"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[supratentorial]

Best wishes, Randy.

Welcome, TJ.

 

[AShearer]

This may or may not be the place for this but I've been on the porch here for a little while and commented on several posts and threads. I felt it proper to formally introduce myself in the traditional forum as that is what most of my knives are. I am TJ and am in eastern NC. My love of traditional knives began when a now passed on friend gave me a case xx mini trapper with red bone scales as a birthday gift at 11 years old. Since then my collection has grown and now I do own a few non-traditional folders as well. I do enjoy the knowledge sharing and input of information on this forum (this thread especially) and hope to share a bit of my limited knowledge with someone at some point also. Thanks for letting me tag along and learn!

Welcome TJ. It's a great place to hang out and make new friends with the same hobby (obsession,if you like).

 

[AShearer]

Thanks Jack. That's good to hear!

 

[Old Engineer]

Good to have you TJ . Welcome to the Porch my friend .

Harry

 

[knarfeng]

This may or may not be the place for this but I've been on the porch here for a little while and commented on several posts and threads. I felt it proper to formally introduce myself in the traditional forum as that is what most of my knives are. I am TJ and am in eastern NC. My love of traditional knives began when a now passed on friend gave me a case xx mini trapper with red bone scales as a birthday gift at 11 years old. Since then my collection has grown and now I do own a few non-traditional folders as well. I do enjoy the knowledge sharing and input of information on this forum (this thread especially) and hope to share a bit of my limited knowledge with someone at some point also. Thanks for letting me tag along and learn!

Sounds like a normal background around here. Not to worry. Hang out with us for a spell. The natives are friendly.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for introducing yourself TJ, and welcome to The Porch

Hope you're up and about again soon Randy

I share your frustration Charlie

 

[meako]

Tell you what though. I'm liking the new photo posting uploady biz.
Here y go Jack .the wiztards knife on duty at the billabong today. Wafer thin slices of bbq chicken delicatley placed on wholemeal bread with lettuce and a soupcon if tomsto and cracked pepper relish. Then devoured by the lads with all the aplomb of a pack of starving wolverines.

 

[SVTFreak]

Welcome TJ.

 

[screened porch]

Hail fellow, well met.

 

[screened porch]

Tell you what though. I'm liking the new photo posting uploady biz.
Here y go Jack .the wiztards knife on duty at the billabong today. Wafer thin slices of bbq chicken delicatley placed on wholemeal bread with lettuce and a soupcon if tomsto and cracked pepper relish. Then devoured by the lads with all the aplomb of a pack of starving wolverines.View attachment 701232

Nice one. Is it really stamped wiztards?

 

[Half/Stop]

totkst1 Welcome to the Porch TJ!

 

[Jack Black]

Tell you what though. I'm liking the new photo posting uploady biz.
Here y go Jack .the wiztards knife on duty at the billabong today. Wafer thin slices of bbq chicken delicatley placed on wholemeal bread with lettuce and a soupcon if tomsto and cracked pepper relish. Then devoured by the lads with all the aplomb of a pack of starving wolverines.View attachment 701232

I've not tried that yet, still using Photobucket. Nice to know it works though, and great to see the knife Sandwiches and orange Club biscuits! You're making me hungry!

 

[totkst1]

I've not tried that yet, still using Photobucket. Nice to know it works though, and great to see the knife Sandwiches and orange Club biscuits! You're making me hungry!

I had to start using the new way I can't figure out how to make my photobucket links work

 

[r8shell]

I had to start using the new way I can't figure out how to make my photobucket links work

I wish I could help. I'm posting Photobucket pictures the same way I did before the change. (copy IMG link and paste directly into reply) for some reason, this doesn't work for everyone. I'm on a PC, and it may be different for tablets and phones?

 

[meako]

Photobucket? Thing of the past.
Just make sure your photos aren't too large.
I think its a megabyte limit.
Dont as me what the limit is I just crop them down until it takes them.
It can all be done from the phone.eg this opinel pic.I took several closeups but all were too large prompting the error msg.
Then I hit on the idea of a wider shot cropped down. It seems to work.
The story of that old knife can be found if you search for "wizards quest". Ill try to link it.
Its a full on saga so get comfy and clear the deck of i interruptions.
I am the said wizard of Oz although wiztard is a more fitting title

 

[meako]

Search for Wizards Quest
My linking ability is weak.

 

[Rookie82]

I had to start using the new way I can't figure out how to make my photobucket links work

I had the opposite issue. I can still use Photobucket without issue. However, how are people uploading images directly? The Media Gallery restrictions are quite small, and the "upload a file" adds an image as an attachment, so it doesn't show normally. Does anyone have advice on what has been working for them?

 

[totkst1]

I had the opposite issue. I can still use Photobucket without issue. However, how are people uploading images directly? The Media Gallery restrictions are quite small, and the "upload a file" adds an image as an attachment, so it doesn't show normally. Does anyone have advice on what has been working for them?

I only use my phone for the forum because my pc sucks. I had to download an image resizer app from App Store and now when I want to post I just resize the image and click upload file.

 

[Jack Black]

I wish I could help. I'm posting Photobucket pictures the same way I did before the change. (copy IMG link and paste directly into reply) for some reason, this doesn't work for everyone. I'm on a PC, and it may be different for tablets and phones?

Me too, but I've also only posted from my PC so far

Search for Wizards Quest
My linking ability is weak.

Unfortunately, all pre-existing threads have been altered by the recent changes (see http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/changes-to-punctuation-in-old-posts.1487929/) and those which contained punctuation have been been turned into gobbledegook (or in my case Yorkshire gobbledegook). Re-editing them is a painstaking job, and where they contain a lot of images, or are simply long, they can't be re-edited at all

. The Wizard's Quest threads will certainly have been affected, but here are links to the original posts (the earlier ones will have lost their pics, the later ones should still have them):

Background: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1132966-I-hereby-issue-a-challenge-to-Jack-Black

Part 1: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...rd’s-Quest-Part-1-Bad-Knight-In-Knaresborough

Part 2: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-2

Part 3: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-3

Part 4: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-4

Part 5: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-5

Part 6: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-6

Part 7: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...kshire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-7

Part 8: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-8-Here-There-Be-Monsters

Part 9: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...e-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-9-Lost-in-Yorkshire

Part 10: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...d’s-Quest-Part-10-Vikings-and-Thieving-Varlet

Part 11: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...shire-With-A-Knife-The-Wizard-s-Quest-Part-11

Part 12: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-12-–-Don’t-Tell-Titus!

Part 13: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...nife-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-13-–-Settle-Down

Part 14: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-The-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-14-Withering-Heights

Part 15: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Wizard’s-Quest-Part-15-–-The-Marmalade-Barlow!

Part 16: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...he-Wizard’s-Quest-Part-16-–-The-Week-That-Was

Part 17: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...’s-Quest-Part-17-–-What-A-Way-To-Spend-Easter

Part 18: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...d’s-Quest-Part-18-–-By-the-Banks-of-the-River

Part 19: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...zard-s-Quest-Part-19-Of-Car-Boots-amp-Castles

Part 20: http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/...st-part-20-theres-no-place-like-home.1179980/

 

[mrknife]

This may or may not be the place for this but I've been on the porch here for a little while and commented on several posts and threads. I felt it proper to formally introduce myself in the traditional forum as that is what most of my knives are. I am TJ and am in eastern NC. My love of traditional knives began when a now passed on friend gave me a case xx mini trapper with red bone scales as a birthday gift at 11 years old. Since then my collection has grown and now I do own a few non-traditional folders as well. I do enjoy the knowledge sharing and input of information on this forum (this thread especially) and hope to share a bit of my limited knowledge with someone at some point also. Thanks for letting me tag along and learn!

welcome TJ, some of the porch members are from NC!