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http://www.cnn.com/videos/trav...nder-list-bill-weir/ ------- Trying to simplify my life... | ||
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so sexy it hurts |
Okay I'll say it, she's attractive. Not too keen on her knives, though. "You have the right not to be killed..." The Clash, "Know Your Rights" | |||
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
agreed!!! | |||
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Pretty cool knives. It looks like she is doing more bushcrafting and kitchen knives than tactical knives. I maybe wrong about the bushcrafting but it looks like it from some of the blade blanks. | |||
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
i thinks she is using files and charging 800 bucks a pop  | |||
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with 7 months lead times.... wow good for her though ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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| I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not |
Don't let Sybo see this.. I still want to buy one of his !! | |||
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She makes a killing selling to uneducated hipsters. She's very well known in the knife community but not in a good way. Lots of legitimate knife-makers have a hard time selling much nicer knives for less money. Kudos to her for finding a niche where she can soak people with more money than sense but I don't consider her a knife maker. She buys old crusty farrier rasps, cleans them, does little to no forging on them, grinds an edge, does a rudimentary heat treat, uses scrap wood that doesn't look properly stabilized and charges a mint and gets it because she's a woman who lives in Brooklyn. If you go to her website, she sells it as repurposing, upcycling, reclaiming and all that other feel good crap people eat up these days. | |||
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I trust two knife makers exclusively Emerson and Winkler. She's nice eye candy, the aforementioned are the best. | |||
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Comic Relief |
Scurvy, I sensed that just watching the video: "It's really like a new way of setting a new momentum..." It's really like bullshit. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I can't criticize her for getting what price she can get for her knives, but too bad her customers don't know better. Is it really $800 for a crudely finished file knife from her? You can get a Bob Dozier knife of similar construction, but done at the highest level for $400, and it will be so much better made. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Well isn't her website just precious? Is she heat treating with a torch? "More beautiful than they have to be." What the fuck does that mean? Make a knife like Bob Kramer and it is more beautiful than it has to be. It will cost more than $800, too. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Given the choice between a Burt Foster for $800 and one of those...geez, I don't know what I would do...  “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” - Robert Heinlein | |||
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Cat Whisperer |
yea, but her interest in the material she uses is for its "otherness", and its personality. ------------------------------------ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246R | |||
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I refuse to bash anyone for ripping off hipsters from Brooklyn. | |||
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God bless. I've said it over and over, why sell eight $100 knives if you can sell one $800 knife. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
Bob Kramer just lives up the road a little bit. Have exchanged emails but not yet met. However, he is my inspiration. Below is one I made from 1095 with a variety of features, 8.5" blade, brass bolsters and pommel, matched Madrona Burl, Variable edge geometry (incls. distal taper) and mosaic pins:   Bob K's pattern welded steels are remarkable in their performance. That's a closely guarded secret/recipe.  "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
What the actual fuck? $800 for a crudely finished knife? | |||
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If you like file knives, go to: www.michaelmorrisknives.com I found a very old Nicholson file in an old barn. Morris made a bad ass knife out of it. About 150 bucks. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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