I have one of these. And pretty straightforward not very expensive knives.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - May 17, 2011 9:40:56 am PDT #8581 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
tommyrot - May 17, 2011 10:05:17 am PDT #8582 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
@PREPRESSHULK: TWITTERER SMASH PREPRESS COMEDY
It's been many years since I worked in prepress, but @PREPRESSHULK is giving me gigglefits: "HULK LOVE SUBTLE SPACING OF OPTICAL KERNING AND OPTICAL MARGIN ALIGNMENT!!" "HULK SURE CUSTOMER SECRETARY OR NEPHEW WITH COMPUTER SEND HULK BEAUTIFUL PRESS-READY FILE!! HULK WAIT EXPECTANTLY!!" "HULK LAUNCH QUARKXPRESS. DREAD FILL HULK OVERSIZED HEART."
§ ita § - May 17, 2011 10:19:33 am PDT #8583 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why did they want the opinion of a 19 year old teenaged boy, and not you?
Not entirely sure. But the automated voice asked for the youngest adult male in the household, so whatever.
Scrappy, that's perfect! I'm sure he can tell me which of my weapons will hold an edge and which won't. I've been looking for a guy like that for a long time now.
Trudy Booth - May 17, 2011 10:48:54 am PDT #8584 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I know more than one person who has had their (expensive) cutlery ruined by the guy in the knife sharpening truck.
That sounds so ominous!
le nubian - May 17, 2011 1:06:31 pm PDT #8585 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right?
sounds like motive in a mystery novel.
Liese S. - May 17, 2011 2:13:04 pm PDT #8586 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My stainless Chicago cutlery has a sharpener in the knife block. Set so that I can't really do it particularly wrong.
Also. What is wrong with my ear? It seems like I have water in it, but it started the day after I showered, not the day of. It makes me want to take a bath to submerge my ears as if doing it backward would clear it. Okay, I probably just want to take a bath. But still.
I am so tired, y'all. I don't know how to shake it. And I have so much shit to do, but I cannot make myself do it. I just want to go to bed.
Sheryl - May 17, 2011 2:24:00 pm PDT #8587 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Gary's out of town this week, so his mom took me out to dinner tonight. whee.
Consuela - May 17, 2011 2:36:56 pm PDT #8588 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay Dana!
My meeting this morning went very well. I'm so pleased.
Frankenbuddha - May 17, 2011 3:23:14 pm PDT #8589 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My stainless Chicago cutlery has a sharpener in the knife block. Set so that I can't really do it particularly wrong.
Per Alton Brown, those kind of things mostly re-straighten knives, rather than actually sharpen them.
Beverly - May 17, 2011 3:39:59 pm PDT #8590 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, a lot of times what feels like a dull edge is really a thin edge that's curled to one side or the other, so a "sharpener" that straightens out that edge can make the knife "sharper" and function better.