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[releventchair]

View attachment 1673186 the new " midnight Express " with 5 R-400s 2000 hp.

Whew!
Must be an outrageously robust transom...
I'd be nervous on the way to getting the craft up on plane. Then , be giggling hysterically.

 

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[RTR]

When its 1,000 below Zero outside... whats to do...Man this "Mothers" wheel cleaner is Great !!!

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Of all the knives I do not own , Mora are among them.
Good knives though....
The Garberg I like for being full tang , and for being carbon steel vs stainless. (Not insulting Mora stainless blades , I'm just a fan of old carbon. Mainly for sharpening purposes).

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I have (also) the Garberg! Easy to sharpen as same as carbon. For me it makes no difference. It is a real good knife like all other Mora I have.

I use the Fällkniven CC4 to hold the knifes sharp. (The white ceramics side). My buddy always makes a new cut and grind material down. His knifes has lost 2 mm now on the blades and mine are like new

For every day work I can honestly recommend the classic folding Opinel carbon knifes! They are cheap but the quality is outstanding and you can modify them in crazy ways (see YT videos.

I use my every day for cooking and it makes fun to cut everything with them.

As I told before, I have spent the last 25+ years so much money into knifes because I didn´t know Mora and Opinel or the Dave Canterbury knifes before. No need to spent hundreds of $ !

The last expensive ones I will buy are two that Dave forges himself for me this spring (one for me and one for my buddy). This will be the last in my life

Pic:

5$ Mora for every day work
Garberg for heavy wood work etc, but NOT for this "batoning" B/S! ----- A knife is a knife and NOT an axe!
Light my fire (only for fishing, skinning etc.) I love this shape of the blade!
Buck neck knife, made razor sharp for smaller cutting tasks

So I have 5 knifes include the Opinel in/on my backpack! One is none! (survival rule N# 1 ) + a Hultafors hand forged trekking axe

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Won't buy a knive without S30V blade. Only one better is S60V. Just sayin.

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You never know! May you have to cut open a Russian tank in future

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Some examples of the Opinel modifications

 

[Tom_Restorer]

View attachment 1673186 the new " midnight Express " with 5 R-400s 2000 hp.

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Holly Moses.... I bet you can separate the red sea with it!

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Hoo boy!
For a smaller blade (without going thick on it) , 60 would be alright. A bit hard for using the wrong tool for a pry bar..... And a harder edge takes longer to sharpen when not touched up often enough , depending on what it is being used for.

Nothing less fun than working a chip out of a blade. (I hide certain knives to avoid them getting abused in the kitchen.)

I could live with 30. But actual hardness matters more than an assigned number as a goal...

(Not trying to read like I'm that choosy really.)

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Mora knifes has a HRC of 57-58. Hard enough for me

If I need more, I soak the blades for half an hour in a mixture of this nice blue pills

Especially on the carbon blades it gives also a nice "patina"

 

[ARC]

 

[bill from lachine]

diggummup,

Don't really know what to say other than you have my sincere condolences. Not easy loosing a loved one especially a spouse here's wishing you the best getting through this trying time.

Here's a mood changer. My wife just passed away 2 weeks ago on the 5th. of January. Found out she had a mass on her liver in August. Doctors told us in November that there was nothing they could do but make her comfortable. I have been at home taking care of her since then (and before). That's why I haven't been active lately. We were together almost 20 years and neither of us drank. She was my rock. She was my best friend. Just got back from Ga., was visiting family. Sitting alone in an empty house calling your wife's name when you know she won't answer is heartbreaking. I am lost right now.

 

[RTR]

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Now,... you hit my soft spot

 

[ARC]

 

[RTR]

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Stop,...STOP it now will you

 

[releventchair]

Baton away on it Tom!

 

[ARC]

Is that a "guess what is it" ? ? ?

 

[Rookster]

Welcome to the thread.

 

[ARC]

Ok ok... From now on... so we all know when and if someone has put a "guess what is it"... start the post simply by saying "guess what"... without the quotation marks.

So...

Start the post with simple....

Guess what...

(picture)

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(picture)

Guess what- under pic.

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Choice is yours :P

That way it is simple "heads up".

 

[Rookster]

hee hee.

 

[ARC]

Baton away on it Tom!

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If this is a "guess what"...

ITs an imitation "Indian blanket". :P

OH... the fantasy hatchet ?

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Stop,...STOP it now will you

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Who needs this blue pills anymore if AARC posting all this nice images

 

[Rookster]

Ok ok... From now on... so we all know when and if someone has put a "guess what is it"... start the post simply by saying "guess what"... without the quotation marks.

So...

Start the post with simple....

Guess what...

(picture)

------------- OR

(picture)

Guess what- under pic.

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Choice is yours :P

That way it is simple "heads up".

Yes sir. I'll keep an eye out for one.