The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Nice Seahorse Whittler . One of my very favorite patterns to handle but I have never used one for any work .This is a BIG mug! I try not to overdo my coffee consumption and only fill a six ounce cup half full at a time. This one is great for hot chocolate, though!
Same here. I thought I might enjoy whittling, but it is a very difficult skill to master, and a lot of work!
Last time I posted in this thread, almost 10 months ago, I was trying to find a "favorite" mug to use during the months my wife considered my "truly favorite" mug to be seasonally inappropriate. I ended up using the insurance mug I posted then throughout the summer and fall, but I received a mug as a Christmas (or birthday) gift that I think will now be my non-winter mug. I like it a lot, even though I'm not familiar with ALL of the equations displayed on the mug.I've never posted a good photo of my favorite mug in this thread, and forgot about it until very recently when my wife told me I was no longer allowed to use my favorite mug year-round "because it's really a winter mug."
So here's the mug that I thought was my "forever favorite mug":
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I've been experimenting for almost a month, trying to determine what should be my warm weather replacement mug. This is my current favorite, a freebie from an insurance agent (Meemic = Michigan Educational Employees Insurance Company (or Corporation or Cooperative)):
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- GT
exploringupstate.com
Thanks for posting the link to the Victor story, very interesting. My Father would sit down to eat and have finished drinking his coffee, while my Mother would still be blowing on her cup to cool it off to take a drink. I asked my Father why he drank his coffee so hot, and it was because he was a Captain in the U.S Merchant Marine during WWII. He said when you are on an open bridge of a Liberty Ship, in the Winter in the Atlantic Ocean you learned to quickly drink your coffee, it you wanted it to be hot. JohnI just bought a Victor mug after finding out about them while watching a ship documentary.
The whole story behind it was fascinating.
I really wanted the non handle version but its not easy to find over here,I didnt want a cheap re make.
This one was for sale in the UK, the ship was laid down the year I was born so thats nice.
A picture with knife will be added when it arrives.
In my view cheaper isn't always better in many ways I prefer the real deal.
Any Navy types got a story to share with us about them?
Rare Vintage USS Macdonough DDG - 39 United States Navy Ships Mug Mil-Art China Heavy Glaze Coffee Mug
Its china as in material not country.
How the Victor Coffee Mug Changed the Way We Drink Coffee - Exploring Upstate
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US Navy Enlisted Heavy White Watchstanding China Porcelain Mug without Handles WWI, WWII and Korea - Used for All Dinners and Watchstanding and a great Shaving Cup for sale
WWI WWII Korea Heavy White Handless Mug China Porcelain used by US Navy Enlisted Sailors in the Mess and Watchstandingwww.thepirateslair.com
Prester John
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