Uncle Hyena ([info]unclehyena) wrote,
@ 2006-01-16 03:14:00
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2005 in Cutlery
Prior to 2005, I hadn't bought anything sharp and point for several years; nothing had grabbed my attention sufficiently. Last year, though, it caught up with me, as the following photo will show:




Displayed are:

Top, a Viking Sword purchased at the Highland Games in June.
Bottom, a Zatoichi sword purchased in Texas in September.
In between, from left to right:
Myerchin Offshore Diver's Knife, with Marlinspike.
Benchmade Rescue Hook
Unauthorized reproduction of "Sting" from LotR (at about 10% of the authorized price)
Spyderco Assist 1 "emergency" knife
1950s Belgian/NATO seaman's knife
Spetznaz "machete" (heavy duty survival knife)

Much fun was had by all...

Uncle Hyena

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[info]darkwolf69
2006-01-16 02:02 pm UTC (link)
Sharp, pointy goodness. :)

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[info]celeloriel
2006-01-16 04:04 pm UTC (link)
Yay for marlinspikes! :)

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[info]lisagems
2006-01-16 04:50 pm UTC (link)
I've been drooling over the replica or Eowyn's blade. preeeety.

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[info]unclehyena
2006-01-16 05:04 pm UTC (link)
"Sting" was all of $14.00. Check out this web site:

http://www.wholesalesword.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=206

And the "Free Lunch" thing is first come, first served, pretty much every Wednesday until the end of June...

Uncle Hyena

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[info]lisagems
2006-01-16 10:24 pm UTC (link)
Cruel, cruel human.

That was $45 I didn't need to spend. sigh.

preeeeety

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[info]pumpkinpjs
2006-01-16 08:10 pm UTC (link)
I believe the Zatoichi sword is called a iaido sword or blade. Or at least that's its type.

Unless its supposed to be a replica from one of the movies... but it looks way too nice. His always looked like a beggers cane. Always in the one movie I saw.

I was thinking about you and our "long walk into the forest at life's end" talk the other day. Mostly because I had a dream where a boss of mine had been married to Hunter S. Thompson and now wanted to take her own life and I was there to talk with her right before she did. She dressed up in her wedding dress, smiled, and shot herself in the head.

The only part that freaked me out was when I was awake later and thinking about how I would have to explain what happened to her to her family since I was right there. But during the dream it was a bittersweet beautiful moment.

In other news I might get a story into a compliation of short stories. No pay. But it will be an actual book people can buy. Or have... I'm not quite sure of the details.

--Count Zero

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[info]infintysquared
2006-01-18 08:13 pm UTC (link)
Nice collection, I especially like the machete. Odd shape, that. Still, as a friend of mine put it, "We enjoy cooking because it is a socially acceptable means of playing with knives and fire."

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