Where is the line?

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Warning: Completely off topic. Moderators, feel free to remove if it's not appropriate.

Since there are at least two engineers in this thread, I feel obligated to share this old chestnut:

In the life of every project, there comes a time to shoot the engineers and go into production.

I hope you know I'm joking. In the 50 or so years I spent in the water and sewer business, I had the pleasure to work with a number of really good engineers, a lot of average ones and a few poor ones that made life miserable. I trust the two of you are in the first category.
 
as far as the pocket knives go pinned construction is something that makes a knife traditional in my sense of traditional knives. It takes skill to peen and spin pins etc. to get the action right or make a pin/bolster blend smooth. Just my opinion vs torx or hardware showing. I still like those lion steel knives and own a few but they are not traditional to my eye.
 
Boattale said:
Warning: Completely off topic. Moderators, feel free to remove if it's not appropriate.

Since there are at least two engineers in this thread, I feel obligated to share this old chestnut:

In the life of every project, there comes a time to shoot the engineers and go into production.

I hope you know I'm joking. In the 50 or so years I spent in the water and sewer business, I had the pleasure to work with a number of really good engineers, a lot of average ones and a few poor ones that made life miserable. I trust the two of you are in the first category.
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That's funny. I was usually the one saying, "No more revisions! Let's build it! If somethings not right, we'll fix it!" šŸ˜ƒ
 
Just curious about pellett lifts on pen blades for easier opening. Were they ever common? First time I saw one on an old knife I thought it was a thumb stud for a second.
 
unclekurty said:
Just curious about pellett lifts on pen blades for easier opening. Were they ever common? First time I saw one on an old knife I thought it was a thumb stud for a second.
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From 1907:

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Hickory n steel said:
I'm talking about those who get defensive and push the issue, complaining when they get told their knife doesn't belong.

Personally I don't think the particular knife you mention is traditional enough, but I've never noticed yours and probably wouldn't make a thing of it because it's not really my place to tell somebody what they can post.
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If everyone followed your second sentence, we wouldn't have any problems like in your first. People should stop net copping. If you aren't interested in what someone is posting, don't write a screed saying how awful the thing they like is, just keep quiet and move on to something you do have appreciation for.

I came here from a forum where there was a great deal of unfriendliness about China made knives. They were on-topic to discuss, but every time I posted a picture of a new Rough Ryder or Brother knife, some old fart would jump up and start waving the flag and telling me buying Chinese knives was unpatriotic. I don't want to see the same thing happen here with traditional knives with modern materials.
 
BrotherJim said:
Buck makes a lockback with thumbstuds ... not allowed here
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The silly part is, you can put one of those little screw on thumb studs on any traditional knife and it automatically makes it not traditional any more according to the forum rules. I suppose if you use a slip with a pocket clip that makes it not a traditional knife until you take it out of the slip.
 
Jack Black said:
A shame about the smartarses here who aren't smart enough just to read the rules, or who are too arrogant to just accept them :rolleyes:
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I felt a ā€œlikeā€ wasnā€™t enough here. A hearty ā€œamenā€ is in order.

The original question was ā€œwhere is the line?ā€ For the purposes of participation in this forum, that line is relatively well-defined.

As I would tell my students when they would bristle against a task they felt was onerous, ā€œLiking it isnā€™t a requirement.ā€
 
Frailer said:
I felt a ā€œlikeā€ wasnā€™t enough here. A hearty ā€œamenā€ is in order.

The original question was ā€œwhere is the line?ā€ For the purposes of participation in this forum, that line is relatively well-defined.

As I would tell my students when they would bristle against a task they felt was onerous, ā€œLiking it isnā€™t a requirement.ā€
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Thank you, and 'Amen' to that too my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
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