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Anywhosits... Is there a preference for a blade shape in your knife? The Boker Kalishnakov I'm using now has a tanto shape blade to it, which I find perfect for opening boxes/packages. This is handy given I'm opening a dozen plus shipments a day at work right now. However its a pain to sharpen with the sharpener I have right now due to that shape, especially where the angle of the blade changes towards the tip. Replacement candidates are bowie, harpoon or basic drop point shapes. I feel like bowie is my best option to have a nice thinner tip for doing fine pointy tip things, followed by your basic drop point and then the harpoon is just because I am terrible and like gimmicky blade shapes. A reverse tanto/wharncliffe would be very up my alley, but they're currently sold out or $15-20 more than the site I bought my current knife from. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Dec 20, 2020 |
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Wife got the Covid vaccine today and didn't die.
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Dec 20, 2020 05:31
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What a time to be alive! Car stereo playing a song streaming over bluetooth from my phone which is being pulled from my media server at home over 4G, and I'm skipping tracks with my watch....
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Dec 20, 2020 05:37
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Humphreys posted:What a time to be alive! oh speaking of smartwatches/wearables https://wyze.com/wyze-watch.html for $20 I am definitely in to let China spy on my heartrate.
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Dec 20, 2020 06:08
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:oh speaking of smartwatches/wearables Holy poo poo thats cheap. I am very happy though with my LG. Having real hands on it really makes it better for me.
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Dec 20, 2020 06:26
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Elmnt80 posted:Anywhosits... Personally, I don't like tantos. They're designed to be strong for stabbing, and that's all. Which is not most of what I use a knife for. As a tradeoff, they have that awkward blade shape that makes slicing more awkward, since there's that inflection point near the tip. I think a normal drop point is pretty useful, since it has a fairly fine tip without being fragile, a useful length of straight blade for cutting things like rope, and a curved belly for starting a slice. I guess there's a reason it's the default blade shape. Sheepsfoot maximizes the straight cutting edge, as long as you don't need to start the cut by poking. If you don't, it might be worth the tradeoff. It does look slick, too. The Leek is a modified wharncliffe, so it has a lot of the benefits of a drop point without the usual downsides of a sheepsfoot. Lots of options out there! I'm not familiar with harpoon as a blade shape; it looks like a drop point that keeps going and raises part of the spine? I guess that's one way of getting a bigger blade on a knife that is overall smaller.
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Dec 20, 2020 06:33
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I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite knife store on the Citadel
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Dec 20, 2020 08:23
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Well outside of a miracle happening, looks like Sydney is going to be locked down over Christmas and New Year, no matter how hard old Glad bags doesn't want it.
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Dec 20, 2020 11:49
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Elmnt80 posted:Is there a preference for a blade shape in your knife? Sheepsfoot or wharncliffe, because they're the most useful for general utility tasks. Plus they also look less "stabby", which is good for not freaking people out. The QSP Penguin is a solid choice in this blade shape. I also very much like my Otter anchor knife, because it looks like a proper tool a grandpa would use. But really any blade shape will work for most things. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Dec 20, 2020 |
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Dec 20, 2020 11:55
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Looks like the Car Trek guys are visiting Aging Wheels, as there was a video of Tavarish and Ed Bolin driving Aging Wheel's Robin
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Dec 20, 2020 12:08
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i will never carry a knife but i have a small folder in my desk and a giant hunting knife in the boot of my car in my roaming toolkit. both were the cheapest options on ebay and neither of them have ever given me any trouble
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Dec 20, 2020 13:05
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Knife chat still? I inherited this from my dad who inherited it from his dad: 
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Dec 20, 2020 16:48
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Pbbbbt. A dude has one too many meads and look what happens. Bet if I was talking about Republicans that would've been FINE.
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Dec 20, 2020 16:51
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I keep one of these on my key chain so I never even notice it. Got it on Amazon for something like $5 years ago and ended up being super handy. Don't use it every day, but certainly use it every week at least once.
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Dec 20, 2020 17:02
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I kept an Opinel no. 9 in my desk at work at my last job (now on my desk at home), and my go-to utility knife around the house is one of those Mora chisel knives. I've got a handful of Mora knives, mostly because they're cheap and readily available. My favorite is a Bauhaus branded one that I picked up in Hamburg.
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Dec 20, 2020 17:25
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Rhyno posted:Pbbbbt. please dont stab anyone, stabbing people gets blood everywhere and then you go to jail n stuff
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Dec 20, 2020 17:46
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:oh speaking of smartwatches/wearables For $20 I got my 10 year old the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and it’s insanely amazing for $20. Activity tracker/watch/heart monitor/sleep tracker plus media controls. Color screen AND no lie 20 day battery life. It blows the Fitbit she had out of the water
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big dong wanter posted:please dont stab anyone, stabbing people gets blood everywhere and then you go to jail n stuff I hear jail does indeed suck.
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Dec 20, 2020 17:48
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slidebite posted:I keep one of these on my key chain so I never even notice it. Got it on Amazon for something like $5 years ago and ended up being super handy. Don't use it every day, but certainly use it every week at least once. That's exactly the kind of dumb poo poo that I like.
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Dec 20, 2020 17:54
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Just remember to collapse the knife before you put it back in your pocket 
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Dec 20, 2020 18:11
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everdave posted:For $20 I got my 10 year old the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and it’s insanely amazing for $20. Activity tracker/watch/heart monitor/sleep tracker plus media controls. Color screen AND no lie 20 day battery life. It blows the Fitbit she had out of the water How's the sleep tracker? I've heard a lot of the cheap fitness trackers have ~issues~ if you sleep days/work nights. Reviews look like they're positive tho, it may be time to replace my aging/can't pass a charging cable anymore Fitbit Charge 2.
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Dec 20, 2020 18:35
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STR posted:How's the sleep tracker? I've heard a lot of the cheap fitness trackers have ~issues~ if you sleep days/work nights. Reviews look like they're positive tho, it may be time to replace my aging/can't pass a charging cable anymore Fitbit Charge 2. I can’t speak with authority but it seems Impressive detailed data from the sleep in the app (she’s a great sleeper, very jealous)! I’d definitely give one a chance for $20, a newer band 5 is out for $30-35 but the 4 was just $20 on Amazon and I am seriously impressed.
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Dec 20, 2020 20:18
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My dad gave me a really generous christmas gift, how come i feel like such a poo poo son?
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Dec 20, 2020 20:23
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Rhyno posted:My dad gave me a really generous christmas gift, how come i feel like such a poo poo son? Unresolved issues and deep-seated self-doubt? 
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Dec 20, 2020 20:36
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He's been really great to us over the last 10 years and he said it's for all the work I've done on his house for him but it still feels weird. Guess I'm gonna get a bunch of tools I wanted.
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Dec 20, 2020 20:40
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Elmnt80 posted:Anywhosits... Wharncliffe 
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Dec 20, 2020 22:08
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Or sheepsfoot
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Knife chat still? That's really cool can I have it?
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Dec 20, 2020 22:10
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bird with big dick posted:Or sheepsfoot Oooh I like that. Where can I buy one?
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Dec 20, 2020 22:16
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My 18 year old son came down this morning and wanted to surprise us for dinner. My wife and I thought "Oh, is he going to cook for us?" Nope. The youtube culture kid wanted us to get Mr Beast Burgers. Seems that the youtuber went live with a bunch of quasi-ghost restaurants serving smash burgers and fries. Interesting concept, wasn't bad.  I did feel dirty for supporting Mr beast, though.
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Dec 20, 2020 22:57
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meatpimp posted:I did feel dirty for supporting Mr beast, though. That dude wastes more money than anyone I have ever seen. I hope he at least donates to some charities besides just destroying perfectly good houses with elephant toothpaste
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Dec 20, 2020 23:26
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slidebite posted:I keep one of these on my key chain so I never even notice it. Got it on Amazon for something like $5 years ago and ended up being super handy. Don't use it every day, but certainly use it every week at least once.
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Dec 21, 2020 01:33
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I lost my benchmade mini-grip and so I've been using a NRA knife (for real lol). Despite being a lovely Chinese pocket knife with the NRA logo on it, it's actually a lot more useful than you would think. And the blade locks!
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Dec 21, 2020 02:19
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Pan seared a strip steak in a cast iron pan at surface of the sun temperature for the first time in.... too long. Basically nothing but a bit of lard in the pan and seasoned the steak with some generous coarse salt and pepper. Seared about 4 minutes a side. Smoke was produced but nothing the range hood could keep up with. Next, threw in some veggies from my stir fries which needed to get used up. Some few day old fresh mushrooms, onion, green onions, and a yellow pepper that was going to the other side of the best before date. Seasoned the veg with just a bit of cayenne and garlic powder. Seared them in the same pan for about 1 minute. Served on top of some plain white rice (leftovers from stir fry) with the bit of seared juices drizzled over top. Man, it was better than it had any right being.
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Rhyno posted:Oooh I like that. Where can I buy one? Kizer. They make some drat nice knives for the money IMO. https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Kizer-Cutlery--1742#/filter:blade_style:Sheepsfoot
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Dec 21, 2020 03:25
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I spent a lot of time on boats and a prudent sailor always has a knife on them. Sheepsfoot blade is preferred so you don’t stab yourself while getting tossed about by waves, and a marlinspike is handy for prying stubborn knots apart. I also prefer a serrated blade so I can cut through a line in a hurry if I need to. I bought one of these Boye knives a few years ago and it has held up extremely well.
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64bit_Dophins posted:I lost my benchmade mini-grip and so I've been using a NRA knife (for real lol). Is it capable of being fired out of a gun? 
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I know it's MrChips' job to bug everyone about the sheep game, but we only need one more player to continue our streak of increasing turnout every year. Someone go play and help 2020 suck less! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3949451
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Work year 2020 officially over for me. About the best I can say is I survived it. Christ what a Llama of a year Honestly do not want another work year where I could easily top anyone else's work story with the electrocuted Llama and that's not even top five for me. Someone busted pants down in a closet with a objecting chicken wasnt even the top WTF work thing either. There's been so much crazy I dont remember even a 1/8th of it (A branch in PNG had no power and the cause was a rather dead person in the electrical cabinet who touched live power while doing autoerotic asphixiation might be the top WTF? this year) (Doesnt top the PNG IT support guy who was murdered in a witch doctor ritual) (I wish I was making that last one up)
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Work year 2020 officially over for me. About the best I can say is I survived it. Christ what a Llama of a year I enjoyed my time for the most part in PNG as discussed earlier.
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