The doomsday clock has been moved forward by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been. ( For my part I am dusting off some ancient 1960s-vintage thoughts about surviving...
In online comments, especially on YouTube, it’s common for people to say (for example): “I miss the ‘70s (or the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘80s, ‘90s, you name it). If I had a time machine, I’d go back to then and never come back.”
I don’t get steels like 1095. Why are so many hunting, camping, hiking knives made from this steel? It’s not tough and it doesn’t have good edge retention so I just don’t get it.
I have enjoyed reading the posts and please tolerate a beginner hoping not to embarrass myself.
I want to get better at sharpening using and caring for my grandfathers knifes.
My grandfather was a butcher in slaughterhouses in NYC. We were very close and...
To a long time contributor to the Forum and a very knowledgeable one at that. Our good Brother kennethsime is celebrating two holidays today>> his Birthday and Christmas. So let's wish the good Brother a very Happy Birthday and a fabulous holiday as well....
It is a long holiday season and the time when we eat like we aren't supposed to eat. Today, I made an apple pie cobbler. I say pie because I used fresh apples and less sugar and liquid. Oh man! is this thing good!
Anyone have experience with these? Do they work or are they a gimmick? I’ve heard they convex the edge, does that make the edge any stronger or is that only on an actual convex grind?
Knife Rights has filed a consolidated Opposition & Reply Brief to the Fed’s Motion for Dismissal and Opposition to our Motion for Summary Judgement in our federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Federal Switchblade Act ....
What is your funniest or favorite Christmas memory?
One of mine that is kind of humorous is the following: Down South is rarely snows, but one year it snowed on Christmas and dumped a foot of snow in the yard. My father went out and took a long pole (he...
Found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur in southern Iraq. Made of gold (ie, it's ceremonial) and the handle appears to be the same Cobalt Blue FRN that Spyderco uses for its SPY27 scales.
Thinking about running the four max elite with titanium liners and hardware without the scales and adding a hole where the thumb stud is. What do you think? Here is a mock up.
OffGrid is a magazine, an amalgam like the fillings in you teeth. I like it, and I have 60 plus magazines because I bought access to all of them back to their launch. OffGrid involves survivalism, shooting sports, hunting, camping, ethnography,...
I found in my father’s gun safe (he has passed) both a 110 and 112. They are both absolute tanks but the blade shape is not my cup of tea. In searching, Buck offers a blade swap for a very reasonable fee, and drop point in s35vn is an option. Anyone ever...
YouTube has started adding a unique 'source identifier' when you share a video; post such a link here, or anywhere else and Google may be able to trace it back to you and link your Google account with other online identities.
My wife got me last year a custom knife made of CPM-S90V steel with a 25° angle. Well its now as dull as a spoon after a year of use in the trap shed. I got a lansky deluxe and have spent a solid week trying to sharpen it to no avail. Can't cut paper...
Anyone here familiar with Reiff Knives? USA made, 3V, Green canvas micarta (at least this one is). Looks like a very well made knife, DLT was running them on sale for Black Friday week, also looks like DLT had an exclusive made for them. They're out of...
There was a good and godly man who showed so much love and was loved by so many that we still remember him over 1800 years later. That man was Bishop Nicholas of Myra (now part of Turkey), AKA Santa Claus, AKA Saint Nick.
When i first read about it i really thought it was all just nonsense.
Then i tried it (the cheapskate way: by sleeping on a small piece of copper weave cloth attached to a bit of copper wire which is itself attached to a sanded bare section of our...
Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and then invaded Alaska on June 7, 1942. We got past this, but we need to remember that America is not invulnerable. We were attacked again September 11, 2001. We must remember those who gave their...
Posting this because there's some important issues here you might want to be aware of.
The last few weeks artificial intelligence company Open AI has been making a lot of news over the firing of CEO Sam Altman by the board of directors and the...
I have very poor digital skills, when it comes to operating a laptop, using a cell phone, the latest TV or handheld device.
I also do not belong to any social media groups like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X?), Tic...
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