#shaving horse

[goofandgusto]

Another afternoon chipping (hah) away at this project.

I decided that, as much as I liked the rough hewn look of the clamp "arms" (which were repurposed from yet another old project) I was more annoyed by how crooked they sat. So I cut a 2x4 in half for the new arms, found a height off the ground I liked, bored a hole for the dowel pivot, and through-bolted another scrap piece for the footplate.

I'll probably reinforce the arms around the pivot point, theres only 1/2" of wood on either side of the hole and I have a feeling that's likely to fail sooner rather than later.

It's annoying to backtrack and redirect progress to sort out issues mid-build, but i've learned it's even MORE annoying to have to fix broken equipment in the middle of a separate project.

Aside from that, everything sits flush and the arms pivot effortlessly; once I finish the clamp I can't wait to get to put it to work! Oh I also did some shaping and sanding on a wooden sabre I've been toying with. The arc is more pronounced than most models I've handled so it's even more forward heavy, and the simple grip feels good in the hand. It still feels like it could use more tweaking so I'm holding off on the lacquer finish.

#woodworking #shaving horse #goofbuilds #wip #sabre

[dweeeeeb]

The Shaving Horse also known as a Plainer. Sawmill & Woodworking Tools

#Sawmill #Shaving Horse #Plainer #Woodworking

[belle-epochalypse]

Looking forward to this meme still being milked years from now (unless Sweden chooses not to share the milk)

#sorry for incoming cringe tags #tumblr archaeology #tumblr memes #color theory #children’s hospital #ball shaving ads #horse plinko #sweden #connecticut clark #apollo gift of prophecy #do you love the color of the sky #atla #avatar the last airbender

[the-sassy-noodle-allie-bug]

RAAAAAAH LIVIO AND RAZLO DUMP sorry for the radio silence tumblr still freaks me out a little

#trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #livio the double fang #save a horse ride a cowboy #razlo the tri punisher of death #MY GUYS!!!! #They’re so silly I love them sm #one of these is an idea I had cuz I think Raz would miss the Mohawk but liv wouldn’t want to shave his noggin again so they braid the sides #just for the effect of a mohawk #I was testing to see how long a tag could be hehe

[devilish-parrot]

if i had a nickel for every time a tally hall member in their side projects compared your mother to something, id have two nickels. which isnt alot but its weird that it happened twice

#devilish rambles #tally hall #joe hawley #joe hawley joe hawley #your mother is a basketball #bora karaca #cojum dip #m54 #“youre mother is a basketball” #“i tried to shave your mother but it was tough cuz shes a horse” #if i had a nickel

[rollercoasterwords]

hie rae! i have query/a dichotomy about gender and shit that i would love you to share your thoughts on (if you feel like it, no pressure!). i remember someone once called you something like the "resident tumblr smart person" and you also seem knowledgable about gender (do you do gender studies?) but first i just wanted to say how much i love your fanfics! they're some of my favs ever honestly and thank you so much for writing them!

i remember someone once called you something like the "resident tumblr smart person" and you also seem knowledgable about gender

ok, so basically one of friends was staying at my flat a few days ago, i mentioned (jokingly) that i feel like a bad feminist when i shave my face but that i hate having hair on my face too much to not shave it. for reference i'm a brown cis women who has a fair amount of facial hair and i have been shaving my face since i was a teen. my friend (who's trans) pointed out that she also shaves her face regularly but that for her, its a form of gender affirming care and so would it be possible that its also that for me?. we're both really interested in gender and the elements of performance in it and so we spent ages talking about it and couldn't really come to a conclusion. the thing that i was wondering about especially is that when i do shave my face, it doesn't really feel like its affirming my gender - it feels more motivated by insecurity and the desire to conform. so do you think it would be possible that for cis women it is possible for shaving to be gender affirming or is it all a product of our socialisation/ the beauty industry?

sorry for the mess that this ask is, i hope you can understand it! thanks!  💙💙💙 

hi!! ty 4 the kind words i'm glad u like my fics <3 and i do in fact study gender studies lol there are of course many people v knowledgeable abt these topics tho it's not like i'm the foremost expert etc. happy 2 be ur tumblr smart person 4 the day tho & happy 2 share my thoughts!

so in the first place i don't necessarily think a distinction between trans/cis is useful here in determining whether something can/should be considered "gender affirming," nor do i necessarily think there's a strict dichotomy between "gender affirming" beauty practices versus "it's just socialized" or whatever. every woman is going 2 have different experiences with & reasons behind shaving, and oftentimes those differences will not map neatly onto a binary of trans/cis in which one side always finds the experience affirming and the other does not. additionally, all beauty practices are socialized in the first place & will often engender a mix of feelings that don't fit neatly into "this is 100% affirming" versus "this is absolutely not affirming in any way."

i think it's easy to say "shaving is just patriarchal conditioning for women and we need to stop to be good feminists!!" but that sentiment also fails to recognize that many women derive very real economic and social benefits by conforming to beauty standards, and many women furthermore find it necessary to shave to mitigate violence they might otherwise face. it doesn't mean it's a good thing that these standards exist (beauty in and of itself is always a tool of power imo), but it also makes it, in my opinion, kind of pointless to quibble over whether it's "feminist" to shave or not; each person faces their own set of material conditions that they have to navigate. also, the things an individual person chooses to do with their body hair really don't strike me as incredibly important in like...the grand scheme of Feminist Action, y'know? the entire question seems to lie more in the realm of like...personal feeling & decision making, and in that instance i am a supporter of total bodily autonomy. everyone picks and chooses their own battles when it comes to what beauty standards to adhere to; i don't shave my body hair, for example, but i'm scheduled to undergo a cosmetic surgical procedure in a few months, and for me there isn't a clear divide between the medical/gender affirming/socialized beauty standards reasons that i've chosen to do so. physical pain is one factor, but i'd be lying to myself if i said that i haven't been socialized to think about gender & the way it relates to my own body and appearance, and that that isn't factoring in as well. even if surgery is "affirming" for me, i still don't necessarily know that i'd call it a feminist action so much as something i'm doing to make my body easier to live in.

anyway, all that is to say--no, i don't think shaving makes you "a bad feminist." and i don't doubt your friend when she says that shaving is gender affirming for her. you both have different experiences when it comes to shaving, though, and if you've reflected on this and don't feel like shaving is something you really want to do, then maybe consider seeing what it's like if you stop--not to become "a better feminist," bc again, i don't think whether you personally shave is going to make or break Feminism, but bc it might make you happier. personally, my experience when i've stopped partaking in certain beauty routines or practices is that there's a period of insecurity at first which slowly fades as i've realized that most people really don't notice all the things about my body that i do. but that's my personal experience; if you decide to stop shaving and find that there are conditions in your life that make it too difficult, it's not worth agonizing over if you decide to start again, or to shave sometimes. in general i think this sort of individualistic emphasis on whether or not every single thing a person does is "feminist" is not useful tbh, nor do i think personal feelings of empowerment or affirmation are the best yardstick 4 measuring whether a certain action is "feminist"

#ask #ranting and raving #<- putting this here since this answer is like. long. not really a rant tho #in general i am pro reflecting on and acknowledging the motivations behind why we engage in particular beauty practices etc #but like. everyone engages in some way let's be real. it's just up to each person 2 decide to what extent & by what means they engage #so while i find it grating when people uncritically claim that things like shaving can be 'feminist' if it just 'feels empowering' #i find it equally grating when people get on high horses abt not shaving or place it in this like. hierarchy of beauty practices #hopefully this all makes sense...

[medium-guy]

so I have to get LG (my little orange old lady) wet cat food. I have tried dry food ,but I ended up having to pour water or broth (UNSEASONED) over it, which made it really annoying to do. and she would throw up a Lot, so I just Gave up and got her back on wet food. I had been getting rlly big cans of pate from Walmart but then it would be in my fridge and I'd have to try to scoop out the right size portion and it was really annoying and gross and I don't go to the town w/ walmart in it very often.

I ended up looking for mail-order cat food bc I wanted to get her better food bc she's 15. I ended up getting her a monthly order from Cat Person (she much prefers the bits in gravy over the pate!). I did think about canceling due to the price, (a little over $100 a month!), but when I looked for normal wet cat food online, the food came in like. 12 packs, which means I would have to buy 5 packs for a month. which would be At Least the same price as the Cat Person food and would be much more annoying to order. Also LG does like this food and I shouldn't fuck with that, especially right after moving

#mine #on the upside i use horse bedding for her litter which is sooo much cheaper #pellets! not shavings. the shavings get Everywhere .

[scalpelsister]

these seflies are so fridged-wife-core of me

#also thats my horse. im using him like an arm rest. he does not mind. #also i need to shave my undercut BAD its so scruffy #my face #my post

[goofandgusto]

A shaving horse I'm (re)building! I wanted to be able to collapse the whole thing so it's easy to store on my cramped balcony, so I decided on mortise and tenon legs that are easy to pop out.

The first set of legs failed so I bumped up to a piece of 2x3 pine that comfortably holds my weight and chiseled out larger mortises for them. The legs are unfinished but everything is holding for now.

I'll shape them into something nicer another day, right now i'm just happy I can actually use this thing!

#woodworking #carpentry #wip #goofbuilds #shaving horse

[woundedheartwithin]

My children are stupid and they’ll never get into an Ivy League college

read: my horses were eating wood shavings out of the bag while I was putting down new bedding for the peeps because they thought they were getting something yummy that they shouldn’t

#she speaks #they spit them out immediately #I expect this kind of behavior from the goats #they actually do eat wood as a part of their natural diet #it’s not even like the horses have never seen wood shavings #they’ve been kept in bedded stalls before #what is wrong with you spiteful idiots

[exsqueezememacaroni]

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Edit - the boots and a tiny anvil, bc they're pretty perfect together

#i feel like i live this hilarious life where #people will think of me to give me things like shave horses and anvils #but also funky chanel boots and italian kitten heels #and it's pretty great #not mike #personal

[bumbleblurr]

ok Actually here's some more that I wasn't going to share but changed my mind on-

#you'll notice that theres several au blurrbees here #such as. centaurs bc blurr horse. duh #bee is a zebra centaur & blurr is a thoroughbred horse centaur #and also of horse. humans #u might notice how bee looks a lil different in these designs. lets just say he shaves sometimes & he likes to style his hair a bunch #and not that i forgot how i designed him before and thus he keeps being inconsistent #ok? ok #my art #OH Y GOD I WROTE ''OH HORSE'' INSTEAD OF ''OF COURSE'' #BPURKSHDLFHFLFJ GOD

[ydrisdove]

love is stored in the horse

one of the staff said Pepe’s really taken a liking to me and that we have a very good connection :,)

#don’t let this sweet video fool you though he was an absolute pain in the ass today #refused to lift his head for haltering #pulled me around for 3 minutes eating grass (like literally dragging me) #would not give me his front hoof for picking #and in fact used that hoof to kick wood shavings at me #in conclusion: I love him so much #pepe the horse #kitty's equine therapy #not horse game