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    I would have to say that this has so far been the most enjoyable sharpening thread I've read in 15 years here.
    Dave Anderson

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    The more I learn, the less I realize I know.

    that pretty much sums up all my woodworking endeavors, including sharpening.
    Vortex! What Vortex?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chase View Post
    You do realize that you're basically running a "fetish forum" here right? I mean the whole concept of "Neanderthal" isn't so far from "trekkie" or "furry" to begin with, and then you throw in sharpening...

    Thanks for doing a tireless and excellent job of keeping it all tamped down.
    Now you're just starting tribble.

    Frankly I find the tone of this discussion rather abrasive. And grinding.

    Anybody else with some cutting remarks?

    -Tom

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug Hepler View Post
    Dave -- to quote a forgotten sage, the arguments are vicious because the stakes are so low
    Huh, I'd always thought that was Henry Kissinger (in the context of academic politics), but it appears to have been around for a very long time.

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    And..just what is the Trouble with Tribbles...anyway..

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    Quote Originally Posted by steven c newman View Post
    And..just what is the Trouble with Tribbles...anyway..
    one of the less realistic TV STAR TREK episodes. I would have called it "germs in space cotton candy"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel View Post
    Now you're just starting tribble.

    Frankly I find the tone of this discussion rather abrasive. And grinding.

    Anybody else with some cutting remarks?

    -Tom
    It doesn't matter how you slice it, it's still a topic for the sharpest of us. I prefer this to dull conversation. I mainly come here to hone my skills so I can be a cut above the rest. Anyway, I should get to the point here- I love to discuss sharpening. It can be an edgy subject, but it gives us sharper minds. I will stop now before I compound things any further.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Anderson NH View Post
    I would have to say that this has so far been the most enjoyable sharpening thread I've read in 15 years here.
    Dave, I echo this. I've been away from the Internet for a while (on Waiheke Island, off the coast of Auckland) and unable to reply.Lots of fun responses.

    Doug, that was absolutely brilliant! Did you write it?

    And James, never .. never let go your passion for Porsche!

    Regards from Auckland (soon on the way to the airport and back to Perth)

    Derek

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derek Cohen View Post
    And James, never .. never let go your passion for Porsche!
    Nah, transfer your loyalties to a maker that knows where the engine is supposed to go.

    PS - Yes Derek, I remember that your Porsche has its engine in the right place. Now if only they would put their best powerplants in the Boxster/Cayman platform...
    Last edited by Patrick Chase; 04-08-2018 at 9:21 PM.

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    Kinda waiting for someone to start the thread about the thread commenting on sharpening threads...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derek Cohen View Post
    There is something about a sharpening thread to which everyone feels compelled to contribute. Young and old, amateur and professional, newbie and experienced. And no one seems to read what others have written - they are in too much of a rush to put their thoughts down for others to read and applaud.
    That's why I like chisel alloy and hardness posts instead... They are so much more productive.

    Honestly, sharpening threads are part of the fun... Rather than shutting down discussion of sharpening - The challenge is reigning in folks before they cross the line from "lighthearted forum banter" to angry insults and somebody being banned.... I know our poor Mods spend their fair share of time on this...

    We aren't alone here with our love of these sort of threads... You can literally bring violin luthiers to blows if you quietly whisper the word "Varnish" in a crowded room... And go talk about how Brazilian Rosewood is horribly overrated to guitar guys...

  12. Quote Originally Posted by Derek Cohen View Post
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    And James, never .. never let go your passion for Porsche!

    Regards from Auckland (soon on the way to the airport and back to Perth)

    Derek
    Not my passion, Derek, just the cars. Not enough room for 12 foot and sometimes 16 foot 8/4 (plantation) teak and various cedars. My pick-em up does that quite nicely when needed. Never worked with a roof rack on my Porsches through the years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derek Cohen View Post

    Doug, that was absolutely brilliant! Did you write it?

    Derek
    Thank you. Yes, we did -- Janis and me and Bobby MacGee-yuh

    Humor(?) aside, you made some good points. The ones who needed to read them probably skipped over them . . .

    Doug

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    I propose a two drink minimum for sharpening threads.
    Bumbling forward into the unknown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Holcombe View Post
    I propose a two drink minimum for sharpening threads.
    I'll drink to that. You didn't say how big of a glass I could use.
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