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

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I bought this one today, even thought I think $13 is too much for a shell-handled Imperial.
On the other hand, in my experience Imperials are usually Jacks, so this one is unusual, and this one seems unused, and I had eaten their cookies and used their toilet, so I have plenty of excuses.

 

You ate 15 bux worth of cookies didnt you?
So good deal Id say.

 

WHOOOO??

Thanks for the update, Charlie! Sounds like exciting times for @pertinux!!

Great to see your update, Greg! I hope we can see you around a little more regularly in the days ahead.
(I hope I can see ME here a little more regularly, too. )

- GT

 

Thanks GT. Maybe if both you and I are seen 'round here a little more regularly our posting paths will cross more often.

 

Thanks for the info Charlie.

 

I just made a small reminder on myself of 2018 and I realised that I actually bought one (!!) knife in 2018. It was a Böker Barlow Solingen with ebony scales and nickel silver bolsters.

A little bit funny - because in the times when I was collecting hard there one new knife every very week. Depending on the offerings in World Wide Web.

 

@Humppa Good to hear from you Andi all things change, including our habits BUT you're still buying at least one Traditional and enjoying it, I'm very glad my friend

Warmest regards to you,

Will

 

I just snagged this 77 off the exchange the other day.

 

Andi...what Will said. Hope all is well with you and your family !

 

Hard to believe where this actually is.

 

I can't believe it myself even though I see it with my own eyes Perhaps others know where "about 3.99 feet east of 4 feet west of here" actually is @leghog

In any case - here in mid-coast Maine, I was walking about in the woods this afternoon and it looked nearly as barren of winter as your spot though there wasn't any running water except under ice.

Ray

 

That pic was taken in the middle of Washington D.C. yesterday. Rock Creek National Park.

 

I almost weakened in my resolve not to buy any more knives. I had a cart full over at Mike Latham's site. But then I remembered that I was on painkillers after a root canal (well, the first stage of it anyway) and should maybe wait until making decisions.

Sorry, Mike.

 

John, I'd say a root canal deserves a new knife or two to moderate the pain.

 

You're not helping, Jeff. Well, you're not helping me. You may be helping Mike. Let's wait and see how bad the dentist and endodontist bills are, first. That may be where the real pain comes in.

 

I hear ya!

 

Pile side & Mark side how did those descriptive terms come about? Not obvious what each refer to unless one is paying close attention or has asked.

Thanks for enlightening.

Ray

 

I will guess "mark" side got its name because that's the side the maker puts its mark on, usually on the tang. It's also the side where the shield goes, if the knife has one. And the nail nick or long pull. Don't know about "pile" side. Someone should enlighten us soon.

 

I think there's more than one theory of "pile side". I don't remember any of them.

 

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Here's one theory:

Origin of pile
noun
the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
1350–1400; Middle English pyl reverse of a coin < Medieval Latin pīla