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

mrknife said:
no way randy, quick age test, how do you type, with two fingers looking for letters? :D
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Oddly enough, I touch-type. In the 1960's, the days of typewriters and stenographers, Father thought it was a good skill for business folks to have, so he pushed me to learn.
 
knarfeng said:
Oddly enough, I touch-type. In the 1960's, the days of typewriters and stenographers, Father thought it was a good skill for business folks to have, so he pushed me to learn.
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thats how we were taught to type in elementary school. 8 fingers, asdf hjkl. funny enough theres one doctor in my office who still types via hunt and peck
 
I use my left index finger for capitals, and my right index finger to type. I sometimes use a thumb to space, or occasionally work in another finger. To say, I've been making a living at a key-board for 25 years, it's pretty stupid I never learned to touch-type properly, but I can type without looking at the keyboard, and I type pretty fast anyway! :D
 
Jack Black said:
I use my left index finger for capitals, and my right index finger to type. I sometimes use a thumb to space, or occasionally work in another finger. To say, I've been making a living at a key-board for 25 years, it's pretty stupid I never learned to touch-type properly, but I can type without looking at the keyboard, and I type pretty fast anyway! :D
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do you have one of those awesome tony stark like keyboards? those are pretty cool.
 
Jack Black said:
I use my left index finger for capitals, and my right index finger to type. I sometimes use a thumb to space, or occasionally work in another finger. To say, I've been making a living at a key-board for 25 years, it's pretty stupid I never learned to touch-type properly, but I can type without looking at the keyboard, and I type pretty fast anyway! :D
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Left index finger here. Right index finger is reserved for the shift key and that finger is either hovering over that key or pressing it.
 
Whew
Well folks it's been a mighty week so far.
Sue and I flew to Vancouver- stayed there for three nights two days - finally got to meet my good friend Charlie in person and of course his wonderful wife Joanne.
We had a great day and night - Charlie and Joanne thank you SO VERY much for just being the wonderful people you are.

As soon as we started driving up through the Rockies we saw a Mother Bear with her three very young Cubs in a big open field. Drove on up to Banff which would have to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth and the to Jasper- the road to these places has the most STUNNING lakes - the FOREVER expanding massive Mountains- with some of the most spectacular beautiful scenery Sue and I have ever seen.
We have seen Grizzly's, Black Bears, Caribou, Deer, Bald Eagles - a Brown Eagle- which I am sure was a Golden Eagle - down to Squirrels - Chipmunks - Oh man amazing.

We have another two weeks yet- up to Alaska and then to see my mate Mr Paul Hilborn - YES!!!

Take care folks and I will tune in soon.

Man it was great finally meeting Charlie.
 
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Campbellclanman said:
Whew
Well folks it's been a mighty week so far.
Sue and I flew to Vancouver- stayed there for three nights two days - finally got to meet my good friend Charlie in person and of course his wonderful wife Joanne.
We had a great day and night - Charlie and Joanne thank you SO VERY much for just being the wonderful people you are.

As soon as we started driving up through the Rockies we saw a Mother Bear with her three very young Cubs in a big open field. Drove on up to Banff which would have to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth and the to Jasper- the road to these places has the most STUNNING lakes - the FOREVER expanding massive Mountains- with some of the most spectacular beautiful scenery Sue and I have ever seen.
We have seen Grizzly's, Black Bears, Caribou, Deer, Bald Eagles - a Brown Eagle- which I am sure was a Golden Eagle - down to Squirrels - Chipmunks - Oh man amazing.

We have another two weeks yet- up to Alaska and then to see my mate Mr Paul Hilborn - YES!!!

Take care folks and I will tune in soon.

Man it was great finally meeting Charlie.
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You are playing in my back yard! I will be driving through Banff etc., myself, in a couple of weeks to teach a carving course in Alberta

Enjoy!
 
Glad to hear you and Sue are having a great time Duncan, it sounds fantastic my friend :) :thumbup:

mrknife said:
do you have one of those awesome tony stark like keyboards? those are pretty cool.
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LOL! I'm afraid not! :D I do have a piece of steel in my right tibia - more like 'Scrap Iron Man' than 'Iron Man'! :D :thumbup:
 
Jack Black said:
Glad to hear you and Sue are having a great time Duncan, it sounds fantastic my friend :) :thumbup:



LOL! I'm afraid not! :D I do have a piece of steel in my right tibia - more like 'Scrap Iron Man' than 'Iron Man'! :D :thumbup:
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oo thats just a bit, i think ole Randy takes the cake with amount of metal in his body, after that car accident, is that right Randy?
 
mrknife said:
oo thats just a bit, i think ole Randy takes the cake with amount of metal in his body, after that car accident, is that right Randy?
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I used to know a bloke who had so many plates in his face and head, he was known as Danny Dinner-service! :D
 
I just got through watering the plants around the yard (that was good for an hour) came in and was having a second cup of coffee while pondering some knife related stuff and have a few questions I would like to ask you folks your opinions on. As most of you know I'm in the process of rebuilding my knife collection and ordered some knives yesterday. Nothing special just a few odds and ends. I am having trouble deciding which way to go old or new, by brand or pattern and such, there are some knives I just want to own that are fairly expensive that have no association to each other than they are knives. So here are my questions.
1.) Do you consider a CRK Mnandi traditional, tactical or somewhere in between?
2.) is there a list somewhere of trustworthy ebay dealers?
3.) Are custom slipjoints really worth the price difference over nice production knives such as GEC and Northwoods?
4.) Is there somewhere to buy NOS slipjoints other than ebay?
5.) How do you collect by brand, pattern, just randomly or some other way?
 
r redden said:
I just got through watering the plants around the yard (that was good for an hour) came in and was having a second cup of coffee while pondering some knife related stuff and have a few questions I would like to ask you folks your opinions on. As most of you know I'm in the process of rebuilding my knife collection and ordered some knives yesterday. Nothing special just a few odds and ends. I am having trouble deciding which way to go old or new, by brand or pattern and such, there are some knives I just want to own that are fairly expensive that have no association to each other than they are knives. So here are my questions.
1.) Do you consider a CRK Mnandi traditional, tactical or somewhere in between?
2.) is there a list somewhere of trustworthy ebay dealers?
3.) Are custom slipjoints really worth the price difference over nice production knives such as GEC and Northwoods?
4.) Is there somewhere to buy NOS slipjoints other than ebay?
5.) How do you collect by brand, pattern, just randomly or some other way?
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My opinions and they are only mine, feel free to disregard
1. It has a framelock and a clip, so no to traditional imo. its a gentleman's folder i suppose.
2. I haven't seen any, but there are people who do let GECs and S&M and Queen stuff go for a slight premium.
3. I have not bought a custom yet, I have had customizations tho from Glenn.
4. Probably have to hunt down those sites, and there are a few.
5. What ever takes my fancy really. Take for example the bladeforums 2014, I love that knife so much, I have 3 of those. Also a sucker for anything in real stag/clip point which makes up a lot of my S&M collection. Also snagged a few from companies who are defunct, like CSC, but again ive had an obsession with their half moon trapper since I was a teenager. Thanks 2dead's google pictures, well Trand now. I used to google those and all that would pop up was his CSC half moons. Tend to be a sucker for anything in clip point really.

How about some pictures of what you have left Randy. Saw that big box but none of those were opened up.
 
Ok Jack here's what's left except a few folders I didn't post out of respect for the traditional format and 6 Glennbad has putting Stag covers on. With the 63 showing here the 6 Glennbad has and 14 folders that's still 83 I guess in reality that's a lot of knives for an old man to have but I would like this collection to have some better quality and more attractive knives.

CASE KNIVES

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BARLOWS

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CAMP, SAK AND ELECTRICIAN

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MISCELLANEOUS

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Got to take my Dad down to see the Indians play a great game against the Sox yesterday. :cool:
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My wife said mowing the lawn looked fun and asked me to teach her how the mowers worked. :thumbup: Finally I got to see the Cavs give Cleveland it's first Championship win since '64! What a Sunday! :D

Father's day always make me think not just of my Dad, but of all the male role models that my life has been blessed with. In particular, a fellow I always referred to as Mr. G, my Scout Master. Happy belated Father's Day to all the guys out there who put their time, sanity and patience into making little boys into men.
 
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