Well...It's Friday...

Just a heads up

Chris is swamped w/ his BLADE show knives and will NOT be offering a knife up today.

Sorry!
 
Phillip, regarding rules/etiquette for Fiddleback Fridays... Is the individual who claims the knives required to be the one who purchases them from the forge, or is buddy sharking permissible/encouraged?
 
dsarps said:
Phillip, regarding rules/etiquette for Fiddleback Fridays... Is the individual who claims the knives required to be the one who purchases them from the forge, or is buddy sharking permissible/encouraged?
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Not Phillip, but buddy sharking has been acceptable in the past. It was how I was able to get my F2. I was in the field and had terrible reception so Necrolicious gave it a shot for me and was successful.
 
There is a precedence in world commerce for proxy buying, but I would certainly be inclined to hear the view of anyone if it is causing problems, regardless of shop policy. Most folks know I shark for others half the time, and that is the only reason I wanted to include my voice here. I hope it has not been an issue as I love participating even when I can't bring a knife home.
 
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Odaon said:
Not Phillip, but buddy sharking has been acceptable in the past. It was how I was able to get my F2. I was in the field and had terrible reception so Necrolicious gave it a shot for me and was successful.
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Thanks Odaon, I love your photos and bringing us along on your mushroom hunts with the F2, I can't actually picture another member owning that one!
 
TripleT said:
There is a precedence in world commerce for proxy buying, but I would certainly be inclined to hear the view of anyone if it is causing problems, regardless of shop policy. Most folks know I shark for others half the time, and that is the only reason I wanted to include my voice here. I hope it has not been an issue as I love participating even when I can't bring a knife home.
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I don't really see it as an issue as long as everyone plays fair (ie: human on keyboard). I was just trying to make sense of seeing the various blades in so many different collections from the individuals who scored them on Friday. I actually think it's great for the forge that there is this much interest in their craftsmanship, which ends up being a good thing for all of us.
 
dsarps said:
Thanks Odaon, I love your photos and bringing us along on your mushroom hunts with the F2, I can't actually picture another member owning that one!
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Thanks! I'll be doing that a lot this summer. Videos as well.

I enjoy the rush of trying to shark a knife, but I will gladly accept help if there's a grail that I wont be able to try for. I really can't come up with any reason why buddy sharking wouldn't be alright.
 
dsarps said:
...as long as everyone plays fair (ie: human on keyboard)
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If an AI were to start sharking knives, and that AI used independent sentience which exceeded that of human capability, and that being also had microsecond advantages on us, would it be unfair? Have you considered your human-centric viewpoint might hurt the feelings of our future masters? :fox:
 
TripleT said:
If an AI were to start sharking knives, and that AI used independent sentience which exceeded that of human capability, and that being also had microsecond advantages on us, would it be unfair? Have you considered your human-centric viewpoint might hurt the feelings of our future masters?
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Now I need a drink...you scared me. :eek:
 
TripleT said:
If an AI were to start sharking knives, and that AI used independent sentience which exceeded that of human capability, and that being also had microsecond advantages on us, would it be unfair? Have you considered your human-centric viewpoint might hurt the feelings of our future masters? :fox:
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Skynet went live on 5-27-2016 on Bladeforums in hopes of landing some bog oak and 3/32" stock :)

On the serious side and where my point was going, there are plenty of macro programs and software that can record and generate synthetic transactions significantly faster than us humans. Heck, our financial markets are pretty much traded on micro-second boundaries by vast seas of algorithms everyday.
 
dsarps said:
Skynet went live on 5-27-2016 on Bladeforums in hopes of landing some bog oak and 3/32" stock :)

On the serious side and where my point was going, there are plenty of macro programs and software that can record and generate synthetic transactions significantly faster than us humans. Heck, our financial markets are pretty much traded on micro-second boundaries by vast seas of algorithms everyday.
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wow... thats some heavy stuff man
 
dsarps said:
Skynet went live on 5-27-2016 on Bladeforums in hopes of landing some bog oak and 3/32" stock :)

On the serious side and where my point was going, there are plenty of macro programs and software that can record and generate synthetic transactions significantly faster than us humans. Heck, our financial markets are pretty much traded on micro-second boundaries by vast seas of algorithms everyday.
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There has already been one instance of that here, discussed in this thread I believe. Search robosharking

The fastest program in the world can't keep up each week with a man's bankroll, so while it may happen it a temporary annoyance
 
OMG ( yes I really typed that)
This year blade show is cray cray haha
Scored a knife from Chris, Allen and Andy!
 
preview is up



Sorry for the delay..bladeforums has been sketchy as hell lately

i'll unlock it at 3pm
 
Appreciate that you left a few behind, Phillip!

Hmmm...The Bog Oak curse strikes again. And a fine Hiking Buddy there as well.
 
1jay
my apologies..i removed the pic links but forgot to edit the description.

that was an old offering

I am very sorry

Phillip
 
No doubt that several of the Sharks at Blade with poor connection and lots of distractions will be interested in that nice bog oak Bushcrafter Sr. .. when they see it.
Edit: Annnnnd, there it goes. Congrats to BushBarb :-)

Hope everyone is having a ton of fun at Blade w/ safe travels there and back.
 
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