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

[Jack Black]

Very nice classic watch! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Ken, I like it, has a tick like a butterfly's wings, but it doesn't get a lot of wrist time these days (I wear a Citizen Eco-Drive! ).

 

[kamagong]

A very nice timepiece. I think you should build yourself a knife to match. One with an alligator sheath.



- Christian

 

[whetrock]

Very cool Timex, has a real nostalgic look to it. I've been lurking on the Watch forums, for some time and have noticed a resurgence in interest in Automatics/Hand winds. I think they go along with our general interest in all things traditional, and picked up a Seiko 5 here recently. Not the best photo.

 

[ken erickson]

Really like your Seiko. I had friend in the mid 80's that had one very similar. Tried to win it from him playing poker many times!
He was a better player than I. As far as i know he still has it!

 

[zippofan]

Classic Timex Ken, congrats! The clasp is called a butterfly double-deployant, helps keep the strap from getting beat up around the adjustment holes (or tang holes). There are single end deployant clasps too.

Watches are still my weakness though I only bought a few in all of 2013. I have way too many...

Funny, with all the talk lately about our forum knife, one of the members of a forum I moderate approached me about having a custom made forum watch. Other sub forums there have had them, as they have themes (Russian watches, Dive watches etc) but mine is more general interest (Affordable watches).

 

[Modoc ED]

Of course once you get an automatic watch, you're going to need a watch winder to keep the settings (day/date) and time up to date when wearing a different watch or not wearing your watch for an extended period of time. Here's my Seiko Black Monster in my watch winder winding away while I'm wearing another watch.

 

[whetrock]

That's a grand looking Black Monster. The Seiko 5 and the like, are pretty darn hard to beat for the price. I'm not much of a dive watch guy, but that one looks very utilitarian, and useful, unlike a lot of the more gaudy examples of dive watches out there. Also I haven't obtained a winder yet and just wear mine to bed LOL. Keeps great time. Watches are great fun, and slowly getting more of my money/attention. I went ages without wearing one at all, now I feel lost without one. Something my generation doesn't really grasp, like knives.

 

[Ballenxj]

Well today this showed up! Gifted no less.

Nice vintage Timex! I remember having one very similar back in the day.
-Bruce

 

[festerfromnzed]

MODS please remove if this is off topic....These brown trout live in a tiny stream that runs past our deer hunting hut...These are PURE Scottish browns that were liberated here in 1876?? ..They are a rarity in Scotland these days and undoubtedly the most attractive browns ive ever seen.... FES

 

[KrisNZ]

MODS please remove if this is off topic....These brown trout live in a tiny stream that runs past our deer hunting hut...These are PURE Scottish browns that were liberated here in 1876?? ..They are a rarity in Scotland these days and undoubtedly the most attractive browns ive ever seen.... FES

Sure is a stunner Fes :thumbup:

 

[Turk88]

Kris and Fes, those are beautiful brown trout with very different and wonderful colors. The top picture is a (terrible) pic of the first wild brook trout I caught here in Pennsylvania. They may not be as large as browns but sure are pretty and a blast to catch. Bottom pic is my very amateur fly fishing setup (works well enough) and typical fishing knife.

 

[Peregrin]

MODS please remove if this is off topic....These brown trout live in a tiny stream that runs past our deer hunting hut...These are PURE Scottish browns that were liberated here in 1876?? ..They are a rarity in Scotland these days and undoubtedly the most attractive browns ive ever seen.... FES

That has to be quite a thrill to see such a Rare brown Fes. Beautiful fish. That (just Browns, not Scottish Browns) and Rainbow is primarily what I fish for in Central NY.

 

[festerfromnzed]

That has to be quite a thrill to see such a Rare brown Fes. Beautiful fish. That (just Browns, not Scottish Browns) and Rainbow is primarily what I fish for in Central NY.

Yes indeed..My brother and i had seen these fish for many years and had assumed they were our native trout due to where they were and their size..A good friend of mine is the main man for fisheries in the central North Island..A keen hunter and fisherman i took him up there to have a look and we found this fish nearly dead (see the cut behind front fin)..These fish are plentiful and you can often see half a dozen in a little pool...He identified it as Pure Scottish Brown,and that in the right environment they would grow in excess off 20 pounds easily...They are land locked in our valley. FES

 

[Jack Black]

Sure is a stunner Fes :thumbup:

:thumbup:

 

[culpeppj]

I recently sent a knife out to a customer that I knew had an interest in watches. I asked , before he cut the check for the knife, if he had anything in a vintage , somewhat dressy watch. Not too big , and manual was fine. He (and he can chime in here if so inclined) thought for a bit, we discussed an option , then offered this watch up. I said that sounds great without seeing the watch, taking his opinion for what I wanted without question. I said to him, just deduct whatever you want for the watch from the price of the knife.

Well today this showed up! Gifted no less. Thank you so much, it is perfect.
Timex, 30 years plus, mint condition. Premium Gator band with butterfly clasp.

Ken your are more than welcome, I am just glad to see the old girl back at work.

 

[KrisNZ]

Kris and Fes, those are beautiful brown trout with very different and wonderful colors. The top picture is a (terrible) pic of the first wild brook trout I caught here in Pennsylvania. They may not be as large as browns but sure are pretty and a blast to catch. Bottom pic is my very amateur fly fishing setup (works well enough) and typical fishing knife.

Turk, the amateur/pro thing is a state of mind as far as I'm concerned. If the tackle you use catches fish,...then you're pro all the way, keep it up!!:thumbup:

Kris,.

 

[Turk88]

Thanks Kris. I have used more expensive gear borrowed from friends and can see the advantages, to a point, but can't say that I caught more fish using them. I can't wait until the weather breaks here to try out naturally reproducing brown trout stream in the mountains here that I recently heard of. Those wild fish are much more beautiful. Until I'm no longer a poor college boy I will keep using the gear I have and keep catching fish and have fun doing it!

 

[Jack Black]

While looking for my passport, which has been underused these past couple of years, I was surprised to come across a small box containing a motley collection of badges (pins) that I’ve had since childhood. The surprise is that, unlike many things, these few remaining badges have survived the various trials and tribulations of my life, the many moves, and my tendencies to give things away, Thought some of you folk might be interested to see them.



The large military badge in the centre belonged to my paternal great grandfather, who fought in WW1, and before that as a Colour Sergeant (Regimental Sergeant Major) in Africa.

The other military badge (subdued) belonged to my maternal grandfather, who fought in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East in WW2.

The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters Club lapel-badge would have been given to me as a boy by one of my uncles, it will date from the 1950’s or early 1960’s.

The simple yellow and green tin badge is from the early 1960’s and produced by the Milk Marketing Board, it reads ‘Drinka Pinta Day’ and ‘June Dairy Festival’. When I was a young boy large areas of Sheffield city centre were still bomb sites, and one flattened area was used for various displays and exhibitions. In this case, I think the display centred around one or more particularly productive dairy cows! I can vaguely remember going along to it at 2 or 3 years of age, with my parents, and getting the badge.

Both my father and favourite uncle worked as machine-tool fitters at James Neill Tools, who produced the Eclipse range of tools (mainly hacksaw blades) and magnets. At one time they were the biggest producer of machine-tools in the world outside the US I believe. After 10 years employment (and again at 20), the workers were given a small steel badge, which they could wear on their overalls. Some did, most threw them away. I think the one I have, directly below the SWSC badge, is my uncle’s, who started work there while my dad was working at Richards, and so received his ‘award’ earlier.

To the left of this is my maternal grandfather’s union badge, for the long defunct Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Workers. For most of his life, my grandfather was a wire-weaver, producing wire-netting and suchlike for Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd. He was the sixth worker employed by the firm, which grew into a huge corporation. The battered badge with the red triangle says T.W.I.L. and I guess he would have worn it on his overalls at one time.

The two B.B. badges are from my childhood Boy’s Brigade days. The small writing on the anchor on both badges says ‘Sure & Steadfast’ the B.B. motto.

The two badges bearing the date 1957 are from Butlins holiday camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlins), passed on by a childhood babysitter.

Corgi toy cars were popular with boys when I was young, and you could write off to join the Corgi Club. I probably got the red Corgi badge when I was around 4 in the early 1960’s.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Turk, thanks for sharing. Your kit might not be this severe, but my little brother caught many fish on his little Scooby Doo kids rod, until a catfish broke it and took it in the drink. He was a little kid, but he was devestated. I remember vividly his cousins, a couple years older, playing video games on the dock, while he sat there very intent on catching a fish. Doesn't matter what you have, but how you use it.

Lots of cool watches posted, I have a Seiko Black Monster that I need to wear everyday, I am kinda leery about wearing a $500 watch every day though, even if I did only pay 150 for it. It needs to be recalibrated, it runs about 15 minutes too fast!

 

[Ballenxj]

Ken your are more than welcome, I am just glad to see the old girl back at work.

So You're the culprit.
I took one look at that watch and new I had to have another, so off to the big auction site I went. I looked till I found one similar, and it's now on it's way to me.
-Bruce