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

waynorth said:
FYI, there is a good article about the history of Evan Nicolaides (ESNYX!!) as a knifemaker, in Knife magazine for August!!!
When he was still doing mods and handles, he put some nice checkered bone on this ancient, and gifted it back to me, back in 2015 - 2016!!View attachment 2944991View attachment 2944992
I put that tiny chip in the end when I dropped it!!:oops: Otherwise the checkering is outstanding, right to the edges!!
I love this knife, and I carry it!!
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Got my issue today Charlie @waynorth and saw that. Dang!!!! You just pop up all over. Cool knife. I remember when Evan used come to BF for information and advice.
 
This orange-handled CRKT crogan hatchet arrived today. 14" long OA.
You can see I really needed it.
I might return it if we have black zip ties at Lowes to replace the one I snipped to unpack it.
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I would keep it, but I really don't like the handle being hollow for four inches.
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screened porch said:
This orange-handled CRKT crogan hatchet arrived today. 14" long OA.
You can see I really needed it.
I might return it if we have black zip ties at Lowes to replace the one I snipped to unpack it.
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I would keep it, but I really don't like the handle being hollow for four inches.
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Yeah, I don't need this. If I want a splitting-biased hatchet, I have my Estwing Fireside Friend Splitter. Which doesn't have a thin-walled cavity for a grip. Nobody else seems to mention the hollow handle, including the designer, so maybe it's no big deal. This was just a silly thing to buy without handling it.
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[eta: There, it's gone. Now I can buy something else and it won't cost me anything!]
 
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screened porch said:
Yeah, I don't need this. If I want a splitting-biased hatchet, I have my Estwing Fireside Friend Splitter. Which doesn't have a thin-walled cavity for a grip. Nobody else seems to mention the hollow handle, including the designer, so maybe it's no big deal. This was just a silly thing to buy without handling it.

[eta: There, it's gone. Now I can buy something else and it won't cost me anything!]
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Good move. CRK&T is always suspect for shenanigans of that nature.
 
I'm not complaining, for a change, but why would the River ship a $35 knife instantly and deliver it before sunup? I gave the driver an "above and beyond".
I wouldn't have bitten on the CRKT hatchet if I'd remembered my Norlund Hudson's Bay hatchet, and I might not have bought the Dexter if I'd remembered my CS Professional Series Something Hunter, which already has a sheath.
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But the Dexter is an affordable knife of a classic pattern made in USA, and these small butcher-type kitchen utility knives have lost a lot of ground to the small French knives, so it's good to have. It's also an excellent belt knife, so I need to find or make a sheath for it.
[Found one- this will keep me from hurting myself before something better turns up.]
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@screened porch , I like that Dexter, Jer. May need to locate one for my camping/kitchen.

The only thing I have utilized shipping that early was printer ink. Before I got on a plane, needed to print some color reports for meetings later in the day. 6am delivery was very useful.
 
JB in LV said:
@screened porch , I like that Dexter, Jer. May need to locate one for my camping/kitchen.

The only thing I have utilized shipping that early was printer ink. Before I got on a plane, needed to print some color reports for meetings later in the day. 6am delivery was very useful.
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I think it will cut many things very well.
The packaging had a pull-tab that made it safe and easy to get the knife out.
 
Ironbut said:
^ Trash Pandas.:)
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They roam the neighborhood at night going from house to house. I've seen them. But, I was out for my walk the other day and they were going about their business in broad daylight. Apparently they know which folks either don't have a dog or keep their trash cans exposed.
 
Peregrin said:
At least your neighbor doesn't feed them, Frank! This is what happens when you put food out for the neighborhood's feral cats!
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My late friend T-Bone used to feed his cat, Dunbar, on the deck. I once watched Dunbar and a raccoon share a bowl of food. The raccoon would take a piece in its hands and back up, whereupon Dunbar would move forward and eat until the raccoon finished that piece. Then Dunbar would back up and let him take another piece. 😺🦝
 
I'm out of coon icons.

[I've been in this house for eleven years, and I just went into the kitchen and felt for the light switch where it was in the old house.]

I think that had to be a cat I spooked yesterday evening with my Tai Chi. It was of the dark brown with irregular black markings type. It seemed a little low and broad for a cat, so maybe it wasn't one, but it wasn't anything else I can think of. And a furtive cat does run low, and it probably had been stalking a rabbit.
Anyway, it was small and it ran away from me, so it wasn't a grizzly bear.
 
screened porch said:
I'm out of coon icons.

[I've been in this house for eleven years, and I just went into the kitchen and felt for the light switch where it was in the old house.]

I think that had to be a cat I spooked yesterday evening with my Tai Chi. It was of the dark brown with irregular black markings type. It seemed a little low and broad for a cat, so maybe it wasn't one, but it wasn't anything else I can think of. And a furtive cat does run low, and it probably had been stalking a rabbit.
Anyway, it was small and it ran away from me, so it wasn't a grizzly bear.
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I've lived in my current house for 25 years. One of the bedrooms has the light switch located behind the door instead of on the wall next to the door opening. I still reach for the spot where any decent electrician would have put the light switch instead of where that darn fool put it. Cheap house, when built. Anything to save a couple of feet of wire.
 
knarfeng said:
I've lived in my current house for 25 years. One of the bedrooms has the light switch located behind the door instead of on the wall next to the door opening. I still reach for the spot where any decent electrician would have put the light switch instead of where that darn fool put it. Cheap house, when built. Anything to save a couple of feet of wire.
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I have the opposite sort of situation. There's a coat closet on the main floor of our house, under the stairs leading to the 2nd floor. When we moved into the house 40 years ago, there was no light in the closet. My wife soon had a guy put a light in, but wanted the switch INSIDE the closet on the wall right next to the door frame. I don't remember how long we had that set-up, but eventually she decided she wanted the switch on the same wall but OUTSIDE the closet. That's the set-up we've had ever since (at least 15 years, I'd guess), but if I'm talking to someone while I need to turn on the closet light, I'll invariably reach inside the closet until I feel the blank cover plate over the position of the former switch.

- GT
 
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