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B.Mauser said:
Yeah, I hate how they do that there. I wish I was one of those hated Harley owners. :thumbup:
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I agree with the premiss a lot of Harley riders are douchebags but it isn't like that site is a brand specific board so I don't get all the hate. I did some reading there when I was preparing for my Iron Butt
 
From what we see around here, at least from the Harley events, there's a pretty good group of riders that give Harley a good name. A lot of fun-loving, patriotic people who just enjoy the open road. Some day we'll own one, too, but that comes after the house purchase and some other dreams.
 
The Warrior said:
Sounds like a new reality series. :thumbup:
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Speaking of new reality TV....my dad sent me this link the other day; filmed in their hometown. I thought it was a joke, but sadly, it WILL be airing starting this year. Thank goodness I don't have cable TV anymore. Now I don't get sucked in to any of this shtuff.
[video=youtube;vO-f7YjhzaE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-f7YjhzaE[/video]
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
I have rarely ever seen a "Biker" in a bar... most of the time they are full of trailer trash rednecks and hipsters. Then just the scattered few just trying to have a drink without having to deal with the others.
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You must have lead a sheltered life. There are bunches of biker bars around here. Depending on the club, most are fun to go into .... Some not unless you are a member.

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I love this butterfly!
 
Doc_Savage said:
You must have lead a sheltered life. There are bunches of biker bars around here. Depending on the club, most are fun to go into .... Some not unless you are a member.

Doc
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I dont want to say sheltered as much as its just the way it works around here. Most of the bars I have been too are hole in the wall scuz-bucket type joints. Where it is not uncommon for a stinkin drunk shirtless man who is trying to chew on his own face to approach you, ask you if you were a cop, then proceed to tell you how he is going to kick your ass... (My last trip to a bar) LOL Most of the bikers around here are super nice and polite people despite their "biker" appearance. Kind of that stoic cool.
 
Chameleonbear said:
WHOA! Are you saying the tex-mex is on the same level of the Chicago pizza or Philly cheese steak? Cause that has got to be some DAMN good tex-mex then!
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I guess that would be a matter of taste, I am saying this place down the street is one of the best in San Antonio.. and tex-mex is the definitive food of San Antonio, much like Chicago has pizza or Philly has cheese steaks. The fact that there are 1000's of taco shops here and that this is one of the best was what I was trying to convey.. If you are ever in the area I would certainly take you over for lunch so you could decide for yourself :)
 
I actually love tex mex food. I love real mexican too though. There was this great place up in Cicero (near Chicago) where I would get gorditas. My favoritewas nopales and chorizo.
 
On a side note, here is something I can share with you guys. Over Christmas I guess my Dad was going through some stuff and found an old wooden box he had not looked in for some time. Inside where a lot of mementos from his childhood. Inside he found his pocket knife from when he was a kid. He told me it was his "one and only" pocket knife growing up and he thought he had lost it. The knife was pretty much a solid piece of rust, you couldnt even get the blades open. He told me a few stories including, "that knife castrated a lot of pigs and sheep" then he asked me if I would get it back into working order/restored. Of course I agreed and I have been doing a little bit of work to it. I got the blades freed up, got all the red rust off and out, and per his request sharpened it up. I have to tell you this old knife took an edge like a straight razor. Tested on some hair and they basically jumped out of the way. Fantastic little stockman pattern. Of course the celluloid scales have shrunk and I have been debating filling them, but I probably wont. I run too much of a risk of messing up the knife. I have been trying to find a shield either from a donor, or I am going to have to make my own, but either way here it is. IMO I think its a beautiful knife. Kutmaster USA made.



I know a lot of traditional guys are against this type of restoration, but my dad wanted it to have new life, not be a show piece. I think its amazing that still to this day, the blades can snap tight, and not have any play. Very cool.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Speaking of new reality TV....my dad sent me this link the other day; filmed in their hometown. I thought it was a joke, but sadly, it WILL be airing starting this year. Thank goodness I don't have cable TV anymore. Now I don't get sucked in to any of this shtuff.
[video=youtube;vO-f7YjhzaE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-f7YjhzaE[/video]
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Some of those scenes looks like Kittery, Maine.
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
I have been trying to find a shield either from a donor, or I am going to have to make my own, but either way here it is. IMO I think its a beautiful knife. Kutmaster USA made.
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That's cool! USA Knifemaker has a bunch of shields... you might be able to find one close and file it down to fit that inlay. There are probably other sources, too.
 
I wish we were getting some extreme weather here in Seattle. You guys sound like your having all the fun...
 
Chameleonbear said:
I actually love tex mex food. I love real mexican too though. There was this great place up in Cicero (near Chicago) where I would get gorditas. My favoritewas nopales and chorizo.
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I haven't had too much of the "real" Mexican food, worked in Cali for a year once and the only Mexican you could get was more west coast style.. lot more veggies and grilling than Tex-Mex.. I love home made Mexican food either style.. In high school I had a lot of Hispanic friends and loved the home made menudo, tripas, barbacoa.. et al. For me the beans and tortillas tell the tale though.. A giant pot of charro or borracho beans and some fresh corn tortillas is where it's at.
 
james terrio said:
That's cool! USA Knifemaker has a bunch of shields... you might be able to find one close and file it down to fit that inlay. There are probably other sources, too.
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That is awesome thank you! Did not even think of that. When I was trying to date the knife I found out that Kutmaster still makes blades. I am yet to e-mail them to see if I can buy a shield or something from them. Either way I am taking my time on it cause I dont want to crack out the celluloid or make anything worse. I should have taken a before picture of it. It was about as bad as it gets. Its been a lot of gentle cleaning so far, but its a lot of fun to breath new life into something that has seen better days.
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
On a side note, here is something I can share with you guys. Over Christmas I guess my Dad was going through some stuff and found an old wooden box he had not looked in for some time. Inside where a lot of mementos from his childhood. Inside he found his pocket knife from when he was a kid. He told me it was his "one and only" pocket knife growing up and he thought he had lost it. The knife was pretty much a solid piece of rust, you couldnt even get the blades open. He told me a few stories including, "that knife castrated a lot of pigs and sheep" then he asked me if I would get it back into working order/restored. Of course I agreed and I have been doing a little bit of work to it. I got the blades freed up, got all the red rust off and out, and per his request sharpened it up. I have to tell you this old knife took an edge like a straight razor. Tested on some hair and they basically jumped out of the way. Fantastic little stockman pattern. Of course the celluloid scales have shrunk and I have been debating filling them, but I probably wont. I run too much of a risk of messing up the knife. I have been trying to find a shield either from a donor, or I am going to have to make my own, but either way here it is. IMO I think its a beautiful knife. Kutmaster USA made.



I know a lot of traditional guys are against this type of restoration, but my dad wanted it to have new life, not be a show piece. I think its amazing that still to this day, the blades can snap tight, and not have any play. Very cool.
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I would love to see you document your work if you could. I followed a thread on here where a guy restored an old folder, and I have always wanted to try this. I have some old beat to crap folders it would be nice to restore. I'm not a very crafty type person, so the skills to do this kind of thing elude me. That's why i admire the fellows here that have that magical gift to make knives, sheaths and other cool things. I can turn most anything into a bent turd without much effort.

Here is the link to the thread. Maybe you can learn something, and it help you with this. Or perhaps you could drop him a PM for some help if you wanted. As a dad, if my son did this for me, it would bring tears to my eyes. Check this out:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/818189-Old-Folder-Needs-HELP!!!!-Project-Completed

Doc
 
Doc_Savage said:
I would love to see you document your work if you could. I followed a thread on here where a guy restored an old folder, and I have always wanted to try this. I have some old beat to crap folders it would be nice to restore. I'm not a very crafty type person, so the skills to do this kind of thing elude me. That's why i admire the fellows here that have that magical gift to make knives, sheaths and other cool things. I can turn most anything into a bent turd without much effort.

Here is the link to the thread. Maybe you can learn something, and it help you with this. Or perhaps you could drop him a PM for some help if you wanted. As a dad, if my son did this for me, it would bring tears to my eyes. Check this out:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/818189-Old-Folder-Needs-HELP!!!!-Project-Completed

Doc
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Thank you, that thread is awesome, and yes I wish I would have documented things a little better so far. Will try to do so when I get the shield ready. Actually have another knife an old Imperial Kamp-King that is tore apart on my work bench. I have to redo the pins which were bent, and work on the back springs before going back together. I am going to have to go with a thicker pinstock because the pivot point has been "egged" out a bit larger than the liners. Weird huh?

Either way if you are interested on my dad's knife I soaked the whole thing in olive oil and kept working at the pivots with a .45 bristle brush, tooth brush, and q-tips until they broke free. Then used a very wore out scotch bright pad, my fingers, and a brush to work the rust off with oil from all the crevices. Gave it a couple wipes with wore out 400 grit emery paper loaded with brasso on a sanding sponge to do a small amount of scum removal, and resolve the corroded bolsters, then just kept working over everything with olive oil until it was all clean. Removed all the dirty oil with alcohol, re-oiled the pivots and then hit the edge up on a diamond stone till poppin. Its 100% functional now with good walk/talk and good pull, just need to do the shield and give it a final going over and hopefully it will be more like how my dad remembers. The key is just to do things as little and as gently as possible. Have had good luck so far I think! ;)
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
Its been a lot of gentle cleaning so far, but its a lot of fun to breath new life into something that has seen better days.
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I'm with you on that. I also agree about being as gentle as possible with the original scales. It's pretty interesting to me that such a "simple" old pocketknife has taken relatively little work to get it back into a condition where it will continue to perform well for years - maybe generations - to come. Somebody should start a subforum about those cool traditional knives... oh, wait... ;)

Personally I don't give a hoot about "collector value", so I don't mind cleaning up an old knife and putting it back into service. It's a great story, that your Dad had it for so long and you're breathing new life into it for him... I'm sure he'll be very pleased! I would honestly consider that knife a family heirloom. You can't put a dollar value on that.

A few years ago I was contacted by a local woman who had found her Dad's old Cattaraugus 225Q in a trunk or something and wanted it rebuilt. She said her Dad carried it every time they went camping or fishing or hunting, and used the dickens out of it. As it turned out, the sheath was toast, so we made her a new one. But the blade and handle, although obviously well-used were in remarkably good condition, so all I really did to it was give it a quick scrub with 0000 steel wool, hone the edge and rub a little oil on the leather. I told her, clearly her Dad was a man who knew how to take care of his tools. She was very happy, and gave it to her son, who likes to go camping and mountain-climbing, for a college graduation present. Honestly it was one of my most satisfying projects to date. :)

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One of these days I will rebuild the badly-abused/neglected Cat 225Q I got for Christmas a year or two ago... just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Doc_Savage said:
I can turn most anything into a bent turd without much effort.
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That's quite a turn of phrase :D Cool link, too.

Doc_Savage said:
As a dad, if my son did this for me, it would bring tears to my eyes.
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Right on. :)
 
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