I had to, because none were included.
The shofar was delivered about an hour after the stand. (The stand came by mail & the shofar came by UPS.). So my next manly task was deodorizing it. That is still a work in progress. Here is a picture;
Cool looking horn, what are you going to use it for. Just curious, because that one looks like a Texas Longhorn horn. I thought a Shofar was supposed to be made of a "Ram' s Horn" for Jewish religious purposes.
I will be using it for religious services. I had always thought they were exclusively made of ram's horns, until I started playing one. They can be made from the horn of any animal that is kosher (other than a cow or calf; I don't know why.) and has usable horns. This one is made from a kudu. Being much larger, it produces a deeper, richer sound.