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

[Markesharp]

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That hurts!

 

[bigfish64]

Just ordered a Boker Castle Burg Club knife , it cost about the same as filling up my super duty. Last fill was over $200 Canadian......

That's a nice knife! It'll be in your pocket long after that gas goes up in smoke!

Totally agree with Gary. The Boker club in any cover material is a fantastic knife.

 

[meako]

Ra Ra
Vladputin
Russias greatest
Love machine.

 

[sf fanatic]

Ra Ra
Vladputin
Russias greatest
Love machine.

He does look kinda cute topless.

 

[Modoc ED]

Just ordered a Boker Castle Burg Club knife , it cost about the same as filling up my super duty. Last fill was over $200 Canadian......

Got a picture of that knife machinistbutler - even a dealers picture would do.

 

[knarfeng]

Though I have in the past looked longingly at large macho trucks, these days I am quite glad I drive a little Kia.
A man's got to know his limitations.

 

[Modoc ED]

I've always known you're a "Common Sense" guy Frank knarfeng . We currently have two vehicles:

1) 2002 Ford F-150 Truck: 2) 2004 Ford Expedition - both with 5.4Liter, 353 Horsepower engines and both with 4-wheel drive. The best MPG I've ever gotten with the F-150 was 16 MPG and with the Expedition 18 MPG. We use the Expedition for our road trips and I like to travel at 65 MPH to 70 MPH and get right at 16 MPG at those speeds.

Shaking my head but it is what it is - just have to ride it out (no pun intended) until the prices go down. We thought about getting a smaller more fuel efficient vehicle but we can buy a lot of gas for the cost of another vehicle used or new.

 

[Peregrin]

Was looking for an excuse not to snow blow today. We could get some more snow today and overnight, and we've got no where we need to go.
I decided to put the Barlow BFF on the KME, and follow up with a good stropping. Now it shaves my long old man arm hair like a razor. Some day I'll put it on the Worksharp/belt grinder, but I'm not ready to do that yet!

 

[knarfeng]

Was looking for an excuse not to snow blow today. We could get some more snow today and overnight, and we've got no where we need to go.
I decided to put the Barlow BFF on the KME, and follow up with a good stropping. Now it shaves my long old man arm hair like a razor. Some day I'll put it on the Worksharp/belt grinder, but I'm not ready to do that yet!

AEBL should take a shaving edge for sure. Nice rig.

 

[machinistbutler]

Got a picture of that knife machinistbutler - even a dealers picture would do.

For sure, also posted in the boker solingen thread as well! Also picked up the boker prime Barlow in curly birch, it is quite nice as well!

 

[Peregrin]

AEBL should take a shaving edge for sure. Nice rig.

Thanks, Frank. It took a screaming edge. First knife I've owned with that particular steel, and I'm quite happy with how well it sharpened. I'm not sure what Boker hardens it to, but it seems like a decent steel.

 

[Modoc ED]

For sure, also posted in the boker solingen thread as well! Also picked up the boker prime Barlow in curly birch, it is quite nice as well!

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Very nice.

 

[r8shell]

For sure, also posted in the boker solingen thread as well! Also picked up the boker prime Barlow in curly birch, it is quite nice as well!

Very nice knife, congrats, but they're just calling everything a Barlow nowadays, aren't they?

 

[Will Power]

Yes, very nice Spears on those Böker you just got in, aber kein Barlow

 

[machinistbutler]

I checked Merriam Webster's dictionary definition of barlow, and it is an inexpensive sturdy jack knife. I agree it isn't a Barlow as it sure as heck is not inexpensive!

 

[Trout Hound]

Though I have in the past looked longingly at large macho trucks, these days I am quite glad I drive a little Kia.
A man's got to know his limitations.

I have wished for a pickup truck since I was a teenager, but I bought a Honda Civic when I graduated college because I needed something reliable that would be cheap at the pump. I’m on my second one now, with over 160,000 miles on it. Almost all of my coworkers drive trucks, and I’m always the goofy big guy in the little car. I think I caught a few of them casting stolen glances at it in the parking lot the other day.

You’d be surprised how much you can fit in it at the home center, if you’re determined enough!

 

[Jack Black]

Very nice knife, congrats, but they're just calling everything a Barlow nowadays, aren't they?

Nice knives, with great steel. Why can't they just do some RESEARCH?! Some of the contemporary Sheffield cutlers are no better, they think a Barlow, is any Jack with a Clip point

I checked Merriam Webster's dictionary definition of barlow, and it is an inexpensive sturdy jack knife. I agree it isn't a Barlow as it sure as heck is not inexpensive!

Like they'd know about anything

 

[r8shell]

I have wished for a pickup truck since I was a teenager, but I bought a Honda Civic when I graduated college because I needed something reliable that would be cheap at the pump. I’m on my second one now, with over 160,000 miles on it. Almost all of my coworkers drive trucks, and I’m always the goofy big guy in the little car. I think I caught a few of them casting stolen glances at it in the parking lot the other day.

You’d be surprised how much you can fit in it at the home center, if you’re determined enough!

There was a time, in my youth, that I wanted a small pickup. Then I realized that none of my friends at the time had one, so it would mean being asked to lend it or help move all the time. I went with a little Corolla hatchback, which could hold a surprising volume. It was like a TARDIS when loading drums.

I checked Merriam Webster's dictionary definition of barlow, and it is an inexpensive sturdy jack knife. I agree it isn't a Barlow as it sure as heck is not inexpensive!

Like they'd know about anything

All Barlows are jack knives, but not all jack knives are Barlows.

 

[JohnDF]

It was like a TARDIS when loading drums.

Cool Points for mentioning TARDIS

 

[5K Qs]

I have wished for a pickup truck since I was a teenager, but I bought a Honda Civic when I graduated college because I needed something reliable that would be cheap at the pump. I’m on my second one now, with over 160,000 miles on it. Almost all of my coworkers drive trucks, and I’m always the goofy big guy in the little car. I think I caught a few of them casting stolen glances at it in the parking lot the other day.

You’d be surprised how much you can fit in it at the home center, if you’re determined enough!

We bought a brand new Civic for my wife to drive in 2005, and it's currently our only vehicle. After 17 years, it still has only 99K miles, so we obviously don't put a lot of miles on the car since we live and work in the same city. It's been a good car, and you CAN get quite a bit of stuff in it, including quite long stuff, if you fold down the rear seat, move the front passenger seat way forward and recline its seat back as far as possible. You can run stuff from the dashboard to the back of the trunk, and even farther back if you're willing to let stuff extend out the partially-open trunk lid. We've cut down 8' Christmas trees and carried them home inside the car (well, only 1 tree per year, but I bet I could get at least 2 "twine-bound" trees in there if I had to).

- GT