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by ChrisinHove
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"
Replies: 14
Views: 428

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Although I try to punctuate correctly, I’m more interested in other people’s views than their grammar - up until the point where it affects my understanding of what they are trying to say.

PS. I’m not entirely convinced about Joe’s idea of shooting the slightly illiterate.
by ChrisinHove
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Knife that screams liner lock got the compression lock - why?
Replies: 40
Views: 1680

Re: Knife that screams liner lock got the compression lock - why?

Yes - I found this obtrusive on the Wolfspyder. I didn’t mind the slow deployment but the ergonomics just didn’t chime. And I tried twice, a couple of years apart.
by ChrisinHove
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Your favorite exclusives
Replies: 35
Views: 1316

Re: Your favorite exclusives

Exclusives are rare this side of the pond, except the HH slipjoints. Other than those I only have a couple, also including the 4V Wayne Goddard. However, the m4 Native 5 is my go-to work knife, so must be crowned favourite. It has been dyed from the original jade and featured in a supporting role in...
by ChrisinHove
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: Mule Team Discussion
Topic: The best "worst" serrated knives I have ever owned.
Replies: 31
Views: 1284

Re: The best "worst" serrated knives I have ever owned.

My experience of the Kitchen Devil type serrations is that they arrive sharp, and as they wear the thin stock and fine (but blunt) teeth allow the knife to keep separating softer foodstuffs almost indefinitely, albeit without finesse or accuracy. I far prefer properly sharp kitchen knives, both plai...
by ChrisinHove
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Recommendations for a European traditionalist
Replies: 41
Views: 1413

Re: Recommendations for a European traditionalist

... As Wartstein said, our minister of interior affairs just announced they are working on a bill to restrict knives basically the same way as Germany or the UK does, so if this bill should pass it's going to be a UK PK or Lil Native Slipit anyways :) .... Man, we can´t let that happen! This is not...
by ChrisinHove
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:33 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Custom Kitchen Knife Came In
Replies: 4
Views: 134

Re: Custom Kitchen Knife Came In

That’s *very* nice!
by ChrisinHove
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Upping the price.
Replies: 346
Views: 16310

Re: Upping the price.

I wonder whether the tools our forbears had to buy were any cheaper relative to their incomes?

Has anyone got an old Sears catalogue, to compare?
by ChrisinHove
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Any recommendations?
Replies: 27
Views: 909

Re: Any recommendations?

The UKPK would be a good choice, I think. It’s enough blade to be useful, and enough handle to be easy to draw, manipulate and hold.

Great steel choices, and a serrated option, too (that one’s a cutting demon).
by ChrisinHove
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Found A Watch Fob , Help !
Replies: 9
Views: 253

Re: Found A Watch Fob , Help !

Wow! Nice find & very well researched, chaps!

I love it when these little artifacts come to light.
by ChrisinHove
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: AI art knows Spyderco
Replies: 91
Views: 3331

Re: AI art knows Spyderco

I can see a bunch of legal issues with AI. Patents and trademarks, etc. sal This is already a big issue in many industries including mine. The question is whether the output of the AI is the actual end product or just a tool/resource used to produce something. Where do designers get inspiration? Ar...
by ChrisinHove
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: AI art knows Spyderco
Replies: 91
Views: 3331

Re: AI art knows Spyderco

Perhaps it’s a reflection of the mediocrity of many contemporary artistic & design endeavours that AI can compete with it. “Design by numbers” is always “Design by numbers” whether it’s created by machines or limited talent. They merely copy what has gone before without moving the game forward. ...
by ChrisinHove
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: New motorcycle day …
Replies: 9
Views: 306

Re: New motorcycle day …

I saw the latest iterations at the London Motorcycle Shoe last month. Very nice bikes. They’ve re-engineered quite a bit, with big Indian investment, after the previous owners financial and customer service misdemeanours.
by ChrisinHove
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knipex tools )))
Replies: 20
Views: 1035

Re: Knipex tools )))

That little Knipex pliers wrench is one tool I wish I had bought years ago. It’s fantastic.
by ChrisinHove
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Q Ball fix
Replies: 12
Views: 619

Re: Q Ball fix

Somebody here was 3d printing a manix style cage…
by ChrisinHove
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: New motorcycle day …
Replies: 9
Views: 306

Re: New motorcycle day …

Thanks, guys.

I’ve a BMW 1200 r9t for the road, but this is just for fun on the “green lanes” -historic roadways that were never metalled.

I suspect there will be a steep learning curve!

You can’t have too many motorcycles, right?
by ChrisinHove
Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Poetry
Replies: 22
Views: 2802

Re: Poetry

The poem at the end is very moving.

The film is about one of the raids on the area my very elderly father lived in at the time as a schoolboy.


by ChrisinHove
Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: New motorcycle day …
Replies: 9
Views: 306

New motorcycle day …

Just a little Beta Alp 200. It uses the old Suzuki DR200 mill so should be bombproof. Only 108kg /238 lbs and 15bhp!

Not brand new - that would be foolish for someone of my limited expertise - it’s a 2022 model.
by ChrisinHove
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Poetry
Replies: 22
Views: 2802

Re: Poetry

Fantastic!

Sometimes I find that Dylan Thomas poem inspiring, other times bleak!
by ChrisinHove
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: So, Sal, is the Caly3 model extinct ?!
Replies: 118
Views: 5411

Re: So, Sal, is the Caly3 model extinct ?!

Yes please on another Calypso - I foolishly missed the SB when I had the chance.