The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
When I took my children with me shopping, they would cling to the basket, affecting my ability to steer. Had to keep telling them to let go! Turns out my wife made them hold on to the basket/cart when she took them shopping. Mixed signals!
Given the option, I would not choose to roll back the clock, but age does take its toll. I just picked up my first pair of progressive focals from the eye doctor. I’m looking forward to having the option of avoiding the on-off-on-off routine with my reading glasses and think they’ll be great for whittling and other projects, but, woah, they are going to take some getting used to. Hopefully that won’t take too long....
I did get my main specs photochromic lenses, so that in the summer, I don't end up with 3 pairs of glasses! I don't mind wearing glasses, but my general eyesight still isn't too bad, and I sometimes forget to put my glasses on - my memory is definitely worse than my eyesight! 
First i just have tell youmeako I love reading your post.
I've been busy the last couple of weeks and haven't posted much here but I think things have slowed down well at my age things actually just stop. My daughter and her family came over tonight with a Christmas tree and put it up. Her oldest daughter turned 13 today they sure grow up fast.
I bought a couple of knives from Andrew (@traumkommode) today he had listed on the exchange. He lives within a couple of miles from me so we met this morning it was a 99 and a Cattaraugus Sleeve Board Whittler model# cm-14.
The Cattaraugus is an unbelievably nice knife. It was made in Japan in 1990 and from the quality of the knife my guess is Seki. They have a long tradition of sword makers and now their descendants are making some incredible knives. These were commissioned by AG Russell for The Knife Collectors Club from what I've read AG Russell started this club in 1970 and has been commissioning premium knives for them for years.. I'm not positive about the blade steel other than it is some type of stainless. The covers IMO are gorgeous and the acorn shield is pretty cool I have to say the fit and finish are flawless. I'm going on the hunt for some more of the Knife Collectors Club knives. This is Andrew's picture I took from his exchange post.
Oh yea I liked the Wall Street also.
Does anybody remember the tv show with Peter Falk called Columbo?
Do you remember the way he'd constantly pat all his pockets looking for his glasses?
I used to think he was an absent minded goofball, but I find myself doing the exact same thing now.
I've finally gotten used to the progressives for general use. It's nice to be able to read package labels at the store without having to switch glasses multiple times. I still have a set of reading glasses, though. I want the whole page in focus and don't like having to move my head around when reading. I try not to complain too much, and appreciate that I live in a time when vision can be corrected. In the olden days, I guess if your eyes were too weak to hunt & gather, you'd starve.
Does anybody remember the tv show with Peter Falk called Columbo?
Do you remember the way he'd constantly pat all his pockets looking for his glasses?
I used to think he was an absent minded goofball, but I find myself doing the exact same thing now.
I've finally gotten used to the progressives for general use. It's nice to be able to read package labels at the store without having to switch glasses multiple times. I still have a set of reading glasses, though. I want the whole page in focus and don't like having to move my head around when reading. I try not to complain too much, and appreciate that I live in a time when vision can be corrected. In the olden days, I guess if your eyes were too weak to hunt & gather, you'd starve.
I found the same thing as to intermediate distance. I used to put on my readers at dinner, because I don't like eating fuzzy looking food.Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences with progressive lenses and bifocals. I appreciate the encouragement and commiseration.
That’s how I have in mind to use them. I often find myself without my reading glasses when I’m out and about and would prefer to carry them on my face when I might need them.
I’m trying to wear them all of the time for a few days to get used to them, but plan to have a current set of readers for books and crosswords and the like. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, it’s the intermediate distance where I’m seeing unexpected benefit. I guess I hadn’t realized that distance was a bit out of focus.
The thing I had to get used to is the angular distortion. It doesn't bother me anymore when moving around, they are great for driving, since I can see distance and also the dashboard. But I can't wear them when doing detailed art projects. I need to see if an angle is square, or to find the center of a circle, and it shifts around with the progressives, so I switch to the prescription reading glasses. You may have to experiment with which you like better for whittling.Ketchup on chili!?!I am still thinking about that Columbo & Chilli link someone posted recently!
http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/chili.htm
As my wife says...
I think more often he was looking for a pencil and/or writing pad. Sometimes he pulled a boiled egg out of his pocket.Does anybody remember the tv show with Peter Falk called Columbo?
Do you remember the way he'd constantly pat all his pockets looking for his glasses?
I used to think he was an absent minded goofball, but I find myself doing the exact same thing now.
I'd like to feel thin again. I feel thick, like too much cream cheese for the bagel.Great line and an appropriate quote
Me too, Randy (if seven years is too long).
