I Have The Best Wife On The Planet! (knife stuff)

[joechimp]

I like it !

[Meemaw]

Cool!!!   Nice knife.

 

[Rudge]

I know all of you guys don't understand. It's a crazy hobby of mine.

When I was a kid it was no big deal to own a Case or an Old Timer and if the blade said "Schrade" you knew you had a good knife.

I was taught very strict rules about how to handle a knife and how not to handle it. All my life I had one in my pocket and I guess I figured out how to sharpen one pretty well along the way. 

They would all cut pretty good through tape and open letters or zip ties with little force. I never really gave it much thought until one day, I used a quality knife with quality steel, somebody pinch me! This was how a knife was supposed to cut?!!! All these years I thought I had a "good" knife in my pocket and I was wrong. As it turns out, A knife requires almost NO force to cut something. Only back and forth motion.

I have been "hooked" on good steel compositions since. 

20 years have gone by and I am still like a kid over knives.     

[joechimp]

20 years have gone by and I am still like a kid over knives.     

You are not alone !

[Rudge]

20 years have gone by and I am still like a kid over knives.     

You are not alone !

Good to know. I start feeling creepy when I think I am alone. 

[Neal ManBear]

20 years have gone by and I am still like a kid over knives.     

You are not alone !

     
Not by quite a bit. I love a good knife.     

[weirdwolf]

Looks good Rudge

[Rudge]

Thanks to everyone that understands. 

I know this is not the "BladeForums" but you guys are all family and well, I like sharing.

BTW,, you can find me at the "bladeforums" as ,,,     Rudge

[Tony]

Nah, I totally understand your love of Knives Rudge; they're works of Art that are practical.

I go weak in the Knee's going into a Hardware store, all those beautiful tools... (dribble)

Actually there's quite a few stores I go weak in the knees, I've been banned from so many music stores it's not funny. 

[sammy2fish]

Hmmm.      All sorts of things have come into my head...

Deep-down Tex & I might agree on more than I thought....

Rudge, those truly blonde hairs had better be yours for the long run...

[Rudge]

Are we still talking about the knife? 

LOL 

[Bald Brick]

I know all of you guys don't understand. It's a crazy hobby of mine.

When I was a kid it was no big deal to own a Case or an Old Timer and if the blade said "Schrade" you knew you had a good knife.

I was taught very strict rules about how to handle a knife and how not to handle it. All my life I had one in my pocket and I guess I figured out how to sharpen one pretty well along the way. 

They would all cut pretty good through tape and open letters or zip ties with little force. I never really gave it much thought until one day, I used a quality knife with quality steel, somebody pinch me! This was how a knife was supposed to cut?!!! All these years I thought I had a "good" knife in my pocket and I was wrong. As it turns out, A knife requires almost NO force to cut something. Only back and forth motion.

I have been "hooked" on good steel compositions since. 

20 years have gone by and I am still like a kid over knives.     

I can well understand you. (And our third president, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, is said to have worn a puukko - a Finnish belt-knife -
even on formal occasions with white tie and tails.)

[Rudge]

I have read that in earlier days "1700s or so" , you were expected to bring your own "knife" for a dinner party.

No knife?,, no steak.  

It was only after several outbreaks of drunken violence that the "butter knife" was invented.

It had no sharp points and no sharp edges and was supplied by the host at the dinner table. (the host supplying utensils for food consumption was unheard of) It remains one of the most successful knife designs ever.  

After the invention of the "Butter Knife", guests had to "check" their sharp toys at the door and retrieved them as they left once the party was over.  

Now days there is still a "split" decision.. "Should I be prepared for minor emergencies that could save someone's life"? Even mine?!!

Or be politically correct and "NOT" carry the most useful, personal tool ever created by man?  

[joechimp]

NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT A KNIFE !!!

[Tony]

Bald Brick; "And our third president, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud"; that's a bit of a tongue twister, mainly the 'Surname', my dentures become unstable trying to say it. 
Very important to know all these 'titbits' of information, seriously I love it.

The Art of 'Story Telling' should come freely, especially in these days; thanks for the Story Rudge, another good one.