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Good evening,
It is I,
The GREAT AND POWERFULL VAMPIRE GERBIL
Hey, before I get to the question, does my greeting come off as just a tad overbearing? I thought it did, but the majority of voices in my head tell me it's a good idea to assert myself.... I DO know it's not going to well at work though... I'm working at the town's newspaper now, with a buncha artsy-fartsy types (James? Baldy? Is it okay for me to say "artsy"?) and I've taken to screaming that greeting for no apparent reason at various times of the day.
Anyhow, I digest...err.. digress...
The question are:
Okay, this first part ain't the question... this is some background...
At print shops, large cutters are used to cut... c'mon, take a guess.....
No, NOT flowers!!!
YEEESH!
It's used for cutting the remnantsof cheese... no trees!
(Damned words rhyme to close!)
So we use it to cut that stuff, which used to be called "paper".
The blades are attached to some bracket thingamabobs, so there's no real handle to speak of.
They blades we have at the shop are about 3 feet wide, 4-5 inches high and about 1/2-3/4 inches thick.
After they get dull, we send 'em out to be grinded (grounded?) and sooner or later, they get grinderounded so much that they're too short to work in the cutter anymore.
I've heard that we can't actually toss 'em in the trash cuz there was some bum... sorry, this is the PC age... some vagrant that was dumpster diving who came across one of these and pulled it out with a mighty yank, leaving the majority of his fingers behind. Of course, that made him sue the former owner of the blade for lots and lots of cash (persoanlly, I woulda offered him a gallon of Night Train, but the damned lawyers probably wanted scotch as their cut... pardon the pun) So the way these blades get disposed of is that they get sent to the Grinderounder, who cuts the edge off and mangles it in such a way that it's no longer such a vagrant-de-digitizer.
And they charge a nice sum for this!
Okay, HERE'S THE QUESTION!!!!
Do any of the knife maker folks think that they'd be able to use these blades as stock for making new knives?
Kinda like the idea of using old saw mill blades, but using a better (I assume? ) quality of steel.
Now I knew you were gonna ask what kinda steel these things are made out of, so I researched the subject thouroughly.
They are made out of a substance called METAL, and are shiny.
That's all the details I have on the subject.
So, is there a use for these things by anyone here?
(OH! Another question!)
Wooops, the voices told me I already asked that.
In any event, lemme know whatcha think.
Off to pour 37 gross of single edged razor blades into my garbage can,
I remain,
VG, Et Al.
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Vampire Gerbil: Nosferatus Rodentus Moderatus; similar to a domestic gerbil, except for the odd accent and little black cape.
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Odd Pictures at Photopoint
An assortment of pictures I decided to share with anyone that was so bored they wanted to check out my antics. I did this to prove that I am indeed sane. Be advised that there's hardly any nudity. Feel free to sign the Guestbook!!
Manifesto of Madness
I wrote most of that at work after drinking massive amounts of coffee. I needed to look busy and that dribbled out of my head. There's also a whole bunch of Optical Illusions.
The Deadly and Scary Leatherman Micra Website.
Be warned that the tactics used at that last site are not for the faint of heart!
A Ballistic Knife in Action
Even though the guy in those pictures has the same exact tattoos as me, I have no idea who he is!
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vampiregerbil@aol.com
It is I,
The GREAT AND POWERFULL VAMPIRE GERBIL
Hey, before I get to the question, does my greeting come off as just a tad overbearing? I thought it did, but the majority of voices in my head tell me it's a good idea to assert myself.... I DO know it's not going to well at work though... I'm working at the town's newspaper now, with a buncha artsy-fartsy types (James? Baldy? Is it okay for me to say "artsy"?) and I've taken to screaming that greeting for no apparent reason at various times of the day.
Anyhow, I digest...err.. digress...
The question are:
Okay, this first part ain't the question... this is some background...
At print shops, large cutters are used to cut... c'mon, take a guess.....
No, NOT flowers!!!
YEEESH!
It's used for cutting the remnantsof cheese... no trees!
(Damned words rhyme to close!)
So we use it to cut that stuff, which used to be called "paper".
The blades are attached to some bracket thingamabobs, so there's no real handle to speak of.
They blades we have at the shop are about 3 feet wide, 4-5 inches high and about 1/2-3/4 inches thick.
After they get dull, we send 'em out to be grinded (grounded?) and sooner or later, they get grinderounded so much that they're too short to work in the cutter anymore.
I've heard that we can't actually toss 'em in the trash cuz there was some bum... sorry, this is the PC age... some vagrant that was dumpster diving who came across one of these and pulled it out with a mighty yank, leaving the majority of his fingers behind. Of course, that made him sue the former owner of the blade for lots and lots of cash (persoanlly, I woulda offered him a gallon of Night Train, but the damned lawyers probably wanted scotch as their cut... pardon the pun) So the way these blades get disposed of is that they get sent to the Grinderounder, who cuts the edge off and mangles it in such a way that it's no longer such a vagrant-de-digitizer.
And they charge a nice sum for this!
Okay, HERE'S THE QUESTION!!!!
Do any of the knife maker folks think that they'd be able to use these blades as stock for making new knives?
Kinda like the idea of using old saw mill blades, but using a better (I assume? ) quality of steel.
Now I knew you were gonna ask what kinda steel these things are made out of, so I researched the subject thouroughly.
They are made out of a substance called METAL, and are shiny.
That's all the details I have on the subject.
So, is there a use for these things by anyone here?
(OH! Another question!)
Wooops, the voices told me I already asked that.
In any event, lemme know whatcha think.
Off to pour 37 gross of single edged razor blades into my garbage can,
I remain,
VG, Et Al.
------------------
Vampire Gerbil: Nosferatus Rodentus Moderatus; similar to a domestic gerbil, except for the odd accent and little black cape.
------------------
Odd Pictures at Photopoint
An assortment of pictures I decided to share with anyone that was so bored they wanted to check out my antics. I did this to prove that I am indeed sane. Be advised that there's hardly any nudity. Feel free to sign the Guestbook!!
Manifesto of Madness
I wrote most of that at work after drinking massive amounts of coffee. I needed to look busy and that dribbled out of my head. There's also a whole bunch of Optical Illusions.
The Deadly and Scary Leatherman Micra Website.
Be warned that the tactics used at that last site are not for the faint of heart!
A Ballistic Knife in Action
Even though the guy in those pictures has the same exact tattoos as me, I have no idea who he is!
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vampiregerbil@aol.com
