Shiv #80 of 365 - Copper Knife #1

Shiv #80 - Copper Knife #1

I do make an honest effort to better vary the materials used in these shivs, which, believe you me, is no easy feat with another 285 left to make. To that end, I looked for some copper to make into blades and, upon finding nothing simple to use, bought a few copper pipe joiners to open up and flatten.

It worked well enough for me to do at least a few more like this. I can't say I'm ecstatic enough about turning pipes into plates to do these more regularly, though.

Bonus: Shiv made with a Lincoln Log.

Shiv #79 of 365 - Jugular Key

Shiv #79 - Jugular Key

For opening the jugular.

Shiv #78 of 365 - CD ROM Drive Door

Shiv #78 - CD ROM Drive Door

I was overwhelmed by a sense of perfect solace as I dismantled the damnable disc drive this door came from, as the drive had made a terrible hell of using my old desktop computer.

It was a Windows ME machine ... (this is where I wait for everyone to stop groaning) ... and was a pain to use every day after the first year I owned it. Replacing or upgrading hardware was particularly painful, as when this disc drive died on me, repacement drives would not take to the computer at all. This effectively stranded all my data, since I could not install a new OS on top of the resident Windows ME so that the computer could recognize the thumb drives or removable hard drives or even burn it all onto discs to shuffle along to a new computer.

It is now nearing the end of 2009 and I am still e-mailing myself my MP3s and pictures off the old computer, as frequently as I can stomach using the frickin' thing.

Shiv #77 of 365 - Shivswagen

Shiv #77 - Shivswagen

Vee Dub, y'all.

Shiv #76 of 365 - Pain' Brush

Shiv #76 - Pain' Brush

Because like omission?

Shiv #75 of 365 - Hello Kitty Cutter

Shiv #75 - Hello Kitty Cutter

Because the other one was a poker.

Shiv #74 of 365 - Remember, Remember!

Shiv #74 - Remember, Remember!

Remember, remember, the Shivth of November!

Shiv #73 of 365 - Dental Hooligan

Shiv #73 - Dental Hooligan

Yeah, look, see? Sharpening toothbrushes is just fun, alright?

Shiv #72 of 365 - Sponge Brush

Shiv #72 - Sponge Brush

Comes in packs of like eleventy for just a couple bucks or something. Because they're awful.

Shiv #71 of 365 - Manicurist

Shiv #71 - Manicurist

Approximately one third of some nail clippers.

(In other news: I'm still under the weather, but Girl-Girl is on vacation. Win some, lose some.)

(Winnings and losses not in respective order.)

Shiv #70 of 365 - Severe Elephant

Shiv #70 - Severe Elephant

I stole its ivory and gave it aluminum.

Also it has a little orange button on its belly that makes it bellow like REEEAAWWRRR when it is pressed.

Thank you, Target, for your $1.00 mass-produced junk section.

Shiv #69 of 365 - Shiv'er Me Timbers

Shiv #69 - Shiv'er Me Timbers

And this brings us up to date.

I saw this little sailboat in a thrift store, and it pretty much made itself after that. Its rudder was broken off, so I gave it a new one.

A better one.

Shiv #68 of 365 - Spray Bottle Bayonet

Shiv #68 - Spray Bottle Bayonet

See, you can be like spritz spritz spritz and then stab a fool?

Shiv #67 of 365 - Nasty Screw

Shiv #67 - Nasty Screw

Remember Dirty Screw? Well, this one's nasty. :D

Shiv #66 of 365 - Toothcutter

Shiv #66 - Toothcutter

I was really looking forward to posting this one, since this marks the official point where I have less than 300 shivs left to make. But then I got sick and I didn't care much.

9 out of 10 dentists agree that this is the worst toothbrush ever.

Shiv #65 of 365 - Remote Control Bayonet

Shiv #65 - Remote Control Bayonet

I've wanted to do this shiv pretty much since the first week of the Shiv365 project.

Shiv #64 of 365 - Big Nail

Shiv #64 - Big Nail

This is a pretty fierce nail. Sometimes, a pretty fierce nail is what's needed.

Shiv #63 of 365 - Buddha's Fangs

Shiv #63 - Buddha's Fangs

I've been sick this past week and found it difficult to commit myself to playing with power tools or breathe normally, so this is back-dated to Sunday, October 25th's shiv.

What are the two most useless things in the world?

The Pope's testicles.

Fangs on the Buddha are pretty close, though.

Shiv #62 of 365 - Know What a File Is

Shiv #62 - Know What a File Is

You know what a file is?

And you know what wittles is?

You bring me, to-morrow morning early, that file and them wittles.

Shiv #61 of 365 - Unsafety Scissor #2

Shiv #62 - Unsafety Scissor #2

Part two of the broken scissors.

I made this with a lot of scrap bits, which is why it has four or five different twist ties, a barely useful length of a dowel rod, and three kinds of string holding it together.