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Post by pgandy on Jul 3, 2020 13:17:58 GMT
I caught a thief in my house and now my prize bowie is blooded. I caught this fellow trying to make off with my dog’s food. After a brief discussion I am confident I have convinced him never, never do that again. In my youth we had a saying that I haven’t heard in years. OK, it’s three generations later. I think it applies here, “Don’t f*ck with Hoppy”, referring to Hopalong Cassidy, a star in B Westerns at the time. PS For those wondering or concerned, there was no damage to the bowie. In fact it will still shave. 😊
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 3, 2020 13:38:55 GMT
You obviously get it across to him but I think you didn't get it through his head!
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Post by pgandy on Jul 3, 2020 14:43:02 GMT
You obviously get it across to him but I think you didn't get it through his head! OK, you got me there. I have to admit that my aim was off, slightly. He denied me time for a warm up cut or two. I had to do it cold.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 3, 2020 14:52:38 GMT
It was an Ockham's Razor decision.
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Post by pellius on Jul 3, 2020 14:58:21 GMT
You convinced him to split.
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Post by pgandy on Jul 3, 2020 15:04:18 GMT
You convinced him to split. 😃😃
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Post by treeslicer on Jul 3, 2020 15:04:29 GMT
Don't forget to have the test properly inscribed, and name the blade Nezumigiri.
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Post by demonskull on Jul 3, 2020 15:11:46 GMT
. PS For those wondering or concerned, there was no damage to the bowie. In fact it will still shave. 😊 I'd wash it with alcohol before I tried to shave with it !
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 3, 2020 15:32:05 GMT
Wow.....
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Post by leviathansteak on Jul 3, 2020 15:49:33 GMT
Woah! Ouch. Did it die immediately?
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Post by pgandy on Jul 3, 2020 16:05:01 GMT
Woah! Ouch. Did it die immediately? He took two breaths then checked out. But I think he was too dazed to feel anything.
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Post by pgandy on Jul 3, 2020 16:19:48 GMT
. PS For those wondering or concerned, there was no damage to the bowie. In fact it will still shave. 😊 I'd wash it with alcohol before I tried to shave with it ! :D Will do. I don’t know why I didn’t; I spray everything else these days with alcohol. I washed with water, dried, then spayed with WD-40, the SOP after coming in contact with water. I have prepared the dog’s medicine with it since. The shave was to my left forearm, my standard test and between that and my age explains why it is virtually hairless.
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Post by libra on Jul 3, 2020 17:54:40 GMT
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Post by demented on Jul 3, 2020 18:05:16 GMT
Mickey Mouse would be appalled
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Post by libra on Jul 3, 2020 18:26:36 GMT
To be honest, I'm a little bit disgusted. Not by the picture or the blood, but the fact to take out such a tiny animal by that kind of pride to show how sharp your knive is. Give him a shot in the head with a bullet/BB or smash it with a big hammer or whatever is equal. But I really doubt, that this little fella did not suffer. The last form of execution for me is exactely this: To be cut in half... I'm not an exaggerated animal lover or weapon hater, but please don't post stuff like this!
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Post by howler on Jul 3, 2020 22:11:58 GMT
To be honest, I'm a little bit disgusted. Not by the picture or the blood, but the fact to take out such a tiny animal by that kind of pride to show how sharp your knive is. Give him a shot in the head with a bullet/BB or smash it with a big hammer or whatever is equal. But I really doubt, that this little fella did not suffer. The last form of execution for me is exactely this: To be cut in half... I'm not an exaggerated animal lover or weapon hater, but please don't post stuff like this!
I think he took it out because it was vermin pilfering his pooches chow, but I'd have a lot of pride in taking out a quick, smallish target like that with a bowie knife...particularly if I was a dude in my eighties. Nobody wants suffering but you do your best, and of course, better with a ballistic tool of some type (and even cooler if he had thrown it ). but maybe he didn't have quicker access at that moment.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 3, 2020 22:15:34 GMT
Don't want to see an animal suffering but I think this went much faster than getting caught by a cat or dog.
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Post by Dandelion on Jul 3, 2020 22:43:02 GMT
To be honest, I'm a little bit disgusted. Not by the picture or the blood, but the fact to take out such a tiny animal by that kind of pride to show how sharp your knive is. Give him a shot in the head with a bullet/BB or smash it with a big hammer or whatever is equal. But I really doubt, that this little fella did not suffer. The last form of execution for me is exactely this: To be cut in half... I'm not an exaggerated animal lover or weapon hater, but please don't post stuff like this!
I second that. The last guy i watched doing this with the little legless lizards we have around here caught a quick left-right combi with open hands. Of course, a mouse is vermin to most of you, i understand that. But please do not drag it out here in the open anymore. Please!
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jul 3, 2020 22:59:37 GMT
But slaying a gnat is ok? Vertebrates racism! (Just joking don't explode)
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Post by howler on Jul 3, 2020 23:33:43 GMT
Don't want to see an animal suffering but I think this went much faster than getting caught by a cat or dog. Oh God yes...or in many cases a mouse trap which can take hours if sprung on an appendage.
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