What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

We were going to Susanville, California today but Cindy isn't feeling well so were staying home. No biggie. It'll save me $$$$$$$$$$. I'll be totin this Sheffield version of a Bunny Knife. Nice rich ebony on this one as there was on the two-blade Lambfoot I carried yesterday. Breakfast is a toss up as my cook is under the weather.:(

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Modoc ED said:
We were going to Susanville, California today but Cindy isn't feeling well so were staying home. No biggie. It'll save me $$$$$$$$$$. I'll be totin this Sheffield version of a Bunny Knife. Nice rich ebony on this one as there was on the two-blade Lambfoot I carried yesterday. Breakfast is a toss up as my cook is under the weather.:(

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Hope Cindy feels better soon. Wonderful bunny knife, Ed.
 
Chief said:
Not photoshopped, not staged, would be funny if it was. Casper the friendly truck's OEM tires were almost ready at 38K miles, so when the Doorbuster Special email on the tires I wanted made them cheaper than anywhere else, I bit. I worked at a Truck Stop 73-75 and took auto mechanics for 2 years at a vo-tech so have experience fixing / balancing / alignments / mounting tires from bicycle size to 18 wheelers. Hard for me to believe anyone in the tire business would put over a pound of weights (180 degrees opposite) to balance a new Michelin tire. Should have seemed odd ... the other three tires only required one weight. Of course I didn't accept it that way and had a different tech rebalance the tire, only required a few 1/4 ounce on a strip. Still concerned about the tire I contacted Michelin customer service who advised I could have it rebalanced at one of their other resellers on my dime. They scratched the steel rims as pictured, no new valve stems with new tires, left off one valve cap, different date codes on each tire (but all within the last year). Same tire on wife's 4runner purchased at a tire store all have the same date code. Tires are a safety issue ... if you don't know, this is not OK.

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Good grief o_O
That's some serious dumbassery right there 😒

I agree with you regarding tires and safety. With a couple of exceptions, all the car and truck tires I've bought in the last 30 years have been from the same locally owned tire shop.

Chief said:
Breaking out the good stuff for Christmas parties.

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Looks like a high class Christmas party :thumbsup:🎩:)
 
Chief said:
Not photoshopped, not staged, would be funny if it was. Casper the friendly truck's OEM tires were almost ready at 38K miles, so when the Doorbuster Special email on the tires I wanted made them cheaper than anywhere else, I bit. I worked at a Truck Stop 73-75 and took auto mechanics for 2 years at a vo-tech so have experience fixing / balancing / alignments / mounting tires from bicycle size to 18 wheelers. Hard for me to believe anyone in the tire business would put over a pound of weights (180 degrees opposite) to balance a new Michelin tire. Should have seemed odd ... the other three tires only required one weight. Of course I didn't accept it that way and had a different tech rebalance the tire, only required a few 1/4 ounce on a strip. Still concerned about the tire I contacted Michelin customer service who advised I could have it rebalanced at one of their other resellers on my dime. They scratched the steel rims as pictured, no new valve stems with new tires, left off one valve cap, different date codes on each tire (but all within the last year). Same tire on wife's 4runner purchased at a tire store all have the same date code. Tires are a safety issue ... if you don't know, this is not OK.

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Breaking out the good stuff for Christmas parties.

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Yikes!!!!
 
5K Qs said:
Locking Knife of the Week is a Cold Steel Kudu with some kind of ratcheting lock:
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International Knife of the Week is a MAM sheepsfoot:
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Great paring. I should carry mine more often.
Chief said:
Not photoshopped, not staged, would be funny if it was. Casper the friendly truck's OEM tires were almost ready at 38K miles, so when the Doorbuster Special email on the tires I wanted made them cheaper than anywhere else, I bit. I worked at a Truck Stop 73-75 and took auto mechanics for 2 years at a vo-tech so have experience fixing / balancing / alignments / mounting tires from bicycle size to 18 wheelers. Hard for me to believe anyone in the tire business would put over a pound of weights (180 degrees opposite) to balance a new Michelin tire. Should have seemed odd ... the other three tires only required one weight. Of course I didn't accept it that way and had a different tech rebalance the tire, only required a few 1/4 ounce on a strip. Still concerned about the tire I contacted Michelin customer service who advised I could have it rebalanced at one of their other resellers on my dime. They scratched the steel rims as pictured, no new valve stems with new tires, left off one valve cap, different date codes on each tire (but all within the last year). Same tire on wife's 4runner purchased at a tire store all have the same date code. Tires are a safety issue ... if you don't know, this is not OK.

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🤯😳Did they at least inflate all the tyres properly? Might be the angle or lighting, but it looks a little off on the low side.
I know radials should ... "squat" ... a little at the contact point, but that looks a bit excessive.
Also, it looks like the sidewall MIGHT be damaged in spots ... next to the "245" ... and some scuff marks, too.
Whats with all the chalk lines? Did you get stuck with a "new" used tyre someone returned?

That many weights --- 180 degrees apart?!?🤯😳
By rights that "Tech"/"tyre man" should be sent to the curb. Sure hope they didn't let it do any L.O.F.'s ... probably put 4 or five gallon of oil in the engine or whatever it took to dribble out the dipstick tube . 🙄👎
 
Chief said:
Hard for me to believe anyone in the tire business would put over a pound of weights (180 degrees opposite) to balance a new Michelin tire. Should have seemed odd ... the other three tires only required one weight. Of course I didn't accept it that way and had a different tech rebalance the tire, only required a few 1/4 ounce on a strip. Still concerned about the tire I contacted Michelin customer service who advised I could have it rebalanced at one of their other resellers on my dime. They scratched the steel rims as pictured, no new valve stems with new tires, left off one valve cap, different date codes on each tire (but all within the last year). Same tire on wife's 4runner purchased at a tire store all have the same date code. Tires are a safety issue ... if you don't know, this is not OK.
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Man that makes my head hurt just looking at that mess.... That is a complete disaster...😱
Not only does that tire have an insane amount of weights they did a complete hack job on on the " balance and install"... & What's with all the markings & scuffs on the tire itself???

Also your tire was made sometime between May 28th and June 3rd in Greenville SC. In case you were curious 👍
 
Modoc ED said:
We were going to Susanville, California today but Cindy isn't feeling well so were staying home. No biggie. It'll save me $$$$$$$$$$. I'll be totin this Sheffield version of a Bunny Knife. Nice rich ebony on this one as there was on the two-blade Lambfoot I carried yesterday. Breakfast is a toss up as my cook is under the weather.:(

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Hope Cindy gets to feeling better quickly
 
mbkr said:
Went out at 5:30 this morning to put mail in the box and saw a shooting star, which is pretty cool :cool:
Possibly a straggler from the Geminid meteor shower.
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That's awesome Mike. Perhaps a sign you need to buy a new knife... it will become your 'go to' instrument and bring prosperity to your family... or something like that 😄
 
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