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

[Jack Black]

Gift from Tony Bose, Jack!! R.I.P. A short version of one he made for his wife!!

 

[joeradza]

Spent my knife budget on a pair of custom Converse.

 

[Prester John]

Spent my knife budget on a pair of custom Converse.View attachment 2243733

You spent your knife money on some gray basketball shoes with no laces?! And not even high tops?!

A man's gotta have comfortable shoes, Alan.

 

[screened porch]

I guess this is pretty off-topic.
Who would have thought that 1983 would ever be forty years ago?

The knife is a Utica. The coaster I picked up in an antique mall or shop in Utica.
Fort Schuyler is in Rome. I think it's the fort Henry Fonda runs to in Drums Along The Mohawk. (The book is better.) I could still show you the house the Weavers of that story lived in, in the Village of Remsen City, between Utica and Old Forge.

 

[r8shell]

Spam is a delicacy even if sliced by a Rough Rider.
[But you'll get wavy slices if you use the 2019 forum knife. ]

Untrue!!!

 

[dantzk8]

Who would have thought that 1983 would ever be forty years ago?

Was itn't one year ago ?
If not, why do i wonder every day "How can such things happen, nowadays, in 1984."



Dan.

 

[Prester John]

Untrue!!!

Maybe not with Spam Lite!

I sliced regular Spam, about the size slices Charlie did, and got wavy slices, unlike with my lambsfoot, laguiole, trapper, or Opinel.
Anyway, nice job of slicing thin--I never cut Spam that thin! Maybe I'll try it. I bet the verijero Gaucho knife (like CelloDan 's) that I have on order will slice like a champ!

 

[r8shell]

Maybe not with Spam Lite!

I sliced regular Spam, about the size slices Charlie did, and got wavy slices, unlike with my lambsfoot, laguiole, trapper, or Opinel.
Anyway, nice job of slicing thin--I never cut Spam that thin! Maybe I'll try it. I bet the verijero Gaucho knife (like CelloDan 's) that I have on order will slice like a champ!

I thought maybe the Lite would be less gelatinous, and I could fry it crispy like bacon. It was not good.

 

[JB in LV]

Not sure if Spam is like Duff in this respect.

 

[btb01]

Who would have thought that 1983 would ever be forty years ago?

Someone who was born in 1985.

Here’s one my favorite thoughts related to this sort of thing: If Back to the Future was made today, the part where Marty goes back to 1955 would be set in 1993.

 

[Jack Black]

Someone who was born in 1985.

No!!! My eldest daughter was born in 1984!

 

[joeradza]

You spent your knife money on some gray basketball shoes with no laces?! And not even high tops?!

A man's gotta have comfortable shoes, Alan.

I've got a few pair but these are outstanding. My current knife budget is earmarked for the 2023 BladeForums knife

 

[sf fanatic]

I've got a few pair but these are outstanding. My current knife budget is earmarked for the 2023 BladeForums knife

Well…at least your BF knife will come with blades.

 

[knarfeng]

I guess this is pretty off-topic.
Who would have thought that 1983 would ever be forty years ago?

Someone who got married that year.

 

[sf fanatic]

Someone who got married that year.

Well… I know someone who got married the next year

 

[Peregrin]

No!!! My eldest daughter was born in 1984!

Lol! My eldest son was born in 1983!

Someone who got married that year.

Or 3 years earlier!

 

[Jack Black]

Lol! My eldest son was born in 1983!

I hope he has/had a very happy 40th birthday Gary

 

[black mamba]

Not sure if Spam is like Duff in this respect.

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I can assure one and all that Jalapeño Spam does not come from the same "spigot" that regular Spam does . . . it's ten times better!

 

[btb01]

I can assure one and all that Jalapeño Spam does not come from the same "spigot" that regular Spam does . . . it's ten times better!

Makes sense. Jalapeño makes a lot of things better!

 

[sf fanatic]

Makes sense. Jalapeño makes a lot of things better!

That and bacon!