Recent content by Marshwheeling

I may have that same Green River knife. Six-inch blade, identifying etch similar to yours, No 35-243.

In my 30s I had a couple of Kirby vacuum cleaners. They were nicely made, with big aluminum castings. They were easy to work on, and I knew three different vacuum repair shops where I could get parts. The coolest thing about Kirbys is the range of accessories you can get for them, like a grinder...

Here is a knife I think is pretty cool, the Dexter-Russell Green River 4215 Fish Knife. Not expensive, under twenty bucks when I bought it. Carbon steel, maybe 1095, but more likely 1075. Once you sand the rough edges off the handle, it is very comfortable in my medium-sized hand. The 5” blade...

In my 30s I had a couple of Kirby vacuum cleaners. They were nicely made, with big aluminum castings. They were easy to work on, and I knew three different vacuum repair shops where I could get parts. The coolest thing about Kirbys was the range of accessories available. Most notable were the...

Good wishes sent for Rusty and family.

I saw most of it on PBS, catch as catch can, then watched it straight through on Britbox. I would watch again. Honeysuckle Weeks engaged enough of my attention that I looked her up. She photographs very well. Her sister Perdita played Higgins on the lame remake of Magnum, PI. They come from an...

On my several trips to Mexico, we discovered Cabrito, not a sipping tequila, more of a sitting around the courtyard, passing the bottle and smoking puros . Goes down easier than a lot of the local product. Look for the sign of the Goat.

I don’ t mind loud pipes if their purpose is just to get some attention. I don’t like them if I have to ride with them. That goes as much for some dirt bikes and Ducatis as it does for Harleys. “Loud pipes save lives” is pure BS, a sociopath’s attempt to justify behavior that he knows is...

Most of my knives fall in the category of inexpensive workman’s knives. I have been tempted by some of Jerry Busse’s and Nathan Carothers’ knives, but for the most part have stayed toward the lower end of the spectrum. But for under a hundred bucks, I have found some very interesting blades. A...

My first guns were a ČZ52 and a vz.50, bought as a pair from a buddy to go with my Jawa and ČZ motorcycles. About six or seven years ago, a ČZ75 BD came my way, that is to say, I saw it under glass at an LGS, and I grabbed it up. It is a very nice gun that shoots a lot better than I do. If a ČZ...

I am a fair weather Timberwolves fan. After years of gloomy days, the weather has been pretty decent. Until this week in OKC, that is.

Now I can’t un-think it.

My question is: can Reacher beat up Jason Statham? Chuck Norris? Could he survive an encounter with Ray Shoesmith?

What a lot of good information in those posts. I suppose this is a good place to put up my modest array of Finnish knives. A couple of Peltonen Sissipuukkos. These were designed by a Ranger captain for use by Finnish army rangers. Don’t be misled by the name. Sissipuukko means “Ranger knife”...

For the last five or six years, my daily knives have been a Victorinox Alox Electrician and an Opinel, usually a No.6, but I might substitute an 8 or a 10 which have been modified for pocket carry. I used to carry a third knife, because for a while I wanted always to have an Okapi Biltong, a...