My First Knife - Page 7

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

Several of those look like Randall Made Knives. They started making knives before WWII. Now they are highly prized collectors items.

I thought he looked pretty proud, and I think he represents the egalitarian quality of knife collecting. A guy doesn't have to buy the Purdey shotgun of knives, to collect. Every price level can be a collection, and the knives that you make, are always a goal.

Perry Winkle · 03-02-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I thought he looked pretty proud, and I think he represents the egalitarian quality of knife collecting. A guy doesn't have to buy the Purdey shotgun of knives, to collect.

Exactly. Randall Knives aren't fancy. They are special because of sentiment (Pops tells stories about how he killed a dozen Nazis with his!) and utility, not fancy engraving, wood or whatever.

footfootfoot · 03-02-2012, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

Exactly. Randall Knives aren't fancy. They are special because of sentiment (Pops tells stories about how he killed a dozen Nazis with his!) and utility, not fancy engraving, wood or whatever.

Is your Pops' name Bud, by any chance?

Perry Winkle · 04-13-2012, 05:56 PM

I went out to the shop to grind. Flipped the switch on the grinder and got an error light on the controller. Something shorted out according to the "slow blink" light. Haven't been able to figure out what yet.

Hoping it's still in warranty. The controller was $600 and the motor was $250. Not looking forward to replacing them after virtually zero use.

Griff · 04-14-2012, 06:00 AM

Bummer. I hate sinking money into stuff that doesn't work...

jimhelm · 07-18-2012, 12:28 PM

7"?

Very nice work, sir. Proud, you should be.

•spoken in to my phone

Perry Winkle · 10-22-2012, 02:18 PM

So I have two knives in the pipe. They are the last two I need to do for other people. One is for classic, and is going to put the other one I sent to shame. The other is for a friend.

I think I'm going to quit making knives for a while after those are done. I don't have the time (read: not willing to sacrifice other things) to make the endeavor worthwhile. I think I'll refocus on my software development skills and work toward some more interesting things in that arena.

glatt · 10-22-2012, 02:23 PM

I find that I will take up a hobby and run with it for a while, and then get bored after too much focus in it. But it usually comes back. Or something similar.

It's about time for me to build a canoe. Or two. It's a lot to bite off though.

limey · 10-22-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I find that I will take up a hobby and run with it for a while, and then get bored after too much focus in it. But it usually comes back. Or something similar.

It's about time for me to build a canoe. Or two. It's a lot to bite off though.

This is true. Not the canoe, though, not for me. The obsessive knitting has squeezed out the obsessive concertina playing. I wish I could do both at once.

Sent by thought transference.

04-14-2012, 06:00 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Bummer. I hate sinking money into stuff that doesn't work... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-18-2012, 12:28 PM	#6
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	7"? Very nice work, sir. Proud, you should be. •spoken in to my phone __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

04-13-2012, 05:56 PM	#4
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I went out to the shop to grind. Flipped the switch on the grinder and got an error light on the controller. Something shorted out according to the "slow blink" light. Haven't been able to figure out what yet. Hoping it's still in warranty. The controller was $600 and the motor was $250. Not looking forward to replacing them after virtually zero use.

10-22-2012, 02:18 PM	#7
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	So I have two knives in the pipe. They are the last two I need to do for other people. One is for classic, and is going to put the other one I sent to shame. The other is for a friend. I think I'm going to quit making knives for a while after those are done. I don't have the time (read: not willing to sacrifice other things) to make the endeavor worthwhile. I think I'll refocus on my software development skills and work toward some more interesting things in that arena.

10-22-2012, 02:23 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I find that I will take up a hobby and run with it for a while, and then get bored after too much focus in it. But it usually comes back. Or something similar. It's about time for me to build a canoe. Or two. It's a lot to bite off though.

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