All About Pocket Knives

TripleF you scored a good one there. An amazing find.

Gott Mit Uns = "God be with us". WWI, or at least I had a WWI lighter with that phrase. Articles with that phrase usually sell very well on ebay.

I seem to recall those belt-buckles being from WWII. A WWI buckle would not have a swastika.

Most of the "Gott Mit Uns" buckles on feebay are of the WW1 or earlier variety with the phrase and an Imperial crown, but there is 1 just like yours on feebay as I type, and a second WW2 buckle with just a swastika and no eagle.

On the one like yours, the seller has obscured the swastika using Paint or a similar program. It's up to $67. The other one has a really high price with a higher BIN price.

Here's a relevant site: http://quanonline.com/military/military ... ckles.html

Some friends on Hog Day. Enlarge the photos for proper orientation. The hogs, named bacon and sausage, weighed 260 and 300 pounds.

Some GOOD eatin there!! Mmmmm.. Bacon!!!! John

Some friends on Hog Day. The hogs, named bacon and sausage, weighed 260 and 300 pounds.

WOW
Is there a "Waiting list" to become your friend Q S ? Put me on it please.
I "Have knives, will travel"

The "waiting list" concept is lol funny. You are #1 on the list Dan.

When I went to check the mail this morning, I noticed something....
Now we have some fairly large deer in the area, and it's been raining a good bit, but
these tracks just looked too big....

...

Then,
the culprits showed themselves.
Evidently, there are new pets in the neighborhood-




I half expected to see a flyer in my mailbox to "Eat Mor Chik'n"

Lan.. That's FUNNY!!! John

Someone in the neighborhood going free range or did those three find a weak spot in the fence?

Thanks, John. I'm happy they barely missed my water-meter box.

Jerry, I think (at least I hope!) a weak spot in a fence, which is a half-mile down the road they're headed.

I thought maybe they golf course across the street had "gone green" and chemical-free! Although I hear cow gas is one of the main reasons
for the hole in the ozone.

Cattle are a thin covering of hide over 1000 lbs of gas...

And good for you in spite of what the Vegans say.

jerryd6818 wrote:And good for you in spite of what the Vegans say.

Yummy, yummy! And Amen!

Ray

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Cattle are a thin covering of hide over 1000 lbs of gas...

35,000 head and it hasn't affected me yet!!!!!

That's because you have the huge skies of Texas to dilute the gas...

Don't get me wrong - raising livestock is a noble & vital profession - you help to feed the world!

Both of my grandfathers were dairymen in Central California and I grew-up surrounded by dairies full of Holsteins just like those. Sorry - but I grew to hate cattle unless they were beef and medium rare on my plate. Cattle are big dumb, mean & nasty beasts. On the other hand, sheep were smaller dumber, faster, nasty beasts and horses were big smart, mean & nasty beasts. Swine are the wild card - they are smart, fast, vicious & devious...

TFL. I'm just guessing you don't spend much time watching Animal Planet.

espn77 I've noticed that cattle and crude both have offensive smells to non natives but to Texans they both smell of money.

doglegg wrote:espn77 I've noticed that cattle and crude both have offensive smells to non natives but to Texans they both smell of money.

Yes sir.
Guess I take a little offence to the flower child calling the cattle I feed and the horses I ride "Big dumb nasty beasts" I take a lot of pride in what i do and how I take care of the animals that are under my supervision.

I have always like the quote "Other states were bred or born, Texas grew from hide and horn" But I am sure no offence was meant. Have to be like those animals you tend, eat the grass and spit out the cockle burs.

Here are the tools used to slaughter the hogs shown earlier. The pistol is a .22 magnum. The knife is an old Ontario, True Edge. Our friend describes the technique used in the shooting.
"A 22 magnum and an old long skinny carbon steel paring/butcher knife .

You have to wait till the hog is still and shoot dead center about two inches below the eyes. You have to get eye level with your shot or it will go under the brain.

Now just to clarify, 'twas my good old dad who stuck that pig, lol! He's sending me a photo tonight, I'll send it along ."

I think I'ma likin that pistol.

espn77 wrote: Yes sir.
Guess I take a little offence to the flower child calling the cattle I feed and the horses I ride "Big dumb nasty beasts" I take a lot of pride in what i do and how I take care of the animals that are under my supervision.

Aww, now, I apologize - that's not what I meant at all. I spent the first 19 years of my life raising livestock. I've fed, watered, mucked stalls, birthed babies, docked tails of sheep, castrated young bulls & rams, butchered lambs and groomed & showed lambs, beef, dairy, swine & poultry. I've been to modern dairies and seen the amazing hard work, technology and automation that makes them possible. I've also been stepped-on, knocked down, rubbed into fence posts and licked, bit and sneezed on by many livestock animals, and I also firmly believe not all of those were "accidents"...

So - I absolutely respect all farmers and ranchers. If I had turned left instead of right, I would be a farmer myself.

But - I still don't trust or like cows and I'm very, very glad I don't have to work with them anymore.

...And I dearly love our 1 year-old yellow lab!