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

Bob, I wish you all the best for your recovery. I hope for it soon!

You will get over it, Sir!
 
Jolipapa said:
140kmh # 95mph gale winds on Ouessant isle today. There's a saying : Qui voit Ouessant voit son sang Who sees Ouessant sees his blood...
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Jolipapa that is an amazing photo I keep finding myself going back to it, simply mesmerizing.:thumbup:
 
I.N.F.K said:
I've been pipe and cigar smoking (mostly pipe) for over a year now, and my old man was kind enough to buy me a nicer pipe for my 23rd birthday.



Smokes a lot better than the baskets pipe I usually get and I love this style. I was looking at the Savinelli Hercules, but the sales lady was just too good and convinced me on the peterson.
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Hard to beat Peterson.
 
Jolipapa said:
It's a snapshot from tv news with the logo. But it was so impressive I decided to keep it (the sea, notthe logo :D). About 140 persons living on that island.

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Anybody living in that light house? I used to think that would be a great job, but I think one was expected to row out and rescue people, as well as keeping the wick trimmed on the lamp.
 
It's not the knife you have but what you can do with it........This was a Christmas gift from my son. He made it from a piece of cedar I've been hauling around since an assignment on Montgomery, AL 1993-1995. I do like handmade gifts and was so pleased to have received such a thoughtful gift as this.

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Leghog those things made specifically for us and especially by those we love are our greatest treasures. :thumbup: It sure does beat socks or a tie.:D Your son did a great job on it also very nice.
 
scrteened porch said:
Anybody living in that light house? I used to think that would be a great job, but I think one was expected to row out and rescue people, as well as keeping the wick trimmed on the lamp.
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The lighthouse is long ago automatic and few yards off the island where people live (there are 2 more lighthouses).( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushant ) The last inhabited lighthouse of France, near Bordeaux, was transformed automatic in 2012 .
Sea rescue men (all voluntaries - SNSM is a charity association) have a tough life as this is one of the world's most frequented ship route in the world (# 150 per day). It opens the Channel then Northern Europe route (Anvers, Rotterdam, etc). It is called the rail d'Ouessant, Ushant railways, as ships go one behind the other like a train.
An extremely dangerous sea to sail on between gigantic tankers and ro-ro ships.
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Seeing as how the Buckfast discussion got banished from Jacks Betty Grable thread I thought I better head on over to this vicinity and make the following statement.
Those metches(metrosexuals) featured in that advertisement for buckfast do not accurately represent normal Aussies . I seriously doubt if any of them are even full blooded and one of them definitely has wrists that are not as rigid as those of the general populace.
However if I want to drink a medicinal pommy brew I shall go for Kings Ginger a curative that was specially invented for Eddy the 7th when he went out in his horseless carriage.
 
meako said:
Those metches(metrosexuals) featured in that advertisement for buckfast do not accurately represent normal Aussies .
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Meako, I've always assumed you were the gold standard for that part of the world. ;)
Which drove me to immediately reject that pair as being "Abby Normal" for Australians.:cool:
 
I think you are confusing me with one Hans Delbruck?
Gold standard? More of an off green tarnish I fear:D
I'm actually a POM (Prisoner Of his Majesty) but keep that under yer hat -I've been operating in deep cover since I was 7.
How would they never know? I'm totally bronzed.

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meako said:
Seeing as how the Buckfast discussion got banished from Jacks Betty Grable thread I thought I better head on over to this vicinity and make the following statement.
Those metches(metrosexuals) featured in that advertisement for buckfast do not accurately represent normal Aussies .
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Hey, you can't argue with the internet! That footage has certainly been a bit of an eye-opener! :D :D :D :thumbup:

I just did a search on 'Buckfast Down Under' and got a video of a teenager sinking a bottle in just under 8 seconds! :eek:

Apologies for de-railing my own thread Frank! :o There's certainly no Buckfast on my kitchen table! :eek: :D :thumbup:
 
Breakfast table you mean.I had buckfast on my weety bix for brekky this morning. As you can see from the above pic taken by my wife with much of the "pitying look" I am completely immune to it.
Ohhh I thought it was sposed to be for bruckfast.
 
I have actually visited Buckfast Abbey with my father in law- bit like taking a blowfly to a garbage tip;)
 
Just catching up with this thread (it's been busy)! :)

Good to see you call in Andi, hope you had a good Xmas :thumbup:

Interesting to read about the Royal Ambassadors, which I'd not heard of previously. I was in the Boy's Brigade as a kid :thumbup:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys'_Brigade

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For anyone interested in lighthouses, I highly recommend Bella Bathurst's The Lighthouse Stevonsons (and her other book The Wreckers). If you're not able to get the book, a TV programme of the same name is available on the internet (YouTube etc).

Cool gifts I.N.F.K and Leghog :thumbup:

leghog said:
Another passion of mine --- land navigation and orienteering. Recently received this toy. A vintage Silva Type 6 I believe to be from the late 1930s or 1940s made for the military market (likely Norwegian). The compass is Swede and the base plate Norwegian. The housing is domed vs. flat and the compass is air filled and induction dampened. The needle housing top is graduated in angular mils (6400 in a complete circle), and the bottom is graduated in gradians (400 in a complete circle) hence my likely correct assumption it was made for the military market. But which military? Would appreciate or Northern European friends here weighing in on my assumptions about year of manufacture and for whom manufactured..


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Interesting find Leghog. While Sweden maintained a position of neutrality in WW2, its military spending increased massively from 1936 (going from $37 Million in 1936 to over $527 in 1942). It began drafting conscripts for military service in 1938. Possibly your compass was produced as part of these preparations (or possibly post-WW2)? Norway also had a policy of strict neutrality after Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, but was invaded by Germany in 1940.

While researching an older pocket compass some time ago, I found these sites very helpful:

http://trademarklondon.com/The-Compass/index.html

http://www.compassmuseum.com/

Edit - Sorry, having to rush today as I'm supposed to be working! Leghog, have you identified the mark on the right of the base plate?
 
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