WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.879 KF I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:10.279 The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey, 3 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:14.359 welcome home. I am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:18.800 design custom homes, I build custom homes, and I'm also 5 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:22.679 your guide to better understand that place where you live. 6 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.199 Today on the show, we are doing part two. It's 7 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:31.000 probably like Part one point one based on how far 8 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:34.600 I got through this list yesterday, but part two of 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:42.479 this year's House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. Yeah, gift guide. 10 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:46.000 It just totally it just totally escaped me. I do 11 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:50.039 it every year. I write the damn thing House Whisper 12 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.359 Holiday Gift Guide. That's what we're doing today. Lots of 13 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.560 great stuff. It's an all tools and gear gift guide 14 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:04.920 this year, which many of you will welcome. And you know, 15 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.840 sometimes I digress, I talk about some books and some 16 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:10.799 other things, and this year, you know, and just getting 17 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.920 back to basics this year. So it's it's all tools 18 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.519 and gear, and I'm excited to talk to you about 19 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.719 each and every one of them so that you understand 20 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:22.519 the value behind each of these suggestions. And of course 21 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.439 we're going to take your calls The phone lines are 22 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.640 open right now, right now, Yes, they are. Producer Richie 23 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:34.000 standing by. Anything that's got you scratching your head about 24 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.480 your house today, whether it's a design issue, construction issue, 25 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.359 DIY question, whatever the case may be, give me a call. 26 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:44.879 You set the agenda when it comes to calls. The 27 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.760 number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean 28 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.879 eight three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 29 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:57.000 three three two, ask Dean. It's just that simple. Phone 30 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.760 lines are open now. We'll be going to the phones 31 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:01.000 in just a bit. Richie will tell you everything you 32 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:02.799 need to know. Popping into the queue, you can listen 33 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:08.520 to the show while you wait. Let's see here. Oh look, 34 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.599 you know. Let me introduce you to our awesome team. 35 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:15.120 Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning Dean. 36 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:19.599 How you doing by doing really good? Yeah? Did you 37 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.080 get that burrito that you wanted or not yet? No, 38 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.199 it's it's it's coming after the shift, you know, all right? 39 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.759 All right? Elmer's like, hey, man, did you have breakfast 40 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:32.439 this morning? I'm hungry, like there is something I can do. 41 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:35.360 He's been snacking all morning. 42 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.520 He's been snacking all morning. He doesn't count. It's like 43 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.639 rice crispy treats. It's not like, uh, it's not food 44 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.120 food all right, Okay, well, I'm glad to hear you 45 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:48.479 say that, Rice, Christmy treats are not food food. That's 46 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:53.120 that's a good thing. That lovely voice you just heard. 47 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.039 Eileen Gonzalez, sitting at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, 48 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.520 Good morning. How's it going good? Have you had breakfast 49 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:00.840 this morning? Yeah? 50 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.280 You should see. I bring a ton of food with me. 51 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.360 It's like, I'm going to be gone for a week. 52 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:13.479 I'm well prepared news and food, and I need to 53 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:14.240 share with Elmore. 54 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:16.919 You should share with Elmer. He could pass out, and 55 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.479 then where would we all be? You and I both 56 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.479 we'd be like, hello, Hello, is this Mike hot? Hello? 57 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.240 All right? Good to have you, Bud. Appreciate you. 58 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:26.840 Uh. 59 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:32.319 Sitting across the table from me. Who look at you? 60 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:38.879 Look at you. You're just amazing. My better half, still 61 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:45.319 recovering from her unplanned, unexpected surgery, but recovering strong. I mean, 62 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:47.759 I feel pretty good. Strong. What do we We're like 63 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:51.080 day eleven, day eleven, Yeah, and you're doing good. You're 64 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.759 doing so good. I'm going to talk about this later 65 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.560 in the show. That that our granddaughter Olivia had to 66 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.960 police you. Oh my gosh, that was so far over Thanksgiving. 67 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.479 If anyone wants to go look, I did post one 68 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.560 of her videos she posted, she actually made about five, 69 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.159 but of her calling me out for all the things 70 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.879 I was doing wrong. So you just go to at 71 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:16.560 Tina Sharp on Instagram and I it's it's hilarious to 72 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:17.120 watch her. 73 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.360 She just out of the blue, she just decided I'm 74 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.040 going to create a video news report. 75 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:27.439 Yeah, she suddenly became an an investigative journalist hunting down 76 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:32.199 yours your infractions of doctor's recovery orders. 77 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.160 It was very funny. There were several reports that came 78 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:38.480 throughout Thanksgiving Day. And then of course she doesn't post 79 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.879 social media. She just posts to us. 80 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.079 She just sends us she makes a video, and then. 81 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.360 We'd all get these text messages. We're like looking at 82 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.480 it and there and there she is. She does she 83 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:48.600 does the bumper music. 84 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:50.199 Yeah, she does her own music. 85 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:52.319 She does her own fade in if that's what you 86 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.720 want to call it, her head coming in from the 87 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.680 bottom of the screen up and then a full report 88 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.199 on Tina's crimes. 89 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:01.720 Yes, and she calls me mina that's my little nickname. 90 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:06.120 So she coined their mina tastrophees. Now she didn't say 91 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.720 that in this video, but in other. 92 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:11.439 Mina tastrophe past. Yeah, it might be a little overblown. 93 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:13.439 It might be a little over blown, thank you, but 94 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.480 it was adorable. It was adorable. And you're looking great. Oh, 95 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:22.800 thanks so much better. All right to y'all. Here's the thing. Oh, 96 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:24.839 we got some calls coming on the board. You know what. 97 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.639 It is a beautiful, beautiful Sunday morning here in southern California. 98 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:33.879 I don't know where what the weather is looking like 99 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.399 wherever you may find yourself, but I hope it's as lovely. 100 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.720 Today is December first, the first day of December. Christmas 101 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:45.959 is twenty four days away. We've got so much to do. Friday, 102 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:51.759 that's right, Friday was a Black Friday. Yesterday was small 103 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:58.639 business Saturday. Tomorrow Cyber Monday. Today, today is just awesome day. 104 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.279 He is house Whisper a gift guide, that's right, which 105 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:03.879 also is posted to social media. 106 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.480 Okay, yeah, yeah, tell everybody that before we run to 107 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:07.120 the news. 108 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:11.519 At home with Dean Instagram, Facebook, and I think that's it. 109 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:13.360 I think only puts it to those two and then 110 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.879 you can also there's a there's a link in the 111 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:20.079 bio of Instagram to actually go to the KFI website 112 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:23.839 and you can actually download and interactive PDF, so it 113 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:27.120 has links to all of the places to buy these items. 114 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.199 Yeah, So if you don't like like having to do 115 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.560 the search yourself, you can go to the KFI website, 116 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.319 our little corner of it, you know, find the Dean 117 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.439 Sharp Corner page on the KFI website and right at 118 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:42.040 the top there is the PDF that you can download, 119 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.199 and then each of the links are active, so you 120 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.839 just click them and boom, you're there. It doesn't mean 121 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:48.800 that that's the only place you can buy this stuff, 122 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.240 but it's where we source them this year. 123 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:53.759 Yeah, and we just tried to find best prices. 124 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.759 Best price, that kind of thing. So it's all good, 125 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.959 all right. When we come back, let's dive back in too, 126 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.839 part two of the House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. 127 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.920 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 128 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.360 KFI AM six forty. 129 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.480 You know, whether your home is a condo or a 130 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.519 cottage or a castle, doesn't matter. I'm here to help 131 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.639 you take it to the next level. We're going to 132 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.639 be taking calls in just a bit. The number to 133 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.240 reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three 134 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.360 to three, the numeral two as Dean eight three three 135 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.639 to two asding anything you want to talk about? What 136 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.920 am I talking about? We are diving into part two. 137 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:38.160 This is episode two of our twenty twenty four House 138 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:42.839 Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. So let's get to it. Let's 139 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.120 see here before I leave this page here on the 140 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.279 gift guide. Oh, let's talk about a screwdrive now. In 141 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:56.279 the previous episode yesterday's show, I broke through barriers that 142 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.639 people didn't even know were there when I recommended a 143 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.720 screwed driver set, And this particular screwdriver set that I 144 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.639 recommended yesterday was if you're going to buy a new 145 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.519 set of screwdrivers, you might as well get an insulated 146 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.800 Electricians screwdriver set. And you're not going to find those 147 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:16.279 over where the normal screwdrivers are sitting. You're going to 148 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.839 find them with the electrical tools in the electrical aisle 149 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.519 of the big box store or where the hardware store. 150 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:30.639 The difference is that an electrician screwdriver set are insulated, 151 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.399 meaning that not only the handle, but all the way 152 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.480 down the shaft only. The only metal that's really showing 153 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:40.159 is just at the tip where the actual screwdriver tip is, 154 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.840 whether it's phillips or torques or flathead, whatever the case 155 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.840 may be. And I think I believe for your conscientious 156 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.639 di wire who just might get involved in some electrical 157 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.960 activity at some point, whether it's just a switch or 158 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.080 an outlet, why not have a screwdriver that does not 159 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.240 have all that exposed metal on it when you're sticking 160 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.519 it into a place, like, you know, an electrical box 161 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.879 that may although it shouldn't if you've done your job right, 162 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:12.480 but may have some live wires in there. So better 163 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:16.000 safe than sorry. And these are always beautiful screwdriver sets. 164 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.919 And do they cost more than regularly, Well, they cost 165 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.399 more than the cheapest of screwdrivers, but generally speaking, no, 166 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.679 they come in beautiful cases. So anyway, that was yesterday's 167 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:31.120 screwdriver recommendation, but here's today's. And I've recommended this before. 168 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:34.360 This says it's almost always a part of the gift guide. 169 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:39.799 And that is a multi tip screwdriver, Okay, so, or 170 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.000 a multi bit screwdriver if you want to call it that. 171 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:45.159 This is the kind of screwdriver that just sends it 172 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.519 should be in the little tool drawer, the junk drawer, 173 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:51.279 your go to, right because it's got so much going 174 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.440 on for it. But I want you to be aware 175 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.759 of my preference when it comes to this, and I 176 00:09:55.799 --> 00:10:01.519 think this is a reasonable, rational professional tool using preference, 177 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.960 and that is there are a lot of multi bit 178 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:10.159 screwdrivers out there, a lot. I personally do not like 179 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:15.559 the ones that store the bits in the handle. There's 180 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:17.639 usually a cap and you unscrew it and then you 181 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:19.399 know you got all these bits in there. And those 182 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:22.639 are the ones that are like twenty one twenty four different. Okay, 183 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.399 I get it, I get it. It's all good, and 184 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.120 you know, other people may do better with this. But 185 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:32.639 here's the thing. The bits are small and inevitably, I 186 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.799 don't think I've ever myself used one for more than 187 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.960 a year without losing some bits somewhere or picked up 188 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.039 somebody else's at somebody else's home and I'm helping them 189 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.360 out with something looking for a bit in there, and 190 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.200 like half the things are missing, especially the one that 191 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.320 you really wanted. They're just probably not the in my opinion, 192 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.240 the easiest or best way to have access to this. 193 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.600 So I would rather have a screwdriver that has fewer bits, 194 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.240 but they are all locked in and part of the 195 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.799 actual screwdriver shaft itself. Okay, that they're all right there 196 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.159 for you. And that is what a screwdriver like the 197 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.840 Milwaukee thirteen and one magnetic multi bit screwdriver is. It's 198 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.960 like a twenty two dollars screwdriver. It's literally, you know, 199 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.879 it's got several bits large and small Phillip's head, large 200 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:31.399 and small, flathead square bits. Also, the shaft itself, being hollow, 201 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:36.360 becomes a nut driver. It's just a really really solid one. 202 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:39.840 And this year's version, by the way, is different than 203 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.279 previous year's version because right in front of the handle, 204 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.000 right before the shaft starts, there's a big what looks 205 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.559 like a nut, like a large nut. What that is 206 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:54.279 is a what they call a wrench ready bolster, and 207 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.120 it is a nut essentially. And what that does is, 208 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:01.159 let's say you've got a really tough screw to undo, okay, 209 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.639 to take out, or one that you have got to 210 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.799 drive in that's tough and you need a little bit 211 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:08.519 more leverage, you can basically that nut is there so 212 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:12.360 you can put an adjustable end wrench or a set 213 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:16.360 of pliers and grab on to that thing and give 214 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.799 you some sideways spinning torque on it. Anyway, have I 215 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:21.960 ever used it that way? No, but I think it's 216 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.440 a good ad because it's not taking up any space 217 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.519 that would be used by anything else, so why not 218 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:30.159 have it there? It's by Milwaukee, And yes, I am 219 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:34.519 a little Milwaukee biased when it comes to tools in general, 220 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:38.279 only because I think they're awesome. And no, not all 221 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.240 of my tools are Milwaukee tools, not even close. Okay, 222 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.440 but Milwaukee makes a fine tool. And this happens to 223 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:49.639 be my favorite multi tip, multi bit screwdriver. So there 224 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:54.919 you go. I spoke yesterday also about the you know, 225 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:59.440 I waxed poetic on the usefulness of a utility knife 226 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.720 and how you know the blades are interchangeable and so on. 227 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.759 So you got to check out the previous episode yesterday's 228 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.639 show on the podcast and you can hear me talk 229 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.440 about what I think the best utility knife is out there. 230 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:16.200 That does not mean that I hate pocket knives. Pocket 231 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.559 knives are great, okay, but your typical pocket knife, the 232 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:24.480 traditional pocket knife, not much use for that. Okay. They're dangerous. 233 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.320 They're dangerous, and what I mean, is you know, the 234 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.240 old style just fold out the blade even you know, 235 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.240 I gotta say Swiss army pocket knives. Not a fan 236 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.399 because the blades don't lock. I don't like a folding 237 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.480 knife that doesn't have a locking blade, because that's a 238 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.279 situation where you push it just the wrong way, just 239 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.320 the wrong angle, just the wrong force forward, and all 240 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.440 of a sudden, the blade is folding back towards your fingers. 241 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:54.399 Let's not think about that, but it happens. So I 242 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:59.159 like a locking blade, and there are a gabillion knives 243 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.720 on the mark. So which one have I recommended to you? 244 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.200 You know what, in the spirit of keeping it simple, 245 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:11.159 keeping it classy, I happen to love. It's probably because 246 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.759 my own life and heritage. I have my father's version 247 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.120 of this still in my possession, that he bought back 248 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:21.000 in the early nineteen seventies, still in perfect condition, a 249 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:25.600 buck knife, the buck one ten. In fact, I think 250 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:29.559 mine is the buck one ten Hunter buck knives. You know, 251 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:34.039 you will hear a thousand reviews from other tactical knife 252 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:36.639 makers saying, well, the buck knife doesn't live up to 253 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:44.399 there's a you know what. Buck knives are still around 254 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:47.279 and still going strong. You know why, because they're great 255 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:51.679 knives the end period. They do their job, they feel 256 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:56.080 great in your hand, they look great, the blade locks. 257 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.360 Whether you're you know, want a knife like that because 258 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.320 you're gonna whittle or carve, or you're a hunter, or 259 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:08.080 whatever the case may be, if you want a great 260 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:12.440 knife laying around that is a folding knife. Buck actually 261 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.120 is the first company to introduce a folding knife that 262 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.919 is as strong as non folding knives. And you know what, 263 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.720 they've just been going strong forever. So yeah, I have 264 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:27.799 a preference because of my own family heritage. I have 265 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.679 my new one that I use, and I have my 266 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.919 dad's who I would never use for anything because I 267 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.960 don't want to mess it up. But the Buck one 268 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.080 ten somebody asked me that the other day, what kind 269 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.480 of buck knife are you going to? Oh the Buck 270 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:41.879 one ten hunter? Where did that even come from? In 271 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.759 my brain? But it's here in the gift guide and 272 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.000 you should check it out. And by the way, I 273 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.360 recommend the drop point. Why we'll talk about that right 274 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:53.200 on the other side of the news. 275 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:57.720 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 276 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.279 KFI AM six forty. 277 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:05.159 Dean Sharp. The house Whisper here with you. We are 278 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.440 moving through the twenty twenty four House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. 279 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.080 We're going to be going to the phones in a bit. 280 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:14.600 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 281 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.159 Dean eight three to three the numeral two Ask Dean 282 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.200 that's coming up in just a bit. Make your call 283 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.039 now you can get into the queue, all right. The 284 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.240 gift Guide, by the way, you can find it online 285 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.120 in a couple of different places on social media. You'll 286 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.759 find it on our Instagram and Facebook page at Home 287 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.039 with Dean. You can just follow right along on the 288 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.679 gift Guide, or you can follow a link over to 289 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.039 the KFI web page our little corner of it where 290 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.159 you can download the gift Guide and all of the 291 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:48.519 links to the actual shopping locations are live and interactive 292 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.480 on that one. So either way, open up social media 293 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:54.120 while you're there, why don't you follow us? But you 294 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.879 can follow along on the gift guide as I go 295 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.679 all right back to it. So I had said Buck 296 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.960 Knight as a just you know, I'm not gonna repeat 297 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.920 myself in terms of just how awesome buck knives are 298 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:11.400 just a standard duty knife, pocket kind of knife to 299 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.920 have on hand. But right at the end, right before 300 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.279 the news, I slipped in that I prefer the drop 301 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:21.960 point blade as opposed to the clipped blade. Clip blade 302 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.119 is kind of the classic buck knife blade. And if 303 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:27.400 you're gonna be carving or whittling with it, then go 304 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.799 with the clip blade because it to the top of 305 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.680 it swoops down, it comes out to a real sharp point, 306 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:36.160 and it allows you to kind of get in there 307 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.319 into some real tight spaces for some real tight cuts. 308 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:44.079 But if anything beyond the need for getting into a 309 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:48.319 really really tiny little spot like whittling or wood carving, 310 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:51.119 if you get beyond that and you're just looking for 311 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:54.279 multi purpose, and I prefer a drop point blade, which 312 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.880 is a little thicker out. It's a stronger blade. It's 313 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:59.640 a stronger blade, it's got more metal out there near 314 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.200 the tip. It will last longer, it'll put up with 315 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.039 more abuse. It's probably not quite as sexy looking as 316 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:09.640 the clip point blake because that looks pretty cool, but 317 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:13.480 but overall multipurpose, it's a better blake. So there you go. 318 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:17.839 I have some more cutting implements to talk about a 319 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.960 little later, but I want to do it in conjunction. 320 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:23.279 Tina with a little video so that everybody can see 321 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.839 if you have ever thought about giving the one you 322 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.920 love an ax. I know, I know it sounds weird. 323 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:35.119 You got to trust them. Trust You got to trust 324 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:39.400 a person you gift an axe too. But I've got 325 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.559 a very very strong recommendation for you, whether they just 326 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:46.400 want to split wood, or they're a bushcrafter, or you 327 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:51.000 just want that utility tool around for various purposes. First 328 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.720 time on the Gift Guide that I've got one for you, 329 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.240 the one that I personally love and use the most. 330 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.119 But that's coming up in just a bit because we're 331 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:02.279 gonna do a video with that. Uh. Here is something 332 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.039 that everybody's been asking me about. I mean everybody. I 333 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.119 mean a lot of people emailing saying, Hey, you know 334 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:13.319 when you talked about the fireplace episode and you were 335 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.960 talking about taking a gas log fireplace and making it 336 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.720 sound realistic by putting a little bluetooth speaker in there, 337 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:21.680 could you tell us where to get that bluetooth speaker 338 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.000 Number seven on the Gift Guide. There it is the 339 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:31.119 EWA one oh six pro micro Bluetooth speaker. Now you 340 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.200 don't have to remember all that, but the point is 341 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:35.640 this is the little speaker that I refer to as 342 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.440 the marsh mellow. And because it's about the size of 343 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:44.160 a jumbo marsh mellow, it's got a full play eight 344 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:49.960 to ten hour battery life metal case that it is 345 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.920 encased with. So this is the speaker that I put 346 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:58.079 near the front of a fireplace box when the fireplace 347 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:00.920 is just a gas log set. And then what you 348 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:05.599 do is you take one of your devices, an iPad 349 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:08.519 or a tablet or one of your phones, and you 350 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:14.559 bluetooth out to that speaker. You know, one a YouTube 351 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.000 video of a crackling fireplace that goes on for like 352 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:19.680 twelve hours, and you adjust the volume and then when 353 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:22.079 you stand back away from you know, just a couple 354 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:28.519 of feet away from a gas log fireplace, suddenly it's 355 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:33.599 a crackling, popping gas log fireplace. Now it's a real fireplace. Anyway, 356 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.240 it's a great effect. It is so easy to do, 357 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.680 and it makes all the difference in the world for 358 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.839 just ambiance in a room where you're going to spend 359 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.720 the evening with folks and the fire going, and you 360 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.039 know what, it's just these little layers, just these little ads. 361 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.160 So it is on the gift guide there it is right, 362 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.319 and you'll find the link to it. And how much 363 00:20:55.400 --> 00:21:00.400 is this miraculous device. It's eighteen bucks, that's right. It 364 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:03.519 is the size and the cost of a really good 365 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:08.640 stocking stuffer. So there you go. What else, Oh, how 366 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:13.720 about a set of pliers. But unlike most pliers that 367 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:18.400 you've seen in the past, what if a really good wrench, 368 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.039 like an adjustable end wrench, and a good set of 369 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.799 like channel locking pliers got together and had a love child, 370 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:32.119 Well you would end up with the ten inch plier 371 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:40.640 wrench from Nippicks Nippicks nippicknit knit knit knit k n 372 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:47.039 I p X. I think it's pronounced Nippicks or nips 373 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:52.160 or I don't know. I don't know. It's a weird word. Anyway, 374 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:57.079 really great tool manufacture, and these are fantastic. What they 375 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:01.759 literally are is a set of that you can lock 376 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:06.559 like a wrench, not just like a channel locking players, 377 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.759 but truly lockable so that they keep returning, you know, 378 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.319 like a wrench. Once you've set it on a nut, 379 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:16.440 you turn it, it gives a little bit and you 380 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:21.039 can reset it and reset it. And these are fantastic players. 381 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:25.640 Anybody who works with these kinds of things will tell you. Yeah, yeah, 382 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:29.279 that is like one of the This is like a 383 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:33.400 gold element to have inside your family toolbox right there, 384 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.799 because it does both. And usually when you find a 385 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:40.599 tool that does so many things different things, you're kind 386 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:45.480 of like, at least I am, I'm very skeptical because 387 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.319 what you find out is like, Okay, technically it does 388 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:52.559 fourteen things, but it does them all sort of kind 389 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:57.200 of good. But this is straight up great plers, great 390 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:04.039 wrench together. This is the love child tool that most 391 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:08.599 home toolboxes and pro toolboxes should have. It's a sixty 392 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.279 dollars wrench, but it's one of those lifetime wrenches that 393 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:16.599 once you've got it, you will never regret having this 394 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:21.640 thing available for you. Okay, all right, when we come back, 395 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.480 let's see where are we at here? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 396 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:30.480 when we come back, let's talk about a kind of saw, 397 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:35.640 a handsaw that will literally change your life, will transform you. 398 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.440 For those of you who just want to get a 399 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:40.720 little bit more into the craftsmanship side of your home, 400 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:44.079 then I need to talk to you about buying the 401 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:48.799