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p.s the tomato test is to test the edge on a knife if the knife slices cleany through the tomato its sharp but if it crushes it its dull OK; that's cool. Do you use a slicing motion, or just swipe it through??? I ask because there seems to be some kind of competition among knife sharpeners that inv...

Vagrant wrote:tang ???? bolster ?? scale? tang-STAMP ??? Pic ????

I'm curious as to what the tomato test is...

...If you have a significant other, I highly suggest squirreling away small amounts of money to get what you want. Otherwise you'll be hearing about it for YEARS!!!! I think we covered that a while back...If the significant other makes even one complaint, go to her closet and start dragging out sho...

Xarathos posted a question in the other Forum about interest in making one of these a Forum knife -

http://www.talkblade.info/viewtopic.php?t=6511&start=30 (6th post down)

Anyone else besides me think this is a great idea???

Well let's see know...AKC is making a nice looking shotshell puller, and people we know have them for sale. Add some engraving and you've got it. Any one up for a new forum knife? Yes, since I missed out on the last one...err, all of them... :cry: Where & what kind of engraving??? Blade, bolster, w...

Cryptomecanic wrote:the AKC ShellPuller
looks like AKC is willing to listen
to what people want(and try new designs)

I like the look of them. Does anyone here in the US import them yet???

they've got them at mikov.com and blade play they have a clip point blade like a Bowie Oh, yes...very nicely done... :D http://www.mikovknives.com/Images/Misc/SPDR250.jpg (Hope you don't mind my linking, David!) :wink: Here's a bigger one - http://www.mikovknives.com/Images/Misc/SPDR700.jpg

You can accept Claudester's answer or avoid the site and leave the bargains to the rest of us :wink: I'll do that. I've decided to sell off all my knives and concentrate on antique metal soldier figurines. You can buy the molds, pour the lead, and then paint them in the authentic colors of their re...

I can understand his confusion, he's bidding on almost everything :lol: I'm a little confused, too...the seller of the shellpuller is lamadamas; he's in Brussels Belgium; and - SHIPPING # Buyer pays for shipping expenses # Seller will NOT ship internationally Postage Costs : USD 5.50 Insurance : US...

...That's odd...italedge.com auction site is still up, but no knives listed... :shock: ...knifepilot has only 10 knives listed... :roll: ...and speaking of knifepilot.com...I was looking for some boxing gloves; anybody know if punchespilot.com has any good deals??? I heard they shafted one guy, some...

tequiza wrote:...but 144 Milanos that would haffa be won groos sight.
teq

heh, heh...I got it! Good one!

Outstanding!!! You are obviously much more patient than I am!!!

What blade are you thinking of??? Flat grind (of course!), but a clip point, drop point, Turkish, what???

Interesting topic...nobody has mentioned "second cut" stag yet, so I will... :D "Second cut" stag is when you have a really nice thick dense antler and only use the top layer of the antler for a scale...no one wants to waste good antler, so the next layer under the first, the "second cut", is formed...

JerrBear wrote: Maybe that was god's way of telling you, "Don't snipe!"

It was certainly His way of making sure I didn't get the item...

Some things just aren't meant to be...

I don’t know if it is a typically bad email connection via an auction site... The titles are already blue... :lol: Don't know about TKA, but the eBay connections this past weekend were crap...I had a bid go in at the last minute [that's one minute left in the auction] and nothing happened...I check...