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LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:28 PM Oct 2025

As some of you know, I'm a skilled craftsman. I made an axe. I'm not very smart, but I am skilled.

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As some of you know, I'm a skilled craftsman. I made an axe. I'm not very smart, but I am skilled. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Oct 2025 OP
Why, that looks like my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the handle, rsdsharp Oct 2025 #1
Did he use it to chop up some metal? LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #2
No, but he kept the handle nice and sharp. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #12
My doctor told me that I sharpen my handle too often. LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #18
Smart man! rsdsharp Oct 2025 #25
So your father's handle was hnasharp? TexasTowelie Oct 2025 #28
71 years, and finally a Sharp joke I hadn't heard before. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #30
Well, you did provide the setup for the joke, TexasTowelie Oct 2025 #33
It's a beautiful axe Bluestocking Oct 2025 #3
Thank you, but I made the head out of wood because LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #4
You understand it is a joke, right? Wifes husband Oct 2025 #26
That brought a smile. badhair77 Oct 2025 #5
I didn't really make that. I found the picture online. That's another one of my skills... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #6
Please, lake the complement. badhair77 Oct 2025 #9
OK then, but he better not take credit for that axe! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #10
Lol. There you go. badhair77 Oct 2025 #14
Too good malaise Oct 2025 #7
Haha! Thanks, malaise! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #20
Oh the inanity. cachukis Oct 2025 #8
What does Sean Hannity have to do with this? Oh wait, i just put my reading glasses on... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #15
Love it. cachukis Oct 2025 #16
LuckyCharms, that hatchet is very beautiful woodworking. You , sir are very talented. debm55 Oct 2025 #11
Thank you, Deb. But please see post #6. LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #13
It's a nice hatchet, or picture of a hatchet. anyhow. debm55 Oct 2025 #17
In my entire life, you're the first woman who has told me that I LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #19
''The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood ... Donkees Oct 2025 #21
What's that old saying? The axe forgets, the tree remembers. LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #22
"An axe with a wooden blade remembers because it's part of the family tree." Donkees Oct 2025 #23
LOL mdbl Oct 2025 #24
Keep trying. You'll get the hang of it. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #27
Look at it this way: It's a butter axe. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #29
That reminds me... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #36
Cool Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #31
That would be the famous Olneya tesota we've all heard so much about? Ford_Prefect Oct 2025 #32
Yes, Desert Ironwood. LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #34
They say that we learn from our mistakes. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2025 #35
As per Albert Einstein LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #37
... orangecrush Oct 2025 #38
Lol!!! chowder66 Oct 2025 #39
Ha! 😄 Was wondering what you'd "have up ypur sleeve", so to speak! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #40
Just my arm! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #41
👍 electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #42
Whoever did it, that is a beautiful piece of wood. LoisB Oct 2025 #43
It really is. I've actually been studying that pic... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #44
Go for it! LoisB Oct 2025 #55
May I axe you a question? Niagara Oct 2025 #45
I'm an expert at giving people headaches! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #47
lol Niagara Oct 2025 #56
Just...you know...you're punny... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #57
I almost had him! I almost had him! Niagara Oct 2025 #58
I don't know about you, Hendry. You might fold under questioning! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #59
You don't need three onions Niagara Oct 2025 #62
Paulie did the prep work, and... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #63
What a hatchet job berniesandersmittens Oct 2025 #46
Strong like bull, smart like tracror. Ptah Oct 2025 #48
I had to Google that one! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #50
I would offer to help... Harker Oct 2025 #49
I did have a handle on it Harker... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #51
Whose fingers, Lucky? Harker Oct 2025 #52
LMAO! LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #53
Gets me every time! Harker Oct 2025 #54
I totally KNEW someone would post this most hilarious of TV comedy moments. 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #60
I hesitated, having recently undergone hernia surgery. Harker Oct 2025 #61
Laughter is good medicine. 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #64
So far, so good, thanks! Harker Oct 2025 #65

rsdsharp

(11,798 posts)
1. Why, that looks like my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the handle,
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:33 PM
Oct 2025

and I replaced the head. That’s my grandfather’s axe.

(Me and Dad was cousins, but we’s alright!)

Bluestocking

(518 posts)
3. It's a beautiful axe
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:36 PM
Oct 2025

but next time make the handle out of wood and the axe head out of metal. I think you are smarter than you think and you already know that. The fact that you are on DU means your smarter than alll those Americans that did not vote for Harris.

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
4. Thank you, but I made the head out of wood because
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:38 PM
Oct 2025

I plan on chopping up some steel with it.

My concept here is that old saying "opposites attract".

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
6. I didn't really make that. I found the picture online. That's another one of my skills...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:14 PM
Oct 2025

Finding horseshit on the internet, and then posting it here.

I did come up with the OP title all by myself though!

badhair77

(5,082 posts)
9. Please, lake the complement.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:19 PM
Oct 2025

trump would. He specializes in taking credit for others’ work.

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
10. OK then, but he better not take credit for that axe!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:22 PM
Oct 2025

That thing took me several hours to make!

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Lucky J. Charms
President of the United Axe Makers Association.

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
15. What does Sean Hannity have to do with this? Oh wait, i just put my reading glasses on...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:27 PM
Oct 2025

Sorry.

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
19. In my entire life, you're the first woman who has told me that I
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:32 PM
Oct 2025

have a nice hatchet.

Thank you, Deb.

Donkees

(33,416 posts)
21. ''The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood ...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:41 PM
Oct 2025

... and they thought it was one of them.''


Then along came an axe with a wooden blade. They voted for that one instead, and the forest was saved.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,599 posts)
35. They say that we learn from our mistakes.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:14 PM
Oct 2025

Your axe is proof that you are very smart indeed.

Thanks for sharing!

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
44. It really is. I've actually been studying that pic...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:54 PM
Oct 2025

Trying to figure out if i could make that, just for the heck of it.

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
47. I'm an expert at giving people headaches!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:11 PM
Oct 2025

It's another one of my "Skills".

You're punny!

I'm actually wondering if I could make that axe head.

This OP has me thinking about a replacement arm to an Adirondack chair that I made for a friend of mine several years ago. Took me several tries to get it right. Pic below, old vs. new.



Niagara

(11,554 posts)
56. lol
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:44 AM
Oct 2025

How am I punny? I'm here to amuse you?




That's a spectacular job on the arm replacement, Lucky!


LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
57. Just...you know...you're punny...
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:27 AM
Oct 2025

the way you tell the story and everything!

You got it all wrong, Tommy!

Whoa, whoa Anthony!

He's a big boy, he knows what he said!

Story about that chair arm:

That's wet treated lumber. I unfortunately don't own a band saw, and my jig saw would not cut that wood. It was having none of that! Also, my router was out of commission.

So I did that whole thing with hand saws to get it close, and then shaped it with the electric sander and some 60 grit sandpaper. My buddy and his wife were at a wedding the day I went over to his house to install the new arm. I knew his 20 something daughter was home when I was banging on the door, but she would not answer the door to let me in because I had not seen her in several years and she didn't recognize me.

So, I climbed over a fence with my tool bags to get into his backyard to install the arm. It took me about 2 hours to do that, because the rest of the chair was messed up, so I repaired it while I was there. He had about THIRTY talking gnomes in his backyard, and they were motion sensitive, so every time I moved, they would talk to me.

"Hey, what are you doing there"?

"Hey you, get out of here".

Imagine listening to that for two hours! So I was laughing my ass off and started talking back to the gnomes.

Pics below. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of the gnomes!

I hope you are having a lovely day!





Niagara

(11,554 posts)
58. I almost had him! I almost had him!
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 01:47 PM
Oct 2025


Those garden creatures are always up to gnome good! They probably would have mooned you while you were taking their photos anyway!


I'm currently taking a break but it's a long but good day for me. I hope you're having a good day too!




LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
59. I don't know about you, Hendry. You might fold under questioning!
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:03 PM
Oct 2025

What's that smoking emoji?

You don't smoke, do you?

Are you smoking weed on your break?



Niagara

(11,554 posts)
62. You don't need three onions
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 03:52 PM
Oct 2025

No smoking here.


That smoking emoji was Hendry smoking a cigarette, not me.





LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
63. Paulie did the prep work, and...
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 03:57 PM
Oct 2025

he had a wonderful system for doing the garlic.

That skinny guard is a real pain in the ass!

LuckyCharms

(21,862 posts)
51. I did have a handle on it Harker...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:28 PM
Oct 2025

Until I accidently cut off a few fingers with my wooden axe!

3catwoman3

(28,609 posts)
60. I totally KNEW someone would post this most hilarious of TV comedy moments.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 03:04 PM
Oct 2025

This clip is guaranteed to make me laugh no matter how many times I have seen it, and I've watched it many, many times.

Harker

(17,438 posts)
61. I hesitated, having recently undergone hernia surgery.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 03:14 PM
Oct 2025

Laughing comes with a price, but it had to be done. 🪓

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