Blade Article....Getting a bit Rusty??

[bdws1975]

Jeff, Loved the article in Blade this month. I have been asking this question a lot lately and I am really glad you addressed it.

Basically, for those that don't know, Jeff wrote an article on Rust and whether it affects the use of the knife.

Loved it!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Brett

 

[R.A.T.]

Appreciate the comments, Brett. I haven't seen the article but I heard that Blade put a disclaimer at the end of the article about not approving of eating with dirty knives. Maybe they should also put a disclaimer in there about not putting your fingers in your mouth after turning the pages of their magazine. When did serious knife use become so politically correct that we have to put such disclaimers?

Too many people get wound too tight about this kind of stuff in the bush. A little bit of rust, oil (whether its petroleum based or vegetable based), dirt and grime never hurt anyone. You're more likely to get food poisoning eating from one of those politically correct salad bars that all those folks with clean fingernails eat from. (before anyone gets too wound up, this is sarcasm but I didn't have the right smiley to put here).

 

[texastonydobbs]

Little kids eat dirt.... we laugh at them and tell them no but they grow up with no ill affects My blade magizine has not showed up yet ? Thanks for the heads up !:thumbup:

 

[bdws1975]

yeah, I laughed about the disclaimer, but figured it was their way of CYA.

regardless, nice article Jeff.

Brett

 

[messer454]

Actually my observation has been that people that live in the dirtiest (urban US homes that is) conditions get sick and are hospitalized less for cold and flu type stuff. I have often wondered if they built up resistance at an early age that our cleanliness has not allowed.

 

[JD Mandrell]

Actually my observation has been that people that live in the dirtiest (urban US homes that is) conditions get sick and are hospitalized less for cold and flu type stuff. I have often wondered if they built up resistance at an early age that our cleanliness has not allowed.

Actually, there have been studies to back your theory up. Kids raised in uber-clean houses that people try to keep bacteria free, often have much worse allergies later in life, because they did not build up resistance in their childhood.

Epidemiology is one of my bizarre reading interests outside of knives...I know, I'm weird!

 

[kgd]

Actually, there have been studies to back your theory up. Kids raised in uber-clean houses that people try to keep bacteria free, often have much worse allergies later in life, because they did not build up resistance in their childhood.

Epidemiology is one of my bizarre reading interests outside of knives...I know, I'm weird!

The classic example of this was Polio. Differntially hit the suburban middle class the hardest.

 

[Boats]

When my wife got on me once for not helping out with the vacuuming, I replied that a couple of centuries earlier the floor would likely have been hard packed dirt and our ancestors somehow survived it.

She still gets on me about vacuuming though. Women just don't appreciate historical insights about household chores, and never have I guess, seeing how home construction trends and the entire electrical appliance industry were built on the force of such nagging.