Recent content by sidpost

Try setting up your account on a desktop or laptop computer. Questions for whatever reason typically don't show up on my cellphone.

That is a good site for pens, pencils, and related stuff.

Lovely pens. Hope you get the nib fixed and get to enjoy it even more! In terms of shipping to the USA for repairs out of the EU/UK, I would consider using FedEx, UPS, or DHL for better tracking and insurance. USPS has been a bit sketchy recently but, I eventually got all my stuff.

Marks from good service to me show it has been loved! Hopefully, those battle scars aren't too bad and bring good memories of fun times with it!

What does one of those Yard’O’Lead Sterling Silver pencils run these days? American prices are literally hundreds of dollars. I get silver is expensive these days but, these pencils don't weigh enough for that to be a big factor do they?

I have their Pocket Pro and like it a lot! Similar in its ability to take lots of different refills.

Modern cameras have a lot of automated functionality so, whether an officer is watching each camera 24x7 or not, important events are sent to officers to be dealt with as appropriate.

Outside of China the UK, with London in particular, is the most talked about heavy surveillance state in the press I see both from the USA and EU sources.

Laws or not, perception is similar in major cities IMHO on both sides of the Atlantic. No, I wouldn't fly to the UK with a fixed blade on my hip but, a knife in my pocket on the streets at large should not catch any attention if I'm minding my own business. Most of my pocket knives lock and...

Look at Wurkkos's and Sofirn's websites. Lots of good lights there for modest money. I can't speak to UK customs and taxes but, my purchases made it to the USA without any issues or undue expense.

During deer season at my high school. In the student's parking lot, most pickups had a deer rifle in the back window! Yep, school property with a 16 year-old in a pickup with a deer rifle in the rack across the back window! I lived in a somewhat rural area and no-one batted an eye! Once the...

In Texas, the past week, I have carried a 4" fixed blade on my dominant hip loosely covered with a T-shirt or light fleece jacket. I have been to 3 different cities of ~20,000 people where I shopped at various stores, bought groceries, ate lunch, etc. Not one question or even a look from...

Just because I know CPR or have a pistol does NOT mean I must act. If I know CPR or have a firearm, I have a choice. If I don't know CPR and my firearm is at home or locked up in some government facility, I have NO CHOICE. As a private citizen, the choice to act or not is mine as there is no...

Further, if I was in Europe or the UK and someone had a large Opinel in their pocket or, even a fixed blade on their hip, why would I, or should I, be concerned? A normal well-adjusted adult carrying a knife to slice an apple for lunch, or out in a park sitting on a bench during a break...

True for a few folks but, not most. Texan here from the USA. If I thought I needed a pistol to buy groceries, I would go to a different store! That being said, with high crime and lots of bad illegals (not the economic migrants and families, but MS-13 gang members, terror watchlist people...