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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8567985
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Midland, MI.
Gas welding

Cursive writing

Stick shift

Pouring lead joints/cast iron

Hoeing beans

By the looks of my neighborhood- kids cutting grass

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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: Turtledale] #8567991
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Originally Posted by Turtledale
Cursive writing '
X2. Daughter is a highschool English teacher and she's got kids that can't sign their name. They'll either print it or sign with an 'X'

Starting a fire without matches etc.. Or a Bic lighter.

putting up fur, tanning

Sewing, knitting, crochet etc..

Writing letters




Morse code is a dying art
People out there that don't know how to change a tire.

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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8567992
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caning chairs, making pack baskets w/ash strips, horse logging, cider mills.

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: HayDay] #8567993
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La Crosse, WI
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Originally Posted by HayDay
Guys that understand and can fix knotters on small square hay balers. That is some voodoo stuff practiced by witch doctors. May not be 5 good ones left alive in the entire world.


I never got into that mess. My older brother about 15 at time, had a guy show him how to take one down. They replaced the knives some parts put it back together. Even though he never did that again that I know of. He was the kinda that probably could have tackled Even later years. My younger brother is also very good at that kind stuff.

Some thing I haven't seen done for years except by maybe Amish. Hand file and sharpen a good finish hand saw. Way back in day when I used pound nails for a living. Was old German cabinet build lived down road from.my parents. Charged me like $2 to file sharpen my hand saws. You didn't whipe the side those blades off with your bare hand. Not less wanted bleed all over you work.

Mac


"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8567994
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Central, SD
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Sign painting.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8567996
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Hand mucking....especially with a #3 square point shovel.


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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568006
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This thread makes me feel old. Fixed many knotters on hay balers but never did the net stuff. Live in the desert.


Clean traps,tight lines,straight shooting
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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568014
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Cheap Gas and High dollar fur.


Let me sugar coat this
Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568015
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Manners
And common sense are both a dying art. Young people have neither

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: Treefrog88] #8568020
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Dowsing for water.


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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: K-zoo] #8568025
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Originally Posted by OhioBoy
hound hunting without gadgets

Ain't that the truth.
Originally Posted by K-zoo
Dowsing for water.

Have an old coworker who used to do it frequently. Don't see that often. I hear both of my grandfathers were able to.


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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568026
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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: HayDay] #8568029
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My husband can fix those. He does as we have a JD and an IH. Both are older models.
He started doing because some neighbors wanted them for their horses. He agreed but they had to haul their own bales out.

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568031
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Using a scythe, I did in my younger days. Did OK, but never mastered it.

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568037
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Tailoring and sewing clothes. I buy most of my clothes at the thrift store so I sew some of my own and if I find something nice I take it to the tailor.

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568048
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Maybe skills vs arts:

Wielding an axe to fell and limb a tree and to split wood.

Sharpen a knife on a whetstone.

Shooting moving game. (Now considered poor sportsmanship but folks used to develop this skill).

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568058
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I can't believe how few ppl can put on thier spare tire.


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Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568059
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Originally Posted by lumberjack391
Using a scythe, I did in my younger days. Did OK, but never mastered it.

Or peen sharpening them.

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: lumberjack391] #8568063
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Travel in the wild without fuel

Re: Name some dying arts [Re: HayDay] #8568088
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Originally Posted by HayDay
Guys that understand and can fix knotters on small square hay balers. That is some voodoo stuff practiced by witch doctors. May not be 5 good ones left alive in the entire world.

You got that right!


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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