Random Thought Thread

SwarthyGnome said:
So. I lent my DEK1 to my wife because she was putting in some sod and want to cut pieces here and there...
when she returned to knife... I have never come across a knife, especially from CPK this dull.
I asked her if she cut any rocks, pipes, Thor’s hammer and she told me she thought I had passive aggressively given her a, and I quote, “shitty knife” on purpose.
What the heck! I’m pulling out my wicked edge and getting this tuned up.
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When I received my DEK1 I tried to see if it’d shave hair off my arm. It didn’t. I pulled a small Lansky ceramic sticks block and literally passed the edge softly two or three time on each side. I tried again to shave hair off my arm and I regret taking such a long stroke as it left a big hairless spot on my arm. A little burr will steer you wrong. Don’t be deceived. These knives are made and finished right.
 
mendezj said:
When I received my DEK1 I tried to see if it’d shave hair off my arm. It didn’t. I pulled a small Lansky ceramic sticks block and literally passed the edge softly two or three time on each side. I tried again to shave hair off my arm and I regret taking such a long stroke as it left a big hairless spot on my arm. A little burr will steer you wrong. Don’t be deceived. These knives are made and finished right.
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Besides a straight razor I had in the past my FK2 is the sharpest thing I own.
Right out the box my DEK1 and DEF were not up to what I expected. A few passes on a strop and they were more like what I had in mind.
 
uh oh...
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Nathan the Machinist said:
My Atlas Copco air compressor was made in Italy. "Fragile" isn't the right word for what's wrong with its manufacturing. "Can't f*ckin do anything right" <--- would be closer
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TBT, this sentiment really weighed on my mind, somewhat heavily I may add, before I pulled the proverbial trigger on my recent Uberti 1873 Winchester (.357 Mag) purchase but I dilly-dallied for far too long and when I finally decided to go for a lever action, it fell right into this friggin Pandemic times of gun & ammo shortages, ergo that is all that was left on Brownells (literally the ONLY lever action rifle left on their site at the time) plus the most crucial factor being that I have maybe about 700+ rounds of .357 magnum and 38 spl rounds scooped up which I can share with my revolver platform.

Under different circumstances, I would have perhaps gone with the Japanese made Winchester 1873 or on an entirely different vector with one of these more modern lever-actions with all the modern ammonites, but in my mind, those kind of stuff, although much more practical, would have diminished the "authenticity" and the old-school fun factors. TBT, I would have perhaps gone with an SS Henry chambered in 30-30 even though I am no fan of their on-top tube feeding systems which was one negative when I didn't order one when they were still around.

I have read around a bit and despite the Italians falling short on many manufacturing standards, when it came to these reproduction guns, Uberti seems to be doing a very decent job both on there single action pistols and their rifles. I dunno, only time would tell but if my really old school Beretta 84B Cheetah from the 80's be taken as a token of goodwill, the Italians seem to be doing a good job with certain things. After all, isn't your own heritage Italian? :p
 
Casinostocks said:
TBT, this sentiment really weighed on my mind, somewhat heavily I may add, before I pulled the proverbial trigger on my recent Uberti 1873 Winchester (.357 Mag) purchase but I dilly-dallied for far too long and when I finally decided to go for a lever action, it fell right into this friggin Pandemic times of gun & ammo shortages, ergo that is all that was left on Brownells (literally the ONLY lever action rifle left on their site at the time) plus the most crucial factor being that I have maybe about 700+ rounds of .357 magnum and 38 spl rounds scooped up which I can share with my revolver platform.

Under different circumstances, I would have perhaps gone with the Japanese made Winchester 1873 or on an entirely different vector with one of these more modern lever-actions with all the modern ammonites, but in my mind, those kind of stuff, although much more practical, would have diminished the "authenticity" and the old-school fun factors. TBT, I would have perhaps gone with an SS Henry chambered in 30-30 even though I am no fan of their on-top tube feeding systems which was one negative when I didn't order one when they were still around.

I have read around a bit and despite the Italians falling short on many manufacturing standards, when it came to these reproduction guns, Uberti seems to be doing a very decent job both on there single action pistols and their rifles. I dunno, only time would tell but if my really old school Beretta 84B Cheetah from the 80's be taken as a token of goodwill, the Italians seem to be doing a good job with certain things. After all, isn't your own heritage Italian? :p
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I think one of the things the Italians do right is their shotguns. I’m sure some of that carries over into firearms in general!
 
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