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

willgoy said:
Whatever more cars need axes strapped on them:cool:
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:D :thumbup:

My initial thought about the axe was that it was maybe intended to assist rescuers in case the car overturned, since there are no doors. Who knows, certainly a useful thing to have to hand! :)
 
I don't think Claire would let me bolt an axe to the side of my Clio, and definitely not to the side of her 4x4!

Great pictures Jack!
 
On an unrelated topic, is anyone here in traditionals interested in fountain pens?
 
pmew said:
On an unrelated topic, is anyone here in traditionals interested in fountain pens?
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Not myself but I bet there are a few ;)
Back to the Bentley: axe or not, that car is outstanding (yeah, maybe not too easy to park in the city center of any town in Europe...:p)

Fausto
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pmew said:
On an unrelated topic, is anyone here in traditionals interested in fountain pens?
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Define "interested."


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(I love my Pelikan M200 with a Richard Binder cursive italic nib, enough so that I feel no need to entertain thoughts of any other. It hits the spot perfectly. Thankfully.)

~ P.
 
pmew said:
On an unrelated topic, is anyone here in traditionals interested in fountain pens?
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Love them, my current "modern" favorite is my Pelican M600, My "Traditional" favorite is a 40's vintage Rubber Waterman (pardon the cell phone picture). Steven

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pertinux said:
Define "interested."


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;)

(I love my Pelikan M200 with a Richard Binder cursive italic nib, enough so that I feel no need to entertain thoughts of any other. It hits the spot perfectly. Thankfully.)

~ P.
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A great looking pen P!

Well... I recently changed teams at work due to a staffing shuffle, and my new Stripy uses a fountain pen for everything. He's an old school Sergeant and has about 600 days until his retirement. I was thinking about maybe using one myself, but I worry that I'll have ink exploding all over my uniform much like the fountain pen I used at school used to do in my pencil case.

Any thoughts?
 
pmew said:
A great looking pen P!

Well... I recently changed teams at work due to a staffing shuffle, and my new Stripy uses a fountain pen for everything. He's an old school Sergeant and has about 600 days until his retirement. I was thinking about maybe using one myself, but I worry that I'll have ink exploding all over my uniform much like the fountain pen I used at school used to do in my pencil case.

Any thoughts?
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With the Pelican design the only way for the ink to get all over is if the cap unscrews and the barrel/nib falls away, at which point it is ink soaking everywhere. I have carried mine for ten years and had this happen once. I was not paying attention and did not make sure the cap was secure ( I now check every couple of hours if not actively using it). The older Waterman is more of an issue with the exposed filler, it is now a "desk pen". Steven
 
pmew said:
On an unrelated topic, is anyone here in traditionals interested in fountain pens?
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Not especially. When I was in 5th and 6th grade, my class was required by our teachers to use nothing but traditional fountain pens with ultra fine tips for all school work requiring an ink pen. (Esterbrook pen with a 9550 tip and peacock blue ink.) These required refilling from an ink bottle. I got my fill of fountain pens then. I matriculated to 7th grade, picked up a ball point pen, and have not looked back.
 
Well, any fool knows ball point pens aren't exactly trouble free. They have been known to leak from the tip and also along the barrel of the insert. They can make a real mess and have ruined more than a few nice shirts. Don't ask this ole fool how he knows - he just knows.
 
LOL... now I gonna have to derail that great topic about ball pens and fontain pens etc etc. I was out with Baby Max (after ten hours of work on my house) and whil I we were preparing him for going to bed I put him on my sunglasses...

... It´s Cool, Man !! :D :p Hehehe!



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willgoy said:
The word is Behemoth! It dwarfs even modern cars.

Now I know why Ettore Bugatti allegedly called Bentleys "The world's fastest lorries":cool:

Yes that axe is hefty looking too, last rites for big road kill perhaps? :eek: Underneath appears to be an ammo box ha!ha!:D

Notice the fuel consumption, which like all official figures is likely wildly optimistic 17 litres/100 km which is around 16 miles per gallon(imperial) probably consumed as much fuel as a plane to get from Sweden:eek::eek: There's something else I noted, that green sticker on the other side literally means 'learner driver' or 'driver under instruction '!! No room on board for the teacher, or names or addresses it seems. Nice one Jack.:thumbup:
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Unlike Fatty Arbuckles 1919 Pierce Arrow tourer-the last word in fuel economy and restraint. I suppose Fatty had the added advantage of being able to load this beast with wild women,illicit booze and drugs.
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knarfeng said:
Not especially. When I was in 5th and 6th grade, my class was required by our teachers to use nothing but traditional fountain pens with ultra fine tips for all school work requiring an ink pen. (Esterbrook pen with a 9550 tip and peacock blue ink.) These required refilling from an ink bottle. I got my fill of fountain pens then. I matriculated to 7th grade, picked up a ball point pen, and have not looked back.
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That was pretty much my experience in lie as well. Once I got a nice ball point like a Cross or Parker, I never went back. All the tea in China couldn't get me to fool with a fountain pen again, and I really like tea!
 
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