The Wasp

Bush.Hacker said:
Catering to another's perception is one way to create an environment that leaves you bitching about it at night. If it's legal to carry and I like it.... so be it.

My hiking packs are some form of camo or OD and I hope it puts a kink in the panties of every hiker I pass by.
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Yep, that's just it. I couldn't less what anyone else thinks...it's the guys with badges, guns, and pretty lights on their cars enforcing the states laws... :)
 
Bush.Hacker said:
Catering to another's perception is one way to create an environment that leaves you bitching about it at night. If it's legal to carry and I like it.... so be it.

My hiking packs are some form of camo or OD and I hope it puts a kink in the panties of every hiker I pass by.
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I work amongst hoards of sheeple, and my EDC pack is OD with MOLLE all over it sporting a Velcro American flag patch. I try to blend in here:).
 
Joe Duder said:
I wish the Wasp were 11" oal. That would be sick!
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Like a 6 inch blade and a 5 inch handle? Would be perfect I think. Reminds me of a conversation with the Deputy Commander of the 5th Group on knife designs about a decade ago. He felt that less than 6 inch blade was inadequate in some things, but more than 6 inches was overkill. I liked his thinking, I'd been hung up on 5.5 to six inch blades for about twenty years at the time, annoyed by most issue knives being either 5 inches or 7... Recent tests with prototypes of tactical filed knives have me still convinced that 6 inches is the magic number for a knife blade designed for primitive living situations in training indigenous personnel, from a tactical perspective.
 
I'm holding it and looking at it, and it is pretty sweet the way it is, but I could see an application for a 6/5, 11" OAL variant.
 
thurin said:
So if I transferred money into my paypal account to buy a knife that I couldn't afford to begin with, but ended up not buying the knife, and the money is still in the paypal account, does that mean it's grandfathered in as "available knife budget"? Just working on the explanation for when another knife shows up.

My wife now has my daughter participating in the "keep track of all the knives daddy has" chore. I can't use "Yes honey that machete is the same paring knife you saw last week" anymore cuz my daughter pics out stuff like "no, the knife you showed me last week had a white stripe and this one has a green."

I'm doomed.
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It's settled then. No kids for me :p
 
mrdabble said:
It's settled then. No kids for me :p
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LOL, the benefits of raising children far outweigh this inconvienience communicated by thurin. You can only buy knives with white stripes, that's all. Thurin, your logic sounds fine with me. That grandfather clause is exactly the logic that has gotten me into a lot of hot water over the years, but it was worth every scalding second, minute, hour, day, week...
 
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thurin said:
So if I transferred money into my paypal account to buy a knife that I couldn't afford to begin with, but ended up not buying the knife, and the money is still in the paypal account, does that mean it's grandfathered in as "available knife budget"? Just working on the explanation for when another knife shows up.
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I can help you out there - but delivery and facial expressions are everything when selling it to your target audience. "It was back-ordered. I paid for this one MONTHS ago, but it was on back order and just arrived today."
 
bonafide said:
I can help you out there - but delivery and facial expressions are everything when selling it to your target audience. "It was back-ordered. I paid for this one MONTHS ago, but it was on back order and just arrived today."
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Yep, that one works well, as long as you don't over-use it :)
 
mrdabble said:
It's settled then. No kids for me :p
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McVeyMac said:
LOL, the benefits of raising children far outweigh this inconvienience communicated by thurin. You can only buy knives with white stripes, that's all. Thurin, your logic sounds fine with me. That grandfather clause is exactly the logic that has gotten me into a lot of hot water over the years, but it was worth every scalding second, minute, hour, day, week...
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Yep, I guess it's white stripes from now on. All kidding aside, I'd gladly giveaway every single one of these knives for my kids as I'm sure we all would.

bonafide said:
I can help you out there - but delivery and facial expressions are everything when selling it to your target audience. "It was back-ordered. I paid for this one MONTHS ago, but it was on back order and just arrived today."
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mistwalker said:
Yep, that one works well, as long as you don't over-use it :)
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I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the perfect storm that happening this week. One knife that was delayed in shipping, and the new Carver, and an auction I won, all showing up while I'm not around to intercept them.

There's not going to be any getting out of this one.

I listed a knife for sale tonight. If anymore show up this week, IT'S NOT ME! It's my wife taking things into her own hands.
 
thurin said:
Yep, I guess it's white stripes from now on. All kidding aside, I'd gladly giveaway every single one of these knives for my kids as I'm sure we all would.





I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the perfect storm that happening this week. One knife that was delayed in shipping, and the new Carver, and an auction I won, all showing up while I'm not around to intercept them.

There's not going to be any getting out of this one.

I listed a knife for sale tonight. If anymore show up this week, IT'S NOT ME! It's my wife taking things into her own hands.
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Thurin, Maybe you can mail several of us some empty boxes shaped like knives... leave them outbound on the kitchen counter for a day! :) Tuck a couple away in the safe!

-Will (man, I hope my wife doesn't see me giving this advice!)
 
McVeyMac said:
LOL, the benefits of raising children far outweigh this inconvienience communicated by thurin. You can only buy knives with white stripes, that's all. Thurin, your logic sounds fine with me. That grandfather clause is exactly the logic that has gotten me into a lot of hot water over the years, but it was worth every scalding second, minute, hour, day, week...
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Note the smiley and the fact that not having kids because they might tell your wife you got a new knife 14 years from now is absolutely absurd.

It's a joke, you laugh and move on I don't need you to break down the lack of common sense in my statement that was supposed to make it comical.

No one can take a joke around here. Oh well.
 
mrdabble said:
Note the smiley and the fact that not having kids because they might tell your wife you got a new knife 14 years from now is absolutely absurd.

It's a joke, you laugh and move on I don't need you to break down the lack of common sense in my statement that was supposed to make it comical.

No one can take a joke around here. Oh well.
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I think the joke was taken. Hence the "You can only buy knives with white stripes". It's not like that was given as serious advice to the already jokingly bad situation.
 
It's whatever mayb I took my post a little far but I don't care, my apologies for any offense I was off topic to post humor here anyway I'm just gonna bow out before it strays too far.
 
I assure you mrdabble, that I got the joke, and I intended to continue the joke with my comment as thurin pointed out. I apologize if my post did not come across as intended. It was all in jest.
 
mistwalker said:
Yep, that's just it. I couldn't less what anyone else thinks...it's the guys with badges, guns, and pretty lights on their cars enforcing the states laws... :)
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I took a wilderness emt course, and over all it was an awesome experience . But I was amazed at one of the speakers when he said "a large machete or axe is not something you want to bring on a hike with you, some of the multi tools have small saws built in, and that is more appropriate." In my head I'm like ok, so you are deliberately telling people to go into the woods ill prepared to be politically correct. Wow
 
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