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

Jack Black said:
What about bows and arrows, everyone used to make those? I remember getting hit in the collar-bone with an arrow someone had tipped with a pointed piece of roofing slate! o_O
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I used to remove the rubber tips (who wants those?) from my arrows, and sharpen the wooden ends on the sidewalk. (Never shot those at people, though.)
 
meako said:
Our version was the rock encased in moist clay ,stuck on the end of a stick and flung with two handed samurai grip...passing trains were a prime target for this long range weapon.
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New Zealand version of La Crosse?:confused:
 
r8shell said:
And nowadays, seesaws (also called teeter-totters) have been removed from the playgrounds for being too dangerous. :rolleyes:
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Just Tom. said:
In retrospect, however, those playground carousel things we spun around on probably WERE genuinely dangerous...
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Jack Black said:
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They were starting to be replaced (by carousels) even when I was a kid, but here they had these things called 'Witches Hats', they were made of heavy wood and iron, weighed a ton, and had an irregular orbit, some of them were huge! Loads of kids must have lost teeth because of them! :eek:

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There used to be some risky playground equipment, for sure. :rolleyes: I've never seen Jack's Witch's Hat device, but it reminded me of the playground fixture at our elementary school that I probably thought was most dangerous: the maypole or Giant Stride. Ours had 8-10 chains coming from the central hub at the top of what seemed to me at the time to be a towering pole. At the bottom end of each chain was a sizable steel (cast iron?) handle. Kids would grab a handle and start running around the pole, and once you got a little speed, you could jump in the air and take "giant strides", just flying through the air at the end of your chain an impressive distance off the ground. Lots of ways you could risk tooth and limb with THAT contraption! :eek:

(On the other hand, my favorite playground option was always the tether ball. Much fun, and only pride ever got hurt! :p)

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
There used to be some risky playground equipment, for sure. :rolleyes: I've never seen Jack's Witch's Hat device, but it reminded me of the playground fixture at our elementary school that I probably thought was most dangerous: the maypole or Giant Stride. Ours had 8-10 chains coming from the central hub at the top of what seemed to me at the time to be a towering pole. At the bottom end of each chain was a sizable steel (cast iron?) handle. Kids would grab a handle and start running around the pole, and once you got a little speed, you could jump in the air and take "giant strides", just flying through the air at the end of your chain an impressive distance off the ground. Lots of ways you could risk tooth and limb with THAT contraption! :eek:

(On the other hand, my favorite playground option was always the tether ball. Much fun, and only pride ever got hurt! :p)

- GT
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Yes, the maypole with the chains! And our playground surface was blacktop asphalt, not that soft rubber surface they have nowadays. Even as a kid I remember looking at it and thinking "Well, that's a bad idea." Didn't stop me from playing on it, though.
 
Have any of you heard: "Did you cut yourself again?"

I was sitting on my porch, enjoying a cigar and a beer. Afterwards, I thought I'd take a photo of my knife before sundown. Now I know it's not usually a good idea to open all the blades on a stockman if it only has two springs, but this was a Buck 301: three springs. But you still have to be careful how you open the blades, and in what order. Dummy me opened the spey blade before the clip (on the same end on a Buck).

I think I cleaned up all the blood, but one spot was hard to remove from the small wooden table on the porch. She will probably notice in the morning. Or she could notice the Band-Aid on my finger. At least it's not one of them colorful bandages--it's flesh-colored!
 
I just bandaged my wife's finger!!:eek: Not twenty minutes ago, her turn to do the dishes (my turn to cook!)! She reached into her soapy water and tapped my Santoku, that I had just "steeled" quite sharp! Not too bad, but I had to finish the dishes!!:rolleyes:
That'll teach me to sharpen the kitchen knives!!:D
 
waynorth said:
I just bandaged my wife's finger!!:eek: Not twenty minutes ago, her turn to do the dishes (my turn to cook!)! She reached into her soapy water and tapped my Santoku, that I had just "steeled" quite sharp! Not too bad, but I had to finish the dishes!!:rolleyes:
That'll teach me to sharpen the kitchen knives!!:D
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:D:D:D:cool::thumbsup:
 
Cleaning patina from an 62 Easy Pocket yesterday. Wasn't keen on the colour, wanted it shiny again ;) The secondary Pen mugged me:eek: rubbing metal polish, slipped right over the edge on the finger tip...blood a plenty. This was annoying as I was about to go out for an appointment, blood dripping all over, looking for plaster :rolleyes::D Fortunately, all my wounds heal very fast, probably blood is too thick.....:eek:
 
Will Power said:
Cleaning patina from an 62 Easy Pocket yesterday. Wasn't keen on the colour, wanted it shiny again
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Come on Will, don't you know shiny steel is only good for wheel covers?

Will Power said:
The secondary Pen mugged me:eek: rubbing metal polish, slipped right over the edge on the finger tip...blood a plenty.
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Fair punishment.

Dan.
 
5K Qs said:
There used to be some risky playground equipment, for sure. :rolleyes: I've never seen Jack's Witch's Hat device, but it reminded me of the playground fixture at our elementary school that I probably thought was most dangerous: the maypole or Giant Stride. Ours had 8-10 chains coming from the central hub at the top of what seemed to me at the time to be a towering pole. At the bottom end of each chain was a sizable steel (cast iron?) handle. Kids would grab a handle and start running around the pole, and once you got a little speed, you could jump in the air and take "giant strides", just flying through the air at the end of your chain an impressive distance off the ground. Lots of ways you could risk tooth and limb with THAT contraption! :eek:

(On the other hand, my favorite playground option was always the tether ball. Much fun, and only pride ever got hurt! :p)

- GT
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Giant Stride - What a great name! :cool: I can see the potential for mayhem though! :eek: :D

I was once at the playground with my kids during the school holidays, we were sat on the old swings I had played on as a boy myself. I could see this young youth-worker running a 'play-scheme', and he was struggling. There was a group of young children on the steps of a slide, waiting to go down, and there was a young tot about to go down. She kind of got caught at the top, and fell from the slide. I was sat on the swing, and saw what was happening, set off running, only maybe 12 feet, and caught her just above the ground, swung her round, and no harm done, she was giggling instead of on her way to the hospital. I thought the young youth-worker was going to hug me! :rolleyes:

That playground has been thoroughly tarted-up and expanded, compared to when I was young, and there were just the old wooden swings my mother had played on as a girl. There's all sorts of fancy contraptions, and it's undoubtedly safer, but they've expanded it so far, and fenced it in, so that it now blocks the spot on the river where generations of kids used to test their metal trying to jump across it :(

I mainly played on bomb-sites when I was a kid, but there was a great spirit of adventure to exploring the old half-collapsed buildings and abandoned houses, which however dangerous, I don't think the modern playgrounds provide. Kids used to be able to roam all over the place, free from parental and state interference, and use their imaginations to make up all sorts of inventive games and pastimes. Now, for the most part, you have to buy 'fun' in a box, and kids are barely seen out on the streets or exploring the woods, playing 'cowboys and indians', or building tree houses and dens out of scrap wood :(

Prester John said:
Have any of you heard: "Did you cut yourself again?"

I was sitting on my porch, enjoying a cigar and a beer. Afterwards, I thought I'd take a photo of my knife before sundown. Now I know it's not usually a good idea to open all the blades on a stockman if it only has two springs, but this was a Buck 301: three springs. But you still have to be careful how you open the blades, and in what order. Dummy me opened the spey blade before the clip (on the same end on a Buck).

I think I cleaned up all the blood, but one spot was hard to remove from the small wooden table on the porch. She will probably notice in the morning. Or she could notice the Band-Aid on my finger. At least it's not one of them colorful bandages--it's flesh-colored!
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I've definitely cut myself more posing knives for photographs than I ever have using them :rolleyes:
 
Will Power said:
Cleaning patina from an 62 Easy Pocket yesterday. Wasn't keen on the colour, wanted it shiny again ;) The secondary Pen mugged me:eek: rubbing metal polish, slipped right over the edge on the finger tip...blood a plenty. This was annoying as I was about to go out for an appointment, blood dripping all over, looking for plaster :rolleyes::D Fortunately, all my wounds heal very fast, probably blood is too thick.....:eek:
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Glad it wasn't a DIRT TRAP Will! :eek: :D ;) Glad you're a fast healer :) :thumbsup:
 
I think you're supposed to open only one blade at a time:
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Got up early today to try to get a haircut. The Texas Governor is allowing barber shops to open today. I took the day off and got to the barber shop half an hour before it opens. (Traditional barber shops don't work by appointment; you gotta wait in line.). Eight or nine guys already in line on the sidewalk outside (I believe only one customer is allowed inside at a time, and barber and customer have to wear masks). I got in line for a few minutes, but I'm drinking a large coffee, and decided I don't want to stand in the sun for four hours or more, especially when I'm going to have to visit the restroom in about two hours. Even though it's been over 13 weeks since my last haircut. I'll try later in the day, or maybe next week. I shouldn't complain--got my health, got a job, got my coffee, and got plenty of knives. :cool:
 
Prester John said:
I think you're supposed to open only one blade at a time:
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Got up early today to try to get a haircut. The Texas Governor is allowing barber shops to open today. I took the day off and got to the barber shop half an hour before it opens. (Traditional barber shops don't work by appointment; you gotta wait in line.). Eight or nine guys already in line on the sidewalk outside (I believe only one customer is allowed inside at a time, and barber and customer have to wear masks). I got in line for a few minutes, but I'm drinking a large coffee, and decided I don't want to stand in the sun for four hours or more, especially when I'm going to have to visit the restroom in about two hours. Even though it's been over 13 weeks since my last haircut. I'll try later in the day, or maybe next week. I shouldn't complain--got my health, got a job, got my coffee, and got plenty of knives. :cool:
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Ouch! That Bucks Sharp! :rolleyes: Vince, it’s probably pure coincidence, but as I was reading your post I was listening to your LT Governor on Fox News! He was talking about this very subject. Like you he looks healthy, and he’s got a job. I don’t know if he’s a coffee drinker, but since he’s from Texas I’m betting he’s got some knives. Probably a few firearms too! :thumbsup: He said it had just been 8 weeks since his last haircut. :D
 
Half/Stop said:
Ouch! That Bucks Sharp! :rolleyes: Vince, it’s probably pure coincidence, but as I was reading your post I was listening to your LT Governor on Fox News! He was talking about this very subject. Like you he looks healthy, and he’s got a job. I don’t know if he’s a coffee drinker, but since he’s from Texas I’m betting he’s got some knives. Probably a few firearms too! :thumbsup: He said it had just been 8 weeks since his last haircut. :D
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Well, I called the barber shop, and they're taking names and phone numbers. I'm waiting in the parking lot for them to call me. :)
 
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