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Looks like its time to quit smoking cigarettes, i wont be able to afford them LOL

Philadelphia increased the cigarette tax an additional 2 dollars per pack to help fund schools. I quit smoking Newports when they hit 7 bucks a pack. I remember when they were 2.50 and im only 30 years old. Now even the cheap ones i have been smoking will be over 7 bucks. I told myself id never pay 7 bucks for cigarettes. Lets see if im strong enough to keep my word to myself.
 
Quitting smoking ain't easy. I quit a couple of times and it lasted over a year and a half one time. I haven't had a cigarette since January 4th, 2013. some days it is still hard to resist. The only advise I have is to stay busy and avoid as many of your old habits/rituals.

I did it by slowly restricting the times and places that I allowed myself to smoke. Each step was done until it felt "normal"
1. No smoking in the car (about a month)
2. No cigarette before lunch (about another month)
3. No cigarette after dinner ( almost three months)

After 5-6 months I was down to 2 or 3 cigarettes a day and was able to quit without withdrawals.
 
TMHunt said:
Thanks zz, and yes, I am taking something new. I am terribly prone to pneumonia. About killed me a few years ago. Started feeling the symptoms right before the gathering so doc has zapped my with antibiotics that have been kickin my ass for days. I called the doc and told him this stuff, he said he wanted to see me immediately. On my way now.
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Told ya it was you.

granitestateofmind said:
The grindening has begun. I should have a WIP thread up in a month or two.....

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I just blew my nose and no black shit came out....so my cheapie mask/vacuum combo is working OK. Gotta dig out my NIOSH mask. Also gotta figure out the tight radii (math word) that I drew on there and how I'm gonna grind 'em....might pick up the Dremel stand at HD. sLowe's sells them a little cheaper, so that's 10% off the sLowe's price for HD's price matching guarantee. Every little bit helps. Plus I know the folks at HD.
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Just in case y'all missed it.

Plus a little more.

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Might lessen the blade height still....or maybe not. Still have to clean up/smooth out some stuff, add jimping all over the place and ...still there's a lot left to do. I'm thinking about making MikeKarta® to go along with the tactical look, but that'd add probably a month to the process. Should have already been done, as I have some canvas and some resin. I'll see. What do you guys think for color? I have orange, bright blue, purple, tan and olive-ish canvas. This will be getting stripped with as much of a polish as I can give it - or have the patience for. I could also go with wood for the scales, as I've got plenty of that already ready already. Well?
 
Does anyone have experience with the kelty trekker 65? I've been looking for a new pack and have really been leaning towards an external frame
 
spikebot587 said:
Does anyone have experience with the kelty trekker 65? I've been looking for a new pack and have really been leaning towards an external frame
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I have not seen the trekker 65, but I had a 3950 (the 65 replaced it I think) and it was a tank. Loved all the pockets and places to attach gear, axes, poles etc. A load carrying monster that always felt solid. Very well built.
 
Awesome work Granite!!!

You need to grab some steel and make your own blades, you have some talent!

rkmoore said:
Quitting smoking ain't easy. I quit a couple of times and it lasted over a year and a half one time. I haven't had a cigarette since January 4th, 2013. some days it is still hard to resist. The only advise I have is to stay busy and avoid as many of your old habits/rituals.

I did it by slowly restricting the times and places that I allowed myself to smoke. Each step was done until it felt "normal"
1. No smoking in the car (about a month)
2. No cigarette before lunch (about another month)
3. No cigarette after dinner ( almost three months)

After 5-6 months I was down to 2 or 3 cigarettes a day and was able to quit without withdrawals.
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Congrats on quitting bud, and thanks for the advice. I for sure need to try it. That way sounds like an easier way of quitting too.




Man.... Well it looks like i may have to sell something i never wanted to sell. But i been bit HARD by this knife making hobby and want a bunch more stuff that i cant afford, and dont want to wait months picking up 1 thing at a time either. I wanna do it NOW!!

I need to hit the lottery... For the first time in years i actually bought a lotto ticket too LMAO
 
rkmoore said:
Quitting smoking ain't easy. I quit a couple of times and it lasted over a year and a half one time. I haven't had a cigarette since January 4th, 2013. some days it is still hard to resist. The only advise I have is to stay busy and avoid as many of your old habits/rituals.

I did it by slowly restricting the times and places that I allowed myself to smoke. Each step was done until it felt "normal"
1. No smoking in the car (about a month)
2. No cigarette before lunch (about another month)
3. No cigarette after dinner ( almost three months)

After 5-6 months I was down to 2 or 3 cigarettes a day and was able to quit without withdrawals.
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worldwood said:
Awesome work Granite!!!

You need to grab some steel and make your own blades, you have some talent!



Congrats on quitting bud, and thanks for the advice. I for sure need to try it. That way sounds like an easier way of quitting too.
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That's the way my mother quit. Took her about 3 months total.

Now, you COULD try to do it the way my father quit.

On Memorial Day weekend back in 1990, he decided this limb needed to be cut off because it was blocking the view of the lake from the porch. So he put the flat ladder against the round tree and reached out to cut the limb. So y'all know where this is going.

Yep. He fell off the ladder over the edge of the bluff about 16 feet onto large limestone rocks. Net result - 3 broken ribs, 2 cracked ribs, collapsed lung, concussion, miscellaneous scratches, cuts and bruise and a nice little ambulance ride to the emergency room. As he couldn't smoke in the hospital, he "quit" cold turkey by hospital regulations. Smoked a pack a day or more for 50 years, then never smoked another cigarette til he died 20 years later.

So there's another option on how to quit. :D
 
granitestateofmind said:
Todd: That was you, I'd bet on it. Might not have gone anywhere but the garage, but sure as shit it was you. Something like that happened to me once in college, NOT involving alcohol, mind, but a very stressful week. I was freezing cold in bed trying to pull the covers up and became conscious enough to realize that I was in the shower, with the water running a little tepid...woke up in the morning with a towel on my pillow (I had hair 30 years ago, a little anyways) and vaguely remembered briefly waking up in the shower. Don't have any remembrance of getting in, nor getting out and back into bed. Only time it's ever happened, AFAIK.

Somewhere in between your delirium and worn out stress, you got in your wife's car.....probably didn't drive it anywhere, though. Or there'd be White Castle wrappers on the floor.....
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Makes sense to me...

and now I'm craving White Castle... :D
 
zzyzzogeton said:
That's the way my mother quit. Took her about 3 months total.

Now, you COULD try to do it the way my father quit.

On Memorial Day weekend back in 1990, he decided this limb needed to be cut off because it was blocking the view of the lake from the porch. So he put the flat ladder against the round tree and reached out to cut the limb. So y'all know where this is going.

Yep. He fell off the ladder over the edge of the bluff about 16 feet onto large limestone rocks. Net result - 3 broken ribs, 2 cracked ribs, collapsed lung, concussion, miscellaneous scratches, cuts and bruise and a nice little ambulance ride to the emergency room. As he couldn't smoke in the hospital, he "quit" cold turkey by hospital regulations. Smoked a pack a day or more for 50 years, then never smoked another cigarette til he died 20 years later.

So there's another option on how to quit. :D
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That sounds like a painful way of quitting LOL

My father quit cold turkey. I remember the day he quit. We went to a new years party and all the adults made a pact they would all quit smoking cigarettes. My father was the only one that actually went through with it. Hasnt had another since that night. This was when i was only 12-13 years old or so. He would sometimes smoke a pack and a half per day before that. YEARS later he started chewing on the ends of cigars though. Not smoking them... Just chewing the tips. Weird LOL..... Then that progressed a little and he started to occasionally smoke a pipe. But still no cigarettes.. I guess tobacco is tobacco but the occasional pipe cant be as bad as a pack of cigs a day.

I have quit several times. I quit last year or the beginning of this year, cant remember now but it only lasted a week or so. I need to end them. The price hike will make it easier though. More money for tools and stuff would be awesome.
 
tradewater said:
Good lord that's sexy gsom.
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Thanks, trade. Hopefully you'll be seeing it in a couple of weeks. Maybe it'll even have scales on it....but don't count on it.

The Warrior said:
It really is. Hard to believe it started as a 7.
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Thanks, Dubz. I've had that 7 since right after I bought the 9, and just never warmed up to it. Which is funny, because that's what I almost bought instead of the 9 because I thought the 9 might be too big! Man I have come a long way....anywho, been drawing some stuff out for the better part of a year - that 7 hasn't had scales on it for that long - and took some cues from my LHR which is also a sexy beast. At least I think so, but I also like a few of Gil Hibben's knife designs, tho I don't own any. And if nothing else, it'll be an alternative beer opener to the necker.

A little evolution:

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What do you guys think for scales? Wood? MikeKarta®? Color?
 
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