Random Thought Thread

Hoppes #9 should be a perfume scent ... it would bring all the boys to the yard ... or it would have in the last century ... you know til kids stopped going outside.

Today ... what do Facebook and Twitter smell like? ... that scent would probably rule the day ... 😔 and now I'm sad.
 
Moorik said:
When I sharpen knives, I light an aromatic candle with some nice pleasant scent.If the thing I use for sharpening itself smelled cool on its own, that would be awesome.It starts smelling like some herbs or something like that.
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Sometimes when I'm sharpening it starts out smelling a little bit like steel. But then over time it gradually starts smelling more like beer and then, towards the end of the end of the sharpening session also beer farts. I'm not sure what it is, it's probably coming out of the grinder somewhere.
 
yoko said:
Remember...... try to keep your clothes on while sharpening
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Surprisingly, I’ve never cut myself while sharpening. Once, though, the clamp — you know, the kind with a petal/lever that you release to open the jaws — it basically shot a thin knife at me. I didn’t even fully understand how it happened; I just clamped the knife way too hard.

I usually sharpen while wearing a pink apron that I took from my wife — she used to work in it at a confectionery shop. It’s literally a sturdy pink apron.

That apron saved me from the knife that the clamp decided to fire at me.

With larger knives that I can secure properly, I sharpen in shorts.

I’d love to sharpen just sitting in my underwear, but I’m more afraid of how that would look from the outside than of it being unsafe 😁
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Sometimes when I'm sharpening it starts out smelling a little bit like steel. But then over time it gradually starts smelling more like beer and then, towards the end of the end of the sharpening session also beer farts. I'm not sure what it is, it's probably coming out of the grinder somewhere.
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Maybe you're just drinking beer while sharpening knives? 🤔
And everything else is just natural processes.
Who knows, maybe the secret isn't in the Shmoo?
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Sometimes when I'm sharpening it starts out smelling a little bit like steel. But then over time it gradually starts smelling more like beer and then, towards the end of the end of the sharpening session also beer farts. I'm not sure what it is, it's probably coming out of the grinder somewhere.
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I have the same problem hahahahahaha
 
Moorik said:
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Surprisingly, I’ve never cut myself while sharpening. Once, though, the clamp — you know, the kind with a petal/lever that you release to open the jaws — it basically shot a thin knife at me. I didn’t even fully understand how it happened; I just clamped the knife way too hard.

I usually sharpen while wearing a pink apron that I took from my wife — she used to work in it at a confectionery shop. It’s literally a sturdy pink apron.

That apron saved me from the knife that the clamp decided to fire at me.

With larger knives that I can secure properly, I sharpen in shorts.

I’d love to sharpen just sitting in my underwear, but I’m more afraid of how that would look from the outside than of it being unsafe 😁
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I've cut myself a couple times (beer can was too close to the tip of the blade and barely grazed it while reaching for the beer)

A normal person would learn to not drink while sharpening


I leaned .... move the beers further from the tip of the knife lol
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Sometimes when I'm sharpening it starts out smelling a little bit like steel. But then over time it gradually starts smelling more like beer and then, towards the end of the end of the sharpening session also beer farts. I'm not sure what it is, it's probably coming out of the grinder somewhere.
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Just bring a bottle of Ballistol into the room and blame the odor on the oil.
 
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