What up with "thumping and whumping."

19-3ben

19-3ben

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As a guy who only dove into the deep end of knife geekery about 2.5 yrs ago, i realize I know relatively very little. Much more than the general public? sure. But in reality I'm only now at the point of knowing just how much I don't know. I ask this question coming from that perspective.

I see "thumping and whumping" used ad nauseam any time a knife has a pommel that can be used to hammer things. Usually in reference to outdoorsy knives where the pommel is part of a full tang and can be used to hammer tent stakes or whatnot.

It seems like this phrase is everywhere i turn. I actually find it annoying.

Is there an origin for this phrase? Is it a reference to something and i just don't catch the reference due to my relative newbitude?
 
Huh... you're right. I did a search of the forum, and I come up with 34 hits. All in the Ontario and Becker sub forums. Maybe it's just the outdoors knives, and perhaps it stands out to me but not as common as I thought. It's like nails on a chalk board to me, so I probably am just making it sound worse than it is... OK never mind.

Edit to incorporate reference to marcinek's post.
You're right. I hadn't picked up on that either... see? Told you I dont know squat!
 
19-3ben said:
Huh... you're right. I did a search of the forum, and I come up with 34 hits. All in the Ontario and Becker sub forums. Maybe it's just the outdoors knives, and perhaps it stands out to me but not as common as I thought. It's like nails on a chalk board to me, so I probably am just making it sound worse than it is... OK never mind.

Edit to incorporate reference to marcinek's post.
You're right. I hadn't picked up on that either... see? Told you I dont know squat!
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Apparently, i just hang out in the same places as Roguer.
 
Hey, if I decide to call a "choil" a "flarfnagle", it doesn't mean you don't know something.

And every time I have been outdoors there seems to be a rock somewhere nearby.
 
A more knife oriented phrase might be : " snick and nick " .

As in : " Bill was actin' froggy , so I gives em a bit o' the ol' snick and nick ".
 
Yeah not any older to knives than you really but never heard it and with the rest here being as in the dark I think your safe in that it wasn't knowledge you lacked.
 
DocJD said:
A more knife oriented phrase might be : " snick and nick " .

As in : " Bill was actin' froggy , so I gives em a bit o' the ol' snick and nick ".
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I suppose, if you want to make up something, too. I guess anybody can make up their own phrase if they want.

"Walk and talk" is something the folks in Traditional actually all use and understand. You should check things out over there. They have lots of actual "local slang."

You guys have fun making up stuff, I got a Case stockman that needs some wubba lubba dub dub applied to its plumbus.
 
marcinek said:
And every time I have been outdoors there seems to be a rock somewhere nearby.
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Actually, the spot I go most often for camping and general outdoorsiness has almost a complete lack of rocks.
All the rocks for the firepit had to be carried in.

It makes digging easier though. ;)
 
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