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

I had exactly the same problem with my Queen Canoe (and bit more). Queen made it all good its one of my fave knives atm. My latest knife, I asked seller to check one and send best one. The Knife I got was nearly perfect. One needle point see thru gap. N o blade play, nice bevels the near tip had small flat spot but 30 mins with stones and strop took care of that. Queen is bit hit and miss, but once you get well made, its impressive.
 
Flying Guillotine said:
Well, the dealer has asked me to take it up with Queen directly, which would have been my second choice. Here we see where a short term monetary gain cancels out long term customer satisfaction and future business.

Hopefully Queen makes good.
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If you haven't sent it back to Queen yet I suggest you get a refund from the dealer as well (if possible). When a Queen dealer (I'm assuming) doesn't want to help you with a problem knife that he sold you, that should tell you something about both companies.

If you do decide to deal with Queen yourself, I hope your in no hurry and have low expectations. I sincerely hopes it goes better for you than it did for me.
 
Or at least a glimmer of it...couple of cooler mornings in the past few days.

Yesterday a beautiful red fox chased a rabbit across our front yard.

This morning (for the second time in the last two or three days) a young buck with a couple of nice spikes was browsing in the forest behind our house.

There's been a rumor of late that there has been a "panther" sighting in our area but this has remained unsubstantiated. We get reports like this every so often.

Nature in her glory. :thumbup:
 
@ Blues, I believe there are atleast a few panthers in North Carolina. Except the department of wildlife, or whatever name they go by, absolutely denys the fact that the exist. But I know multiple people who have claimed to have seen them :D
 
Blues said:
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There's been a rumor of late that there has been a "panther" sighting in our area but this has remained unsubstantiated. We get reports like this every so often.

Nature in her glory. :thumbup:
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That reminds me of a story I heard a few years back about a project to reestablish panthers in the Okefenokee. They started out releasing five. I don't remember what happened to the first four, but they wound up dead. The Fish and Game guys were a bit frustrated, but were glad that one had survived. That lasted until they realized the tracking chip that had been embedded in #5 hadn't moved for a few days. When they went to check on the animal they found it in a local poacher's freezer. I would have loved to have been there to hear the story he came up with.
 
thesouthernguitarist said:
@ Blues, I believe there are atleast a few panthers in North Carolina. Except the department of wildlife, or whatever name they go by, absolutely denys the fact that the exist. But I know multiple people who have claimed to have seen them :D
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popedandy said:
That reminds me of a story I heard a few years back about a project to reestablish panthers in the Okefenokee. They started out releasing five. I don't remember what happened to the first four, but they wound up dead. The Fish and Game guys were a bit frustrated, but were glad that one had survived. That lasted until they realized the tracking chip that had been embedded in #5 hadn't moved for a few days. When they went to check on the animal they found it in a local poacher's freezer. I would have loved to have been there to hear the story he came up with.
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I've heard stories here over the years where the local national forest officials (I'm encircled by state and national forests) emphatically denied the existence of the big cats but admonished the local hunters not to kill one and bring it to them just to prove its existence. ;)

When I was still living in South FL I spent a lot of time in the Everglades and mangrove swamps. Several of the Native American reservations in the area have some specimens of "Florida Panthers". Apparently the "true" Florida panthers are either currently extinct or very endangered and so they bred what remaining numbers they could with some species from further west. (The Florida panthers had a distinctive kink in their tails as I recall.) In any case, there is a flourishing community of panthers down there to some extent but most of the bloodline apparently originates elsewhere. (Been a while since I've read up on this so I may be a bit fuzzy on some of the specifics.)
 
I live in South Florida and I've heard the same thing about the panther bloodline. The guy I spoke with said they used panthers from Texas for breeding. I don't know if it's true or not but this guy's take on it was you could shoot them because Florida panthers are protected here, not Texas panthers.
 
Stelth said:
...you could shoot them because Florida panthers are protected here, not Texas panthers.
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I wanna punch people like that, I'm a hunter myself but abhor trophy hunters...kill to eat or keep from being eaten, I'd love to get a glimpse of all the north american wild cats (from a safe distance with a telescopic camera lens) in their element and likewise with the various specie of Bear.
 
Black Panthers have been an interesting topic for a very long time, and fit into a lot of legends and lore in the US. There is no proven cases of actual "melanistic" or black variants of the North American Cougar (Mountain Lion/Puma) but lots of eyewitness reports. There have been cases of black bobcats. Wild cats are secretive as all get out, so hard to spot one even in areas where they are common. I read an article once that said there were several black leopards or jaguars that escaped captivity from travelling circus around the turn of the century, and attributed to some sightings. The travelling range of a male cougar is incredible too. 10 to 370 square miles.

I've never seen any wild felines... bobcat, lynx, mountain lion, or otherwise in the wild. Always wanted to at a reasonable distance.
 
thawk said:
I've never seen any wild felines... bobcat, lynx, mountain lion, or otherwise in the wild. Always wanted to at a reasonable distance.
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I saw a Bobcat up close and personal around 1970. I was hiking in the Red Rock range in Nevada when I heard a rustle in the bushes straight ahead, and out jumped the Bobcat. All I had with me at the time was a camp axe. As I turned to retreat, apparently the Bobcat did too. When I looked back at where it was, it was gone. I'll never forget that. :)
-Bruce
 
Robert.B said:
I wanna punch people like that, I'm a hunter myself but abhor trophy hunters...kill to eat or keep from being eaten, I'd love to get a glimpse of all the north american wild cats (from a safe distance with a telescopic camera lens) in their element and likewise with the various specie of Bear.
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I mean this in the nicest way, but maybe you should look in the mirror and punch yourself?

A person with the means to travel between two continents (as your location would suggest) does not kill to eat. You may eat what you kill, but it's a trophy none the less, just one you choose to digest rather than mount on the wall (maybe both?). Just think if every American family decided they needed to harvest a few deer this year. Well, there are about 30 million deer, and just over 300 million Americans, so if we all "killed to eat" like you, there would be nothing left to kill in short order.

If I am wrong about you, and you are forced to supplement your diet with wild game due to your financial circumstances, I apologize.

Just so you know where I am coming from, I do not hunt, I fish and I do it for sport. Sometimes the fish die. When that happens I use them for bait, or clean them and either eat them myself, or give them to someone who will. I have caught some "trophy" fish but never had a fish mounted. I make no excuses, when I go fishing it is to amuse myself at the expense of the fish, and I have no "need" to wet a hook. I have enjoyed doing this all my life (from the age of about 3 or 4 judging by pictures of me holding up fish I had caught with my grandparents).

So while I personally would not shoot a panther for my own amusement, I really can't accost a guy who would. Especially if it is done within the confines of the law.
 
FLymon said:
I mean this in the nicest way, but maybe you should look in the mirror and punch yourself?

A person with the means to travel between two continents (as your location would suggest) does not kill to eat. You may eat what you kill, but it's a trophy none the less, just one you choose to digest rather than mount on the wall (maybe both?). Just think if every American family decided they needed to harvest a few deer this year. Well, there are about 30 million deer, and just over 300 million Americans, so if we all "killed to eat" like you, there would be nothing left to kill in short order.

If I am wrong about you, and you are forced to supplement your diet with wild game due to your financial circumstances, I apologize.

Just so you know where I am coming from, I do not hunt, I fish and I do it for sport. Sometimes the fish die. When that happens I use them for bait, or clean them and either eat them myself, or give them to someone who will. I have caught some "trophy" fish but never had a fish mounted. I make no excuses, when I go fishing it is to amuse myself at the expense of the fish, and I have no "need" to wet a hook. I have enjoyed doing this all my life (from the age of about 3 or 4 judging by pictures of me holding up fish I had caught with my grandparents).

So while I personally would not shoot a panther for my own amusement, I really can't accost a guy who would. Especially if it is done within the confines of the law.
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I've been away from my wife for over a year and been eating the cheapest meat I can get because of how expensive it is to emigrate (and I cant hunt here due to the liberal nature of Australia and how difficult it is to keep a firearm) and the lack of money to be made since the economic crash...I have never taken more than my fill but to kill just because something is rare, or it has a nice pelt/antlers/claws/etc, or maybe there aren't that many of them I will accost that person and want to crack him in the jaw. It's why some of the most elegant species on this earth are either extinct or critically endangered. Look at the north American buffalo, hunted almost to extinction when natives hunted them for thousands of years and had no issue with declining numbers.

If deer, turkey, pheasant or duck became threatened by hunters I'd find alternative food sources...and likewise once I'm more financial, I'd prolly buy venison from a deer farm over hunting. I see where you're coming from but "kill to eat or keep from being eaten" is a line that stuck with me since my childhood.
 
Robert.B said:
I've been away from my wife for over a year and been eating the cheapest meat I can get because of how expensive it is to emigrate (and I cant hunt here due to the liberal nature of Australia and how difficult it is to keep a firearm) and the lack of money to be made since the economic crash...I have never taken more than my fill but to kill just because something is rare, or it has a nice pelt/antlers/claws/etc, or maybe there aren't that many of them I will accost that person and want to crack him in the jaw. It's why some of the most elegant species on this earth are either extinct or critically endangered. Look at the north American buffalo, hunted almost to extinction when natives hunted them for thousands of years and had no issue with declining numbers.

If deer, turkey, pheasant or duck became threatened by hunters I'd find alternative food sources...and likewise once I'm more financial, I'd prolly buy venison from a deer farm over hunting. I see where you're coming from but "kill to eat or keep from being eaten" is a line that stuck with me since my childhood.
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I am glad you took that the way I meant it and not too personal. I can't imagine how tough it would be to leave the States and try to settle in another part of the world.

That's too bad about Australia being so difficult to own and operate firearms. In my mind I see Australia as one of the final frontiers, still relatively unsettled (7 people per square mile, same as Montana) and ideally suited to the independent self reliant types. Then again I probably watched Breaker Morant and The Man From Snowy River (not to mention Mick Dundee & Quigly:rolleyes:) a little too much back in the day.
 
I definitely didnt take offense :) and im moving from Australia to the US just incase there is some confusion...my wife is American and went back just over a year ago to get my visa happening...were in the last stages so hopefully im home before the holiday period...we chat everyday via video feed and txt while at work but a year is too long when we want to start a family and settle down.

Im glad you were able to see my point of view though, I love my animals and am very much for conservation, can get a little passionate ;)
 
32 and half blind is not the best way to go through life, but I found a neat piece of gear while poking around Walmart before Irene came to visit. A magnifying card. I forget which brand, but something similar to this

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Neat little gadget to add to my wallet.
 
I've seen Mountain Lions two times while hunting deer and elk... Once was about 60 feet away, and he was moving away from me. The second time was while hunting in some timber. I was crouched down behind some brush watching a couple deer in the distance, when all the sudden I felt like something was watching me.
I turned my head slowly to the right, to see a decent size cat. He knew I was there, and had he wanted to, could have easily come from behind and attacked, but didn't. It was really strange because I didn't shoot him, and as he walked by, he looked at my like I could have gotten you if I wanted to.
It was like I had a respect for the animal at that particular time. In our area, they are getting to be a problem. Very few are hunted, and they kill a lot of deer and elk
 
I saw a mountain lion rug once. It belonged to a game warden named Fats Gardner in Vernal, Utah. If you've ever seen the book "Rocky Mountain Warden," he's the same Fats Gardner that's the subject of the book. A friend of mine named Wayne, who also rode Fats' race horse on occasion, had gotten me to help haul some hay for him. Fats and his wife had us over to their new log home for dinner to say thanks. Afterwards he showed us around the house. When we walked into the bedroom there was this big 'ol mountain lion rug on the floor. Wayne asked him where he got it and he said he shot it with his bow and arrow. This was back before compound bows came along. We new Fats was a legend around there, but getting a big cat with nothing but a bow and arrow impressed the heck out of us. Once we'd picked our jaws up off the floor Wayne asked him how he managed to do that. Fats said, "Dogs had him treed. I just rode up under the tree and shot him off the limb."
 
Have you ever lost something that you thought you put away? Today I realized I lost it. It was a small simple Case XX Stainless pen knife I vaguely remember that someone gave it to me 20 years ago, just not sure who, Bummer. It would hold an edge like nothing else, I cut a soda can in half with it a couple of times and it still shaved arm hairs. I will keep looking but in this small apartment in Phnom Penh it will be hard to miss.

Have you ever lost something and continue to look for it for years?
 
Sorry that you lost it.

My brother was given a tomahawk several years ago. He moved across country and my parent's made his room over and stored all of his stuff. Anyway, I was going to offer to buy it from him and have been through every inch of their house and can't find it. He said he left it there, my parent's never remember seeing it. I continue to look every time I'm over there.
 
Yep, I lost my first Buck 110 while on a walk around the property, I still can't figure out how it fell out of my pocket.
My worst loss would be a Case copperlock, I loved that knife and it served me better than any other knife has. The edge was amazing, and it was the tool to have during squirrel season. I slipped that knife in my back pocket, and I couldn't even tell it was ever there. Well, I think it's stuck in a relatives chair, they already gave me permission to have the chair when their done with it. Then....... REVENGE. :thumbup:
 
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