[AT] Was angle grinders, Now, Knives

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Wed Aug 10 17:48:00 PDT 2016 

Haven't used one in years.   I use those disposable ones that have the 5 
blades.   My wife buys them to shave her legs..   They work good, ad 
there is always one sharp in the shower!!!  And she keeps the best 
shaving creme in there too!!
I may be tough, but I ain't too proud and very cheap!!

Cecil in oKla




On 8/10/2016 7:36 PM, Recentjester at aol.com wrote:
> lets get way off center...how many shave with a straight razor.
>   
>   
> In a message dated 8/10/2016 7:28:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> rotigel at me.com writes:
>
> The best  daily carry I’ve ever come across is a Kershaw 1830. (See:
> https://smile.amazon.com/Kershaw-1830-Sweet-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00172A3DE/ref=sr_1_1?
> ie=UTF8&qid=1470873626&sr=8-1&keywords=kershaw+1830
> <https://smile.amazon.com/Kershaw-1830-Sweet-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00172A3DE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470
> 873626&sr=8-1&keywords=kershaw+1830>)  For under 20 bucks it’s almost a
> throw away tool. The only reason I’m on my  2nd one (in about 20 years) is that
> I forgot it was in my pocket one time when  I was going through security at
> an airport. My Sunday go to church knife is a  William Henry (See:
> https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=William
> +Henry+knifes
> <https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=William+Henry+knifes>)  that my wife bought me as an
> anniversary
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=anniversary&espv=2&biw=1382&bih=890&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF-tCjirjOAhUCLSYKHSW9CssQsAQIJQ>
>    present several years ago. Don’t think I’ve ever cut anything with it
> and hate  to even carry it in my pocket—but it sure is pretty!
> Dave
> PS, Interesting article on various types of lockbacks!
>
>> On  Aug 10, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> In knives, like most things. there's a ton of personal  preference, as
> well
>> as wide variation in usage, and wide variation in  quality level.
>> Personally I've had several knives with liner locks  (and maybe they were
>> not particularly high quality, admittedly) but I  have learned to HATE
> liner
>> locks.  Major selling point for the  Benchmade I mentioned earlier is the
>> lock mechanism, which is called  an AXIS lock and is apparently
> proprietary
>> to Benchmade.  This is  interesting:
>>
>>   
> http://everydaycarry.com/posts/8619/5-common-types-of-locking-knives-explained
>>   
>> SO
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Alan  Nadeau <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>   Back when I was doing a boatload of hydroseeding I was having to cut
> open
>>> many bags of seed, fertilizer and the fiber mulch that went  into the
> slurry
>>> mixer.  A lot of the time it had to be done  one-handed while hand #2
> held
>>> the bag.  I settled on a  two-bladed folder from Kershaw, their
>>> now-discontinued 4390, one  blade opens to either end.  It has liner
> locks
>>> on
>>>   both blades and the little thumb studs to roll the blade open with  one
>>> hand.
>>> To close it the thumb presses the lock out  of the way and then you just
>>> curl
>>> your finger(s)  around it to close it.  Being double ended it always
> comes
>>>   out of the pocket with a blade in the right direction.
>>>   
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From:  "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Antique tractor  email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>   
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 8:17 AM
>>> Subject: Re:  [AT] off topic some Angle Grinders
>>>
>>>
>>>>   My EDC (everyday carry) knife is a Benchmade Griptilian:
>>>>   
>>>>   http://www.benchmade.com/griptilian-family.html
>>>>   
>>>> For me, the perfect knife.  Not cheap but to me it is  absolutely worth
>>>> every single penny and then some.  The  blade is 154CM steel, holds an
>>> edge
>>>> very  well.  The handle is a lightweight, tough, grippy,
> glass-reinforced
>>>> nylon.  The real selling feature is the  lock mechanism, after being
> very
>>>> disappointed with the  mechanism on a couple of name-brand but cheaper
>>>> knives.   It's a very easy one-hand-wrist-flick to open, smooth as silk,
>>>>   and
>>>> locks solid.  One-hand close as well; as long as you  develop the habit
> of
>>>> bumping the back of the blade against  your leg or something while
>>>> releasing
>>>> the lock  with that one hand you're using.  Even the pocket clip is
>>>>   superior
>>>> to other knives I've had.  It's heavy and  springy enough that it holds
>>> the
>>>> knife fast to  pocket or belt with no worries of losing it.
>>>>
>>>>   SO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:54 PM, <pga2 at basicisp.net>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds to me like you need a  lock-back knife. I have become partial to
>>>>> mine for the  same reason that yours cut you. My Case knife did the
> same
>>>>>   thing to me, just not as bad as yours did to you. I got a lock  back
>>>>> assisted opening knife from the NRA as a gift and it  is now my
> everyday
>>>>> carry knife. I also have two others,  but this one rides in my pocket
>>>>> the nicest of the three. I  especially like the one hand opening. Makes
>>>>> lots of things  easier, especially if you only have one hand free.
>>>>> As for  the grinders, I treat them the same as a circular saw. I  have
>>>>> a VERY healthy respect for both, and I've become very  fond of all
> parts
>>>>> of both hands. As Ringo Starr once said  "I've 'ad a lot of fun with
>>>>> that  fingah".
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil un  TX
>>>>>
>>>>> --- crbearden at copper.net  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Cecil Bearden  <crbearden at copper.net>
>>>>> To: Antique tractor email  discussion group <
>>>   at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] off  topic some Angle Grinders
>>>>> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 21:42:20  -0500
>>>>>
>>>>> That thumb has had a rough time  the last 62 years.  In 77, I was
>>>>> doctoring a horse  tied to a tree. The lead rope had a snap on it that
>>>>> was  made like a lap link in a chain.  I dosed his ear with peroxide
> and
>>>>> he set back against the tree.  I checked the rope  and when I did the
>>>>> snap broke and the nylon lead rope  popped like a rubber band and the
>>>>> snap hit my thumb and my  thumb literally exploded.  I spent 6 hours in
>>>>> the  emergency room at Chickasha OK, and wore bandages on my thumb for
>   4
>>>>> months.   The nail bed was destroyed and I had  nail growing out all
> over
>>>>> the top of the  thumb.   In 78, a hand surgeon worked on it and
> literally
>>>>> screwed it up.  He lapped tissue over dead  tissue and I spent the
> next 2
>>>>> years digging pieces of nail  out of the scar.  My old timer MD
>>>>> recommended a hand  surgeon and I had surgery again in 79.  I still
> have
>>>>>   a wild piece of nail growing out,  but it does not fester up like  a
>>>>> boil...  I also had a plantars wart growing out of  the fingerprint
> side
>>>>> due to the first injury and  insufficient  cleaning at the ER in
>>>>>   Chickasha.   A few years later,  the Index finger was cut to  the
>>>>> ligament when my 3 blade old timer knife closed on me  when cutting the
>>>>> top loose from a 5 gallon bucket.   The cut was bandaged by a retired
> vet
>>>>> who is the closest  thing to a brother to me.  It healed nicely with no
>>>>>   problems and you cannot see a scar without a magnifying glass.    I
>>>>> decided the same type of medical attention was  appropriate on this
>>>>> thumb.   I just changed the  bandage and it  looks great and I can move
>>>>> the thumb  without pain.   The secret is a cortisone ear ointment
> called
>>>>> Otomax.  It is the best antibiotic  ointment   to be found.  it is also
>>>>> in the  veterinary pharmacy.  We had to cut out some of the tissue  on
>>>>> each  side of the cut because the grinder disc was  hot and cauterized
> a
>>>>> lot of grindings in the wound.   I had a 20 yr old bottle of Benzocaine
>>>>> and I just dripped  it into the wound to stop the pain of the cutting.
>>>>> Hold it  together with Steri-strips and adhesive tape.  I will get  a
>>>>> Tetanus shot tomorrow when I visit my MD...    As you can see I can
> type
>>>>> much better this evening, so the  proof is in the typing!!   I googled
>>>>> angle  grinder injuries and really found some gory stuff!!
>>>>> You  guys stay safe out there..  If we don't work on these old
> tractors,
>>>>> they will be scrap..
>>>>>   
>>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/7/2016 6:06 PM, Chuck Bealke  wrote:
>>>>>> Cecil,
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> Sure glad your cut was not worse. After cutting deep  into a finger
>>> with
>>>>> electric hedge shears a  while back, decided I'm better off with hand
>>>>> shears. A  slight difference in the angle of that cut, and I'd now be
>>>>>   missing too much of a finger that I'm quite fond of.
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> Chuck Bealke
>>>>>>   Dallas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Cecil Bearden  <crbearden at copper.net>
>>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It cold have  been worse, I bo ught some of those 7in discs to cut
>>>   with
>>>>>>> (0.045thickness),  from sportsman's  guide on clearance.  I was going
>>>>>>>   to
>>>>>>> try one of them, bu I would have had to find  the wrench to take the
>>>>>>>   big
>>>>>>> blade off.  In 55 years of working with  these things, it is the
> first
>>>>>>> time one got  me.
>>>>>>> cecil in okla
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