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I would like to volunteer to test some gear Trade.

I plan to get out a lot more this year than in years past.

Jeremy
 
tradewater said:
I need a handful of volunteer gear testers for a couple of projects we've got in the works. I've got a few in mind already but need several. Need folks that get out a lot and use their gear pretty hard.
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Not sure what you have in mind, but if you think it applies to something I do, I'm game.
 
Okay, thanks Dubz and Dresnor. That should do it. Appreciate it fellas. All I need is honest assessments and any constructive criticism. I've already got your addresses so I'll give you a shout when we are ready to roll.
 
tradewater said:
Okay, thanks Dubz and Dresnor. That should do it. Appreciate it fellas. All I need is honest assessments and any constructive criticism. I've already got your addresses so I'll give you a shout when we are ready to roll.
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Sounds good. Thanks man.
 
I would have asked to play, but I dont get out nearly enough, and I dont really rough it up much, so all I would really have been doing is saying "sure I would take free gear and tell you if I liked it", which didnt seem fair.
 
I'll try to get some outdoor pix of this one for a gallery post tomorrow. wicked little bench knife: 1/8" A2 with thin maroon linen scales

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Doc_Savage said:
When I was a kid, you could buy a knife most anywhere. Even if you were under 18, as long as you didn't look like a hooligan, you could just buy a blade from a 5 & dime, a drug store, mom 'n pop stores, etc.

Most of the time, they were just cheap knives made in Japan, possibly even the US.. They hadn't started with the Pakistan junk yet. Most had some kind of celluloid handle or some cow bone.. The steel was ok, unless you got one of the chrome plated pot metal... You could give them a crude edge and peel/knarl up an apple.

All the guys had one in their pocket, even in school...Most were folders, but some carried a small fixed blade.

I loved those things...

Anybody else remember them, or like them?... I saw a thread elsewhere on BF and was just curious if any of the older beckerheads ever bought them, have them, or are even fond of them..

What do you think?

Doc
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I coveted my dad's SAK, which was the one with the car on it (?) and just seemed like the tool I needed to have...until I got my SAK tinker (about 40 years ago) and that thing went everywhere with me in my pocket, even school. I still have it, although now I'm all hoity-toity with my bling folders and Leathermans so it doesn't get carried at all. Most importantly about the SAK was that my grandfather was a Swiss citizen (he was German, so I'm not sure how he pulled that one off) and I think he was partial to the Victorinox and thought Wenger was just a poser. Honestly, I don't remember. But my mom was born in Wuppertal, right next to Solingen, so cutlery was pretty important to my grandparents, at least. I have my grandmother's Anton Wingen stag handled carving set made in Solingen.
dresnor said:
Amanda got a few nice pictures of a Sharp Shinned Hawk that got one of the birds at our feeders. Quite a pile of feathers from that little bird.



Jeremy
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Very nice photo, Amanda. What kind of camera did you take that shot with?

daizee said:
I'll try to get some outdoor pix of this one for a gallery post tomorrow. wicked little bench knife: 1/8" A2 with thin red linen scales

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That looks like it would make a hell of a striking knife, daizee. Very pretty.
 
thanks, guys, glad you like it.
I've been wanting to put scales on a 'dashi for awhile now.
(btw, that's waxed maroon linen, not red)
 
well guys after all the smoke and prayers and my moms condition improving a bit Friday, she took a bad turn and passed away last night. thx again for the concern and comradre you guys have shown.
 
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