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

[Will Power]

My cat would try a sword swallowing act on that Being young she is full of NRJ and loves chewing wire, plastic and other horrible unfriendly things, she got hold of a packet of Feather razor blades the other day but I confiscated them before she could swallow them

 

[screened porch]

I was just telling Jack Black how it would be silly for me to buy another Barlow since I never use them, and here are two more. I couldn't leave my fellow Utican Kutmaster behind, and I couldn't leave the Remington (Camillus) behind either, looking so shiny and new.

 

[5K Qs]

Looks like a high-scoring Saturday for you, Jer; congrats!

- GT

 

[Ramrodmb]

I was just telling Jack Black how it would be silly for me to buy another Barlow since I never use them, and here are two more. I couldn't leave my fellow Utican Kutmaster behind, and I couldn't leave the Remington (Camillus) behind either, looking so shiny and new.

Can't leave those two.

 

[rje58]

That's a really nice looking Canoe! Most of the nicer ones I've seen have been Solingen.

Mr Kitty approves of my Carl Schlieper stag canoe, the first canoe knife of my relatively young collection... of course he may like the edge of the wood for scratching more than the knife itself.

 

[screened porch]

Looks like a high-scoring Saturday for you, Jer; congrats!

Can't leave those two.

Thanks, guys.

 

[Jolipapa]

I really enjoyed to see the good old cast iron skillets , I appreciate and do use a few rather than teflon, same for casseroles, here my last recruit together with Will's gift, an Aubry navette with ram handles.

 

[screened porch]

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[screened porch]

That knife I was going on about in the previous post turns out to be a folding mushroom knife, brush and all, not a strange new garden knife. (Midsomer Murders 19/3, 23'23")

 

[leghog]

Weird week. Snowed 3 inches here yesterday, and today I bought opening day MLB tickets for two weeks from today.

 

[jc57]

I am on vacation next week. According to the forecast, it's going to rain every day.

 

[Railsplitter]

I am on vacation next week. According to the forecast, it's going to rain every day.

Reminds me of one of my favorite lines that I use at work. Often someone will say "It's too nice out to be in here".

I sometimes reply with "Heck, if there was an F5 tornado ripping through town it would still be too nice out to be in here".

Have a great vacation, John!

 

[r redden]

I'm back to the cast iron so I thought I'd post what I cooked up in mine a couple of nights ago a NY Strip.

FIRST I SEARED IT ON THE STOVE TOP.

THEN I STUCK IT IN THE OVEN TO FINISH

TOOK IT OUT OF THE OVEN AND LET IT REST A COUPLE OF MINUTES

PUT IT ON A PLATE WITH SOME BROCCOLI I HAD COOKED

YUMMY!!

 

[glennbad]

That look dang tasty, Randy!

 

[r8shell]

I really enjoyed to see the good old cast iron skillets , I appreciate and do use a few rather than teflon, same for casseroles, here my last recruit together with Will's gift, an Aubry navette with ram handles.View attachment 871080

I'm back to the cast iron so I thought I'd post what I cooked up in mine a couple of nights ago a NY Strip.

FIRST I SEARED IT ON THE STOVE TOP.

THEN I STUCK IT IN THE OVEN TO FINISH

TOOK IT OUT OF THE OVEN AND LET IT REST A COUPLE OF MINUTES

PUT IT ON A PLATE WITH SOME BROCCOLI I HAD COOKED

YUMMY!!

Great knives and cast iron pans. I see a new thread starting! Now that I've got a good seasoning on my little Wagner Ware #5, I'm hooked. One more reason to stop for yard sales.

 

[WhittlinAway]

r redden that looks delicious! I gave a couple of pork chops the same treatment on Thursday.

 

[kamagong]

Yup. It's a little more work, but well worth the trouble.

 

[veitsi_poika]

Yup. It's a little more work, but well worth the trouble.

Wow nicely done kamagong ! Just steel wool and elbow grease? I have some that need to be cleaned up like that...

- Kevin

 

[veitsi_poika]

I'm back to the cast iron so I thought I'd post what I cooked up in mine a couple of nights ago a NY Strip.

FIRST I SEARED IT ON THE STOVE TOP.

THEN I STUCK IT IN THE OVEN TO FINISH

TOOK IT OUT OF THE OVEN AND LET IT REST A COUPLE OF MINUTES

PUT IT ON A PLATE WITH SOME BROCCOLI I HAD COOKED

YUMMY!!

That looks crazy good Randy! I made steaks under the broiler for the first time over Christmas last year because the wind chill here in Wisconsin was -15 and grilling was not an option. Can't go from the cooktop to the oven with plastic handles and teflon!

- Kevin

 

[kamagong]

Wow nicely done kamagong ! Just steel wool and elbow grease? I have some that need to be cleaned up like that...

- Kevin

Almost. I put them in the oven for a couple of hours at 500 °F. After the oven cools down the gunk has pretty much turned to ash. Scrub it off with some steel wool, or if dealing with more stubborn stuff you can use one of those grill cleaners they sell for BBQs. Season as needed.