SnaRKO outta nowhere!

[spikebot587]

Any of you guys that have kids that will be juniors sometime, I highly recommend you look into boys/girls state, it is an awesome experience


Also I was able to sign of for the sons of the American legion tonight, looking forward to joing

 

[DunkEm]

Congrats Spike. I did boys state a bazillion years ago. It was a good experience.

Cbear - awesome pics. I jealous.

 

[Diez Knives]

I feel ya bro...my daughter will finish 6th grade in a few days. It was one thing with my son, but she's all outgrowing bras and stuff, ugh...watching your son get manly gives you pride, watching your daughter get womanly hurts your feelings

Wait til she turns 14 and thinks she knows everything, lol... my daughter is 14 going on 18..

Yeah, yeah, that's great. Don't you have some sheaths to be making? Get back to work!

*snark

Lol, ok!

 

[TravisH]

Wait til she turns 14 and thinks she knows everything, lol... my daughter is 14 going on 18..

Tell me about it! That first time your 'little princess' tells you not to walk near her at the mall ... crushed like a can.

 

[Galeocerdoshark]

Think I just got a good haul...
Had a day off today and went to some DIY/surplus stores in the neighbourhood looking for some gardening tools, comparing prices and the like.
I didn't get what I was looking for, but in one of the stores I bumped on a whole Bahco display. Axes, hatchets, even tomahawks (which you don't see that often over here) were displayed. And then two things caught my eye.
A folding saw and a knife. I remember reading and seeing a vid or two about Bahco saws and the name "Laplander" did ring a bell, but I didn't see that here.
The knife though, the knife just screamed "Mora". I didn't have a Mora yet, always postponed a purchase, but seeing this and holding it,... I felt like owning it.
You all know the feeling when you're standing in a brick and mortar store, holding something you'd like, turning it around to see the pricetag and already holding your breath for the disappointment... That's when the good part came. 7 EURO for the knife??? Checked some other ones just to be sure, but yep!

So I got home with a Bahco folding saw xt7 and another fixed blade (Bahco 2444) for just over 30 euro for the two. Maybe not thé best deal (maybe I could have gotten them cheaper online, but then again there's often shipping), but I absolutely cannot complain about these two items for 30.
When I got home, I got to researching a bit on them, here's what I found. The saw is essentially the same as their Laplander, other than this one has no coating and a different colour scheme (but who cares, it's stainless) AND the teeth on this one are supposed to be harder and would be more suited for hardwood or seasoned dry wood. I've seen it advertised as the bahco pruning folding saw at some places. Great deal!
The knife that looks like a Mora...is actually a Mora Clipper (now disco'd and recplaced by the Companion), made by Mora, branded Bahco. It's stainless though, and I've grown fond of carbon steel blades in fixed blades but again, there's no complaining since it cost me 7 euro...

Enough rambling, here's some pics. They still have 4 of those Bahco 2444, and I'm inclined in just driving down there and picking them up for that price, throw one in the car, one in the shed, one for the toolbox, on in the greenhouse,... Hmmm. Choices. What do you think?





I kid you not, it is by far the sharpest knife out of box I've gotten. And it bites DEEP.


Bottom cut by Bahco, upper cut by BK11.


Here's the line where the teeth are hardened on the folding saw.


Goody goody, I'm pretty happy

 

[james terrio]

Happy Thirstday everyone!

I didn't know whether to cry, get drunk or just run off somewhere.

You know.... Those are not mutually exclusive activities.

Off to the Quote thread with both of you!

 

[TBL]

Cool...thanks for sharing...

Snark...

Any time! I don't mind bragging about my skills snark!

I think I'm noticing a trend here today....

Just go with it! everybody loves to get in touch with their package.....

Well tomorrow is the last day of school for my 4th grader. Cant believe he's gonna be in 5th grade already. Time flies, I took him out to bass pro to get fitted in a bow and to shoot. He loved it. I'm so glad he loves the ourdoors like I do.

Congrats! Time does fly! Its fun watching them grow. I'm lucky my boy also likes some of my hobbies I can't wait until mine can handle a bow, until then we're practicing with his .22

I feel ya bro...my daughter will finish 6th grade in a few days. It was one thing with my son, but she's all outgrowing bras and stuff, ugh...watching your son get manly gives you pride, watching your daughter get womanly hurts your feelings

Don't tell me stuff like this. I already feel it coming and my little girl is only 3. Girls should not be able to age :thumbdn:

Thanks... Now the package is back at DFW...

On a positive note, I finished this tonight. I had the 9" AAC upper for a while, but just finished the SBR lower with Troy PDW stock tonight. Nice compact package even with the AAC 762-SDN-6 mounted.

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Damn that's a sexy build!

[video=youtube;v6gQbJiSGNA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6gQbJiSGNA[/video]

He needs a gun, I'd shoot a fish that size once it got to the surface lol.

So guys, I've got this killer headache that won't go away ahs I keep popping these ibuprofen while driving.. Then I get hone and realise, the reason that the ibuprofen isn't working is that they're benadryls.. Feeling tired tonight

sounds like something I'd do. Enjoy your nap lol!

Tell me about it! That first time your 'little princess' tells you not to walk near her at the mall ... crushed like a can.

See, If my daughter ever said that to me I'd totally go out of my way to try to embarrass her just a little bit. Or try to show all her friends those embarrassing childhood photo's. I remember one of the first times I brought some friends back to my house in high school. My mom whipped out the photo album and showed everybody a picture of me riding a GT Snowracer naked......


Sweet find Gshark! not a bad deal man

 

[NCSlice]

Wait til she turns 14 and thinks she knows everything, lol... my daughter is 14 going on 18..



Lol, ok!

Yes, I already get that, shes 12 going on 18. Filling out ahead of her peers as well. Luckily, for now, She's still a daddy's girl and tries to impress me on a daily basis.

 

[DerekH]

Any of you guys that have kids that will be juniors sometime, I highly recommend you look into boys/girls state, it is an awesome experience


Also I was able to sign of for the sons of the American legion tonight, looking forward to joing

Congratulations! I attended Boys State before my senior year and then returned for several years as a counselor. It helped me to gain a perspective on life I desperately needed and helped me to turn my life around from a kid with a bad attitude into a young man with a slightly better attitude. Definitely a good program in my opinion.

:thumbup:

 

[Noswad0208]

Y'all have weird kids.. I'm 15 going on 7.

 

[TBL]

Y'all have weird kids.. I'm 15 going on 7.

You're also not a girl


In other news BK11 > vinyl flooring. Been using it all day to make some of the funky cuts. Works well I'm redoing the landing at our front door. The old owners carpeted over the entrance way, and its a real pain to clean. So it ripped it all out, took out the under padding, and the tack strips and baseboards. Got it all set up nice to start laying the new vinyl.

My wife is a little bit of a perfectionist. I asked her one question, If she wanted the floor to line up with the wall, or if she wanted me to make it square. After setting the first line of flooring and getting it all set up. I asked her to pattern out the rest (because she is very particular with how she wants the joints) and I'd fill it in and get it done. She hands me the baby and took over lol! Time for a beer Something tells me I'm going to get stuck with all the clean up later

 

[Noswad0208]

I'm certainly not, but I can dress up like a fat lady if you give me four balloons and a few pillows.

 

[daizee]

In the Atlanta airport. Again...

 

[granitestateofmind]

Think I just got a good haul...
Had a day off today and went to some DIY/surplus stores in the neighbourhood looking for some gardening tools, comparing prices and the like.
I didn't get what I was looking for, but in one of the stores I bumped on a whole Bahco display. Axes, hatchets, even tomahawks (which you don't see that often over here) were displayed. And then two things caught my eye.
A folding saw and a knife. I remember reading and seeing a vid or two about Bahco saws and the name "Laplander" did ring a bell, but I didn't see that here.
The knife though, the knife just screamed "Mora". I didn't have a Mora yet, always postponed a purchase, but seeing this and holding it,... I felt like owning it.
You all know the feeling when you're standing in a brick and mortar store, holding something you'd like, turning it around to see the pricetag and already holding your breath for the disappointment... That's when the good part came. 7 EURO for the knife??? Checked some other ones just to be sure, but yep!

So I got home with a Bahco folding saw xt7 and another fixed blade (Bahco 2444) for just over 30 euro for the two. Maybe not thé best deal (maybe I could have gotten them cheaper online, but then again there's often shipping), but I absolutely cannot complain about these two items for 30.
When I got home, I got to researching a bit on them, here's what I found. The saw is essentially the same as their Laplander, other than this one has no coating and a different colour scheme (but who cares, it's stainless) AND the teeth on this one are supposed to be harder and would be more suited for hardwood or seasoned dry wood. I've seen it advertised as the bahco pruning folding saw at some places. Great deal!
The knife that looks like a Mora...is actually a Mora Clipper (now disco'd and recplaced by the Companion), made by Mora, branded Bahco. It's stainless though, and I've grown fond of carbon steel blades in fixed blades but again, there's no complaining since it cost me 7 euro...

Enough rambling, here's some pics. They still have 4 of those Bahco 2444, and I'm inclined in just driving down there and picking them up for that price, throw one in the car, one in the shed, one for the toolbox, on in the greenhouse,... Hmmm. Choices. What do you think?





I kid you not, it is by far the sharpest knife out of box I've gotten. And it bites DEEP.


Bottom cut by Bahco, upper cut by BK11.


Here's the line where the teeth are hardened on the folding saw.


Goody goody, I'm pretty happy

Totally sweet haul, G! Yes, go and get the rest of those Bahcos/Moras....one can never have too many, especially at that price!

 

[Galeocerdoshark]

Totally sweet haul, G! Yes, go and get the rest of those Bahcos/Moras....one can never have too many, especially at that price!

Will do this Saturday in the early afternoon, or maybe next Monday.
Had a lot of fun goofing around with both the saw and the knife. Noticed that the hardness of the edge is a bit Meh, the edge rolled rather quickly, in an extent that I never had happening to my Beckers for example. Read a bit about it online and saw that all moras, especially the stainless ones have this issue. Solution: tiny secondary bevel. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible but now it's even sharper AND the rolling issue seems to be gone, even though I tried pretty hard to let the edge roll over again. I'm very much impressed with this blade. The saw too, but that speaks for itself, I guess.

 

[stvpourciau]

That was indeed a good hual shark.. Last time I checked the Euro wasn't worth nearlY as much as it used to be

 

[bigghoss]

I hate paypal. Like so much.

 

[Galeocerdoshark]

That was indeed a good hual shark.. Last time I checked the Euro wasn't worth nearlY as much as it used to be

True, but that doesn't really matter when I buy stuff over here in Belgium. On inexpensive items the margin became rather small, but for more expensive items it's still cheaper for me to buy them in the US, even incl. shipping. The financial institution I work for estimates parity between USD and EURO by the end of the year or early 2016. Then it might be a different story but we're not there yet, so... Exciting times in the world economy, that's for sure. But I digress, let's go back to snarking

 

[Silverthorn]

Didn't wanna sound braggy, but that's about the size I use for bait.

Yeah but what your not telling everyone is that the whole scene played out in your cupped hands filled with water. So of course thats a bait fish for you. Hows your goose that lays golden eggs, and your magic harp doing Dubs ?

 

[TBL]

I didn't get so lucky Just as I was about to crack my beer I was called back into action. Who know actually doing flooring isn't like watching HGTV....

The 11 in action taking out the carpet. My new piece of forged carbon steel Stanly FatMax Fubar 3 wrecking bar assisting in baseboard removal (over kill yes, fun yes).

My helper and the tool of destruction.

Under the carpet was the original vinyl floors starting to cover them with the new stuff.

All Done!

I used my 11 to cut and score all the vinyl pieces, I even used it to pull a nail or two. The edge has a few small rolls and no longer shaves but still has a functional edge. I made a small feather stick with it before this picture. I'll work those out and make her a razor again after the kids go to bed

Getting ready to take the kids to the zoo tomorrow, looking forward to a big day!