Random Thought Thread

Mendoman said:
Thanks regarding the working line GSDs. I’ve always had various kind of mastiffs( Bull, French,Brazilian). Then we decided we wanted something with a little more drive. The last mastiff would lay in his bed right next to the window while the bears tore up the trash cans that I rigged with bells and not even get up. We would ask him to go do chores and he would avoid eye contact. They weren’t all that lazy but we decided to go with more drive when the time came. My sister and her husband own a K9 security business in Southern California. He is exmilitary and police. They do everything from high value escorts to work inside hospitals(I guess there are a lot of assaults in hospitals). They do a lot of dog training and I got my dogs from a place down there where they get a lot of their dogs. It was probably a little extreme for what we needed in hindsight because they breed very high drive dogs that an intended to have full time jobs. Plus we got litter mates which the breeder advised against. But the wife wanted to have one with her and I wanted one with me. But it didn’t really work out that way since she has more of a desk job these days. So it takes a lot for me to keep them stimulated and exercised but luckily I live and work out here so it can be done. They are super smart though and love to learn new stuff. We do various obedience work and play games and whatever I can think of to keep them busy. Every night before their dinner they know to go around and clean up all their toys and put them in a box. They are good dogs.
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You could always get your wife a Queensland Heeler (Redneck Malinois) if you want her protected and shadowed literally every second of the day. They’re also great for keeping dogs twice their size in check because Heelers don’t seem to be scared of shit.
 
sheathmaker said:
It is with great reluctance, I announce my retirement from sheath making.

First, I want thank the hundreds of fine folks who supported me in this endeavor

in the knife community for the last 25 years. I made my first Blade Show in 1998,

and that kicked everything off. I was totally unknown at that time, and I'm still amazed

at how things grew exponentially from there. My hands are shaky, and my eyes are

not what they used to be, and my main concern is with all that, the quality of my work

may be declining to the point that I could disappoint. I will NOT let that happen.

I don't have an accurate count, but records show that I have something over

10,000 sheaths out there world wide

So once again my heart felt thanks to all of you who supported me all these years.

The great number of new true friends I have made is the greatest bonus of all.

THANK YOU ALL!!!
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StoneAndSteel said:
Every now and then I do the good parent thing: teaching the boys about fire building. Regrettably I can't afford to outfit them with CPK's, but they saw mine do things their Moras couldn't hope to handle. This was my best Saturday in a long while.
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Nice work! Moras are a better for kids.. starting with the best equipment is bad.... you would have no perspective to appreciate it.
 
dialton said:
That’s a heavy loss for a knife guy. Hate to hear it. I had my small Sebenza come out of my cargo pants but luckily it was in my yard and we recovered it. After that, the blaze orange small lanyard may look funny but it’s staying View attachment 2308453
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Yup. :thumbsup:


A lot of our Hunters and Leasees have made fun of my "girly" orange pigtails. However, I don't care. I have a buttload of large coated/etched knives, and constantly break the cardinal rule of NEVER putting 'em down on the deck.

18" to 24" of South Texas foliage, Guajillo brush, and native grass will swallow-up a knife without even trying, even if you just put it down and are within two feet of it. Those little "pigtails" give me a decent chance of finding one of my beloved blades, whenever I set one down...



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*Sorry for the lack of CPK action.
 
Alone said:
Yup. :thumbsup:


A lot of our Hunters and Leasees have made fun of my "girly" orange pigtails. However, I don't care. I have a buttload of large coated/etched knives, and constantly break the cardinal rule of NEVER putting 'em down on the deck.

18" to 24" of South Texas foliage, Guajillo brush, and native grass will swallow-up a knife without even trying, even if you just put it down and are within two feet of it. Those little "pigtails" give me a decent chance of finding one of my beloved blades, whenever I set one down...



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*Sorry for the lack of CPK action.
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I moved from TX to ID to AK- I love wood and ‘earth tones’ in micarta, but if It doesn’t have a bright handle, mine get an orange or neon green fob for sure. Dropping a knife in snow is embarrassing enough… losing it would suck.
 
bluemax_1 said:
So.... if he made a curved blade for harvesting... it would be a Pope Sickle? One Pope Sickle with popsicle handles, please 🤣
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"Did you really stay up all night thinking that one up? I believe an act of contrition may be required."
 
Mendoman said:
No. I never experienced a boerboel
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Very active, athletic, loyal, protective, and live longer than most mastiff breeds. We had planned to get littermates after our Tosa Inu littermates died within months of each other at 11, but the breeding never worked out. Currently have APBT and Fila Brazilero (Brazilian mastiff) mixed with GSD and she is all about drive. The Tosa Inu wereva giftvfrom my wife. I had read about them extensively but never seen one. We got littermates male/female and the were the best dogs I haver been around. Super sweet and affectionate, tolerated people we told them to, extremely protective. High alert but only barked when something was wrong. Very expressive. Just the best.

When I was a kid in Chile, my father had an Andean Wolf/GSD hybrid trained by a 3 letter agency. Very interesting dog. We had 3 more wolf hybrids which I never trusted fully.
 
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