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Of course, if you're wife's a complete tightwad and doesn't understand why you even need a knife, much less more than one, you'll just spend your time furtively looking through the exchange scheming & planning, trying to figure out how....oh.....I'm....just....gonna ....stop. right. there.
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My wife and I have a similar arrangement...to an extent.
A big ticket item is always discussed. We both work and sometimes get bonus checks. We'll usually use a little bit of that for our "fun" money. Lol
When I get a new knife she'll usually be pretty cool about it.
Once she said, "Well at least your not out spending money at the bar each night. "
True enough! Lol
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No problemo, pot belly will be getting some new pants soon. I had some dental work today, still sore..
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Same here we discuss if we need it or just want it.... I am still trying to figure out how I am gonna get a PS4 without her knowing about it...
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Well over here we have an arrangement that goes pretty much like this, I get my military disability/pension, she works and makes more than me, I pay the rent -850, my florida land payment and my cell phone bill, she covers food, household/kid needs plus her car insurance and her cell phone, we split utilities and We go half and half on birthdays/xmas etc.... she buys what she wants with her extra and i buy what i want with mine, we both throw a little into the "saving" pot that she controls so i dont spend it, but i have access to always know whats saved i just cant touch it... and neither of us ask the other about their own money.
We use to have joint accounts. worse idea ever, it caused so many arguments.... granted they were almost always my fault LMAO i cant save money for the life of me, but since we started separating our money... some 5 years ago or more, we have not had any problems.
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WW - I'm not even married and I have arguments about my money. With myself. I have to budget everything and stick by it or I will get in trouble in a heartbeat.
One thing I learned from my father way back in the early 60s and that I have done ever since I graduated from college the first time in 1977 is that I have a separate savings account that I call my "New Car" account.
Every month I put in my car payment, even if I am not actively paying for a vehicle on time. It took me about 14 years to get there, but the last 4 vehicles that I have bought, I paid cash for. By doing this, I never have to worry about changing my lifestyle to accommodate a car payment. It's allocated every month. I also end up paying myself the interest that I would be paying the bank or car company, and it earns interest (diddly squat right now). I love the look on the finance guys' faces when we dicker and dicker and dicker some more. Then after the deal is done and they ask "how many patments do you want to spread this out over?" and I say "One.", they get all wrapped around an axle. I NEVER EVER let them know I'm paying cash because they won't dicker as much. They think they will still get you on the interest and time payments. And I never pay the "dealer prep" charges. That's just a 500/600/700/1000 wash job that you pay interest on for the life of the note.
Now, I also don't trade for a new car every 2 or 3 years. I drive'm til they fall apart and then make planter boxes out of them. I don't buy a new vehicle until the current one runs up repair bills that equal or exceed the monthly payments for "4 out 6 months" - that is 4 major repairs in 6 months.. means time to replace. Currently I have an 86 Dodge 1500 truck, a 2006 Prius and a 1929 Model A. The last time I had the 29 running was 1975. While I was off in the Navy, it developed some issues and it is my "refurb" project right now.
One thing I learned from my father way back in the early 60s and that I have done ever since I graduated from college the first time in 1977 is that I have a separate savings account that I call my "New Car" account.
Every month I put in my car payment, even if I am not actively paying for a vehicle on time. It took me about 14 years to get there, but the last 4 vehicles that I have bought, I paid cash for. By doing this, I never have to worry about changing my lifestyle to accommodate a car payment. It's allocated every month. I also end up paying myself the interest that I would be paying the bank or car company, and it earns interest (diddly squat right now). I love the look on the finance guys' faces when we dicker and dicker and dicker some more. Then after the deal is done and they ask "how many patments do you want to spread this out over?" and I say "One.", they get all wrapped around an axle. I NEVER EVER let them know I'm paying cash because they won't dicker as much. They think they will still get you on the interest and time payments. And I never pay the "dealer prep" charges. That's just a 500/600/700/1000 wash job that you pay interest on for the life of the note.
Now, I also don't trade for a new car every 2 or 3 years. I drive'm til they fall apart and then make planter boxes out of them. I don't buy a new vehicle until the current one runs up repair bills that equal or exceed the monthly payments for "4 out 6 months" - that is 4 major repairs in 6 months.. means time to replace. Currently I have an 86 Dodge 1500 truck, a 2006 Prius and a 1929 Model A. The last time I had the 29 running was 1975. While I was off in the Navy, it developed some issues and it is my "refurb" project right now.
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Well gentlemen I have been spending a little more than average time around the bench grinder lately. Tonight I finished up (besides handles and sheath) a project I started forever ago. This is a knife I made from an old saw blade I found with some of my deceased grandpas tools. Originally I was making a Kephart style pocket bushcrafter knife then it sat because I couldnt heat treat. Built myself a redneck forge not to long ago, reground the knife into a mini bowie and did the HT... Put an edge on it and it passed all normal cutting tests but I snapped the tip when I was doing a tip test. Put it aside realizing I had left the steel too hard and it has sat for awhile. I have a couple blades I have made from junk I was testing to see if I got the HT right on them... and well that lead me to start attempting to chop a brick and mild steel and this little bowie with a broken tip did better than the rest so I gave it new life tonight... super stupid sharp edge on it, but its mighty thin. Anyways I have rambled enough here are some bad pics.
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Yes budgeting is very important. I only get paid once a month so if i dont budget wisely i can be broke for weeks before another pay hits.
I got my first car at 17, I graduated high school a year early and had a full time job, but before i got that car my father told me to do the same exact thing, put the most id be comfortable spending on the payment in the bank for as long as possible to see what i could afford and be comfortable doing so, and thats what i did for about 3 months LMAO but then i grabbed a car and used that as the down payment. I couldn't wait until i had enough to pay off a car as i needed transportation to get to my job. the guy i had been riding with quit for another job so i needed wheels. But thats a very smart thing to do.
I got my first car at 17, I graduated high school a year early and had a full time job, but before i got that car my father told me to do the same exact thing, put the most id be comfortable spending on the payment in the bank for as long as possible to see what i could afford and be comfortable doing so, and thats what i did for about 3 months LMAO but then i grabbed a car and used that as the down payment. I couldn't wait until i had enough to pay off a car as i needed transportation to get to my job. the guy i had been riding with quit for another job so i needed wheels. But thats a very smart thing to do.
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So after almost the whole day sharpening knives (did I think 5 or 6 of them) I am finally done... The problem is this:
and so you don't think "oh, he just has fine hair"
This is normal. I love my damn KME!
and so you don't think "oh, he just has fine hair"
This is normal. I love my damn KME!
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This is me, sort of. We trade off. It usually starts like this: "What would it take to get......." Case in point: I got my 9 and 16 with the Kydex because my wife wanted a new camper trailer.
Yeah, I was just gonna clean it and probably do a GAW or something with it. Then a buddy saw the pic on FB and asked if I wanted to sell it because he was going to give it to a kid he knew that just joined BSA. Well I wasn't about to charge him for it but I sure wasn't going to start a kid of with an old beat up thing either. I noticed the tip was a little bent on the main blade and well, I ended up snapping a little under a 1/4" off the end of the blade. Right now I'm weighing my options between trying to grind the blade to put a tip back on, sending it to someone, or sending it back to Victorinox to be serviced. I'll probably go with the first option but I'm at least looking into having a pro fix it up.
I'm sure somebody probably does, but most don't bother. They're like Mora's... so cheap it's easier to just throw them away and get a new one when they get dull and gunked-up. Then again I've seen people put $40 worth of stabilized wood on, and $30 worth of leather around $15 Mora's... so what the heck do I know
I found a guy here on BFC that does all sorts of cool things to SAK's. After seeing his work I'm tempted to get my own SAK and have him work some magic even though I'd rather have a leatherman. Wasn't planning on having him go all out for something I was going to give away but I did ask him about fixing the one I got from WW.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...x-and-Ti-conversions-Pic-Heavy-examples/page1
They make a G10? Man I gotta find me one of those. I like the knockout but yeah, the aluminum is slick and hard to grab and get out of the pocket. I'm gonna have to put a spot of grip tape where my thumb lands so I can get some traction.
That little guy is pretty cool. I like thin blades, at least for my small knives.
So after almost the whole day sharpening knives (did I think 5 or 6 of them) I am finally done... The problem is this:
and so you don't think "oh, he just has fine hair"
This is normal. I love my damn KME!
I can't recall the last time both my arms had the same amount of hair on them. I try to go high on my arm where my sleeve would cover it or on my leg or something but most of the time my forearm still gets it.
Speaking of Kershaw, was at a major department store today and they had a killer deal, two kershaw folders and a cheapo LED flashlight for $20! One of the knives was the new swerve and I forget the other but it was on par with the swerve. And they were all black too. However both knives were manual variants instead of AO like they normally are. Still, for $20 I was so close to getting them. I'll probably get the pack next payday, I'm sure it'll be on sale through Christmas.
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Well gentlemen I have been spending a little more than average time around the bench grinder lately. Tonight I finished up (besides handles and sheath) a project I started forever ago. This is a knife I made from an old saw blade I found with some of my deceased grandpas tools. Originally I was making a Kephart style pocket bushcrafter knife then it sat because I couldnt heat treat. Built myself a redneck forge not to long ago, reground the knife into a mini bowie and did the HT... Put an edge on it and it passed all normal cutting tests but I snapped the tip when I was doing a tip test. Put it aside realizing I had left the steel too hard and it has sat for awhile. I have a couple blades I have made from junk I was testing to see if I got the HT right on them... and well that lead me to start attempting to chop a brick and mild steel and this little bowie with a broken tip did better than the rest so I gave it new life tonight... super stupid sharp edge on it, but its mighty thin. Anyways I have rambled enough here are some bad pics.
I'll be venturing into this foray in a few months. Have to stop buying knives first and get some equipment. A coworker of mine gave me two huge horseshoe files. He said I talk about knives so much that I might as well make a few, even if they are crap. I have become obsessed with making them into a few blades because...well, I like to ruin perfectly good stuff in order to make other stuff that, as it turns out, is more broke that what I started with. I mean, I'm stupidly obsessed with these files.
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Same "major department store" has SOG 'hawks and a bunch of other decent stuff, too, if we're talking about the same place :wink:. Last year the package was a reissued Brawler, tactical pen and the same cheapo flashlight. Kept the pen, gave the light and the knife away as gifts. Keep an eye on the exchange, hoss, there was another G10 Knockout just sold as well, very reasonably priced. Probably gonna be my new EDC, even tho it's pretty rare. Not interested in safe queens. Guy who sold me mine did this to his aluminum one that he kept:
man, I gotta get some sleep. Oxycontin is playing hell with my gut.Pretty sure it's the same place. Got a Crown there one holiday season for $10. Lotta knife for $10 let me tell ya. The only reason I didn't buy it right there was because I already have a Swerve on the way and I didn't really care about the other one. Still, the deal's too good to pass up, I'm gonna go back and get it.
Tried stripping the Ka-Bar LHB and Ontario SP8 I got from WW today. Whatever Ontario coats their knives with is tough. Ran out of light so I'll have to hit it a couple more times tomorrow.
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and so it begins...
It's easier to make a knife out of a piece of annealed blade steel that doesn't need to be fixed first, but I'm sure that won't stop you from trying the files (didn't stop me...) A free file vs. $2.50 worth of 1084 is not money saved given the difference in difficulty to get the file to a useful state. Good luck and post pics. Remember the shop talk forum.
Are those files farriers rasps? Keep in mid that unless you get those files for free or like under a $1 they aren't worth paying for. If you're purposely going out and paying proper cash for them you're better off getting some bar stock, also, it means that you do not have to anneal the bar stock unlike files.
Yeah, I know you can try and preserve the HT on files but that just seems like extra time and I think files are a little to hard to make proper knives.
Just my .02 c...
and so it begins...
It's easier to make a knife out of a piece of annealed blade steel that doesn't need to be fixed first, but I'm sure that won't stop you from trying the files (didn't stop me...) A free file vs. $2.50 worth of 1084 is not money saved given the difference in difficulty to get the file to a useful state. Good luck and post pics. Remember the shop talk forum.
Damn it...Beat me to it
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