Random Thought Thread

mb> said:
Yeah. Clem(p)son on the other hand, they might give you a good contest.

I saw where Spurier was offered a coaching job for a goofy new football league team in Orlando. He said Tebow would be welcome if baseball doesn't work out.
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Clemson has an excellent program. I hear that Dabo Swinney will replace Saban once he is gone. Swinney has ties to Alabama long ago and I think he'd make a great replacement, but he would have some big shoes to fill behind Saban!
 
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91bravo said:
When we came out of the gas chamber in Basic Training, we didn't have wipes...:confused: We only had snot hanging from our nose touching the ground. I've never seen so much snot in my life! It was CS gas, so I don't know how that compare to your basic self-defense spray.
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Many years ago the powers in the PRK allowed mere citizens to have tear gas spray if they took a class and got a permit. The man who taught the class was a retired CHP officer. Of course, he had a bunch of "war stories". His favorite was spraying a reluctant motorcyclist who refused to remove his helmet. He sprayed the guy's chest with CN. He removed the helmet quite rapidly. :D

I think it was in the late '80s. The only sprays back then were CS and CN. CN (MACE) was recommended because it was carried in a solvent that would penetrate clothing instantly. If for some reason you couldn't spray the perps face, a spray in the groin area would get his attention rapidly. I think combination sprays are available.
 
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Behemoth Prototype 1lb. 8-1/4 oz, Sasquatch 2lb. 4-1/4 oz., Super Assassin Prototype 3lb. 1-1/4 oz. (as measured on our kitchen food scale)

As Nathan has mentioned, Dan Would probably clean up with the Sasquatch. It can take some big bites. I'm in pretty decent shape but don't think I have the strength nor stamina to wield the Sasquatch at high speeds for a competition like KOD. I can take more and slightly smaller bites with the Behemoth for a longer period of time. It would be my choice for the KOD competition for strictly one handed use. For two handed, sword competition, I think that the Super Assassin, in the right hands, would shred the KOD course. It's not too heavy, it's not going to break or bend, it will hold its edge, and can be moved quickly with two hands. It looks like Dan's Super Assassin Lite is even more well tuned for the competition.

I have one of the discontinued Benchamade Osborne designed Blade Sports competition cutters. It is interesting that its weight is very close to that of the Behemoth - 1lb. 8-5/8 oz.

Disclaimer: I have no competition experience and little to back up my statements. I'm just a hack running around the house and yard with sharp blades looking for the fun and opportunities to make more pieces out of one piece.:D Mike

Geez, sorry about the overly large picture (sort of :rolleyes:).
 
Mike157 said:
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Behemoth Prototype 1lb. 8-1/4 oz, Sasquatch 2lb. 4-1/4 oz., Super Assassin Prototype 3lb. 1-1/4 oz. (as measured on our kitchen food scale)

As Nathan has mentioned, Dan Would probably clean up with the Sasquatch. It can take some big bites. I'm in pretty decent shape but don't think I have the strength nor stamina to wield the Sasquatch at high speeds for a competition like KOD. I can take more and slightly smaller bites with the Behemoth for a longer period of time. It would be my choice for the KOD competition for strictly one handed use. For two handed, sword competition, I think that the Super Assassin, in the right hands, would shred the KOD course. It's not too heavy, it's not going to break or bend, it will hold its edge, and can be moved quickly with two hands. It looks like Dan's Super Assassin Lite is even more well tuned for the competition.

I have one of the discontinued Benchamade Osborne designed Blade Sports competition cutters. It is interesting that its weight is very close to that of the Behemoth - 1lb. 8-5/8 oz.

Disclaimer: I have no competition experience and little to back up my statements. I'm just a hack running around the house and yard with sharp blades looking for the fun and opportunities to make more pieces out of one piece.:D Mike

Geez, sorry about the overly large picture (sort of :rolleyes:).
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Nice blade indeed! That Super Assassin is a beast! I don't see how a one-handed knife can compete with a 2-handed knife though. Maybe it's not the knife and skillset of the chopper. Combination of both?

I'm like you. I'm no expert in anything, but a woods bumming, wood chopping, having fun with my knives! :D
 
91bravo said:
Nice blade indeed! That Super Assassin is a beast! I don't see how a one-handed knife can compete with a 2-handed knife though. Maybe it's not the knife and skillset of the chopper. Combination of both?

I'm like you. I'm no expert in anything, but a woods bumming, wood chopping, having fun with my knives! :D
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The knife AND the user's abilities are both big factors.

Even in the first 3 episodes, we can see the advantage some of the bigger blades provided users with less experience.

Likewise, we also saw how experience could compensate for a relatively shorter blade.

Which is why Dan, with a SA would be a hoot to watch on that course! Big, beefy, extremely capable chopper,... with a big, beefy, extremely capable chopper lol.
 
^^^^This is the key IMO skillset of the chopper. I believe you could give Dan Keffeler an LC and he would Destroy me using his Sasquatch :( Depressing yes, but the Man knows what he's doing, Plus i adhere to the saying
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Edited: I wonder if there are any restrictions in the KOD series that states you must only use one hand?
 
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Who pepper sprays a dog when they have an edc or UF, FK2, DEK1

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Probably makes the dog taste like crap anyway
 
grogimus said:
I dunno what happened but the 'How many times did you stab the dog' was a bit distressing. I know I would know what to do if I needed to stab a person and not feel a thing but I hope I never need to fight off a dog, that would be sad. And maybe that statement makes me sad. Oh well.

On a way different note. I spent about 5 years being pretty hardcore into bonsai trees. I don't care much for the perfected Japanese green helmet trees but there are some American artists like Dan Robinson doing great things. I got whacked in the head at work, had seizures, couldn't drive, and spent a summer not living at my house while I had my trees under an automated watering system and the batteries went out so all my trees died and I up and quit. It was a couple thousand dollars over several years which wasn't bad but a LOT of time. My bonsai trees dying got me into sucking at making knives which got me into not sucking at leather work so it all worked out.

I dug up a couple elm trees from mom and dads' pasture last year and collected 3 hackberries (Celtis occidentalis), 8 more elms (Ulmus pumila), 1 privet (ligustrum chinensis), and one tree that may be a hophornbeam (Ostrya viginiana if I'm lucky) this year. I didn't want to take time away from sheath making but generally the safest time to collect a tree is when the buds start to wake up and before they start to push out (green up). In a couple weeks the leaves will start to harden off and build the waxy surface and all work has to be done before that. It's a very limited window but I think I did well this year. I was actually looking for morels the whole time but didn't find shit and took what I could get.

By the way, if you ever want to talk to someone who's into bonsai trees.. here's the lingo 101. Bonsai= Bone sigh. It's not pronounced 'ban-zai'. Bonsai- Bone sigh. Bone Sigh. I don't know why but it's a big deal for people, it'll save you some bad juju. You're welcome. Ban zai is the thing you say before you charge the fortified position. Anyways..

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I'm not even next generation for this land, I'm the generation after, and that's if we're lucky and property taxes don't steal all the value. Land is so exhorbitantly expensive here and we lose SO much ground to plowing and tilling and the following erosion. Farming earnings are based on using every tiny piece of land you have and it's made for terrible land management, and that's led to huge erosion and runoff. I keep trying to talk dad and grandpa into more sustainable things like fencing the ravines off for goats and planting the outer row of the crop fields with land grabbing undergrowth like choke cherries but every year the margin of profit is so thin it can't be done. I've pitched ideas like cutting it off entirely from farming and using it for something stupid like an executive retreat camping ground just because there's such a huge bubble in farming real estate value. Give it 10 years under a transportable value, do a fudge ton of terraforming and terracing, and hope and pray it pays off in the end. Otherwise it's sell the family farm that's been around for 110 years. And that, as far as I'm concerned, just ain't a viable option.

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Thanks for this post Grog. I truly enjoyed reading it. I hope the land stays healthy and in the family.
 
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