Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 27, 2010, at 06:41 , Paul Sorenson wrote: ROLO? I tried that but it didn't work too well. Not enough grit, I guess. :-[ ROBO Jr. is what I should have typed. I have two! A red one I got in the early 70s, and a white one I bought at a yard sale in the late 90s. The red one works

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
ROLO? I tried that but it didn't work too well. Not enough grit, I guess. :-[ http://roogdesign.com/rolo/rolo-1.gif -p On 8/27/2010 12:09 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: Chicago brand cheap carbon steel, two sets. Easy to sharpen, sharpen often with ROLO. :-) That's the way I roll,

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread Boris Liberman
On 8/25/2010 3:56 PM, eckinator wrote: Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I am sorry, I don't like knives... I might keep that way until my kids are grown up... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread eckinator
That is why I keep mine in lie-down knife racks on the kitchen hood. gotta cover them up though to keep the cooking vapors out that inevitably get missed by the extractor. Those things are always the worst possible compromise between noise and efficiency. They usually look as good and hum as loud

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 August 2010 17:57, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 8/25/2010 3:56 PM, eckinator wrote: Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I am sorry, I don't like knives... I might keep that way until my kids are grown up... I

RE: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? No, but I have way too many guitars. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

RE: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I wish I had a problem like that. I can't seem to get enough cash together to spend wantonly on any one thing to end up with an excess. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: eckinator Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread eckinator
2010/8/26 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: I wish I had a problem like that.  I can't seem to get enough cash together to spend wantonly on any one thing to end up with an excess. Same here these days. No job and a small mouth to feed. And trust me, when it comes to appetite, size

RE: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread John Sessoms
Took a life-time to accumulate. Didn't think about it at the time, mostly it just occurred that I had a little spare cash on-hand coinciding with encountering an instrument I wanted. There were a whole lot more I couldn't afford and didn't get. It wasn't until years later I realized I have

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread David Savage
On 26 August 2010 07:05, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 August 2010 22:56, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I have a set of 8 bog stock WÜSTHOF Classics, my most favored of

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread mike wilson
eckinator wrote: 2010/8/26 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: I wish I had a problem like that. I can't seem to get enough cash together to spend wantonly on any one thing to end up with an excess. Same here these days. No job and a small mouth to feed. And trust me, when it comes to

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread eckinator
2010/8/26 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: I'd go for the new motorcycle, too. Ouch, no fair. You know where it hurts most... Cheers Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread drd1135
@pdml.net Subject: OT KBA vs LBA Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I have a fine collection of Japanese kitchen knives (Azai, Bunmei, Global, Hayashi, Hirotomo, Masatsune and Yoshisada Seiryu) that are a true pleasure to use. And yet

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 25, 2010, at 16:05 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 25 August 2010 22:56, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I have a set of 8 bog stock WÜSTHOF Classics, my most favored of which is the 16cm

OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-25 Thread eckinator
Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I have a fine collection of Japanese kitchen knives (Azai, Bunmei, Global, Hayashi, Hirotomo, Masatsune and Yoshisada Seiryu) that are a true pleasure to use. And yet these days I'm hardly tempted any

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm *almost* as utilitarian about buying knives as I am about buying camera equipment. ;-) My favorite knife for the past 28 years has been a custom-made boot utility knife I commissioned from a local master when I lived in Santa Cruz. It's been my constant companion whenever I travel and does

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-25 Thread eckinator
2010/8/25 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: I did a pro bono job photographing ten of his knives for a knife show back then, so he offered me the pick of anything in his catalog. Go warm up your cam and scanner, Godders, I wanna see. If I bought anything for the kitchen these days, I'd

Re: OT KBA vs LBA

2010-08-25 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 August 2010 22:56, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? And do you feel some of the below? I have a set of 8 bog stock WÜSTHOF Classics, my most favored of which is the 16cm cook's knife, it does most of what I need to do, like