All About Pocket Knives

It's been interesting going through this thread, I don't think I've posted here.

I chose knifeslinger because I always seem to have a whole bunch of knives on or near me (dumb name, I know ) the 81 is for one of my favorite knives, the gec 81 stockman.

Below is the man who gave me the name, Cpt.Diep CO of the 1st Bn, 44th Reg, 23rd ARVN Div. He was very smart, very brave, very tough, and as fine an officer as one could serve with. As his advisor, one of my most important duties was to call in fire support. We used a variety of assets but most commonly the support was from artillery. It so happened that I had a knack for getting rounds on target fast meaning not having to use many spotting rounds, never more than three and frequently two or-with a bit of luck-one. Then, calling "fire for effect" a storm of shells would descend upon our NVA opponents. Diep appreciated this and when we were kicking back he would sometimes refer to me as Cpt. Quick Steel.
Cpt. Diep and his battalion were lost in the final invasion of the South. RIP.

Very interesting read, my name Monte and one of my favorite dogs Mojo

Monte

Lots of interesting user names and how they came about.

I first used this handle (solwarrior) on AOL back in 1996 when you could only use up to 10 letters so the prefix in this made up handle "Sol" I figured fit both sole as in one individual and soul as in the spiritual sense. And warrior as I trained religiously in Aikijujutsu and with much of its weaponry for many years and was still actively training and instructing back then. I have this user name in many sites cause it's discreet and also because I'm just too lazy to think up of another.

Felix my uninspiring name also comes from AOL days. I guess there were 7157 G Smiths before me.

Greg, I was going to use Felimon - a nickname my closest friends used often but decided to go with the usual.

First and last name. Eib is German pronounced Ibe. Easy to remember.

Hmmmm well I thought long and hard before I decided on a username. Lol not really my last name is Landers and I love knives so I put them together. There are some very cool stories attached to the names used here though.

I feel I was lucky to be young during the heyday of muscle cars. In high school I had a 39 Ford coupe, and several Dodge and Plymouth "A" body performance cars. The "A" bodies were considered compacts, small cars with big motors. I had 3 69 Dodge 340 Swingers, a 67 Barracuda Formula S Fastback, and a 67 Dodge R/T 440 magnum. I always wanted an A body Barracuda with a big block. In 1999 I found a 68 Barracuda Formula S Convertible, 383, 4 speed. Even though they started putting big blocks in the A bodies in 67, they only put them in convertibles in 68. They made 64 383 convertible Cuda's in 68, 24 automatics and 40, 4 speeds. So, it's a rarefish with a 383. Rarefish383, Joe.

Ramrod wrote:Just wondering how/why some of you came up with your "name", what they refer to or why you chose it.

Mine, Ramrod, was my grandpas CB handle back in the 70's.

Mark

I just started a business called American Edge Tech.
The name came from GoDaddy...

The names I wanted were EXPENSIVE$$$$$$$$$$,
This name was 99 cents, and I think it was cooler than the ones I wanted.

Easy answer...

Nothing fancy about mine. My favorite pocket knife pattern is the Queen Railsplitter like the one in my avatar.

The fact that I live in Springfield, Illinois and one of Abraham Lincoln's nicknames was The Railsplitter is strictly coincidence and has nothing to do with my user name.

Quick Steel wrote:Below is the man who gave me the name, Cpt.Diep CO of the 1st Bn, 44th Reg, 23rd ARVN Div. He was very smart, very brave, very tough, and as fine an officer as one could serve with. As his advisor, one of my most important duties was to call in fire support. We used a variety of assets but most commonly the support was from artillery. It so happened that I had a knack for getting rounds on target fast meaning not having to use many spotting rounds, never more than three and frequently two or-with a bit of luck-one. Then, calling "fire for effect" a storm of shells would descend upon our NVA opponents. Diep appreciated this and when we were kicking back he would sometimes refer to me as Cpt. Quick Steel.
Cpt. Diep and his battalion were lost in the final invasion of the South. RIP.
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WOW!
Respect SIR!
Condolences for your loss as well.

Now I wish I never posted my 99 cent name...

Ken, welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

for gsmith I used to read the Snuffy Smith comics in the news papers. My name is Bob. Mostly retired but was a watch maker and long time antiques dealer. former life's were industrial electronics, ships electrician building mega dollar motor yachts, and locksmith.

Two Flowers was a character from the Discworld series of books written by Terry Pratchett. Two Flowers was a naive tourist who had a magical trunk made from "sapient pearwood" that was simply called "The Luggage". The Luggage had dozens of legs and very sharp wooden teeth and followed along behind Two Flowers like a puppy dog. Anyone that tried to mess with The Luggage soon discovered how unpleasant it is to have dozens of feet stomping on your head while your ears are being bitten off. I love all types of science & speculative fiction, especially wild & humorous stuff like Terry Pratchett (Discworld) and Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

Here's a few classic quotes from the books about The Luggage:

"The Luggage had a straightforward way of dealing with things between it and its intended destination: it ignored them."

"The Luggage’s expression could only be described as wooden."

"The Luggage had spent many years trailing through strange lands, meeting exotic creatures and jumping up and down on them."

"The Luggage said nothing, but louder this time."

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Two Flowers was a character from the Discworld series of books written by Terry Pratchett. Two Flowers was a naive tourist who had a magical trunk made from "sapient pearwood" that was simply called "The Luggage". The Luggage had dozens of legs and very sharp wooden teeth and followed along behind Two Flowers like a puppy dog. Anyone that tried to mess with The Luggage soon discovered how unpleasant it is to have dozens of feet stomping on your head while your ears are being bitten off. I love all types of science & speculative fiction, especially wild & humorous stuff like Terry Pratchett (Discworld) and Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

Here's a few classic quotes from the books about The Luggage:

"The Luggage had a straightforward way of dealing with things between it and its intended destination: it ignored them."

"The Luggage’s expression could only be described as wooden."

"The Luggage had spent many years trailing through strange lands, meeting exotic creatures and jumping up and down on them."

"The Luggage said nothing, but louder this time."

If I wanted to read one of Terry Pratchett's books, is there any particular one I should read first? I'm a start at the beginning and read in sequence kind of guy. Maybe methodical is the term best used.

Sure - I'm the same way - I think it's always best to start at the beginning and work through in order. There is actually a recommended reading order on this website: https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/dis ... ing-order/

And it just so happens the first book is "The Colour of Magic", which contains Two Flowers and The Luggage.

Thanks. I bookmarked that and will probably give one a try when I finish the three I just picked up at the library.

My name is Jimmy and the best black lab it was my pleasure to own was Gypsy. She's been gone a long time now. I'll always have dogs but she was the one. I think all dog lovers have "the one" at some point.

My login name comes from the first letter of my last name merged with zyzzogeton, the last word in the Webster's 1913 Unabridged Dictionary. I started using it after I kept getting "already in use" messages when trying to join an online group years ago. Had to come up with something no one else had.

Here's what one of the little beggars looks like.

Side view


And a face only a mother would love

Yep, it's right there in black and white.

I live in a small community in northeast Oklahoma. The name of the town in Cherokee translates to Black Fox. And, several years back was the proposed site of a nuclear power plant, that was known as Black Fox.

blackfox1

I've been a woodworker long before I got into knife collecting. I specialized in hand planes & the only reason I was able to go that route is a sharpening "rollerskate" jig made by Veritas - it holds the plane blade at a defined angle and you roll it over emory cloth on glass - they call it the scary sharp method. It makes using bench planes a pleasure.

So, by accident, I came upon the Lansky sharpening jig maybe 20 years ago & it made sense to me - I could get an edge far better than I ever could by hand. The Lansky jig is the single reason I got into knife collecting - the edge it produces is amazing. I've worn out several sets I like it so much.

I guess the bottom line is I like to sharpen anything pointy using modern methods ... so thats why I'm Lansky1

My dad was a Lineman all his life and his CB handle was Woodwalker because he used to climb poles and not use the bucket trucks like they use today. So as a tribute to him I use Woodwalker. I still have his climbers. He could truck up those poles like nobody's business!

Tongue River is the most important stream running north through my region, out of Wyoming, across the Cheyenne Reservation and into the Yellowstone River at Miles City, Montana. I have lived the most satisfying years of my life in this drainage. My avatar is a buffalo skull, which I suppose you might say is my totem, although I wouldn't be too superstitious about that. I have a great love for this area, and its history, and can't imagine living anywhere else, although I have enjoyed some visits to other parts of our great Country.