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Has a whole quasi-biblical kind of connotation what with the breeding and rib connection...hmmm...not quite sure what to make of it.
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"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")
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Has a whole quasi-biblical kind of connotation what with the breeding and rib connection...hmmm...not quite sure what to make of it.
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Oh, man. That reminds me of TC's trailer. When I was a kid, TC had a trailer he'd park on the side of the road over the tracks (literally), in the black section of town. I don't know how early he got up and started his ribs and chicken, but by the afternoon, there was a steady stream of folks pulling up to buy stuff. He made GREAT BBQ that came in a styrofoam container with a couple sides and a piece of soft, thick white bread that inevitably was a soggy but delicious mess by the time you got home. I'd usually get greens and beans as my sides. The folks who lined up came in old junky Cadillacs, dusty white pickup trucks, Audis, BMWs and everything in between. There were folks of all races and income levels, cowboys and beach bums, golfers and hunters, construction workers and dentists (my dad) ..... most anyone who liked good food knew TC and his sons.
Good lord, I think I might be pregnant! What am I going to tell my wife!?
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Good lord, I think I might be pregnant! What am I going to tell my wife!?
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Me too, there goes my figure!
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I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know if I'm content, or if I'm suffering from a severe case of the doldrums, but I haven't wanted to buy a new slipjoint in a while. I have a rotation of a dozen knives that I choose from. Those knives can handle anything the day may bring, and one day I guess I just realized that they're more than enough to last me for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong, I still buy knives. I'm on Kerry's, Ken's, and Reese's lists and every so often I'll pick up a new slipjoint that catches my eye. But I no longer feel like I have to buy anything, and my wish list is empty. I'm almost embarrassed to call myself a knife nut.
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You did it Christian! Reached knife nut nirvana! Being content should be a good thing.
Don't worry, Christian, you're not alone.
In the past several months, I've been carrying less and less knives, and now I only have about 4 knives in my edc rotation. I think I just may be there. I'm not ever going to be a one knife man like my dad, but I'm close. Those 4 knives do everything I want, and the more I carry less knives, the more they become like old trusted friends I'd take on a go-to trip. I'm now content with just those few knives. If I never buy another knife, I'm okay with it.
Carl.
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Thanks guys. It's not just knives, but guns too. I'm getting away from getting them for acquisition's sake, and starting to focus more on using what I've already got. Maybe it's because I have other interests and activities to fill my time now that I have a daughter. Maybe it's because I'm getting tired of breaking out the sharpening stones every time I receive a new slipjoint. Whatever the reason, I'm enjoying the things I have now more than ever.
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No you aren't alone Christian. I've gone through "burn out" a couple times with knives. Still liked them just as much as before, just lost the urge to buy, just to be buying...
Guns were even worse. I collected old Winchesters and Colts for quite awhile, and I was completely obssessed. As soon as I got out of bed in the morning, I was on the computer searching, looking in the local papers, and usually 2-3 weekends a month I traveled to gun shows.
As soon as I brought one home, disassembled and cleaned it, it went into the safe, and the quest was on for the next one.
Reality hit me one day when I decided to empty out the safes and really take inventory. I had two of the biggest safes I could get that were completely stuffed, plus a smaller safe, plus guns under the beds, in the closets, in the drawers and even had some at my parents house. It was out of control.
I always have, and always will love them, but I understand it was more about the "hunt".
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There is a little shack outside of Chattanooga at the base of Signal Mountain.
Clem gets up about 3 or 4 in the mornin' and starts firing up his smoker. It is filled with hardwood. Once it gets hot enough and is producing enough smoke from the wood he soaked in water overnight on goes the pork.
Around noon (or whenever he knows the meat is ready) he opens up and folks come from miles around. I think the place is called Shufords. Once the meat is gone he closes shop.
I know that place! Haven't been there in years. I may need to take the kids there then head up and hike the trail from Signal Point to Edwards Point at the top of the mountain. That's a nice day hike.
I don't know about anybody but me, but I tend to alternate among hobbies. Lately I've been riding and tinkering with bicycles a lot. That replaced whittling, which replaced buying traditionals, which replaced buying switchblades, which replaced playing backgammon, which replaced playing poker, which replaced riding bikes and so on. I still do all those things from time to time. But usually one "obsession" (my wife's word for what I call "hobby") rises to the top while the others take a back seat. And I probably left a few "hobbies" out of the rotation list! I still love knives, but I don't feel the need to be on a constant hunt. At least at the moment.
I don't think my wish list will ever be empty, but I haven't bought a knife in a while. I was kind of hanging back in the thought that I would pick up a few at Blade, but it doesn't look like I'll be heading down this year, and that's OK (as long as those that go shower us with pictures as soon as they can!)
Same over here.
I started carrying one of my medium sized Spyderco´s again only to find out that I really don´t need them anymore.
Just back on carrying my Alox Bantam and Classic again with juuuust a little serrated Ladybug in my watch pocket.
I ordered two back up Bantams and waiting for my yella Peanut in CV.
Have high hopes of that one. Hope they send me one without play(still can't stand that. slippie or not)
And that will be IT for now.
Looked at the new models of Spyderco and there's not much I must REALLY have.
So I too am content with a few knives to rotate with my Classic:
Alox Bantam
Pioneer
Ladybug/SE
Opinel
and maybe my Peanut soon.
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That is exactly where I am right now Mike. I've changed the way I "hunt" over the past year. I've abandoned KnifeCenter, Amazon, ebay, and the sell/trade forums here on BF. I've even stopped posting in give-away threads simply because if it isn't something I'd normally be on the hunt for or use, there really is no point in having whatever knife is up for grabs. It would collect dust.
Over the past year I have limited myself to yard sales and flea markets. The odds of finding things I like for a decent price are pretty slim but it does happen. Last year I bought three traditional knives. All of them were $15 or less. The thrill of finding them was better than owning them.
It's June and I recently stumbled across a traditional at a yard sale. My first "traditional" knife purchase of the year (I did buy a couple modern knives earlier this year in a moment of weakness) A Victorinox Huntsman with a chip on one of the scales but otherwise in great shape. The price , $2. I had $7 in my pocket and stopping at the sale was a spur of the moment thing.
If I don't find another knife to buy for the rest of the year or the next few years, I'm okay with it. If I hadn't found the Vic for a very affordable price I wouldn't have been upset. It would have been a hunt just the same and that is what I really stopped for.
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I just wanted to say thanks to Carl, aka Jackknife. Met him yesterday afternoon, over the best damn Texas BBQ I've ever had. He gave me a bag of knife books (already halfway through Knives of Finland last night, thanks Carl!). Got to see his damascus Case peanut, which wasn't too small for my paws, and was a beaut! I am glad to have met a good number of people from Blade Forums in person, and the people from Traditional and WSS are always the best!
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With the okay from Blues, I'd like to see a thread with photos of traditional knives, as witnessed or bought by members who went to Blade.
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I second, and don't see how Blues could object to a thread dedicated to pictures of traditional knives.
I had last minute family obligations or I would have already started a thread like that myself
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I do this as well. Mine are RC planes, shooting, guns, fishing, knives, photography, computers, and probably one or two others that have been put in the closet. For the past couple of years knives, most especially folding traditional knives have been my "addiction". I do feel the knife addiction waning a bit. Not sure what will come back up to fill in the "addiction" blank in the future. - Ed J
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I second, and don't see how Blues could object to a thread dedicated to pictures of traditional knives.
I had last minute family obligations or I would have already started a thread like that myself
Blues has no objection. Sorry you couldn't make it, Stu.
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Me too. Living in the Metro Atlanta, and working about 15 minutes down the road from the Cobb Galleria, there was no way I was going to miss it. Well almost no way. No tragedy at all, thank God, just a somewhat last minute out of town softball tourny for my youngest daughter (her first on a traveling team), and I wasn't going to miss that.