Tacticool / carry every day
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Certainly not Tacticool, but a pretty nice random day carry. Should not cause office panic, either.
I have an original obsidian Clovis point, maybe 8-10, 000 years old, and still sharp as fuck. You interested? I found it in my yard. (House is at the convergence of three creeks, incredible hunting). Not sure where to sell such a thing. Maybe donate it to an archeological group or something, I don’t know.
You trying to give it away? At one point in my life I spent a summer doing backcountry archeology in YNP. We found all sorts of stuff but I didnt get to keep any of it. Metal detecting in the backcountry was pretty fun.
That would be a large donation. They are worth $10,000+, or?
It doesn't matter what it's "worth", it should remain in context, not in some rich bitch's stash.
What if I sell it to a local casino? Kind of a win-win.
Or a win-win-lose, if you include the suckers playing slots and buying smokes.
(kind of, sort of, maybe a little bit joking here)
Or a win-win-lose, if you include the suckers playing slots and buying smokes.
(kind of, sort of, maybe a little bit joking here)
As to actual knives, I dunno, work has led me to have bunch of folders, two Benchmades, I think, but they're kinda heavy and I don't usually carry a folder. I do carry an also-Benchmade-but-seems-disposable SOCP ring dagger for actual stabby situations (stray dogs scare me more than anything round here)...much lighter and easier in the waistband than a folder in the pocket with the clip out there to tell everyone I'm prepared for any expedient zip tie removal or mail opening that needs be done.
If I do carry a folder, it's usually a Boker I was gifted by some GSG-9 guys with their organizational crest blasted onto the blade. It's ligter than the Benchmade.
A Marine Raider I knew found that after actually using his SOCPs a couple times to really SOCP people, it was too flimsy and definitely single use...he ended up grinding and re-forging (or whatever cool-guy-frontier technique was involved) a Harbor Freight ring wrench into a substitute and found it worked far better than his expensive but fragile Greg Thomson branded dagger. With, of course, a leather sheath sewn via a suture kit.
If I do carry a folder, it's usually a Boker I was gifted by some GSG-9 guys with their organizational crest blasted onto the blade. It's ligter than the Benchmade.
A Marine Raider I knew found that after actually using his SOCPs a couple times to really SOCP people, it was too flimsy and definitely single use...he ended up grinding and re-forging (or whatever cool-guy-frontier technique was involved) a Harbor Freight ring wrench into a substitute and found it worked far better than his expensive but fragile Greg Thomson branded dagger. With, of course, a leather sheath sewn via a suture kit.
This is true. But it was where our strawberry patch had to be, so yeah, I’m an evil white man.
Who used to have some strawberries.
Who used to have some strawberries.
While you are right, the fact that museums or the state often do not compensate finders of artifacts results in many of these ending up in private collections.
Picking up a projectile point in your strawberry patch is alot different than grave robbing and pot hunting.
I found a broken point in my yard last year. I have called the cultural resources offices of the local tribal authorities and explained what I am finding and asked them what is appropriate moving forward. There's stuff laying around all over the place if you have a trained eye.
Do you know that it is an actual Clovis point? Those are significantly older, rarer and have different construction techniques that your modern arrow heads.
Best practices when finding cultural artifacts is
Dont touch them and dont tell anyone except for the pertinent cultural resource management group for your region.
That can be hard to remember in the moment though.
Dont touch them and dont tell anyone except for the pertinent cultural resource management group for your region.
That can be hard to remember in the moment though.
The only cultural artifacts around here are used needles and foilies.
I did find a few broken files when digging a sump pit, I assume they were from when the house was built in 1909, meh.
You've got tons of stuff buried in situ. The Puget Sound is definitly a depositional environment and everything left on the ground is eventually buried in biomass and broken down.
Then theres places like Wyoming that are eroding away and stuff is laying on the surface.
South of here by mammoth is like that. I couldn't even tell you how many obsidian points and various heads I've come across working down there in the valleys by the water.
Yes, I had it assessed. It's not the long type though, this one was probably for an atlatl style weapon, but apparently has Clovis style construction. (So probably not intended for Mammoth hunting, but smaller game).
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I'd hit it.
You're gonna poke your eye out kid
That's why I've got two, right?
Solid point
clip point?
Sharpened grapefruit spoon
I actually got my first carbon steel cutlery a couple months back. I still use my stainless Wusthof for most day to day jobs but for bigger tasks, this Sabatier is really nice, and I'm a dork so I sort of like oiling it after I'm done. Carbon does hold a nice edge, but all ini all, for my use, it's really an affectation more than real utility.
I also ordered this $10 knife from "Crude" on Amazon. It's clearly a $.30 item out of a Chinese bazaar, and it's also capabe of cutting through reality itself. Who needs ergonomics when the knife basically falls through a tomato under its own weight. (and rusts on the way thru...)
I also ordered this $10 knife from "Crude" on Amazon. It's clearly a $.30 item out of a Chinese bazaar, and it's also capabe of cutting through reality itself. Who needs ergonomics when the knife basically falls through a tomato under its own weight. (and rusts on the way thru...)
the tassles really tie the room together
What you choose to call them in the privacy of your own household is none of my business!
Not a fan of those pins but that hunk of steel looks interesting. Hi crabon content forever!