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

[waynorth]

Maybe it has to do with aging? I also used to think the same thing about the nail file, and now I find myself substituting SAKs with a nail file for those with the small blade.

It definitely has to do with aging. I'm 81 now, and just a few years ago I could open any knife, even old Remingtons!! Now I sometimes need a Knife pick!!

 

[Peregrin]

It definitely has to do with aging. I'm 81 now, and just a few years ago I could open any knife, even old Remingtons!! Now I sometimes need a Knife pick!!View attachment 2983943

Yay! Something else to look forward to!
My wife was going through some bookshelves and found this, a gift from my BIL and SIL a decade ago.
A book of blank pages! I guess that says it all!

 

[screened porch]

Maybe it has to do with aging? I also used to think the same thing about the nail file, and now I find myself substituting SAKs with a nail file for those with the small blade.

I'm sure it's because we spend more time fiddling with more knives than we did when, coincidentally, we were younger.

 

[Headwinds]

Sitting in the waiting room wondering why no one is sitting in these two chairs...

 

[Alex.Y.]

It definitely has to do with aging. I'm 81 now, and just a few years ago I could open any knife, even old Remingtons!! Now I sometimes need a Knife pick!!View attachment 2983943

You can also try GEC's "Tube Popper" blade key. I found it to be the most efficient one. Besides, it is pretty robust and doubles as a household prybar and flat screwdriver sometimes. And, of course, I open GEC tubes with it.