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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:26 pm
SAWCE wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:07 pm

Have you used Benchmade's Lifesharp service at all? Worth sending out for that instead of sharpening yourself?
I would rather do it myself than risk loss via the mail.

Benchmade and Spyderco both offer that service and it is nice, but if you can do it yourself... why not?
Makes sense. I used to sharpen my own knives in Boy Scouts, but I'm sure I was doing it :wrong: would be a neat skill to learn and use.
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Well I had a 20% off REI membership coupon and they had Bugouts in stock so I bought a blue one. Thanks for the advice everyone.
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Johnny_P wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:56 pm Well I had a 20% off REI membership coupon and they had Bugouts in stock so I bought a blue one. Thanks for the advice everyone.
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Johnny_P wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:56 pm Well I had a 20% off REI membership coupon and they had Bugouts in stock so I bought a blue one. Thanks for the advice everyone.
I've been wanting a crooked river for months

https://www.rei.com/product/132969/benc ... mSEALw_wcB
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:25 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:56 pm Well I had a 20% off REI membership coupon and they had Bugouts in stock so I bought a blue one. Thanks for the advice everyone.
I've been wanting a crooked river for months

https://www.rei.com/product/132969/benc ... mSEALw_wcB
Well I can confirm the 20% off coupon works on Benchmade knives...
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Johnny_P wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:56 pm Well I had a 20% off REI membership coupon and they had Bugouts in stock so I bought a blue one. Thanks for the advice everyone.
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Alright Motherfuckers:

Johnny needs some decent fucking flatware. See the wedding thread. We all do, really. After a recent poll, nobody has any decent shit to eat with. We have 500 Benchmade knives but no decent, attractive, daily fking dinnerware. Are we savages?
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:34 am Alright Motherfuckers:

Johnny needs some decent fucking flatware. See the wedding thread. We all do, really. After a recent poll, nobody has any decent shit to eat with. We have 500 Benchmade knives but no decent, attractive, daily fking dinnerware. Are we savages?
Speak for yourself, our silverware sets were 90 a pop before discount at BB&B and we got 2. Thanks to whomever gifted those. They are holding up great ~5 years later...
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:34 am Alright Motherfuckers:

Johnny needs some decent fucking flatware. See the wedding thread. We all do, really. After a recent poll, nobody has any decent shit to eat with. We have 500 Benchmade knives but no decent, attractive, daily fking dinnerware. Are we savages?
You don't stab your :meat: with said Benchmade and eat off of that?
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:34 am Alright Motherfuckers:

Johnny needs some decent fucking flatware. See the wedding thread. We all do, really. After a recent poll, nobody has any decent shit to eat with. We have 500 Benchmade knives but no decent, attractive, daily fking dinnerware. Are we savages?
Is this a rhetorical question?

You know goddamn well that we are!
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I bought this belt the other day in black: https://smile.amazon.com/Hanks-Everyday ... pons&psc=1

I've had the brown one for a year or two now and it's holding up great with a polish every couple of months. Now I have a black one too, hopefully I don't need to buy another belt for 20+ years.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:59 am
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:34 am Alright Motherfuckers:

Johnny needs some decent fucking flatware. See the wedding thread. We all do, really. After a recent poll, nobody has any decent shit to eat with. We have 500 Benchmade knives but no decent, attractive, daily fking dinnerware. Are we savages?
Is this a rhetorical question?

You know goddamn well that we are!
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D Griff wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:31 am I bought this belt the other day in black: https://smile.amazon.com/Hanks-Everyday ... pons&psc=1

I've had the brown one for a year or two now and it's holding up great with a polish every couple of months. Now I have a black one too, hopefully I don't need to buy another belt for 20+ years.
Single piece if full grain leather. Impressive. I've been on a leather goods kick lately and a belt was on the list to buy.
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:30 pm
D Griff wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:31 am I bought this belt the other day in black: https://smile.amazon.com/Hanks-Everyday ... pons&psc=1

I've had the brown one for a year or two now and it's holding up great with a polish every couple of months. Now I have a black one too, hopefully I don't need to buy another belt for 20+ years.
Single piece if full grain leather. Impressive. I've been on a leather goods kick lately and a belt was on the list to buy.
I’m not normally a finer things guy, but the belt is definitely a nice piece. I do enjoy a nice leather item.
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Got a few things coming this week.

I bought the 24-70 f/2.8 lens for my Z7 to replace the 24-70 f/4 that was out when the camera launched. Going to sell my AF-S F mount 24-70 f/2.8 VR along with my D850 and MB-D18 grip, batteries, etc in the next couple weeks. The Z7 will be more than fine for me until the next gen mirrorless comes out.

Got a couple knives coming in that I wanted, but were not in stock... Since they came available I made the order.

Also have a Uniden R7 radar detector that shipped this weekend. It just came out and officially launches tomorrow. Supposed to be better than the Valentine 1, so we'll see. I've been a V1 user since the '90s and still own three of them. I hope this one is as good as the reviewers say, the V1 is starting to be dated with lack of some features like GPS. The R7 has front and rear detection and directional arrows like the V1 and supposedly better range as well as GPS blocking.

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In4 pricing on your D850.

I’ve wanted to make the move to either mirrorless or FX.
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SAWCE wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:55 pm In4 pricing on your D850.

I’ve wanted to make the move to either mirrorless or FX.
Honestly, for the money go Z6 or Z7. I'm going to be getting top dollar from someone looking to stay DSLR for the D850.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 3:45 pm
SAWCE wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:55 pm In4 pricing on your D850.

I’ve wanted to make the move to either mirrorless or FX.
Honestly, for the money go Z6 or Z7. I'm going to be getting top dollar from someone looking to stay DSLR for the D850.
:word: I’ve been eyeing the Z6
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Bought a China special robit vac. $120 like new Amazon warehouse. Regular 190. :scrooge:

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:scrooge: PSA alert:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DH ... UTF8&psc=1

I bough this cheaper liquid filled air gauge off amazon because 50 bucks for a longacre or something is just too hard a pill to swallow for my cheap ass. Sure they are super nice gauges...but 50 bucks....

This one is totally adequate. You can burp it to equalize the pressure, the chuck head rotates, seems super precise.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:27 am :scrooge: PSA alert:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DH ... UTF8&psc=1

I bough this cheaper liquid filled air gauge off amazon because 50 bucks for a longacre or something is just too hard a pill to swallow for my cheap ass. Sure they are super nice gauges...but 50 bucks....

This one is totally adequate. You can burp it to equalize the pressure, the chuck head rotates, seems super precise.
As someone who used to use a cheap gauge and ate up several tires at $200+ per and now uses an expensive one, I recommend having the gauge tested against a calibration stand** (assuming your track day tire supplier has one).

**Probably not needed for street things or minibikes.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
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4zilch wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:39 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:27 am :scrooge: PSA alert:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DH ... UTF8&psc=1

I bough this cheaper liquid filled air gauge off amazon because 50 bucks for a longacre or something is just too hard a pill to swallow for my cheap ass. Sure they are super nice gauges...but 50 bucks....

This one is totally adequate. You can burp it to equalize the pressure, the chuck head rotates, seems super precise.
As someone who used to use a cheap gauge and ate up several tires at $200+ per and now uses an expensive one, I recommend having the gauge tested against a calibration stand** (assuming your track day tire supplier has one).

**Probably not needed for street things or minibikes.
:dat:

If i was playing with big money tires for bikes or cars I'd not :scrooge: on the gauge. But for my mini bike, street things, and the FV that we run on take offs that will age out before they get used properly? :thisisfine: , unironically.
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I bought the digital longacre a few years ago because YOLO
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D Griff wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:31 am I bought this belt the other day in black: https://smile.amazon.com/Hanks-Everyday ... pons&psc=1

I've had the brown one for a year or two now and it's holding up great with a polish every couple of months. Now I have a black one too, hopefully I don't need to buy another belt for 20+ years.
Man I have a hard time shelling out $55+ for a belt...... :scrooge: then again I go through $10-$20 specimens yearly..... because :fatty: Is this one THAT much better than conventionally available versions?
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