What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Will Power said:
Beautiful Stag! Reminds me of mine that went MIA over 2 years ago :( Great blade the Drop-Point with long pull :cool:

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This morning the Knife Gods smiled. After 2 years 2 months MIA and me believing it had been lost at the country house (so, rusting in the garden somewhere :eek:) I had to move the very heavy leather armchair I favour for reading. This , along with an archaelogical layer of dust is what I found underneath it 😍😻🍀


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Will Power said:
Always good to have a gas burner and a couple of cartridges of propane :cool: 5 or 6 years back at the country house, an inattentive idiot in a tractor cut thru my main cable when extending his ditch..it's clearly marked but....gas saved the morning. I do have a wood range too but it takes a deal of time.

But you're forgetting manual power, get one of these, and beans are always fresh ground :)

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A hurricane about 20 years ago made me ditch the electric bean grinder for a manual. I tossed the electric and never looked back. Which is to say, I second that!
 
Will Power said:
This morning the Knife Gods smiled. After 2 years 2 months MIA and me believing it had been lost at the country house (so, rusting in the garden somewhere :eek:) I had to move the very heavy leather armchair I favour for reading. This , along with an archaelogical layer of dust is what I found underneath it 😍😻🍀


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Nice
We used to hide the cane handled feather dusters under the heavy lounge Mum couldn't move😉
 
Will Power said:
Always good to have a gas burner and a couple of cartridges of propane :cool: 5 or 6 years back at the country house, an inattentive idiot in a tractor cut thru my main cable when extending his ditch..it's clearly marked but....gas saved the morning. I do have a wood range too but it takes a deal of time.

But you're forgetting manual power, get one of these, and beans are always fresh ground :)

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You are correct, I should have a manual coffee mill.
Admit to having some attachment to my old electric one, though. A Christmas gift from my wife in 1981, a made in the USA Oster. Just keeps on going.

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1yr and 2mos ago, the date on the receipt, was a Friday. I found the Buck 110 Lite at Walmart in the outdoor section, sitting alone and pristine in the knife case. There it was, folded blade gleaming like it had somewhere to be … and poised as though already a day late getting there. I didn’t need a new knife, but something about that Buck Lite spoke to me. The price was less than a fast-food combo. How could I refuse? The cashier didn’t even blink as she rang up $5.45 Total, though I swear for a second her eyes turned flat black and soulless as the handle of that Buck, and she muttered, “Good luck” under her breath. Laughing it off, I returned home with the 110, pinched it open, and admired the edge shimmering in the light, unnaturally so, reflecting something perhaps not in the room.

That night, I woke to the sound of the Buck Lite opening itself with a sharp snap. It sat on my nightstand, blade extended, pointing toward the window, which was also open despite having been latched. I got up to close the window, but the world outside wasn’t my street anymore. It was a vast, endless Walmart aisle, lit by flickering fluorescent lights and stretching into a boundless void with no walls. Realizing I’d been transported there effortlessly without my permission and after only a moment, I panicked and turned in the aisle to run, knife in hand, pulsing warm like a heartbeat. High above on the store speakers an eerie ethereal voice BOOMED, “NO RETURNS.” I was stuck !!!

… With a startled jerk and sharp breath I awoke drenched in sweat, clutching the Buck 110 Lite in my hand and realized it had only been a dream. But I swear I saw a yellow Walmart smiley face slowly fading from the bureau mirror. As first rays of day bled into the room from the east, I quickly dressed and slipped the Buck 110 Lite purchased a day late on a Friday, into my pocket and ready for another Thrifty Thursday. Some mornings start with coffee. Today mine started with a clearance knife and a quiet uneasy sense I may have been bundled in a Rollback deal.

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Amir Fleschwund said:
You are correct, I should have a manual coffee mill.
Admit to having some attachment to my old electric one, though. A Christmas gift from my wife in 1981, a made in the USA Oster. Just keeps on going.

As long as the electric service keeps on going...
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The manual is only back-up, it takes quite a while to use.;) But useful.

I have a couple of grinders, one very simple & cheap, compact which has been used everyday now for 6 or more years, another expensive and allegedly superior with burrs or something. The latter is bulky, messy to clean and fill-over complex and does not produce a better result. It lies idle :D

Been wondering if you can sharpen coffee grinder blades ? Could be a rabbit-hole of polished edges, bevels ,angles though :eek:🤣

Today again, my long lost and now found 83

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