Closing in on THE knife...almost...

[DocJekl]

I had a brief journey into watches which the most expensive one I bought was a Sinn 656 and I loved it until it needed to have the mechanism cleaned up which cost me over $300, then I found out that’s normal for mechanical watches to be serviced every 4 years or so

https://flic.kr/p/27GhVV5

so after it was finished being serviced I sold it which I ended up far on the loosing end of that time, but I still loved the look of the watch

since that time I tried many different models of lesser value and not automatic and the one I have now is very similar as far as readability and keeps excellent time

https://flic.kr/p/PX93ZH

so for now I’m set as far as watches go
G2

I always recommend to people who might want to sell the watch to sell it at least a year before it's due for service, and then you don't lose more than about 1/4 to 1/3 the cost of a service. And if you bought the right watch, the value will often go up after 3-4 years, even selling it used before a service. Even if the watch is over 4-5 years old and due for a service, you often only eat 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of the service after selling it freshly serviced.

If you sell it at 5+ years without a service, you'll usually lose close to the cost of a full service on the sale price; unless it's an Omega where the buyer can wear it till it stops in a couple of years, then send it in, and Omega will replace dozens of worn parts in the movement for the same flat rate. They do charge for cosmetic parts like faded hands and bezels, etc. But they re-brush and polish the watch case and bracelet/clasp as part of the service, unless you request that they don't. I usually request they don't polish if the watch is a LE version, as it can reduce the value.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

That’s some great tips right there, I only had to send it in because it started loosing about 20 to 30 minutes a day! Lol I figured something was wrong….duh

And tonight checking my incoming mail and there’s nothing on the horizon like at all lol
So I’m guessing that maybe it’s not just finding the one but as my friend Win Heger said I just like getting packages in the mail and he might be right!
G2

 

[DocJekl]

That’s some great tips right there, I only had to send it in because it started loosing about 20 to 30 minutes a day! Lol I figured something was wrong….duh

And tonight checking my incoming mail and there’s nothing on the horizon like at all lol
So I’m guessing that maybe it’s not just finding the one but as my friend Win Heger said I just like getting packages in the mail and he might be right!
G2

As the oils dry up and the watch movement build up gunk, the amplitude of the balance wheel usually gets shorter, and so it swings back and forth through a smaller arc and thus faster, making the watch fast. But sometimes something slows down the speed (friction, less power from weak mainspring, not fully wound) and thus rate of the balance wheel slows instead, and if the amplitude does not drop and it can lose time.

 

[RayseM]

"I've owned, well, a LOT lets just say! over the years..." G2 on knife ownership. Enjoy this lull of desire Gary. In my case (and of course there is no reason to believe you will experience the same, or not) it was not that my knife preference charged as much as my hands deciding that I can't use certain styles anymore.

I have been very happy with various Spydercos and then knives on IKBS as my hands submitted to levels of arthritis. Though I still work with my hands every day, I can't deny that my finger dexterity has diminished or that soreness doesn't sometime give me pause. Lots of my "favorite " folders are now relegated to the scrap book photos (scrap book - it's a metaphor for you young guys). Has been easier to grow old gracefully with certain fixed blades (though I still haunt the exchange - but that is a different "need"). My pocket EDC, going on several years now, is a Spyderco Autonomy 2. Nothing easier and more satisfying too, than a push button opener for a tired hand. Doesn't mean I don't continue to try others but...

All the best Gary. May your passion for great folders never subside even as your search time dwindles.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks Ray, growing old, especially when you've worked hard all your life, can be not a great experience, golden years? maybe, but drop the g and that sounds more like it
Every now and then a part of me complains, for no reason that I can tell why, but complain it does. My guess is, all the food additives that we've consumed over the years, while some are tasty, I'm pretty sure some are not very healthy. More so when we consume far more than our bodies really need. I've always heard that you should size the amount of food you are going to eat at one meal to be about the size of a closed fist, as that is what the stomach is geared to process normally...but we seem to have stretched that in more ways than one. Lately I've gone back to eating what I should eat, amount wise, as well as the type of food, less bread, no fried stuff, more veggies and less red meat. That's been the last couple of weeks and I feel quite a bit better for having done this...now, to stick with it!

G2

 

[unwisefool]

I had a brief journey into watches which the most expensive one I bought was a Sinn 656 and I loved it until it needed to have the mechanism cleaned up which cost me over $300, then I found out that’s normal for mechanical watches to be serviced every 4 years or so

https://flic.kr/p/27GhVV5

so after it was finished being serviced I sold it which I ended up far on the loosing end of that time, but I still loved the look of the watch

since that time I tried many different models of lesser value and not automatic and the one I have now is very similar as far as readability and keeps excellent time

https://flic.kr/p/PX93ZH

so for now I’m set as far as watches go
G2

Where did you get your Sinn serviced? I have one that needs a tune up, but nit sure if it needs to go somewhere authorised or just a local place.

 

[GmpaJim]

Apparently I’m not alone.
I’m new to flippers coming from open assist (and never to return) I was having so much fun getting used to a flipper with button lock, another new exp. my wrist started to complain. I had to back off and actually approach opening the knife like an exercise.
It has also crossed my mind, watching my 99 yr. old Dad, in assisted living. A smaller knife is easier to…um…conceal.
Not to mention feeble fingers on a slip joint
I’m also in the group who’s wondering, what’s next? Like music, the knife possibilities are unimaginable.
Eg. My Dr. wears a Ball. He’s working on a watch design with hydraulic drive.
edit: trivia, the phrase “Being on the ball” came from train conductor accuracy using Ball watches.

 

[unwisefool]

Time is important and memory, at least mine, fades. My recollection of the GB2, what drove me to sell it off a few times were the scales, not overly partial to carbon fiber I guess.

G2

You're right, Gary. Those carbon fiber scales are a bit slippery, but the M4 blade is such an excellent slicer....

You guys could also look at aftermarket scales for the GB2. I've seen some really nice micarta sets.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Where did you get your Sinn serviced? I have one that needs a tune up, but nit sure if it needs to go somewhere authorised or just a local place.

Fortunately my drive to our on work site in NJ took me past where this place is, so I was able to drop it off and collect it when they were done.

RGM Watch

G2

 

[DocJekl]

Thanks Ray, growing old, especially when you've worked hard all your life, can be not a great experience, golden years? maybe, but drop the g and that sounds more like it
Every now and then a part of me complains, for no reason that I can tell why, but complain it does. My guess is, all the food additives that we've consumed over the years, while some are tasty, I'm pretty sure some are not very healthy. More so when we consume far more than our bodies really need. I've always heard that you should size the amount of food you are going to eat at one meal to be about the size of a closed fist, as that is what the stomach is geared to process normally...but we seem to have stretched that in more ways than one. Lately I've gone back to eating what I should eat, amount wise, as well as the type of food, less bread, no fried stuff, more veggies and less red meat. That's been the last couple of weeks and I feel quite a bit better for having done this...now, to stick with it!

G2

That is how I dropped from 262 pounds on 01/01/22 down to 209 pounds by 9/3/22 for my daughter's wedding. I am still the same 209 lbs today, and fluctuating between 206-211 for the past 2.5 months since the wedding. I should be shooting for 199 or less, but I mostly needed to lose it for the wedding and then decided to keep it off but also enjoy my food too

I'm pretty sure I can easily drop the last 10 pounds if I really wanted to, now that I know it can be done.

 

[elde66]

Thanks guys and I knew that my 'groupies' might chime in about being next in line, always happens nice to have followers lol but hopefully this one will have some lasting power.

I had the Benchmade Taggedout as well, and I agree it is an amazing knife, a far better slicer than about any knife I've owned, but for me the blade width was a bit too wide and overall very light. I think we are all descendants of Goldilocks at some point in our genealogy "this one is too small, this one is too large, this one is too light, this one is too heavy and this one is JUST right" fairy tales often have a happy ending, whereas I am not as fortunate as history has proven over and over again. In fact there are many knives that I've purchased several times with months or years apart, as I liked the looks and once it arrived loved it...until I remembered why I parted with it's brother before
And some knives arrive and are gone within the hour, part of not having a local knife store that you can examine first hand. I would be banned from such a store in a very short amount of time! or, become an employee there!

But the Jutland has the right amount of heft that gives you confidence that it is a stout working knife, not brick feeling but confidence building kind of feel. I've owned the Ace Grand...a couple of times...see? and while that is also a great knife, for my hands it was a little too wide, plus the lanyard hole's position was too far up the side of the handle so a cord there you felt it when you gripped and I think everyone knows that I am a lanyard junkie!

So here's to the future, I saw one of these up for sale and thought maybe I should buy a backup! but I slapped my face and straightened up and held off....

G2

Well, I’ve followed Mr. Graley’s posts on the Forum for several years now. Seems to me as if he just may know what he’s talking about!

So I’ve been searching for an Ace Jutland that I could afford for a while.…cause it may just be THE One! And I’m here to report that I found one at a St. Louis area online seller for 20% off MAP a few minutes ago: It’s on it‘s way to Texas.….hoping it truly is THE .

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Good find and I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I do.
Now I did two things to it since it arrived, sharpened it and made a lanyard for it so keep that in mind
G2

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[LLRJ17]

https://flic.kr/p/2o3n7FK

G2

Buon Natale!

 

[fishface5]

Good looking knife! But I'm allergic to choils. Waiting for an upgraded tagged-out to replace this which has been "the one" for me for many years, but is no beauty queen (nor is the one next to it, the 2nd knife I've made, for my nephew who is too young to care that it's ugly)

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Good job on that knife I’ll bet it cuts great and as to the choil it isn’t much of a problem for me as there is just enough room to choke up and also the choil goes up at an angle so it doesn’t get snagged on material when used
G2

 

[unwisefool]

Good looking knife! But I'm allergic to choils. Waiting for an upgraded tagged-out to replace this which has been "the one" for me for many years, but is no beauty queen (nor is the one next to it, the 2nd knife I've made, for my nephew who is too young to care that it's ugly)

I'm also in the no choil camp

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Guys, yes, I am definitely not a sharpening choil kind of guy, but, if it has one and I like the knife enough, I'll modify to suit, like this Benchmade Triage, I angled the sharpening choil so material doesn't get stuck in there...also I made it a clip point but that's another matter

IMG_6426 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Here's a video of another knife that I did a similar thing to

And this Jutland was designed with the angle already there and for me, I can place my finger in that area so it is right up to the very edge if I want to. I think they did pretty good with that design.

G2

 

[DocJekl]

So Gary W. Graley I went to Knife Center to order a new knife like yours the other day, and ended up with a slightly different choice. I think I prefer this blade shape a size a little more, but still in Elmax steel and green micarta scales. My LynchNW deep carry Ti clip will be here next week.

It's a very fine knife, and fits my hand even better than the Ace Farley that I bought from you. Opens with quick thumb flick or reverse flick, perfectly centered, great action, drops shut on it's own, is sharp, and well made even from Italy j/k

 

[DocJekl]

PS: I'll still take yours when you are done with it