I'm just saying the bottom has fallen out of the market. Cost and worth are different. I liked everything I saw. No insult intended.

Fun new sausage. I cook up Conecuh pretty often for breakfast. Tasty stuff. Exciting Aldi appears to be carrying it. Otherwise I had to find the random sketch stores on the west side that "might" have it or have it shipped up.

Grill is nice. Doesn't change the operator.

No worries, just jokin!
But new, they add up to a little over 1K.

But tack on depreciation and adjust for inflation = ?

Interesting, I wouldn't have thought of downsizing, I would have fought with it too.

If it has to pass before the authenticators, it must be nicer.

As for the hour hand, I had to go back and look at the picture. It is obscured in the picture, but the hour hand is a little different, doesn't really look like a proper hour hand to me. If I had one complaint, that would be it. Maybe I just need to get used to it. Otherwise I love the look. Afternoon was spent with my wife telling me too bad I don't look more like Tom Selleck and I should grow a mustache again

interesting.

good looking knife

That's what I have to do too. It is what it is. Have the truck for a reason.

Exactly. The expensive stuff is still expensive, but pretty much everything else is in the pits. I have no motivation to sell my low end stuff that I am not using. Maybe my kids can have fun reminiscing some day about all the bad decisions daddy made.

You're getting pretty diverse with your collection, so just a shot in the dark. If we are staying with 20mm bracelet divers, maybe a Sinn U50.

My truck holds 36. And I can only run premium. Even with the discount at Costco, it's still painful.

I used to just fill up on my way home Friday night. But when fuel went stupid during coof, it took more than $100 to fill my tank and I didn't feel like doing whole ID card/debit card shuffle just to get another $20-30 in. I stop twice a week, when I get down to about 5/8th of a tank.

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Video of last time WIC and I had a slap competition.
Being a Gentleman, I let WIC go first...

No joy.

Maybe this is WIC's issue (of many).

Nice. I love my 452.

I just want to say that I appreciate you letting borrow magazines to all your guns to try out in my guns.
And if you ever want them back, let me know.

I am NOT hinting at buying you brand new magazines under a ruse because that would violate state laws and be morally wrong.
And the chastisement I would receive from someone like WIC is more than I could probably bear…

He’s jealous of my mighty man sized mitts.

Kuraki has bigger hands, but he’s a God (of forging) so it’s not exactly a surprise.

Looks like an ADV with a trump sticker on it.

If it's just the sticker you like, we can probably get you one.

ETA: While the knife is in the style of ADV, "stainless steel" written on the blade suggests cheap crap

nice

for reelz? come on, what is that for a link?

ETA: Weird, it works in my quote, but not in the OG?

hmmmm...did you want me to send some via priority mail?

just twice?  I do it all the way out to the grill. is that better or worse for my luck?

just by mentioning me you have drawn the attention of my ATF agent, FBI agent, DHS agent, and CIA friend.

way to keep a low profile.

I think we all know the answer to that.

I am "privileged" enough to have a company truck with a fuel card that gets me to and from home and work, so I normally fill up my vehicle on the weekend and usually make it to the next weekend.

Made some Kurobuta pork porterhouse pork chops tonight.  Just over an inch thick and nearly a pound each.  Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper.  Broiled at 550⁰.  Absolutely delicious.

Nah it's not that big of a deal.

I got some knackwurst instead.

Nice. I love a good pork chop, especially if the cook knows that pork doesn't have to be well done. (Growing up, no one seemed to know that so it was always tough and dry.)

Yeah, I don't get one of those.

Is that knife not steel?

The colors on the blade mess with me

I do, I guess, in a way. Not that it makes any difference lol.

That's blasphemous. ESPECIALLY, living in the pork capital.

Just some flame coloring.

I know, it's crazy. And most everyone still does it.

Very cool, looks like good craftsmanship. Wonder though if the materials all still come from China.

I haven't had pork chops in a long time, and those are gonna make me remedy that.

It does come with the unfortunate side effect of being on call one week a month.

Used to be every other week, so I really can't complain...much.

At my last job I was pretty much on call 24/7 and didn't get a truck. And I only got paid 1/3rd of what I make now.

did you share?

I've got a flat rate envelope right here, just say the word.

I'd drop some off next time I am heading down to Texas, but crunching the numbers, you are just too far west. maybe on our way to Seattle or something.

they only recently dropped the recommended minimum temp

my mind immediately went to a Sinn too, but no, too sensible. Possibly a Ball, but that probably doesn't need an authenticator.  I'm guessing a Tudor or Omega.

Correct.  That is 3V blade steel.

Absolutely.   I always do.  I made six of them.  I made a command decision and decided to have two.  And I'd do it again.

It is quite safe to eat pinkish center pork.  It tastes so much better than totally cooked through like many people insist upon.

The razor saga continues...

I shaved with the Gillette Mach 5 last week and it was fine. Clean shave and very close. It does well.Served its purpose so I didn't show up to the RNC with my face all cut up.

But I do not like the cost of the blades, occasional ingrown hairs and the whole safety razor thing intrigues me. And I couldn't return the Feather blades even though the package was unopened.

So where does that leave me.

The Futur was OK. certain things I liked, certain things I didn't. The 34c was similar, things I liked, things I didn't. The Viking Emperor seemed to be a good combination, but it is the one that sliced me, and China. 

Before I went any further I figured I needed to assess some key things I think I need for this to work.

It needs to have a slim head to have the best chance of doing a clean shave under the nose.It needs to be easy to open the top to replace blades.It needs to have texture to the handle.It needs to have either a scalloped or mild open comb on one side of the head.I like the idea of adjustable comb, nice, but not necessary.

Assessing the ones used so far:

Merkur 34C:
Head seemed a bit thick, harder to use under the nose.
Have to unscrew the handle, take the whole thing apart to replace a blade. Too much work.
Good texture to the handle and the comb.No adjustments. 

Honestly, it was a great starter razor, I can see why it is so popular. But if I can get the same starter quality on an adjustable with a slimmer head, why not. Plus, I hate the idea of the work involved to swap those silly little blades out for as frequently as it apparently needs to be done.

Viking Emperor:
Relatively thin head.
Butterfly opening for quick easy blade changes.
Good texture to the handle and comb.Adjustments. 

Even though it cut me, even though it is made in China, hit each of the categories if I can use it without destroying my face again. I mean, it wasn't the fault of the razor, it was just me being stupid.

Merkur Futur:
Head wasn't bad, leaning thicker.
Head pops off for easy blade changes, but I could see myself dropping that separate piece.
No texture to the handle or the comb.
Adjustable.

It was OK, just not grabbing me though. I was debating going back to the 34c, but then started thinking about all the above. So many of the good options are multiple piece razors. blech.

So I poked around online. Few articles were saying the old Gillettes from the 50s and 60s with the butterfly opening are where it is at. But looking at what they cost and the condition they are in, it made me reassess the options out there new.

Picked up a couple others to try that are more like a disposable in form, but looking at the double edge safety razor options, the Emperor ticks all the boxes so it deserved another try.



And then I was thinking, really there is no issue trimming under the nose if I grow a mustache, that is where Tom Selleck entered the storyline, the watch and the mustache.

Wife revised her commentary of saying why don't you look more like Tom Selleck to be, why don't you look more like Burt Reynolds.

Not sure what to take away from that, other than that I don't look remotely like either of them

That was the goal originally - good call but no. I found a still stickered and unworn one of something I've wanted much longer at a used level price that put it in the same ballpark as a new un-tegimented U50. Quite a bit more conventional and different actually, but often the one people would be cross shopping.