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  1. hughtrimble

    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    I don't really see why not. He was in an impossible position, it's all his dad, IF what's been said is to be believed. I suggest his new company will be under so much scrutiny that it'll need to be whiter than white to get traction anywhere, so it should keep him on the straight and narrow. I...
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    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    That to me sounds like someone who has a big collection of pre-2019 models and wants to make a few bucks in the coming months. Golden era of BRKT, based on what? Sounds like just this person's spending habit is the guide. I'd suggest their golden era was well before then before they made such...
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    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    Gotcha! Bonkers approach from him.
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    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    Mike Stewart himself says it's more than that, listing these ones: "Camp Bolo. Fox River Skinner. Highwayman 4. Mini-Manitou. Gladstone Hunter. Bitterroot Caper The Last two Club Knives as well."
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    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    Really, the North Star? I had one, it's just like a scaled down Fox River, a knife designed for hunting/skinning through and through, not at all for woodwork. The handle was really not big enough for varied grips and the lanyard extension on the tang got in the way too. How daft. Definitely...
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    Bark River Knives (BRKT) out of business - Chinese blades marked Made in USA

    I remember Virtuovice on YouTube (a brilliant channel if you've not come across it before, but related to game processing and he seldom posts now) evaluating loads and loads of Bark River knives, and finding their claim of zero convex grind being often incorrect, given the presence of marked...
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    Washing dry clean only coat

    If you can, do the first bit of drying lying it flat so that the big weight of the wet wool doesn't stretch it, then you can hang it up. I lay it out on a flat clothes rack, but others do the towel on a table thing.
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    The file does indeed have a metal saw edge, if it's anything like mine. The wire cutter is at the very base of the plier jaws, and I think what mean is there's a bit for harder wire (the less acute bit) and for softer wire (the more acute bit). There's also a wire stripper on one of the tools...
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    A fire thing.

    Nifty idea. I always find if I try something like that on a small surface like you show, I knock off the good stuff when trying to strike into it (even when holding the ferro in place). I need to practice more!
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    Scam Warning: Account Hacking and PayPal Friends and Family

    That is not the same thing as you said you were afraid of happening. In the case you describe, it's RM delivering to the wrong address and can be easily proven that it's the incorrect address. That is not the same as you posted about being worried might happen, namely someone claiming it wasn't...
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    Scam Warning: Account Hacking and PayPal Friends and Family

    I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but I'd suggest that would be a pretty major failing of the signed for and SD system if it was quite that easy. The handsets have GPS locations, and also require photos of the delivery address door with name/number. Do posties always do as they should...
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    Scam Warning: Account Hacking and PayPal Friends and Family

    It is important you use a tracked service for that reason. But I agree, any method leaves someone at more risk. In person is of course better, but leaves you with a tiny audience.
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    Anyone a fan of tinned fish?

    Sounds like the scone jam first or cream first separation you get over here
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    Word association game

    Head
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    Guess what I’m watching

    I'd hazard a guess that is Mickey Rourke, but even that seems wrong
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    WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY?

    Great work
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    Tengus Plans For the Summer

    Did anyone in your summer plans thread get it right?
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    A brief question

    Worth checking the source of the merino and its declaration about mulesing (worth looking up but it is very grim). Dilling merino boxers in a variety of formats have been serving me well for a while, mulesing free (and organic) merino wool.
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    What did you buy today?

    And a partridge in a pear tree
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    Guess what I’m watching

    Having thought I recognised Pacino, it was a process of elimination from Heat, the Godfather and Scent!