All About Pocket Knives

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:43 am**

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:37 am
Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:00 pm Most excellent photos, John! As I'm hoping to add a Candiru to my collection this year, I gotta ask: where did you get the handles on yours?
I remember the Candiru from my time in South America... except it was NOT a cool survival knife...

Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin where it is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra; There are short sensory barbels around the head, together with short, backward pointing spines on the gill covers. So in plainer language the fish is supposed to swim up your private parts and then get stuck there because of the spines::td:: I swam in the Amazon river while there and I'll tell you... I was always a bit nervous once I was in water waist deep...

That’s a awful thought…..

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:49 am**

That parasite is also described in the movies "Anaconda" with Jennifer Lopez, and, "The Rundown" with the Rock! Yuck!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:55 am**

JamieinWV wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:43 am
GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:37 am
These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra; There are short sensory barbels around the head, together with short, backward pointing spines on the gill covers. So in plainer language the fish is supposed to swim up your private parts and then get stuck there because of the spines::td:: I swam in the Amazon river while there and I'll tell you... I was always a bit nervous once I was in water waist deep...

That’s a awful thought…..

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In Brazil, I was told if you pee in the water, it attracts them and they swim right up the "pipe" so to speak

Now I'm not a biologist, so I can't say for sure 100%, but it always made me a little nervous, if you know what I mean...

Also not being a biologist, I did not end up going to law school and eventually trying to get onto the supreme court.

I thought I would have too much trouble involving issues and cases about men and women and in the end not knowing the damn difference between them

Also not being a biologist I always had a hard time in singles bars... never could really tell a man from a woman and all...

Like the public sercive add says "I should have stayed in school" ...

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:13 am**

Ahh...

Sweet Nature! A Buck 301. ... I got a little surprise taking this picture today...

I turned around to put the knife in the shade to take a picture of the maker's mark. I heard a noise in the brush

and turned to find some new desert "friends"

You can see the clay rabbit's head in the back ground where I just taking the photos and how close the nearest

Javelina is to me from my shadow in the picture. There were at least 6 of them poking around.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:26 am**

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:50 pm**

Great photos, gents!

I will say I've never found myself in the jungle, but there sure are nasty creatures in such environments. The javelina can be pretty nasty, too. Not much in the way of wildlife where I just live...just those

raccoons.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 6:49 pm**

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:13 am Ahh... Sweet Nature! A Buck 301. ... I got a little surprise taking this picture today...

I turned around to put the knife in the shade to take a picture of the maker's mark. I heard a noise in the brush and turned to find some new desert "friends"

You can see the clay rabbit's head in the back ground where I just taking the photos and how close the nearest Javelina is to me from my shadow in the picture. There were at least 6 of them poking around.

Do you live in a desert climate Dog, or just visiting?

It's really cold here and just lookin' at that scenery warms me up, thanks! Nice Buck too!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 6:54 pm**

Madmarco wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 6:49 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:13 am Ahh... Sweet Nature! A Buck 301. ... I got a little surprise taking this picture today...
Do you live in a desert climate Dog, or just visiting? It's really cold here and just lookin' at that scenery warms me up, thanks! Nice Buck too!

Mark, I am living right dab smack in the middle of the Sonoran Dessert. Tomorrow will be 72... (22.222222 for the Canucks).

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm**

! Good one, and ain't that the truth! I'd give my left n*t to live in the desert,

you are one lucky "Dog" my friend! And I didn't miss your wording in relation to my avatar either, very clever!

EDIT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! EDIT: of EDIT: If you've been wondering why I wished you a Happy Birthday yesterday Dog, it's because when you posted "tomorrow will be 72" I thought you meant YOU'LL be 72, it wasn't until I couldn't find you in the birthday list at the bottom of the homepage did I come back to re-read the post and it finally sunk in you meant the doggone temperature, duh!

These "senior moments" are killin' me!

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:46 pm**

roseandthistlecustom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:26 am 20230102_171456.jpg

KOOL pic!!!

John

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:25 am**

jmh58 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:46 pm
roseandthistlecustom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:26 am 20230102_171456.jpg
KOOL pic!!!
John

Thanks! There was a pretty good storm blowing in along with a king tide so really rough and wild. Rose was getting a pic of her Key and I decided to add my Hug. Those two knives are very different but somehow compliment each other.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:43 pm**

roseandthistlecustom wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:25 am
jmh58 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:46 pm
roseandthistlecustom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:26 am 20230102_171456.jpg
KOOL pic!!!
John
Thanks! There was a pretty good storm blowing in along with a king tide so really rough and wild. Rose was getting a pic of her Key and I decided to add my Hug. Those two knives are very different but somehow compliment each other.

Funny sometimes when a chance makes good!!

Dont know till ya try!!

John

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:32 pm**

Madmarco wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm ! Good one, and ain't that the truth! I'd give my left n*t to live in the desert, you are one lucky "Dog" my friend! And I didn't miss your wording in relation to my avatar either, very clever! EDIT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! EDIT: of EDIT: If you've been wondering why I wished you a Happy Birthday yesterday Dog, it's because when you posted "tomorrow will be 72" I thought you meant YOU'LL be 72, it wasn't until I couldn't find you in the birthday list at the bottom of the homepage did I come back to re-read the post and it finally sunk in you meant the doggone temperature, duh! These "senior moments" are killin' me!

Well Mark, I feel about 75 when I wake up in the morning and try and get out of bed

but I am lot younger than that and look a lot younger than 72...

maybe only about 69...

But hey, thanks for the Birthday wish, it isn't too far off anyway...and also I reck 'on, more "senior moments" for me too...

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:51 pm**

Well I'm glad you've got many more years to come than I gave you credit for my friend, unfortunately you're right though, along with the years come the "senior moments"!

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:08 pm**

Madmarco wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:51 pm Well I'm glad you've got many more years to come than I gave you credit for my friend, unfortunately you're right though, along with the years come the "senior moments"!

Huh?

what were we talking about?

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:13 pm**

Told ya!

Posted: **Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:17 pm**

Had the Camillus out in the wild for a bit today

Posted: **Sun Jan 08, 2023 9:57 pm**

Nice knife, nice pictures Mike.

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:03 am**

Very knice pics Mike.

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:39 am**

313 Mike wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:17 pm Had the Camillus out in the wild for a bit today

Very nice!

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:40 pm**

313 Mike wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:17 pm Had the Camillus out in the wild for a bit today

Excellent photos of an excellent knife!

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:46 pm**

Good looking knife, Mike, and I like your photos!

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:52 pm**

Mike. Nothing I can add!!

John

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 pm**

Thanks for the kind words on my pics guys, I appreciate the feedback. I love taking shots of knives in the wild!

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:27 pm**

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