Random Thought Thread

Fonedork Fonedork S SIx Magpies Congrats guys!! I remember when we had our first. Now he outweighs me by 40# and I can't roughhouse with him any more or he'd stand me on my head lol. Big milestone in life for sure. Congrats again!

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Hard Knocks said:
Fonedork Fonedork S SIx Magpies Congrats guys!! I remember when we had our first. Now he outweighs me by 40# and I can't roughhouse with him any more or he'd stand me on my head lol. Big milestone in life for sure. Congrats again!

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I thought that the leader of this pack looked a lot burlier than I had imagined you :P
 
Hard Knocks said:
Fonedork Fonedork S SIx Magpies Congrats guys!! I remember when we had our first. Now he outweighs me by 40# and I can't roughhouse with him any more or he'd stand me on my head lol. Big milestone in life for sure. Congrats again!

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Thanks!! Man, your son is big and looks awesome. This is my second though, I have a 3 year old daughter whose house I live in, amongst her piles of pink toys.
 
A rambling random thought.

I was thinking about steel after reading some of the nonsense (I'm being polite) posted in some of the forums. Some, I doubt even own a knife. I suspect that most of the opinions are simply people regurgitating what they have read elsewhere or even in the same thread. Based on the number of safe queens posted for sale, how do these people even know if a knife will even cut room temperature butter?

What brought this on you ask? I was looking at my old retired Henckels 1834 small stockman. I carried it and used it almost every day for 28 years. The blades are carbon steel. I have no idea what it is. It rusts nicely, but it has served me well. No one worried about super alloys and such. They didn't exist.

I know that most of the people here use some of their knives, but how many of Nate's knives never leave a safe until they are put up for sale? Since I suspect that the great majority are never used, what difference does it make if a FK is A2, 3V or D3V? I remember one blade smith commenting that one of his customers complained that his knives were too sharp and were unsafe when he stored them in his safe. :rolleyes: He never used them, he just collected them.

What I'm getting at is that some folks will turn their noses up at a knife that doesn't have the D3V heat treatment or some other super steel, but will never use it for anything. The blade may as well be made of aluminum.

That's just MHO, of course. :D
 
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UffDa said:
A rambling random thought.

I was thinking about steel after reading some of the nonsense (I'm being polite) posted in some of the forums. Some, I doubt even own a knife. I suspect that most of the opinions are simply people regurgitating what they have read elsewhere or even in the same thread. Based on the number of safe queens posted for sale, how do these people even know if a knife will even cut room temperature butter?

What brought this on you ask? I was looking at my old retired Henckels 1834 small stockman. I carried it and used it almost every day for 28 years. The blades are carbon steel. I have no idea what it is. It rusts nicely, but it has served me well. No one worried about super alloys and such. They didn't exist.

I know that most of the people here use some of their knives, but how many of Nate's knives never leave a safe until they are put up for sale? Since I suspect that the great majority are never used, what difference does it make if a FK is A2, 3V or D3V? I remember one blade smith commenting that one of his customers complained that his knives were too sharp and were unsafe when he stored them in his safe. :rolleyes: He never used them, he just collected them.

What I'm getting at is that some folks will turn their noses up at a knife that doesn't have the D3V heat treatment or some other super steel, but will never use it for anything. The blade may as well be made of aluminum.

That's just MHO, of course. :D
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I use all of my blades that I own. I know which ones hold an edge better and which ones will chip out instead of dent/roll. You're right....how are you going to know how your edge holds up over time, if you never use it? I can get a true feel for steel if I use it, dull it, and then sharpen it back up. Sharpening a steel back to sharp lets me know how that particular steel reacts to abrasives, thus giving me a small idea of how tough or wear resistant that steel is. Great post full of truth you just made!
 
UffDa said:
A rambling random thought.

I was thinking about steel after reading some of the nonsense (I'm being polite) posted in some of the forums. Some, I doubt even own a knife. I suspect that most of the opinions are simply people regurgitating what they have read elsewhere or even in the same thread. Based on the number of safe queens posted for sale, how do these people even know if a knife will even cut room temperature butter?

What brought this on you ask? I was looking at my old retired Henckels 1834 small stockman. I carried it and used it almost every day for 28 years. The blades are carbon steel. I have no idea what it is. It rusts nicely, but it has served me well. No one worried about super alloys and such. They didn't exist.

I know that most of the people here use some of their knives, but how many of Nate's knives never leave a safe until they are put up for sale? Since I suspect that the great majority are never used, what difference does it make if a FK is A2, 3V or D3V? I remember one blade smith commenting that one of his customers complained that his knives were too sharp and were unsafe when he stored them in his safe. :rolleyes: He never used them, he just collected them.

What I'm getting at is that some folks will turn their noses up at a knife that doesn't have the D3V heat treatment or some other super steel, but will never use it for anything. The blade may as well be made of aluminum.

That's just MHO, of course. :D
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Since this forum is about knives, I'm guessing that most members have more than one. In most cases *many* more than one. I'd also guess that since the members sit around talking about knives, they aren't out using those knives all of the time. So I'd agree, most knives owned by forum members aren't used enough for the steel to matter.

For me, though, it's the *idea* of the knife and the hope that one day I *will* have a chance to actually use those knives. That idea lets me day-dream while I'm locked in my cubicle making money to support my family. I do like knives for their quality, and collect knives so I can appreciate them, but very few of mine will ever be used. The specific steel isn't as critical, though. I do appreciate how hard Nathan works to make the best knife, but I doubt I'd ever use one of mine hard enough for it to make a difference.
 
I have some duplicates and a handful of knives that just didn't find their way into use that I really should sell ... I have gifted a few ... but I have never bought a knife without intent of using it ... and all but the small number I mentioned or duplicates have been and are used ...

I feel bad that I have some knives bought in the last year that haven't gotten used alot yet but with my everything life has thrown at us there are a few I have used ... but not like I should ... hopefully by fall that will change.

and 91bravo makes a good point that after you dull and sharpen a knife you know alot better what it will and won't handle ...


And congrats to the family additions !

That picture of the dogs in the mountains brings back some memories ...
 
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