"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

I hear the MOLNIJA watches were well made. (But I also hear you have to beware of cheap copies. Darn. Now where else have I heard that?)
 
knarfeng said:
I hear the MOLNIJA watches were well made. (But I also hear you have to beware of cheap copies. Darn. Now where else have I heard that?)
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Read they stopped producing in 2007 but lots of them are still out there...will look more into it when my pay checks are more expendable.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I've been trying to simplify things recently. Looking at knives and such I could get rid of, I've decided I'm not quite ready to cross that bridge yet.
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I'm in the process of doing this now. I've kind of been reevaluating my life, and what's important to me. I tend to be a little obsessive with things, especially hobbies, and I feel that it interferes with my overall happiness. In the case of knives, I can spend hours looking at knives online trying to decide what my next purchase will be. Then, once that purchase is made and I receive it, the whole cycle starts over. Too much time, thought and money spent on material things that don't really matter. So, I've been selling off most of my collection and using the money to pay off credit card debt, and to fund guitar lessons. I gotta tell ya, there is something very liberating about getting rid of stuff. I'm going through this process with all things I've accumulated, not just knives. A decluttering is sorts. I'm trying to get down to 5 knives, but I'm not sure if that realistic.
 
I have been trying to get up the nerve to do that myself, but it's awfully hard. But your post is encouraging me that it can be done. I'll start with some stuff that has been here a while that I need to reclaim the space it takes up. The money that it takes up will be nice as well.

Now, regarding knives, I don't know really where to begin a divestiture. I guess the first place to start it to stop buying more....

Ed J
 
TLARbb said:
I have been trying to get up the nerve to do that myself, but it's awfully hard. But your post is encouraging me that it can be done. I'll start with some stuff that has been here a while that I need to reclaim the space it takes up. The money that it takes up will be nice as well.

Now, regarding knives, I don't know really where to begin a divestiture. I guess the first place to start it to stop buying more....

Ed J
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"I guess the first place to start is to stop buying more..."

Bingo, right on the money. We humans are funny, we gather all sorts of stuff around us, then complain when we're bogged down with stuff we don't need. I know we don't need it, because it just sits around. I guess start by taking hard look at everything you have, then weeding out what you haven't used in a year. If all four season have passed, and you haven't used it, give/sell/donate it away. That goes for clothes, tools, knives, even guns. You had to take a good look at your lifestyle, and figure what you need. This means taking a hard look at wants.

I do know that I'm glad that Karen and I did it. It was soooo damm liberating. Felt like a ball and chain had been unlocked from my leg. Had the pleasure of seeing my family with the stuff I wanted to leave to them while I was still alive, and the house was a lot less cluttered and easier to find stuff afterward. Karen was a fan of the mini series Shogun, and she'd like lug home to look like that spartan Japanese style. I do insist on some furniture at my age though.:D

In the end, it's up to each one of as to how they want to live. I've just found that a more sparse lifestyle is more peaceful in a way.

Carl.
 
jackknife said:
Bingo, right on the money. We humans are funny, we gather all sorts of stuff around us, then complain when we're bogged down with stuff we don't need.
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Guilty as charged !! I do it almost unconsiously. It's habit. Even as I've started this process, I've found myself "window shopping" online, thinking to myself "now if I got this knife, it would probably satisfy me to the point where I can stoip buying more". It never works out that way though. It's really a matter of learning to appreciate what you have, and not daydreaming about what you could have. I also have to learn that just because I think something is really nice, doesn't mean that I need to own it.

Ed- the way I started with the knives it to make three piles. Knives I carry and use, knives that have sentimental meaning to me, and the rest. The rest pile are the ones you get rid of.
 
Will be a bitter sweet day me thinks, worked 12 hours and at the end of my shift I had my 30 day evaluation...nailed it and got a pay rise with heaps of praise, but unless a miracle happens I'll be heading out in a few hours to farewell into the next world my wifes family dog. :( Really hoping the vets treatments work, but at 13 hes had a good run.

Anyhoo off to try and sleep, have a good weekend guys!
 
Robert.B said:
Will be a bitter sweet day me thinks, worked 12 hours and at the end of my shift I had my 30 day evaluation...nailed it and got a pay rise with heaps of praise, but unless a miracle happens I'll be heading out in a few hours to farewell into the next world my wifes family dog. :( Really hoping the vets treatments work, but at 13 hes had a good run.

Anyhoo off to try and sleep, have a good weekend guys!
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I feel for you man. My old boy is getting up there, and he's had a good run. He is doing better however, thankful for all of the time we have with him.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I feel for you man. My old boy is getting up there, and he's had a good run. He is doing better however, thankful for all of the time we have with him.
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Well he's still with us today thankfully, they drained over 400cc of fluid from his body and have put double that through an IV to rehydrate him and help reduce the calcium levels in him...hes looking a lot better but his heart is extremely weak atm, so we don't know if we have a week, a month or another year with him. I just hope his last days aint in the vets hospital, he should be at home.

Glad to hear your dogs doing better, its funny how much of a family member they become.
 
Robert.B said:
Glad to hear your dogs doing better, its funny how much of a family member they become.
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I know that feeling, its been 10 days since we lost our a little buddy. He wasn't all that old (8 1/2) but we discovered that he was extremely diabetic and he had pancreaitus (cant spell it). The diabetes isnt what did it, he responded well to the insulin even if he was going to have to have daily shots for the rest of his life, but his pancreas was so inflamed and damaged he didn't respond to the medication and when the vet said he wasn't getting any better and she thinks he was starting to be in pain and she wasn't able to make him pain free even with pain meds, we had to make a decision.

We got him back on july 4th 2003 when he was 5 weeks old, he was our little buddy and most definitely a member of our family. We are still missing him and trying to adjust to life without him. But as this is my first dog i've had and the first dog i've lost, everyone says time will ease this loss.

Meanwhile we are spoiling the other dog, the 7 1/2 year old rat terrier :P

Ryan
 
I think we'll be spoiling the other dog as well, this morning we got a phone call that he had a heart attack during the night so todays going to suck (not to mention I have to head out to work). Heres a pic of him at 6 months old:

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Still have a tan dachshund that grew up with him.
 
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sorry to hear that robert
its a shi...err crappy situation and i know it sucks

best of luck to you and yours man
 
Robert, I am sorry you lost that friend.
 
My sympathies, Robert. I lost my little buddy 7 years ago. I still miss him.
 
You have my deepest sympathies my friend. I've lost a dog or to, and I know how it hurts to lose a member of the family. Our current pooch is now 10 and 1/2 years old, and she's been the best dog I've even known to date. I'm gonna freak when the time comes to say goodbye.

Dogs are God's gift to mankind.

Carl.
 
I lost my little Buddy Roscoe about six months ago, so I can relate. :(
-Bruce
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He used to love to play with a ball
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I love his coloring, and thanks for the support guys...we all decided to get him cremated to spread the ashes on the family farm (owned since the 1840's)...when the times right we'll be looking for another dachshund, the have a personality that is so unique to the breed.
 
Sorry to hear about your loss.

Watching my old boy hobble about is tough. However, he hobbles inside, but once he catches some sun outside, he is off like a shot, maybe not as quick as he was. Good days and bad days. The younger two treat him like he was an old puppy, and he has his grouchy old man bark and snarl, "you kids quit having fun!". He'll also join right in in the fun.
 
Since we are sharing pics of our recently departed little buddies
Here is my Conrad, the very fat, but very happy chihuahua. We lost him 2/2/12

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and here is one of our little rat terrier that has been so bummed out since
although i suspect he is starting to enjoy being spoiled

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Can you guys and gals answer a stupid question? I have a couple SFO knives, Case models. One is an ebony sway back gent.

What does SFO stand for?

And, after doing another Google search, I see it is a Special Factory Order.


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