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It’s actually a Rough Ryder. It’s put together as nicely as anything I have within reason. It is almost a direct copy of a GEC 47. For a couple $10 spots and some change, it’s dynamite!
Love me some anchovies.
Hope the trip ended with a proper fix Dan.The fog is thick today on this side of the City. Might burn off by midafternoon or not
. Heading out shortly to see my dentist and see if he can fix my tooth
. Along for the ride a F&F that doesn’t get out much. Have a great day folks!
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That Bingham isn’t the funk!
Thanks Bob but I’m going to have to see an oral surgeon to have the root removed and then they can replace it with a fake tooth. Doesn’t help that I’m on blood thinners which increases the healing process significantly. But I don’t want to look like a hillbilly for the foreseeable future
Thanks, Bob. I don't have much knife knowledge compared to lots of folks on The Porch, but I don't know if that's considered a pro or a con for an ambassador.
Even if I were to be appointed to the position, I'm sure I'd soon be fired for lack of loyalty in the face of lunacy.
I think of it as more like the Uncle Henry medium stockman (Schrade 897UH) than the Case x318; the Case 18 stockman has such a crazy high sheepsfoot, unlike the RR and Uncle Henry.
You posted several appealing "crotch shots" of your knives in trees around this time, Mike!
I suppose another way to look at it is to say that the plane incidents show you're on a hot streak and you're bound to win a lottery almost any day now!
Classy jack, Paul!Bladeforum Irish Jack...
Bone bonanza, David!
Cool Cudeman with handsome horn!
Colorful photo and splendid knife, Bob!
Hope the dental damage gets fixed soon, Dan!A mostly cloudy start to the day here in the City by the Bay. Not much on the agenda for today other than to mourn the loss of a tooth that broke off after biting into a black cherry
too hard and catching too much of the pit. Not in any pain and since it’s one of my lower front teeth I’m hoping my dentist can fix it
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I've heard that the high-tech Germans are installing AI in their folders!The package appeared on his porch without announcement. No receipt, no note, though he suspected the brown truck he'd seen earlier as it rumbled down the street, had something to do with it. Contents revealed a small Mercator carbon steel non-locking folding knife with a copper handle and bail, made in Solingen, Germany. It slipped easily into his pocket. Once inside his home, he set it on the table and left the knife there for the remainder of the day.
By morning, it was no longer where he had placed it. Not lost, not hidden. Relocated, sitting parallel to the edge of the table, aligned with a precision he did not remember applying. He picked it up, opened it, and tested the edge against a scrap of paper. It sliced cleanly. Later, he used it to break down a box, then to slice an apple. Each time, he closed it and set it down differently, making a point not to think about it. Each time he returned, it had shifted again, never far, always deliberate.
He tested this more than once, changing the knife's position, then leaving the room. When he returned, it had moved, but the orientation was always the same. The pattern held without exception. He wrote it down once as a reminder, then stopped writing.
The next odd thing happened while making coffee. He set the knife on the counter, turned to retrieve boiling water, and came back to find it slightly closer to the mug than he remembered. Not much closer, just enough to suggest initiative. He ignored it. Later, he found it resting against a stack of unopened mail, as if volunteering for duty. When he left it on the table overnight, it appeared the next morning beside a loose thread on the shirt he had selected to wear. He clipped the thread, set the knife down, paused, and said out loud, “All right.” The knife did not respond, but it stayed where it was, which felt like agreement.
On the third day, he stopped moving it altogether. He left it in the center of the table and went about his routine. When he returned that evening, it remained where it was, unchanged, as if it had settled on its own terms.
He stopped pretending the knife was ordinary. It nudged itself toward boxes that needed opening, hovered near packaging that resisted tearing, and once positioned itself next to a tomato with quiet confidence. He began leaving small tasks undone just to see what it would do. One evening, he placed it in the middle of the table and said, “Anything else?” The knife remained still for a moment, then shifted slowly and pointedly toward him. He glanced down at the left leg of his jeans, already coming apart at the seams. He looked back at the knife and said, “Let’s not get carried away.”
Nice knife and boots, Lance!
I really like your knife with the little guy on the blade, José!
Notable pair, Dan!Another foggy start to the day here in the City by the Bay. Keeping me company two from the vault. Have a great day folks!
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Glad you're back, ED!
Frank, I've heard/read that quote several times, and I think I'd always seen it attributed to Mark Twain. But that was apparently wrong according to Quote Investigator (which seems quite reputable): https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/30/coldest-winter/
Winning pair, Tyson!
