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

[leghog]

http://appalachianmagazine.com/2019...tions-never-fold-a-knife-someone-else-opened/

 

[screened porch]

http://appalachianmagazine.com/2019...tions-never-fold-a-knife-someone-else-opened/

That's the version of the coin exchange I'd heard of. Here we seem to do it backwards, sending a coin with the knife.

 

[r redden]

Good read L leghog
Same for me Jer this is the only place I've encountered that folks send a coin with a knife.

 

[leghog]

That's the version of the coin exchange I'd heard of. Here we seem to do it backwards, sending a coin with the knife.

Good read L leghog
Same for me Jer this is the only place I've encountered that folks send a coin with a knife.

Though likely not expected by the giver, the recipient is supposed to send the coin back to the giver.

 

[veitsi_poika]

I got lost in a Finnish heritage website last night and was able to track my Father's side of the family all the way back to my 7th Great Grandfather born in 1647. I never knew what part of Finland my family was from and it turns out to be Kauhava which is famous for none other than... knife making And Kauhava is specifically associated with Iisakki Jarvenpaa whom most everyone that is familiar with the Finnish Pukkos will recognize that name. I was on Cloud 9 when I went to bed last night to know that my family came from this area and when I got on there this morning I actually found the spot that represents ME on the family tree... very cool stuff

 

[veitsi_poika]

Of course as with any voyage into your heritage you always find some odd things... for example according to this website, my Great Great Grandfather had two wives that he married on the same day Apparently that was legal in Finland in 1908? LoL

 

[Fodderwing]

I got lost in a Finnish heritage website last night and was able to track my Father's side of the family all the way back to my 7th Great Grandfather born in 1647. I never knew what part of Finland my family was from and it turns out to be Kauhava which is famous for none other than... knife making And Kauhava is specifically associated with Iisakki Jarvenpaa whom most everyone that is familiar with the Finnish Pukkos will recognize that name. I was on Cloud 9 when I went to bed last night to know that my family came from this area and when I got on there this morning I actually found the spot that represents ME on the family tree... very cool stuff

Really cool stuff Kevin!

Great Great Grandfather had two wives that he married on the same day

Grandpa Poika I salute you sir. May your quiver forever be full.

 

[Jolipapa]

A good way to celebrate spring.
Also this very international week, def not a week like the others.
First an Ettrick from North, thanks to @Will Power , a pattern you need to use to understand why it gets such a following!


Friday lunch was bacalhau a brás for lunch at the portuguese cantina - a sheer delight ;

Then today at lunchtime I received the GAW from mitch4ging . Including fine bonuses, a Schrade 34OT, a new $ and a home made lanyard with bead. To be followed...

 

[mitch4ging]

That's the version of the coin exchange I'd heard of. Here we seem to do it backwards, sending a coin with the knife.

Then today at lunchtime I received the GAW from mitch4ging . Including fine bonuses, a Schrade 34OT, a new $ and a home made lanyard with bead. To be followed...

Odd timing on that article!

Alain,
Glad the package made it safely and in one piece!
Thought the coin was connected and fitting since the Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French!

 

[joeradza]

I'm not sure where to post this as it's a thank you more than a photo. I just received my end of a trade with Charlie waynorth . We both ended up trading items that we said we'd never let go. He was gracious enough to send me this magnificent trade bead and bone tube necklace that has significant historical and personal importance. I'll let his words describe it:
"The string of beads contains Cobalt Blue and White Heart beads, probably Venetian, salvaged from 1800s North American trading, along with bone tubes created in more recent times."
Of course that wasn't enough for him so he also included a 1 oz. Copper round honoring the Walking Liberty half dollar and a Canadian Two Dollar coin. It is currently the highest value Canadian coin and commonly known as the Toonie.
Thank you my friend.

 

[knarfeng]

The orders are slowing. I found the order thread on the second page today, so I stickied it.

 

[knarfeng]

At this point we have 242 buyers buying 375 forum knives.

 

[waverave]

I'm not sure where to post this as it's a thank you more than a photo. I just received my end of a trade with Charlie waynorth . We both ended up trading items that we said we'd never let go. He was gracious enough to send me this magnificent trade bead and bone tube necklace that has significant historical and personal importance. I'll let his words describe it:
"The string of beads contains Cobalt Blue and White Heart beads, probably Venetian, salvaged from 1800s North American trading, along with bone tubes created in more recent times."
Of course that wasn't enough for him so he also included a 1 oz. Copper round honoring the Walking Liberty half dollar and a Canadian Two Dollar coin. It is currently the highest value Canadian coin and commonly known as the Toonie.
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That is super cool what a neat necklace and story.

Kinda random but I've taken interest in hand-made items of all sorts...not just knives. Something that caught my attention was the Ernest Wright scissors out of Sheffield. Quite a back-story to it all...not all pleasant but interesting enough. Anyway, they are producing again these days and I had an opportunity to order one of the three designs they offer.

 

[tmd_87]

I just got 4 more chicks to add to my flock. 4 leghorns never have had leghorns before so we will see how they are.

 

[jc57]

Anyway, they are producing again these days and I had an opportunity to order one of the three designs they offer.

When I was a kid growing up in the 60s, we had some scissors like that in my mother's sewing kit, and they looked to have been pretty old even then. Really cool design.

 

[jc57]

Of course as with any voyage into your heritage you always find some odd things... for example according to this website, my Great Great Grandfather had two wives that he married on the same day Apparently that was legal in Finland in 1908? LoL

I love my wife with all my heart, and marrying her was probably the best thing I've ever done, but I'll be hanged if I'd want TWO of them.

 

[Old Engineer]

I got lost in a Finnish heritage website last night and was able to track my Father's side of the family all the way back to my 7th Great Grandfather born in 1647. I never knew what part of Finland my family was from and it turns out to be Kauhava which is famous for none other than... knife making And Kauhava is specifically associated with Iisakki Jarvenpaa whom most everyone that is familiar with the Finnish Pukkos will recognize that name. I was on Cloud 9 when I went to bed last night to know that my family came from this area and when I got on there this morning I actually found the spot that represents ME on the family tree... very cool stuff

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Now that is very COOL Kevin . My Dad always told me that he never knew where our ancestors came from and did not care to find out . When I showed him that they came from Scotland , he was extremely happy to know that . The knife is also pretty darn cool .

Harry

 

[waynorth]

- Nice story about your heritage Kevin!! You too, Harry!!

- I found a likely recipe for bacalhau, JP!! I'll let you know how it turns out!!
We had an Italian version as kids, bacala, but I didn't like it that much.

- You are welcome Alan!! A great trade all around I think!!

I had 5 leghorns, and a Bantam rooster, Taylor, and I gave away half my eggs! I couldn't keep up!!

- I thought you'd like to see these KK scissors, Darren!! I like those Stork (I think) scissors you scored!!

 

[Jolipapa]

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- I found a likely recipe for bacalhau, JP!! I'll let you know how it turns out!!
We had an Italian version as kids, bacala, but I didn't like it that much.

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If France is reputed for having more than one cheese per day, Portugal has the same with cod! The cook told us she peeled 15kg potatoes and it took a long time to to make "lanyards" halfway between fries and boiled.
Ma' was fond of brandade, mashed potatoes and cod in the oven. She never made any because the only time she did was also the first and only time I heard my father yelling at her! He could not bear that smell!

I hope you'll enjoy your recipe as much as I did with that dish! It may be a marker of the changing from child to adult when you start liking bacala...
Neither did I when they served some at school.

 

[Jolipapa]

Learnt a sad news today, Jean Issard left us last thursday. The name is probably unknown to fellow US readers, but he was the last of a great family of cutlers since the '20s, established in La Monnerie, a few km from Thiers up in the mountain.
His last job he assembled the bouledogue for a French forum's knife in 2015. So long, Jean and thank you.
Here's a footage where he speaks of his life and cutlery, in fact his life was part of Thiers cutlery. Not in English, but period pictures and films are rare.

Bulldog


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