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Thanks Rick. Don't mind at all. They are map cases. Lots of guys carry tools in them, but I keep my tools in my lockable trunk. Let's see..I think:

Right - 20 0z of oil in a Walgreens water bottle (metal). Small pouch (cheap knife, lighter, razor blade, flashlight, pen)
Left - 500 ft of paracord, Gorilla Duct tape. Big zip ties. Bailing wire.

You know, KLR stuff. LOL.

I have two bike water bottle cages on the back of the trunk now, too - saves a ton of space - I drink a lot of water. Throw a few shirts and my sleeping bag/tent on and I am pretty much ready to roll.
 
Oh, and bandanas. Man, the jams I have gotten out of by always having a bandana or two. On the other side is a pvc pipe on the passenger foot peg, so I can put my fishing rod on there. I'll see if I can find a 'Loaded' pic.

Before a trip up to Etna.

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Great trip, although the last day back was 12 hours to the minute of mostly freeway. Never again.
 
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Rick, that looks exactly like the Buck I carried on my keychain! Thanks for your kind comments, and keep that retirement goal in sight. ;)

Nice bikes guys. Dan, it looks and sounds like you're set to handle about anything that comes your way! :cool:

I think you just gave me Harley fever, Rick. That's a righteous looking bike! :thumbup:
 
Hey, apocalypse ready. Bike is good to go with survival stuff all the time. Wife and kid on the back. Shoving the cat in the trunk will be hard. :)

After 8 hours on the freeway, I really wish i had Rick's Harley.
 
Dan,

Looks like you have er set up real nice. I really like that fishing pole mount. Reminds me of when I used to put my over & under shotguns in a hard metal case, strap it on the back, and ride down to the Sporting Clays course. I miss those days too. It was great to combine shooting and riding in the same excursion. I like how you have found a way to combine fishing and riding. Very cool! :thumbup:
I know what you mean about those long trips. I rode to Sturgis, South Dakota and back in the mid 90's on a Sportster. About right at 1,000 miles one way. It was a lot of fun and an incredible adventure but your comment of "Never again" is something I can totally relate to.:)

Keith,

Thank you for the kind words. The way you described your Buck knife I thought it might be just like mine as I carried mine on a keychain for several years as well. If you look closely you can see the wear marks from where the split ring was attached.

Knarfeng and Peregrin,

I know we are just barely staying on the subject of knives here. Just wanted to say thank you for allowing this thread to stay here.:thumbup:
 
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Dan,

Looks like you have er set up real nice. I really like that fishing pole mount. Reminds me of when I used to put my over & under shotguns in a hard metal case, strap it on the back, and ride down to the Sporting Clays course. I miss those days too. It was great to combine shooting and riding in the same excursion. I like how you have found a way to combine fishing and riding. Very cool! :thumbup:
I know what you mean about those long trips. I rode to Sturgis, South Dakota and back in the mid 90's on a Sportster. About right at 1,000 miles one way. It was a lot of fun and an incredible adventure but your comment of "Never again" is something I can totally relate to.:)

Keith,

Thank you for the kind words. The way you described your Buck knife I thought it might be just like mine as I carried mine on a keychain for several years as well. If you look closely you can see the wear marks from where the split ring was attached.

Knarfeng and Peregrin,

I know we are just barely staying on the subject of knives here. Just wanted to say thank you for allowing this thread to stay here.:thumbup:
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Yeah, riding to the fishing hole is about as good as it gets. ;) And I agree, thanks mods, this is nice.
 
To my mind, an occasional extraneous thread is OK.

Lots of extraneous threads would not be.
 
A warm bay area greeting to you. Hope you are enjoying the rain. I used to be a math teacher. Gave that up because I didn't really enjoy that type of interaction with the kids. I'm originally from Taiwan, but that was a long time ago. I would not recognize the place now. My wife and I have 3 cats, so I have to be careful when I play with knives. I hope you get well soon and get to enjoy some nice weather with that beautiful family of yours.
 
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Thanks dogstar. What kind of knives are you into?
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Hmm... I've got a little bit of everything, but nothing fancy, mostly cheap but functional stuff. A couple of CS machetes, a true flight thrower, a Special forces shovel, Frontier hawk, Fiskars hatchet, Mora 511, Homemade Lauri 105H bladed bushcrafter, Svord peasant, Two Vic Tinkers, a Vic classic, A Mossberg "Big guy," An old Camillus #91 congress. I've been into Bucks lately, got me a 309, small Vantage, and most recently a used 444.

I carry the Classic with my keys and the 309 in the leg pocket of my Dickies. Just finished whittling the handle of my bushcraft knife with my old Camillus. Call me a fair weather Bushcrafter. I think I'm gonna try friction fire this year. Take it easy.
 
knarfeng said:
To my mind, an occasional extraneous thread is OK.

Lots of extraneous threads would not be.
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:thumbup: I agree :thumbup:

The bike in the picture is an old Moto Guzzi 850cc T3 California that I owned about 20 years ago.

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jacknife said:
:thumbup: I agree :thumbup:

The bike in the picture is an old Moto Guzzi 850cc T3 California that I owned about 20 years ago.

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Hey jacknife, put my pistol back!
:D

All kidding aside, yours is almost just like mine. My Webley Tempast has been a grate air pistol for basement and backyard shooting. It's a little later model with the more squared off grips.

Webley, good taste no matter what side of the pond you're on!:thumb up:


Carl.
 
Thanks Carl. I used to have it's bigger brothers the birds headed grip Webley MkV in .455 shot it at Bisley in the 80's. Also had the MkVI in .455 below.
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I have that 'scrimshaw' schrade. Wish I had the Guzzi. ;)
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It was a nice bike Dan. Too heavy for me to handle these days. I've another of those scrimshaw Shrade's here somewhere. Good knives.
The Opinel is a spearpoint No.8 they used to do a few years back. I bought it on a holiday in the USA. I think it was in a knife shop in Carmel? or was it Solvang? :-)
 
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I have a couple, too. :) What can I say, love the pattern and love fishing.

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Thanks Carl. I used to have it's bigger brothers the birds headed grip Webley MkV in .455 shot it at Bisley in the 80's. Also had the MkVI in .455 below.
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It was a nice bike Dan. Too heavy for me to handle these days. I've another of those scrimshaw Shrade's here somewhere. Good knives.
The Opinel is a spearpoint No.8 they used to do a few years back. I bought it on a holiday in the USA. I think it was in a knife shop in Carmel? or was it Solvang? :-)
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My name is Sean, and I'm a 19 year old full time college student, studying to be a history teacher. I've always had an interest in knives, I guess, but until a few years ago it was only really the interest that most young boys have...the whole "knives are kinda cool" attitude, with an appreciation for their utility. I didn't start actively collecting them until I graduated high school, but since then, I've developed a taste for both the tactical and practical...nowadays swaying towards the smaller side of tactical, and more so into practical. Mainly because slipjoints are just so much more attractive than many of the more modern knives on the market today. They have a bit of style, and there's history to the design, which I can appreciate. Also, there's something cool about finding and collecting old slipjoints, as I have begun to do (mainly Scout pattern knives, or knives produced by Camillus).

One of the main reasons that I've recently taken an interest to slipjoints and more people friendly blades is that next year I'll be living on campus (at an entirely different school, in fact), rather than commuting, so my need for a one hand opening knife will be essentially zilch. I'll never really be too far from "home", and I really won't encounter a task that a slipjoint can't handle. Plus I'll be around people a lot more often. So, I figure it'll be a good idea to work on learning as much about that facet of the knife world as I can in the coming months, and pick up a few blades here and there to augment my collection.

I'm also a singer, and take great pride in my craft. I currently perform with a community choir in the Western New York region, the Buffalo Choral Arts Society. I've been with BCAS for the past 2 years, and I hope to be a part of the group for many more. These folks are honestly like a second family to me, and making music is what keeps me sane, so I don't know what I would do without them. Since I don't really have a good recent picture of me, here's a picture of us on the high altar of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, after we finished performing the July 3rd Evensong service this past summer. They usually don't invite groups like ours to do the Evensong service, so it was quite an honor. The concert tour also included a performance for dignitaries in the 4th of July Parade, a performance on the Millenium Stage of the Kennedy Center, and a performance for wounded troops at Walter Reed. Quite a trip.

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Some of my favorite knives were made by Camillus, Sean. My sister was a singer of some reknown and sang with several large choirs. I was the worst in a family of VERY good singers. I played and sang music for a long time, but not on that level. Rock and roll, punk rock, etc.
 
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