Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

Prester John said:
Those are some of my all-time favourites, especially the Premíere and the Grande Reserve.
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DelOro said:
Woo Hoo! Bringin' It! :D

All three are awesome (and a bit different) beers. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Enjoy! :cool:
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Excited to try them and thanks gentleman for the push in the direction.

Oh yea, congrats to 300 pages to the faithful to this thread. One of my favorites!
 
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tmd_87 said:
DelOro DelOro Look what I got, trying something new. Hurry up weekend!
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Local beers here. I live at less than 10 miles from the Scourmont abbey ( old french word for "mont du secours","rescue mount"). Enjoy but, please, only use a chalice glass to drink those beers, any other way is a blasphemy.

Dan.
 
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Markeologist said:
I am an archaeologist by profession and have uncovered dozens and dozens of broken stems and cracked bowls from these old Kaolin pipes in 18th and 19th Century archaeological sites. Cool to see one still being used. Goes quite well with the copper tankard....you always have some of the best composed photographs. Thanks for posting.
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Thank you for the kind words, my friend. I applaud your profession, it was something I had dreamed of doing as a kid (big Indiana Jones fan), but life tends to take one in different directions.

The pipe is one of my favorites, it has the coolest smoke and doesn't "ghost". I can smoke any blend without it imparting its flavor to the bowl and potentially tainting the next blend I might try. Easy to clean to, just toss in the fire and let it burn away the residue.

Cambertree said:
Cheers Meako!

I checked out the area on a map - I need to get up that way, haven’t been to that part of Oz for years.

Yeah, it’s surprising where you find decent knives for sale here, considering most places who should have them just stock cheapo Chinese stuff like Bear Grylls’ line.

A friend gave me a tip to go and look in a tent shop, and I was surprised to find some Taylor’s Eye Witness stockman, barlow and Aussie style ‘Stock Knives’ (clip and full length castrator/spey blades). Got an unsharpened machete and a cane knife there for less than $20 each.

The cane knife is fit for purpose, once it was sharpened up, the machete not so much...:rolleyes:;)

Best selection I ever saw was actually in a gift shop in Darwin owned by an old Chinese bloke whose family went back to the 19th century in the Northern Territory.

When I mentioned it to him, he said ‘Yeah well people up here use their knives hard and have to rely on them. You wouldn’t get away with selling inferior stuff.’

Dylan Pàdruig Pàdruig very kindly gifted me one of those Maserin Plow knives.

One of my favourite ways to while away a relaxing afternoon is to take a nice working knife, and smooth it out, tune the action, sharpen it up and get it just how I like it, before dropping it in the pocket to use.

This one had a beautifully thin blade behind the edge, even before I started working on it.

I’m not sure, but I think the hard timber handles are Santos wood.

I use it a lot in the garden. The other day, I was reflecting how good the edge retention seemed for what I thought was 12C27 or an equivalent steel.

I had a closer look, and the blade’s actually D2! What a fantastic user knife!

Thanks again Brother Dylan!:)

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The beer’s another Weihanstephaner hefeweizen. I knows what I likes.;):D

Seeing all the tasty looking stouts and porters, even have me looking forward to the colder weather kicking in here!:D:eek:
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Very happy to see you enjoying that Plow, Chin. I was very impressed with the thin D2 blades on those. There are many cutlers that could take a few pointers from Maserin's grinds on their blades.

JustinR said:
Excellent taste sir. Big fan of a good wheated bourbon. Unfortunately Weller has become popular on recent years and is a bit scarce. I've yet to even find a bottle in the wild since the label change.

Thankfully I got a few bottles of special reserve and antique stashed away!!
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It was pure dumb luck that I found this Weller. I happened to be in a liquor store looking for a good scotch for a buddy and happened to spy the Weller on the top shelf. They only had two bottles left! So I scooped one up and my dad scooped up the other. The clerk said that their Antique sold out earlier in the day and they have a heck of a time keeping it in stock, which is something I hear regularly from liquor stores.
 
This is one of my favorite "cheap" whiskeys. Good enough to still drink neat and doesn't hurt the wallet too much for regular drinking.

A bit under the weather at the moment so I think a couple of hot toddies are in my near future.

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Old (1829) Pennsylvania brewery. Check! Old Pennsylvania knife makers, Case (1896) and Queen (1922). Check!!

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Note: The knives are not nearly that old and the head on the beer was more fulsome before I started futzing around. Still, PA made,
- Stuart
 
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