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SwarthyGnome said:
Whatcha doin in NC, Matthew Gregory Matthew Gregory ?
Something nifty with Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist I hope.
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Doin’ crimes.



yoko said:
I drew them in the mirror.... make sure you look directly in the mirror.....


Hahahaha
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I SEE IT NOW! IT’S HUGE!!!


bluemax_1 said:
Snowflake probably waited for cooler weather, so he wouldn’t melt away like last year? 😜
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Nailed it. These fucks are in flannel and winter knit caps, and I’m in shorts.




The Dream Team’s next album cover


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tinfoil hat timmy said:
I.was put.to work the moment I arrived at the spot

I should bring my 1x30 belt down next year

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My subcontractors see me touching up my knife and they will pull their knife out and hand it to me and ask me to sharpen for them. I typically do but it takes awhile as what they hand me hasn't had an edge in forever. My electrician handed me his and there isn't a flat spot on it. He said he sharpens it himself and I said I can see you use a round file or something. I've gotten to the point when guys ask if I have my sharpener here I just say no.
 
abraves said:
My subcontractors see me touching up my knife and they will pull their knife out and hand it to me and ask me to sharpen for them. I typically do but it takes awhile as what they hand me hasn't had an edge in forever. My electrician handed me his and there isn't a flat spot on it. He said he sharpens it himself and I said I can see you use a round file or something. I've gotten to the point when guys ask if I have my sharpener here I just say no.
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From my personal experience/observations ~95% of people with knives fall into one of 2 groups:
1) their knife is still sharp, because it’s never used
2) they have an EDC butter knife, because they fall in the 10% who DO actually use their knives regularly, but don’t know how to sharpen them

Group 3 is the rarity: people who regularly use their knives AND know how to sharpen them.

As a GenX’er, the ability to sharpen edged tools was never a common skill, even when I was younger. It’s even less common nowadays. Granted, there are more options now, besides learning how to hand sharpen with a stone, but it’s a very small group who would spend the money for anything beyond the crappy pull-through sharpeners.
 
bluemax_1 said:
From my personal experience/observations ~95% of people with knives fall into one of 2 groups:
1) their knife is still sharp, because it’s never used
2) they have an EDC butter knife, because they fall in the 10% who DO actually use their knives regularly, but don’t know how to sharpen them

Group 3 is the rarity: people who regularly use their knives AND know how to sharpen them.

As a GenX’er, the ability to sharpen edged tools was never a common skill, even when I was younger. It’s even less common nowadays. Granted, there are more options now, besides learning how to hand sharpen with a stone, but it’s a very small group who would spend the money for anything beyond the crappy pull-through sharpeners.
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Agree 100%. I’m a 58 year old X and I learned to sharpen about 4 years ago.
 
bluemax_1 said:
As a GenX’er, the ability to sharpen edged tools was never a common skill, even when I was younger. It’s even less common nowadays. Granted, there are more options now, besides learning how to hand sharpen with a stone, but it’s a very small group who would spend the money for anything beyond the crappy pull-through sharpeners.
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Friend/Acquaintance: How do you get your knives to be so sharp.
Me: I use the Wicked Edge.
Friend/Acquaintance: Can you send me a link?
Me: I sent you the link.
Friend/Acquaintance: Can you sharpen a few knives for me?
Me: :rolleyes:

For those people, I'm going to use the Ken Onion Worksharp with a really coarse belt. They're not going to know the difference and I'm not spending the time sharpening some crappy blade.
 
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