As I wrote last night, I received a Laguiole folding knife from La Coutellerie de Laguiole Honoré Durand via the North American Importer –Sport Hansa . I am featuring my knife and the style in general this week, with a 5 from the Grinder with the maker due out on Thursday and my review in the que for […]
I didn’t have the chance to get to the story of the spree stabbing at a Boise, ID apartment complex since I was in the process of pulling together a week’s worth of posts related to the Laguiole folding knife. For those who might have missed the news, a man went on a rampage at […]
I am aware of the irony of beginning Independence Day week with a string of posts featuring a French knife style and Maker. But it is how the timing shaked out with all of the moving pieces, including this introductory piece, a Nightly Knife Porn in the queue, 5 from the Grinder with Christophe Durand […]
I am filing this under Sunday Funny, but just barely. To someone with just a basic knowledge of knives, enough that they themselves can do a fair approximation of sharpening a knife, it is probably funny. To a knife enthusiast, it is physically painful to watch. Not even Pakistani car-bumpers deserve this treatment. This is […]
I was actually looking at a different video when I stumbled across this one and was sucked in from the start. It is a documentary from Japan’s NHK Public broadcasting network. One might think a video of Japanese sword polishing might be a bit dry. Other than the occasional “dead air” where the audio track […]
Some snakes produce venom. Some do not. Of the ones that do, a small portion have the ability to “project” their venom at a distance. Venom so powerful that it can kill an elephant does a snake little good if it dies in the encounter as well. Nature has a solution: “spit”. “Spitting” is a […]
The comic above was sent to me by a friend, and I don’t have any idea to whom to attribute it. But it was too funny to not share. As always, when I push the boundaries of “fair use”, I implore anyone who can shed light on the origins of this to please pass it […]
