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I was at work tonight (restaurant manager) and I was walking by a table of four old ladies. They were all bending over the side of the table looking at the ground for something. We have peanut shells all over our floor (on purpose, we're a Southern Roadhouse) and it can be hard to find something that is dropped. They saw me and asked "Can you help us? We dropped a few quarters." They had been taking out change to put in the charity jar next to the peanut bucket, we ask that guests donate some pocket change in exchange for the free peanuts and we donate all of it to charities that we change out, the most recent one was the Wounded Warrior Project. "Sure, no problem." I whipped out my Streamlight Microstream and lit up the area under their table, we quickly recovered four quarters and they thanked me. It seems small but it felt great to be prepared to help them on the spot.
 
RogueBowie said:
I was at work tonight (restaurant manager) and I was walking by a table of four old ladies. They were all bending over the side of the table looking at the ground for something. We have peanut shells all over our floor (on purpose, we're a Southern Roadhouse) and it can be hard to find something that is dropped. They saw me and asked "Can you help us? We dropped a few quarters." They had been taking out change to put in the charity jar next to the peanut bucket, we ask that guests donate some pocket change in exchange for the free peanuts and we donate all of it to charities that we change out, the most recent one was the Wounded Warrior Project. "Sure, no problem." I whipped out my Streamlight Microstream and lit up the area under their table, we quickly recovered four quarters and they thanked me. It seems small but it felt great to be prepared to help them on the spot.
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I catch a lot of crap from my wife's family and mine for this, but I love that feeling of being able to help someone right then and there. Besides, they all give me a hard time but I am always the first person they go to when they have an issue.
 
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OutdoorsFamilyMan4 said:
I catch a lot of crap from my wife's family and mine for this, but I love that feeling of being able to help someone right then and there. Besides, they all give me a hard time but I am always the first person they go to when they have an issue.
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A common quote from my girlfriend:

"Why did you have this in your pocket?"

As she is using the object in question :rolleyes:
 
The Warrior said:
I thought about getting a Pocket Jack instead, mainly because they're cheaper. I read mixed reviews though. Some say the 4 blades on the Pocket Jack are the only ones you need, others say the 6 on the Carvin' Jack are all needed. Also, they say the blades are harder to open up on the Pocket Jack. As in, 2 blades come out at once, that is.
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Warrior, far be it for me to discourage a fellow fancier of sharp things, usually, I'm more of an enabler. I don't know how much experience you have carving, and where your interests lie. If you're just starting out, I'd suggest you forego the Carvin' or Pocket Jacks, and instead go for one of the starter kits, if you're interested in general carving, get one of the multi knife (4 or so knives) kits, if you're interested in relief, try the palm handle with a bunch of blades, if chip carving is your thing, get that starter kit. Over time, you'll add to these basics with knives that really work for you, then take a good look at what you use, and see if its close to what is on the "Jack" knives, if it is, you can scarf one up and have a truly portable kit. If you're like the rest of us, you'll end up with a couple rolls of tools you couldn't stand to be without, and you'll look at the blade selection on the "Jacks", and wonder how you could ever use such a limited tool (then you'd ... real experience speaking here... go to a museum and be humbled by a display of real art done by someone with a mora and a tin can scraper).

Ah well, that's more than I intended to say, but I wouldn't suggest anyone just starting out go for one of the Jack's, you'll get a lot more knife for the money and a lot better start on the hobby with one (or more) of the starter kits and a box full of boxwood. BTW, the gloves are ~Ok, but the thumb protectors are worth their weight in Reinhardt Khukris or Patrol Machetes (and you can cut roll own out the finger tips of old work gloves and some elastic).

I'm just a beginner myself, so maybe when I've progressed more, I'll be able to appreciate the pocket carvers, but I have a hard enough time getting results that please me with a roll (or two) of knives, gouges, and scorps.

Erik
 
FreebornErik said:
Warrior, far be it for me to discourage a fellow fancier of sharp things, usually, I'm more of an enabler. I don't know how much experience you have carving, and where your interests lie. If you're just starting out, I'd suggest you forego the Carvin' or Pocket Jacks, and instead go for one of the starter kits, if you're interested in general carving, get one of the multi knife (4 or so knives) kits, if you're interested in relief, try the palm handle with a bunch of blades, if chip carving is your thing, get that starter kit. Over time, you'll add to these basics with knives that really work for you, then take a good look at what you use, and see if its close to what is on the "Jack" knives, if it is, you can scarf one up and have a truly portable kit. If you're like the rest of us, you'll end up with a couple rolls of tools you couldn't stand to be without, and you'll look at the blade selection on the "Jacks", and wonder how you could ever use such a limited tool (then you'd ... real experience speaking here... go to a museum and be humbled by a display of real art done by someone with a mora and a tin can scraper).

Ah well, that's more than I intended to say, but I wouldn't suggest anyone just starting out go for one of the Jack's, you'll get a lot more knife for the money and a lot better start on the hobby with one (or more) of the starter kits and a box full of boxwood. BTW, the gloves are ~Ok, but the thumb protectors are worth their weight in Reinhardt Khukris or Patrol Machetes (and you can cut roll own out the finger tips of old work gloves and some elastic).

I'm just a beginner myself, so maybe when I've progressed more, I'll be able to appreciate the pocket carvers, but I have a hard enough time getting results that please me with a roll (or two) of knives, gouges, and scorps.

Erik
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Appreciate the input. I was just interested in doing wood spirits in walking sticks. I carved this, my first, looking at a tutorial, and using a BK13 Remora. Not a good wood carving knife, as not it's intended design for use, but worked out okay. My hands were aching when I finished:

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The Warrior said:
Appreciate the input. I was just interested in doing wood spirits in walking sticks. I carved this, my first, looking at a tutorial, and using a BK13 Remora. Not a good wood carving knife, as not it's intended design for use, but worked out okay. My hands were aching when I finished:
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Wow, if that's your first attempt, you've got plenty of potential, not surprising really, given your photo composition and lighting talent, and your pixel wrangling skills! If you enjoyed it, you wouldn't believe how much easier it is with a properly shaped handle, and correct blade geometry.

The BK13 is a cute little knife (I just got one this week), good for lots of things, but certainly a compromise for 3D sculpting in wood.

I've played with the flexcut Jack's, but I've got to say for me, their regular handles are a lot more user friendly/ergonomic. From other discussions I think your hands are larger than mine, though not by too much.

Take a trip to a woodworking store, and give the handles a try (including the Jack's), handle fit is really the most important issue when selecting carving knives (almost all the steel is excellent). You want a knife that feels good blade up or down, edge in or out, and you want comfort with fine motor control with moderate exertion.

For the most part, I like my handles to be symmetric, as I carve with both hands, swapping the tool back and forth depending on the cut and wood grain. Lots of advanced carvers fashion their own custom handles. I'm still a beginner, I really like the flexcut handles, but have a few other manufacturers as well, I can carve for a couple hours without fatigue with my flexcuts, but just thinking about doing a wood spirit or troll with a Remora makes my tendons ache. ;)

Erik
 
Hey 710, Shoot me a PM when you have time. I would like to know what a plain leather belt would run me from you, with a specific type of buckle, and heavy weight leather.
 
In August and September, my dad and I collected quite a lot of wood for our fireplace. Due to circomstances, it has been lying in the yard, waiting to be cut into blocks that can be split (family affairs, weather, ...). Today the weather cleared up a bit and we had a fun time with the chainsaw, meaning I'm gonna have a lot of fun splitting wood in the future. Used the Eskabar to pry off some stubborn 'shrooms that had appeared on the branches and trunks because of the wet weather we've had recently. Good times, good times. No pics, but it did happen :thumbup:
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
In August and September, my dad and I collected quite a lot of wood for our fireplace. Due to circomstances, it has been lying in the yard, waiting to be cut into blocks that can be split (family affairs, weather, ...). Today the weather cleared up a bit and we had a fun time with the chainsaw, meaning I'm gonna have a lot of fun splitting wood in the future. Used the Eskabar to pry off some stubborn 'shrooms that had appeared on the branches and trunks because of the wet weather we've had recently. Good times, good times. No pics, but it did happen :thumbup:
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Sounds like you should get a council tool as well!
 
@warrior: can you pm or just post the link to that carving tutorial? that thing looks great, i wouldnt mind trying my hand at one.
 
Very cool. I have a couple from my grandpa and one from my wifes grandpa. Love the old steel!

On another note, for some reason I really like the way the Gerber LMF looks and feels. Its a knife that I really want to like but just cant bring myself to like it. Half of the problem is the Gerber name but I know some are made in the USA (i think?). I got an offer to trade my modified BK14 for a Gerber LMF II ASEK, I would probably do it just to try it out if it weren't for the serrations. Another thing is the tang, why didnt they just make it a full or exposed tang?? It would have been so easy just to make it one piece according to this picture on there website...
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Does anyone have this knife? I dont think I would ever use the serrations.

...I think ill just go buy a tweener now and quick whining.
 
What's up with this rumor of an RBK revival in 2013? Can it be true? OMG!!!
 
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