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  1. TerryD

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    Almost there.

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    I'm always stunned by people that drive their low sitting cars 60 klicks down an active logging haul road, then wonder why they bottom out, or lose traction, or get hit by 75 tonne logging trucks.

    then there is the people, notably younger women, that put their legs out the windows of their cars while in the passenger seat. Then they cry when they lose their legs during an accident. I want to have some empathy / compassion, but there is none.
     
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    A couple years ago the middle daughter and I went down to Linville Gorge for the weekend. We encountered some kind of BMW sedan bottomed out with two very confused and concerned looking ladies standing next to it.

    They said they had help on the way so we headed on. I just laughed when we came around the curve and saw it all hemmed up.
     
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    Got bit by this thing. Put my slippers on to go outside and as soon as I got out there.. He was about the size of a half dollar too, but luckily they're harmless. My roommate wanted to kill it but eh, just it's nature. 20220801_171910.jpg
     
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    dip in batter / spices and fry that baby up! :p
     
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    Guess I triggered the millennial snowflakes on Friday night. It was 2200 hours, 38 deg C here in Vancouver. I got out the garden hose and sprayer, and wet down the building exterior, roof, trees, shrubs and flower beds. Cooled down the entire area very nicely.

    but then the SHTF.
    Triggered millennial strata council Gestap* got all angry with me, as did another strata council member. Apparently rain falling on the earth is ok, but using a hose to water the property is noisy and upsetting to them.Never mind that BC is in a heat wave alert, and that we have seniors without AC in our very hot building. No, it's all about the triggered millennials feelings.....

    Not only did they call my elderly mother to complain, they called Vancouver Police and accused me of vandalizing the property

    :rolleyes:
     
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    I officially have the dumbest or smartest dog ever…. I am not sure which…

    Whenever she does something she knows she isn’t supposed to… She likes to hide in the bathtub..

    Not just sit in the bathtub. We are talking full laying down hiding behind the edge. She even does it if the shower curtain is closed… Even if it’s fully dark..

    If we find her there we know that something is likely destroyed or missing. And or if we realize something is destroyed or missing we know we’re to find her…

    I just don’t know some days….
     
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    but do you have a Derp Dog like my Bro @Twoody88 ???? :D

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    A once savage beast.. now toothless in his old age 20220620_185128.jpg
     
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    Anybody know anything about this knife maker? There is one for sale locally and I'm tempted....

    1950's Robert Klaas Solingen Germany Kissing Cranes Stag Handle Carbon Steel Woodcraft Design Skinning Hunting Sheath Knife

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    that looks like the same type of stag, spacers, and thin brass guard that was on a Solingen Germany “original Bowie” my Dad got in the very late 50’s or early 60’s. It’s good steel, takes a keen edge even now. But not a hard use knife by how we judge them today. The stag can turn on the tang and time can loosen the whole construction assembly.
    Dads knife whittled things, cut mounds of tinder shaving, cleaned a gazillion fish and game animals, but as made we would destroy it using it like a standard 1095 Esee.
     
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    @Bushman5
    I am 99% sure I have the same branded knife tucked away in a box somewhere. G00gled photo below for example.

    I would have to agree with @anrkst6973 on quality of blade. I personally really like it.

    If you are looking for originality / value the Biggest thing I would ask is to see the very end of the handle. At least on mine the butt / the very end silver piece of the handle acts like a nut to keep the rest of the handle in place.

    They are Supposed to have similar to a plug in the end cap that covers the threading.

    If you don’t buy it for value Even if the small plug is not present.. You could easily fashion a new one and glue in place.


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    Thanks Esee Crew, I'm going to snag it if I can
     
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    Beautiful !!! I have one exactly like that one!!! My grandfather picked it up when he was a merchant marine sailor, 40's or 50's sometime. These things get razor sharp!!!!!
     
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    Went and got mine out. It’s not a user anymore, a keepsake.
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    this one was well used even when I was young..

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    Im not sure but I think a lot of companies used similar assembly pieces to make these back then.

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    The pommel nut Sean mentioned. I remember my Dad taking this apart in the late 70’s to replace washers and tighten the assembly back up. In my mind eye it’s made a lot like the military “bolt knives” with a stick tang and threaded pommel but don’t quote me…that was a long time ago!
     
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    Went and got mine out. It’s not a user anymore, a keepsake.
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    this one was well used even when I was young..

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    Im not sure but I think a lot of companies used similar assembly pieces to make these back then.

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    The pommel nut Sean mentioned. I remember my Dad taking this apart in the late 70’s to replace washers and tighten the assembly back up. In my mind eye it’s made a lot like the military “bolt knives” with a stick tang and threaded pommel but don’t quote me…that was a long time ago!
     
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    I wouldn't use it like our regular knives, I'd strop it scalping sharp and use it for collecting scalps :p
     
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    I dug mine out and it looks like I have a similar knife by a different maker.

    I did a little research and apparently Solingen, Germany's was known as the "City of Blades". in the early 1900's they were a world leading location in knife production. During the 2 World Wars most knife company's were forced to make knives for the military but resumed production just after.

    After WW2 Germany very quickly retooled the machines in Solingen to produce "souvenir knives" for the British and USA soldiers occupying the city to try and make money for rebuilding.

    My knife for example was bought by a WW2 Veteran friend of mine while he was serving in Germany after the war. When he passed away about 10 years ago he left it for me.

    There is actually a bunch of cool history that I was reading through. Due to the scarcity of materials at the time you can apparently find a lot of weird features on some of the knives from that time. For example on mine the silver colored handle piece is some sort of actual silver. Additionally the "accent" pieces between the leather washers appears to be *Antler or bone* . Not plastic or different colored leather.


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