Turn Your Sharp Knife into a RAZOR !!! STROPMAN

[Yo Mama]

Off to wine and cheese

 

[brybell]

isnt it limiting for us (the consumer) to be only able to post links to/ from paying vendors? This doesnt seem to help us, but them? I am new also and would like to know. Wouldnt it benefit all EDCers to be able to find and post links to deals?

 

[marcinek]

isnt it limiting for us (the consumer) to be only able to post links to/ from paying vendors? This doesnt seem to help us, but them? I am new also and would like to know. Wouldnt it benefit all EDCers to be able to find and post links to deals?

Couldn't be more wrong. Advertisers keep the place running. If there is no advantage to advertising here....advertisers leave....site closes.

 

[brybell]

Couldn't be more wrong. Advertisers keep the place running. If there is no advantage to advertising here....advertisers leave....site closes.

I understand that but most places people advertise they dont have exclusivity. Thats why we have a capitalist society. I also thought if all members paid, we wouldnt need advertisers?

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

isnt it limiting for us (the consumer) to be only able to post links to/ from paying vendors? This doesnt seem to help us, but them? I am new also and would like to know. Wouldnt it benefit all EDCers to be able to find and post links to deals?

No. Thanks for asking about the rules before breaking them, though! :thumbup:

Certain stores pay $300 per year to become a "Dealer." These "Dealers" are the only sites that you can link to without it being called deal spotting. The reason is that the "Dealers" have paid for the ability to advertise to the Blade Forums crowd; the random other person hasn't.

Here is a list of the Blade Forums paid "Dealers":

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1107483-********-List-of-BladeForums-Paid-Dealer-Members-********?p=12633453#post12633453


Also, as I said earlier/was told by mods, BladeForums is a private forum. They can do what ever they want--you checked the box that said you had read and agreed to the rules when you registered.

 

[Joe Duder]

I don't think I'll ever go straight to a mod. Even if a Mod told me to. A PM can change things privately, if you can't PM them, just tell them in a polite manner in the thread. If that can't change things, I'd just leave the thread. I also don't call the police every time my neighbors double park either. Even if I did, I wouldn't announce it to my whole neighborhood that I did. That's just d-baggery.

 

[kniferbro]

But why go straight to the Mods? Why not PM the OP or assume he doesn't know the rules and politely inform him in the thread? Kinda like an adult would do. We were all new here once.

Exactly. There is even a stickied post in this forum "we were all new here once".

Over zealous forumites methinks.

 

[d0nut]

Man.

A whole lot of memberators in here.

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

Yes, we were all new once, but we all agreed to the rules. And the rules are that you can't link to a non-Dealer site. And I will always obey the mods; I don't really want to be infracted/banned for not obeying the people that can infract/ban.

 

[marcinek]

I understand that but most places people advertise they dont have exclusivity. Thats why we have a capitalist society. I also thought if all members paid, we wouldnt need advertisers?

This isnt a capatalist society. This is a privately-owned website that doesnt magically pay for itself.

 

[Joe Duder]

[video=youtube_share;V2f-MZ2HRHQ]http://youtu.be/V2f-MZ2HRHQ[/video]

 

[brybell]

This isnt a capatalist society. This is a privately-owned website that doesnt magically pay for itself.

Ok, but if we all paid couldn't they be unnecessary? Just asking questions to learn more. I understand its a private website.

Suppose i am barking up the wrong tree

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

Ok, but if we all paid couldn't they be unnecessary? Just asking questions to learn more. I understand its a private website.

Suppose i am barking up the wrong tree

I don't know the operating costs of BladeForums, but $10/year is pretty low. I think it's great that people can come here and learn about knives without needing to pay.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Yes, we were all new once, but we all agreed to the rules. And the rules are that you can't link to a non-Dealer site. And I will always obey the mods; I don't really want to be infracted/banned for not obeying the people that can infract/ban.

Why don't you just get off your high horse and give it a rest already? You've already posted six times in this thread, and you're sounding more and more like a obsequious servile sycophant. Let the MOD's do their thing, if in fact it's necessary, since I have yet to see a MOD chime in and beat down the OP, who already has made more apologies then I ever will in any lifetime, on the forums, or in real life; I don't apologize, ever!

As for the other brain surgeon who wants this thread moved to whine and cheese, I have to ask why...so you can brow beat and insult a new member with impunity?

 

[BenchCo Spydermade]

I was told (via PM) by mods to only report posts and not to try to police people myself--so that's what I did.

And your teacher tells you to report cheating. Relax, the dude removed it when asked. You gunna have to grow up and think for yourself one day you know. Glad you don't see me in person.. you'd probably be tellin the officers, "that knife's 3 inches. The law states it must be UNDER 3 inches!"

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

So...I did what I was supposed to, the OP fixed it, relax yourself. Really.

 

[BenchCo Spydermade]

here is Kholberg's heirarchy of moral reasoning: What stage are you at? Also, to the kid's credit (I think/hope your relatively young) he may actually be at a developmentally appropriate level, despite how annoying it may be.

Stage 1 - Obedience and Punishment
The earliest stage of moral development is especially common in young children, but adults are also capable of expressing this type of reasoning. At this stage, children see rules as fixed and absolute. Obeying the rules is important because it is a means to avoid punishment.

Stage 2 - Individualism and Exchange
At this stage of moral development, children account for individual points of view and judge actions based on how they serve individual needs. In the Heinz dilemma, children argued that the best course of action was the choice that best-served Heinz’s needs. Reciprocity is possible at this point in moral development, but only if it serves one's own interests.

Stage 3 - Interpersonal Relationships
Often referred to as the "good boy-good girl" orientation, this stage of moral development is focused on living up to social expectations and roles. There is an emphasis on conformity, being "nice," and consideration of how choices influence relationships.

**(Your current stage, giving benefit of the doubt your not really thinking from stage 1, but is possible)
Stage 4 - Maintaining Social Order
At this stage of moral development, people begin to consider society as a whole when making judgments. The focus is on maintaining law and order by following the rules, doing one’s duty and respecting authority.

Stage 5 - Social Contract and Individual Rights
At this stage, people begin to account for the differing values, opinions and beliefs of other people. Rules of law are important for maintaining a society, but members of the society should agree upon these standards.

**(where we want you to get)Stage 6 - Universal Principles
Kohlberg’s final level of moral reasoning is based upon universal ethical principles and abstract reasoning. At this stage, people follow these internalized principles of justice, even if they conflict with laws and rules.

 

[Comeuppance]

I think the paid dealer aspect is more for the users than anyone else. This is one of the highest-traffic knife forums, and that means a lot of eyeballs on the screen just waiting to be advertised to. Imagine if the rule did not exist - dozens, if not hundreds of dealers and makers spamming our faces off...! If you give stores free advertising, it will be abused.

It may be limiting to a degree, but it's far better than the alternative.

 

[Stays Sharp]

Stropman has been discussed here on BF without any problems before. Why would the mods have a problem with someone selling a strop? We can talk about other sharpening products like the Edge Pro with no problems........

Ive been using a stropman for several years now. Good product and it does what I need it to do. Is it the best? Jeez its a strop hehe.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Stropman has been discussed here on BF without any problems before. Why would the mods have a problem with someone selling a strop? We can talk about other sharpening products like the Edge Pro with no problems........

Ive been using a stropman for several years now. Good product and it does what I need it to do. Is it the best? Jeez its a strop hehe.

Well, there was a recent thread about knife sheaths, specifically a sheath by a maker who's not a sponsor, and every poster had to mind their p's and q's when it came to inquiring where one could buy one like it. That said, and after several searches, I found a couple of threads where the maker of this sheath was mentioned by name, and even 3 MOD's who chimed in about the sheath, without once making an issue out of the fact that the maker was not a sponsor. I have found numerous inconsitancies like this when it comes to enforcing the roolz, but I just chalk it up to Seasonal Affect Disorder; just behave like low hanging inconsequential parameciums with anencephaly, and one should be able to fly well below the radar.