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

mitch13 said:
Anyone heard from John @Johnnythefox recently. I sent him a package last month, received confirmation it was delivered and haven’t heard from him. I’m not worried about that. I hope he is okay, as-his paid membership has lapsed.
Click to expand...
His profile shows he was last here on May 12th. Hope he's okay!
 
The miniature goats at the Amish farm down the road are starting to drop their kids. These little things are a riot! I stopped to take a pic of these little ones, and the whole bunch ran up through the field, wanting attention.:) A couple days ago, I drove past, and a couple of them were riding on the back of the miniature donkey. I wasn't fast enough to get a pic though.
Image.jpg
 
It seems that a fascination with knives runs in the family. Found in a 1925 letter from my grandfather to his sister, recounting his sea voyage to Japan and China in 1925:


He was just 18 at the time.

Edit:
It seems the tradition of American kids not being able to resist cool-looking Japanese blades predates the mall ninja by at least 55 years…
 
Last edited:
Just Tom. said:
It seems that a fascination with knives runs in the family. Found in a 1925 letter from my grandfather to his sister, recounting his sea voyage to Japan and China in 1925:


He was just 18 at the time.

Edit:
It seems the tradition of American kids not being able to resist cool-looking Japanese blades predates the mall ninja by at least 55 years…
Click to expand...

Sadly also, the quality of the written word has diminished from the time of your grandfather. People struggle to put a decent sentence together nowadays.
 
glennbad said:
Sadly also, the quality of the written word has diminished from the time of your grandfather. People struggle to put a decent sentence together nowadays.
Click to expand...
I was thinking more about the fact that people don’t write physical letters at all anymore. I also found a trove of letters that my other (English) grandfather wrote home from India and Burma during WWII, and even a letter I wrote during one of my adventures in the 1980’s. Nowadays there would be no physical record of any of that. And yes, composing a letter did also hone one’s language skills (mine still need honing…).

There are also lots of old photos, which these days would be one hosting service’s demise away from being lost forever.
 
Just Tom. said:
I was thinking more about the fact that people don’t write physical letters at all anymore. I also found a trove of letters that my other (English) grandfather wrote home from India and Burma during WWII, and even a letter I wrote during one of my adventures in the 1980’s. Nowadays there would be no physical record of any of that. And yes, composing a letter did also hone one’s language skills (mine still need honing…).

There are also lots of old photos, which these days would be one hosting service’s demise away from being lost forever.
Click to expand...
True, letter writing is a bit of an art form, and for generations the only way to adequately communicate outside of the spoken word.

I often think about what it will be like a hundred or a thousand years from now. If the "cloud" gets corrupted or inaccessible, people may not find any physical pictures or documents related to current society, because everything is digital.

The way we are able to truly learn of past generations is due to physical ruins or written languages, symbols, books, etc. Future generations will have a tougher time if the digital archives are lost.

Knife history is much the same. We know what we know from books, pictures, the knives themselves, first-hand accounts, etc. But doesn't somebody show up with something nobody has heard of just about every week? Most of that lost knowledge is likely due to building fires, floods, where a company's cutlery history can be destroyed in an instant.
 
Snippet of conversstion from Aussie schoolbus:
1 q"Yeah Nah Nah ..Yeah nah like I was like ...like rooly like so like ...."
The word like is used so frequently they sound like chickens.
As for handwriting....deformed ants crawling to safety after being trodden on.
 
Just Tom. said:
I was thinking more about the fact that people don’t write physical letters at all anymore. I also found a trove of letters that my other (English) grandfather wrote home from India and Burma during WWII, and even a letter I wrote during one of my adventures in the 1980’s. Nowadays there would be no physical record of any of that. And yes, composing a letter did also hone one’s language skills (mine still need honing…).

There are also lots of old photos, which these days would be one hosting service’s demise away from being lost forever.
Click to expand...
I have my late dad's letters to my mom from WW II when he was in India and Burma as well, the penmanship was excellent. The photos they made were black and white and still are sharp as they were in 1943. Miy penmanship was great until I dislocated my left thumb in the early 80's (I'm left handed). I kept a DayTimer from 1987 until 2008. I can barely write my name legibly now. Use it or lose it.
 
Just Tom. said:
It seems that a fascination with knives runs in the family. Found in a 1925 letter from my grandfather to his sister, recounting his sea voyage to Japan and China in 1925:


He was just 18 at the time.

Edit:
It seems the tradition of American kids not being able to resist cool-looking Japanese blades predates the mall ninja by at least 55 years…
Click to expand...
A 7" blade to sharpen pencils, hate to see his work knife
glennbad said:
Sadly also, the quality of the written word has diminished from the time of your grandfather. People struggle to put a decent sentence together nowadays.
Click to expand...
Your preaching to the choir glen,I'm with you on this one.
 
mbkr said:
The only way anybody can read my handwriting is if I type it 🙃
Click to expand...
After I retired, I found myself wanting to write a few friends; and I found that my handwriting was illegible, even to me. I set out to recover my cursive writing skills, which had been rigorously drilled into me in grade school. I worked on it daily for about six months. Once I got them back, I make it a practice to write in cursive for about an hour once a week so I don't lose them again.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top