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

quattromori said:
Thanks again to you and Gary for running this place the way you do :)
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addylo said:
Please don't take me the wrong way. Like I said above I'm not complaining, just expressing a thought. Been considering a GAW myself since I'm collecting too many unused knives.
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Congratulations sports fans! ;) :thumbup:
 
Today did not turn out like I had planned so I decided to treat myself to some craft beer and play around with one of my favorite EDCs.

Impatience got the best of me and I and forced a patina on my GEC Bullnose. Wiped it off and dropped it in a thin container blade length full of apple cider vinegar.... Its not as even as I had hoped, but with some good use I don't think it'll matter. I did go on and hit the stones and strop with it afterwards. Wow. GEC's 01 took an excellent edge and rather easily at that.

A little oil in the pivot, fine sandpaper to clean up the backside of the spring, a little oil rubbed into the micarta and that little knife is ready to go.
 
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I had a fun, and busy weekend. I attended the Atwood Lake Fall Festival here in northeast Ohio. This is an annual event held the first weekend of October at the Atwood Lake state park. It's a slightly odd festival, in that basically there's a little bit of something for everyone. There is a car show, an antique engine show, a craft show, an Indian pow-wow, a remote controlled airplane demonstration, hay rides, food vendors, military and police demonstrations, a petting zoo, etc etc.

I attend each year for purposes of displaying a couple of my older garden tractors. This year I showed an unrestored 1975 Wheel Horse D200, and a 1964 Wheel Horse 854. It was a good time, but here's the best part:
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That would be yours truly taking my daughter Julia (aged 7 months) on her first ever tractor ride! :D As you can see, she was completely thrilled... Err, maybe not. I was a proud papa, though! We were riding the Wheel Horse 854.

I really look forward to camping out there each year. I was by myself for both nights, though, since the temperatures were a tad too cool to have Julia sleeping in a tent, so Katie just brought her down for the day on Saturday. Good times! :)
 
jackknife said:
There ya go, Jack! It was ordained by a higher power that you were supposed to have that. :D

It's true that we don't see that many pipe tools over on this side of the big pond. I can't remember when the last time I saw anyone smoking a pipe in public, and when I do, some people and all the kids stare at me like it's a bizarre carnival act! Very sad. I can only hope the cigar thing fades a bit and more younger generation guys discover the bliss of the brier.
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younger generation? Well that's me then. Was at a local bar and I took out my H.I.S mini churchwarden and got a ton of looks by everyone. Even the owner came up and started to reminisce about his old man and pipe smoking. If anything a pipe is a good way to spark memories of relatives long since passed.
 
Pipes are just too involved for this spring chicken of 45. Cigar? Just buy one, snip off the end, light and smoke. Done.

-- Mark
 
mnblade said:
Pipes are just too involved for this spring chicken of 45. Cigar? Just buy one, snip off the end, light and smoke. Done.

-- Mark
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Pipes aren't all that involved. One must simply learn to properly pack and that isn't difficult at all to learn. If I smoke daily, I'll spend but a few minutes each week cleaning my pipes with pure grtain alcohol.

The truly great thing with pipes is the vast selection of what are really good tobaks at a fraction of the cost of smoking good cigars.
 
Ladies and gents, if my father were still alive, today would have been his 100th birthday.

He passed almost 30 years ago, but if you be one of the drinking crowd, I'd appreciate it if you would hoist a glass with me this evening. A gentleman of the old school he was, and a decorated veteran of WW II. His name was Frank, also.
 
Ladies and gents, if my father were still alive, today would have been his 100th birthday.

He passed almost 30 years ago, but if you be one of the drinking crowd, I'd appreciate it if you would hoist a glass with me this evening. A gentleman of the old school he was, and a decorated veteran of WW II. His name was Frank, also.
 
pmew said:
Frank, consider it done. I'll raise a fine malt tonight.
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Same here. I have a strong relationship with the WWI generation. My grandpa is a bit older than your father would have been, and I guess they do have much in common :)

Fausto
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Will do, Frank. I hardly ever have a drink these days, but I'll break out the single barrel this evening in honor of a fine soldier.
 
knarfeng said:
Ladies and gents, if my father were still alive, today would have been his 100th birthday.

He passed almost 30 years ago, but if you be one of the drinking crowd, I'd appreciate it if you would hoist a glass with me this evening. A gentleman of the old school he was, and a decorated veteran of WW II. His name was Frank, also.
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Occasional drinker here, but I'll raise a glass of shine tonight.
 
knarfeng said:
Ladies and gents, if my father were still alive, today would have been his 100th birthday.

He passed almost 30 years ago, but if you be one of the drinking crowd, I'd appreciate it if you would hoist a glass with me this evening. A gentleman of the old school he was, and a decorated veteran of WW II. His name was Frank, also.
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Consider it done, Frank. :thumbup:
 
Frank, A toast to your Dad's memory will be made later today, when the drinking lamp is lit.
From where I'm sitting 70 years old is too young to have to leave this place. God bless him.
 
Peregrin said:
Frank, A toast to your Dad's memory will be made later today, when the drinking lamp is lit.
From where I'm sitting 70 years old is too young to have to leave this place. God bless him.
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There's a drinking lamp???

I thought that as long as I woke up, that was good enough! To think of all those breakfast toddies that I've consumed!:eek:
 
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