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

Good morning all 🙂 Anybody heard from James (Redsparrow) lately? I see he was last on BF in January of 2025. I was searching for the "Smalls" thread this AM and couldn't find it in the Traditional forum... I believe James started it so maybe that thread is gone if he hasn't renewed his membership?
 
Can one of you math guys tell me how many inches in on our USA system is 0.051" ? Im putting together a gate and it calls for a gap of 0.051" . Would that be 1/16", 1/8", ? Somebody help me out please. Do you divide something into something - obviously you got me.
 
Modoc ED said:
Can one of you math guys tell me how many inches in on our USA system is 0.051" ? Im putting together a gate and it calls for a gap of 0.051" . Would that be 1/16", 1/8", ? Somebody help me out please. Do you divide something into something - obviously you got me.
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According to this drill bit size chart, the closest to .051" looks like slightly more than 3/64" and slightly less than a #55 drill bit.
 
veitsi_poika said:
Good morning all 🙂 Anybody heard from James (Redsparrow) lately? I see he was last on BF in January of 2025. I was searching for the "Smalls" thread this AM and couldn't find it in the Traditional forum... I believe James started it so maybe that thread is gone if he hasn't renewed his membership?
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It seems he left in a huff, closing all his threads, a year and a half ago. :confused:

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veitsi_poika said:
Good morning all 🙂 Anybody heard from James (Redsparrow) lately? I see he was last on BF in January of 2025. I was searching for the "Smalls" thread this AM and couldn't find it in the Traditional forum... I believe James started it so maybe that thread is gone if he hasn't renewed his membership?
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Speaking of missing persons, has anyone heard from Hatchet_Jack Hatchet_Jack ? He last posted July 10, 2025. And it has been a lot longer since we last saw pertinux pertinux here.
 
lambertiana said:
Speaking of missing persons, has anyone heard from Hatchet_Jack Hatchet_Jack ? He last posted July 10, 2025. And it has been a lot longer since we last saw pertinux pertinux here.
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Hatchet_Jack Hatchet_Jack last logged on this morning. As 5K Qs mentioned, he wanted to spend more time with family.

pertinux pertinux last logged on in March 2025. I remember some years ago she said she was going to step back from the forum to focus on other facets of her life.

veitsi_poika said:
Good morning all 🙂 Anybody heard from James (Redsparrow) lately? I see he was last on BF in January of 2025. I was searching for the "Smalls" thread this AM and couldn't find it in the Traditional forum... I believe James started it so maybe that thread is gone if he hasn't renewed his membership?
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Threads do not belong to any one member. So whether a member renews a membership or not makes no difference.
I ran a search but did not find it either. But I note that in leaving, he deleted a lot of thread titles of threads he had started. (Gold members can edit the titles of threads they have started.) So the search function can no longer be used to find those threads. The threads are there, but have nondescript single letter titles. Best I can suggest is to start a new thread. If you do find the thread, contact Gary or I and we can fix the title.
It is unfortunate that in lifting a finger at me, he also got others.

r8shell said:
It seems he left in a huff, closing all his threads, a year and a half ago. :confused:

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I believe Red Sparrow left in protest of one of my posts. This has been known to happen occasionally over the years with other mods and other members who left BF because of disagreements with those mods.
I hope he still enjoys knives and is well.
 
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As long as we are on the subject, and in the same spirit that TCM has at the end of each year when they show all the people who have passed, I looked at some old posts and have a long list of folks who have not been seen here for at least a year, some over ten years. I know some of them have been called home, while most have stepped away for one reason or another. In remembrance of porch members we miss:

timberweasel
avoidspam
dougadd
MTdamascus
jacktrades_nbk
Rdaneel
deltaboy
Robbw
mr_badexample
festerfromnzed
mykel
mykel m
link2derek
kyenglish
9blades
sitflyer
scruffuk
robert.b
quattromori
richstag
jujigatame
sonnemann
stockman242
db
Ivankerley
tarmix101
smilingknife
338375
Navihawk
Bastid
Sunnyd
bigbiscuit
fewpop
kamkazmoto
franciscomv
foilist
chickenplucker
cambertree
half/stop
gevonovich
wurrwulf
pmew
sak guy
humppa
stich2442
zippofan
clutchcarter
 
lambertiana said:
As long as we are on the subject, and in the same spirit that TCM has at the end of each year when they show all the people who have passed, I looked at some old posts and have a long list of folks who have not been seen here for at least a year, some over ten years. I know some of them have been called home, while most have stepped away for one reason or another. In remembrance of porch members we miss:

timberweasel
avoidspam
dougadd
MTdamascus
jacktrades_nbk
Rdaneel
deltaboy
Robbw
mr_badexample
festerfromnzed
mykel
mykel m
link2derek
kyenglish
9blades
sitflyer
scruffuk
robert.b
quattromori
richstag
jujigatame
sonnemann
stockman242
db
Ivankerley
tarmix101
smilingknife
338375
Navihawk
Bastid
Sunnyd
bigbiscuit
fewpop
kamkazmoto
franciscomv
foilist
chickenplucker
cambertree
half/stop
gevonovich
wurrwulf
pmew
sak guy
humppa
stich2442
zippofan
clutchcarter
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I remember many of those members. Thanks for posting this.

There was another member who used to post frequently. His forum name was 2Dead and his first name was Trand. I remember him very well but I have not seen him posting for a long time.
 
knarfeng said:
Hatchet_Jack Hatchet_Jack last logged on this morning. As 5K Qs mentioned, he wanted to spend more time with family.

pertinux pertinux last logged on in March 2025. I remember some years ago she said she was going to step back from the forum to focus on other facets of her life.


Threads do not belong to any one member. So whether a member renews a membership or not makes no difference.
I ran a search but did not find it either. But I note that in leaving, he deleted a lot of thread titles of threads he had started. (Gold members can edit the titles of threads they have started.) So the search function can no longer be used to find those threads. The threads are there, but have nondescript single letter titles. Best I can suggest is to start a new thread. If you do find the thread, contact Gary or I and we can fix the title.
It is unfortunate that in lifting a finger at me, he also got others.



I believe Red Sparrow left in protest of one of my posts. This has been known to happen occasionally over the years with other mods and other members who left BF because of disagreements with those mods.
I hope he still enjoys knives and is well.
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Thank you Frank! I will see if I can find any of my own posts that were in the "Smalls" thread and maybe we can revive it. If not, I will start Part Deux. 😁
 
knarfeng said:
Hatchet_Jack Hatchet_Jack last logged on this morning. As 5K Qs mentioned, he wanted to spend more time with family.

pertinux pertinux last logged on in March 2025. I remember some years ago she said she was going to step back from the forum to focus on other facets of her life.


Threads do not belong to any one member. So whether a member renews a membership or not makes no difference.
I ran a search but did not find it either. But I note that in leaving, he deleted a lot of thread titles of threads he had started. (Gold members can edit the titles of threads they have started.) So the search function can no longer be used to find those threads. The threads are there, but have nondescript single letter titles. Best I can suggest is to start a new thread. If you do find the thread, contact Gary or I and we can fix the title.
It is unfortunate that in lifting a finger at me, he also got others.



I believe Red Sparrow left in protest of one of my posts. This has been known to happen occasionally over the years with other mods and other members who left BF because of disagreements with those mods.
I hope he still enjoys knives and is well.
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It wasn't hard... The "Smalls" thread title is just called "S".
 
veitsi_poika said:
It wasn't hard... The "Smalls" thread title is just called "S".
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I restored the name "smalls" and I unlocked it. He deleted his opening post. I cannot restore it.

There was another thread with that same title of "S". It appeared to be about the "GEC 77 Pattern", so I gave it that name and unlocked it.
 
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