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Riding Photos / Official Table photo thread.

« on: June 08, 2012, 04:01:14 PM »

One of me and two I've shot:
me

mitch

tim

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: June 06, 2012, 08:41:09 PM »

almost picked one of those up the other day shop had them for a decent price.

It's a really nice knife. speed safe is a definite plus.

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: June 06, 2012, 11:25:02 AM »

picked up a kershaw rake. I like it a lot more thna my old jyd so far.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: May 28, 2012, 08:28:10 PM »

Put some profile button heads on. looks deece!

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 02:13:20 PM »

yet the thread title itself uses the term weapon and therefore posting your edged object in this thread should mean you consider your object a weapon.

'A weapon is an instrument used with the aim of causing harm or death to human beings or other living creatures'

Just because someone wanted to be clever in the title and avoid the word "knife" doesn't mean we're all out shanking people with ours.

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 01:06:02 PM »

The majoirty of people that try to use a knife for self defense have it turned against them.

I don't think anyone here has claimed they carry a knife for self defence yet.

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 12:25:06 PM »

Imo a knife could be compared to a watch, you don't need one but It's nice to have day to day, and was an essential object a couple decades ago.
A lot of craftsmanship goes into both.
As for carrying one everyday, remember that 50 years ago almost every man had a pocket knife on him, they're not for defense or to intimidate people, they are tools. Man's oldest tool.
I use mine to sharpen pencils, cut food on the go,  open caulking cartridges at work etc... I can honestly say that I use mine everyday, they're just practical.
I might sound cliché when I say it's better to have one and not need it than needing one and not having it (Cutting a jammed seat belt comes to mind).
I can see why carrying a gun shocks some of you but a knife? Come on, most of the guys who posted in this thread also have guns, they must have other reasons than defense or intimidation to carry one since the gun can serve that purpose.
Sorry for the long rant but It just seems that some of you are arguing for the sake of it.

edit  : didn't see another thread was opened while I was typing this.

I just wanted to quote this because I really like how you put everything.

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 12:02:59 PM »

I opened up a separate thread for the debate, so could we kindly keep this thread on track?

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 11:10:15 AM »

I'd (honestly) love to know what you lot do with your knifes? Unless you live in the country or work outdoors I can't see the point.

If you don't know what someone would use a knife for in day to day use, then it's a good thing that you don't carry one. I'd like to know what problems you have with people who do carry a knife because they find practical uses for it on the daily. There's a lot of things others carry around that I don't see the point in carrying, but I wouldn't give them a hard time about it.

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The Lounge / Post Your Edged Weapons Thread

« on: January 06, 2011, 10:33:30 AM »

You don't need to though do you?

I own knifes, I'm not inherently against them. I don't need to carry one on my person, you don't either. What do you do open letters with a bowie? Do your cooking with a flick knife?

Im just struggling to see how a knife fits into peoples day to day lives...

It's not really a question of needing to or not. You don't need to carry anything, you carry various things around with you because they offer you some sort of convenience. It's the same with knives, I carry one because I find it handy to have around, not because I feel inherently threatened by my everyday surroundings or because I plan on stabbing someone. Truth be told I wouldn't be pulling my knife in a dangerous situation anyhow. It's far too small to do any real damage and chances are I would be the one who ended up getting stabbed. At least in my situation, my knife is strictly for utility and not for protection.

and to stay on topic, here's a picture of my everyday knife:

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News / Jesse Trnka Interview

« on: July 02, 2008, 10:02:51 PM »

sick photo cred! haha.