I blame Alvin
J Craggs
In the last three weeks I've had three pairs of
jeans tear across the top of the thigh in exactly the
same place. Why do I blame Alvin? Because over the
last couple of months I've been using his 'strop on
denim' technique - which produces excellent results by
the way - and when I cut up one damaged pair afterwards
they were only paper-thin in the 'stropping area'.
Guess I'll have to start buying better jeans;-)
Now every time I see some kid with holey jeans
I wonder if he's a secret knife-stropper.
Gyppo
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Steve Kramer
J Craggs wrote:
>
> I blame Alvin for my looking like a tramp/hobo.
>
> In the last three weeks I've had three pairs of
> jeans tear across the top of the thigh in exactly the
> same place. Why do I blame Alvin? Because over the
> last couple of months I've been using his 'strop on
> denim' technique - which produces excellent results by
> the way - and when I cut up one damaged pair afterwards
> they were only paper-thin in the 'stropping area'.
It's worse than that. Not only are my pants getting thinner at the
thighs because his methods are so effective, these days my fridge always
has a package of lard in it! The damn stuff DOES work better than most
other oils for my needs. Who IS this guy, and how does he know so
much?!?
BTW, my cholesterol is getting ready to max out because, since I have
the lard anyway, I've been making your British 'Fried Bread' that I'd
only heard about before. My UK friends told me that their 'correct
method' of making it absolutely required lard, but as I never kept it on
hand, I never had the opportunity to try it. Delicious. Much better than
when cooked in butter, but hell on the arteries!
Thanks Alvin. You've ruined our clothes and our health, but our knives,
leather goods, and appetite have all taken a turn for the better! And we
all KNOW which are more important! :o)
Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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with new eyes." - Marcel Proust
Offbreed
> In the last three weeks I've had three pairs of
> jeans tear across the top of the thigh in exactly the
> same place. Why do I blame Alvin? Because over the
> last couple of months I've been using his 'strop on
> denim' technique - which produces excellent results by
> the way - and when I cut up one damaged pair afterwards
> they were only paper-thin in the 'stropping area'.
Get some Carharts with a double layer on the thigh.
LarbGai
"Steve Kramer" <st...@seatraveler.com> wrote in message
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> It's worse than that. Not only are my pants getting thinner at the
> thighs because his methods are so effective, these days my fridge always
> has a package of lard in it! The damn stuff DOES work better than most
> other oils for my needs. Who IS this guy, and how does he know so
> much?!?
******You're lying again Stevie......................
You look like a real little porker in that photo where you are playing
policeman in Chaing Mai.
;-)
Chas
> It's worse than that. Not only are my pants getting thinner at the
> thighs because his methods are so effective,
I've got a matched pair of scars-
I got a little George Scheppers dagger- stropping it on my thigh, against a
rouge strop. My attention wandered for a moment, and I stuck it in my thigh
about a half-inch or so (just a *daggery* little dagger)- I got the bleeding
stopped, and since the job wasn't done, I switched to the other thigh.
My attention wandered for a moment........
Chas
J Craggs
As my Dad used to say if I made the same
mistake twice - especially in quick succession - "I
dunno, even a monkey learns simple tricks.". ;-)
I've got a little white scar on the inside of
my forearm where I sliced myself practicing one of
those 'reverse grip, conceal the knife behind your arm'
covert attack moves. Couldn't believe I'd been so
bloody clumsy ;-( Saw the blood on the sheepskin rug
before I even felt anything. Stabbing yourself in your
own knife-arm, what a clown. Useful lesson though ;-)
Chas
> As my Dad used to say if I made the same
> mistake twice - especially in quick succession - "I
> dunno, even a monkey learns simple tricks.". ;-)
And when a skilled man makes a mistrake; 'even monkeys fall out of trees'.
> I've got a little white scar on the inside of
> my forearm where I sliced myself practicing one of
> those 'reverse grip, conceal the knife behind your arm'
> covert attack moves. Couldn't believe I'd been so
> bloody clumsy ;-( Saw the blood on the sheepskin rug
> before I even felt anything. Stabbing yourself in your
> own knife-arm, what a clown. Useful lesson though ;-)
Common mistake when people switch from training knives to live ones- or
switch to a knife that they've not worked with before. I've seen a couple of
my teachers cut themselves even, much less doing it myself.
They say you can spot the iaido players by their left thumb- if it's not
already scarred, they haven't been doing it long <g>
Chas
Andy Dingley
wrote:
>I've been making your British 'Fried Bread' that I'd
>only heard about before. My UK friends told me that their 'correct
>method' of making it absolutely required lard,
OTOH, I was cooking Thai tonight and there's no lard in my fridge at
all.
You live in a country with some of the most enjoyable cuisine in the
world. Why on earth would you want to eat _lard_ ?
Steve Kramer
Look at the bright side. Now you truly own this knife. :o)
I thought one only has to cut one's self once to own a knife. Twice must
make it yours forever!
LarbGai
"Andy Dingley" <din...@codesmiths.com> wrote in message
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******Well Stevie is a real "lardy".......
Look at the porkers picture
at....http://www.bahtbus.com/images/boyscouts.jpg
He's the piggy on the left.
*GRIN*
Steve Kramer
Andy Dingley wrote:
> OTOH, I was cooking Thai tonight and there's no lard in my fridge at
> all.
>
> You live in a country with some of the most enjoyable cuisine in the
> world. Why on earth would you want to eat _lard_ ?
Looking at it that way, you might have something. *grin*
But day after day, week after week, year after year, of great Thai food?
Sometimes I crave a cheeseburger and fries. Or have Pizza Hut deliver to
my house. That's exotic for me now! Or, to keep it on topic, to have
something to eat that I need to use a knife to cut at the table, instead
of the side of my spoon. Ahhhhhh........
On the positive side, stropping the bowl of a spoon would not ruin our
jeans!
LarbGai
> On the positive side, stropping the bowl of a spoon would not ruin our
> jeans!
>
> Steve Kramer
******Or your fancy new policemans uniform eh Stevie??????
*SMIRK*
Fraser Johnston
"Chas" <chascl...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I got one of those on my right thigh from wiping the blood off a filleting
knife. The bugger went in and snapped off. Had to dig around for the tip
to get it out. No fun at all.
Fraser
Chas
> I got one of those on my right thigh from wiping the blood off a filleting
> knife. The bugger went in and snapped off. Had to dig around for the tip
> to get it out. No fun at all.
That's why I like damascus- you can stick yourself, twice, without worrying
about catastrophic failure.
Chas
Fraser Johnston
Gee Chas, you'd see the silver lining on a mushroom cloud.
Fraser
cate...@my-deja.com
Chas wrote:
> They say you can spot the iaido players by their left thumb- if it's not
> already scarred, they haven't been doing it long <g>
>
> Chas
I remeber seeing a traiing partner doing an iaido demonstration in a
public forum, a demonstration for rank, actually, and he got himself
pretty good on a noto. blood poured onto the floor.
You could see his eyes jump for a second- nobody would have bedgruded
him ceasing the demonstration, but he finished it anyway. some of the
most authentic chiburi i've seen to date :D
pretty fly for a white guy-
carl
Steve Kramer
Not when I try to make them. :o(
Sheerluck
One of my many bad habits is opening and closing a lockknife one-handed
while reading .
One night a friend I was working with made a comment about it....I honestly
didn't know I was doing it .
The following night he turned up for work with his right hand bandaged ...in
answer to the obvious question he said he'd cut himself trying to immitate
my trick....the annoying thing for him was that his (then current) wife had
no sympathy...she said he'd brought it on himself by copying an obvious
psycho-case .
(In answer to the question that may arise on a specialist ng like this , I
alternate between the "pinch and push" method of opening and the "pinch the
blade/swing the handle away" method")
Sheerluck
alv...@xx.com
> One of my many bad habits is opening and closing a lockknife
> one-handed while reading .
> One night a friend I was working with made a comment about it....
> I honestly didn't know I was doing it .
> The following night he turned up for work with his right hand
> bandaged ...in answer to the obvious question he said he'd cut
> himself trying to immitate my trick....the annoying thing for him
> was that his (then current) wife had no sympathy...she said he'd
> brought it on himself by copying an obvious psycho-case .
LOL :)
> (In answer to the question that may arise on a specialist ng like
> this , I alternate between the "pinch and push" method of opening
> and the "pinch the blade/swing the handle away" method")
> Sheerluck
Is that with a slip-joint?
I'm best at stabbing myself in the back of the thigh when closing
the clip blade on a stockman.
Alvin in AZ
Sheerluck
<alv...@XX.com> wrote in message news:dqub7j$s7$2...@reader2.panix.com...
>
>
> > (In answer to the question that may arise on a specialist ng like
> > this , I alternate between the "pinch and push" method of opening
> > and the "pinch the blade/swing the handle away" method")
> > Sheerluck
>
> Is that with a slip-joint?
>
> I'm best at stabbing myself in the back of the thigh when closing
> the clip blade on a stockman.
>
> Alvin in AZ
lockblade , opens like a normal pen-knife/slip-joint then locks until
released .
If you're closing it one-handed you can cut yourself if you aren't careful .
I didn't mention that I work in the security industry , where carrying
knives is frowned on . Fortunately , the firearms instructor was from a
special-forces background , and shared my fondness for edged weapons .
As I was raised in London before coming here , all my bad habits with knives
are hard-wired .
Sheerluck