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

My gf said NO to helping butcher a goose.
The quad is fascinated by this stuff, so she came and watched.
As a bonus, she got to try Amish home made ice cream.
Now she told my gf if there is more Amish ice cream, she MUST help with anything even butchering.
My gf's response to that was also NO.
 
screened porch said:
What do I have hidden where I can't find them? My Lammi puukko, my Case Carhartt large stockman, my 8" Solingen Olsen Bowie, my galeam French friction folder,... Maybe that's all.
That's not so bad.
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Sorry to hear you're playing hide-and-seek with those 4 knives, especially the fascinating Galeam French knife with the vintage NOS blade. I hope one or more of the hiding knives runs for home base soon! ;)

- GT
 
meako said:
Sadly it is still missing...I either put it "somewhere safe"for emergencies...or its dropped somewhere....
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screened porch said:
What do I have hidden where I can't find them? My Lammi puukko, my Case Carhartt large stockman, my 8" Solingen Olsen Bowie, my galeam French friction folder,... Maybe that's all.
That's not so bad.
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Missing knives are painful!! I hope you both find them eventually!!

I've been missing my old curved Russell Barlow for a couple of months!! I don't remember ever taking it out of my knife room - (yes I have a dedicated room!)!! I've searched every drawer, cigar box and roll!! Where the heck is it??? 😮 o_O
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It's the top one in this picture!!
 
waynorth said:
Missing knives are painful!! I hope you both find them eventually!!

I've been missing my old curved Russell Barlow for a couple of months!! I don't remember ever taking it out of my knife room - (yes I have a dedicated room!)!! I've searched every drawer, cigar box and roll!! Where the heck is it??? 😮 o_O
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same, sometime ago, during my last batch of rings, i stored one of the earliest rings ive ever made some where, stashed it. now i cant seem to find it!!!!
 
My daughter is 15 and wants a summer job. I took her in today to a factory shop that I used to work at 15 years ago, and she met with the management for an "interview". I still kept in contact with the owners, and know a handful of the employees who still work there. I already had done a lot of the legwork to get her in and iron out the details, but it was good for her to go through the official process. Sort of bittersweet to see your kid not being a kid anymore. I've expressed a lot about making a commitments and honoring your word. This is not fun or glamorous work, but she'll be earning twice the hourly wage most of her friends will be making at their jobs.
 
Rookie82 said:
My daughter is 15 and wants a summer job. I took her in today to a factory shop that I used to work at 15 years ago, and she met with the management for an "interview". I still kept in contact with the owners, and know a handful of the employees who still work there. I already had done a lot of the legwork to get her in and iron out the details, but it was good for her to go through the official process. Sort of bittersweet to see your kid not being a kid anymore. I've expressed a lot about making a commitments and honoring your word. This is not fun or glamorous work, but she'll be earning twice the hourly wage most of her friends will be making at their jobs.
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Good for both of you, Carl!! The next lesson is saving part of one's wages!! ;)
 
5K Qs said:
Sorry to hear you're playing hide-and-seek with those 4 knives, especially the fascinating Galeam French knife with the vintage NOS blade. I hope one or more of the hiding knives runs for home base soon! ;)

- GT
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mrknife said:
same, sometime ago, during my last batch of rings, i stored one of the earliest rings ive ever made some where, stashed it. now i cant seem to find it!!!!
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waynorth said:
Missing knives are painful!! I hope you both find them eventually!!

I've been missing my old curved Russell Barlow for a couple of months!! I don't remember ever taking it out of my knife room - (yes I have a dedicated room!)!! I've searched every drawer, cigar box and roll!! Where the heck is it??? 😮 o_O
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It's the top one in this picture!!
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They'll all turn up!
 
Spent the last week or so in Wyoming with family. One of the highlights of my trip was an impromptu meetup in Laramie, Wyoming with Matt_WY Matt_WY last Friday. I was traveling through on my way to my parents’ house and Matt was in town to see his daughter graduate from the University of Wyoming. Parking lot meet up, shoot the breeze, and of course, a knife swap at the Brown and Gold outlet. I’ve been trying to meet up with Matt for years and it finally worked out in a place neither of us expected thst it would. Matt is even nicer in person (if that is possible) and I’m grateful that we were finally able to sync up.
 
Rookie82 said:
My daughter is 15 and wants a summer job. I took her in today to a factory shop that I used to work at 15 years ago, and she met with the management for an "interview". I still kept in contact with the owners, and know a handful of the employees who still work there. I already had done a lot of the legwork to get her in and iron out the details, but it was good for her to go through the official process. Sort of bittersweet to see your kid not being a kid anymore. I've expressed a lot about making a commitments and honoring your word. This is not fun or glamorous work, but she'll be earning twice the hourly wage most of her friends will be making at their jobs.
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Good work ethic learned at a young age will serve her well in the future. It will also be a good thing for comparing future jobs to this one looking back.
 
screened porch said:
What do I have hidden where I can't find them? My Lammi puukko, my Case Carhartt large stockman, my 8" Solingen Olsen Bowie, my galeam French friction folder,... Maybe that's all.
That's not so bad.
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Hey, pretty good to remember all those!
Just for the sake of a pic:
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I know where both of these are.
 
Here are a few pics from our village's 138th annual Memorial Day parade. The village consists of the church, built in 1880, (The oldest registered grave is from 1787, so there was a church there before this one.), and a total of about 12 houses. It used to be a thriving community, with stores, feed mills, tanneries, etc; but the whole town burned down in 1941. Our house, two houses across the road & the church, all built in the 1850-1880s were the only ones to survive the fire. Even though only about 75 people live here, the Memorial Day parade continues, and draws a pretty good crowd from all over the county. The parade isn't a really big deal, but there's food, games, and a band afterwards.
The view from the front of our house:

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