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Tractor was sold last night and my stepdeck is on auction time, I'm officially a former owner operator.
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Hoping you have a happy retirement from OTR.

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Yeah, it takes a minute.
About 2 months all in
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. That’s what I told him but he listened to the agent that he thinks he will pull for. I was surprised big blue had a tanker division. The agent had him all excited now he has 2nd thoughts about the corporate BS. I’m guilty of telling him I told you so.

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MACK E-6 said: ↑

“Approximate wait time... 79 minutes”.
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That's about enough time to run to the Local Branch, clean out Ur Accounts and move em to another Bank

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Lumper Humper said: ↑

MILLER LITE GANG RISE UP
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I drank exactly One of those back in my drinking days -

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Baby backs, homemade Mac and cheese and Lord of the Rings— hot times in old town tonight

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sealevel said: ↑

Congratulations on finishing and moving into the new house. I have found moving to be the hardest thing on my health I have ever known. Physically and mentally. In my last one now. Don't care if I have to work three jobs and ask if they would like fries with that. I ain't leaving.
Congratulations. You sure enough worked for it.
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The next time we move there will be an estate sale. What does not sell will be given to charity. The only thing we will be taking are our clothes and a few cooking utensils. I will also keep a few tools as you never know what you will need to fix on an RV.

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Very long post, but read to the end. I think you will find it informative.

If thier product actually meets the specification that they claim then thier knives will be far superior to many mass produced kitchen knives on the market today. Carbon steel holds a much finer edge than stainless steel... And holds it longer to boot.

A 65HRC (HRC is an abbreviation for "Rockwell Hardness Scale C") cutting edge is incredibly hard... Like nearing ball bearing hard. Mis-use of such a blade would very quickly ruin the knife, as steel that hard will often chip or break rather than dent or bend. But this same property is the very thing that makes such a fine edge possible.

In a forged blade, this brittle edge MUST be supported by a far softer spine or it would shatter with the first stout chop... If not while cooling after the forgeing process. They claim to accomplish this with a 30HRC spine. In actuality, the entire blade starts at or near 30HRC. The blade is shaped and roughly sharpened while in this state. The cutting edge only is then very carefully hardened to 65HRC, at which point the blade is then given a very fine sharpening and polished.

As I previously stated, if thier blades are actually what they claim them to be and properly sharpened... Then they are surely a very fine knife. If you do indeed spend money for a knife of that quality, then I would highly advise investing in some very high quality whetstones. And I dont mean the ones you will find in your standard kitchen or hunting store. The kind of stones you want are very expensive and are primarily found in stores that specialize in very expensive knives and sharpening of such knives.

I would suggest getting a range of 5 stones from 500 grit to 6000 grit. Also get a good quality strop and stropping compound in 12,000 grit. If you keep your blade decently sharp it should never see anything less than 3000 grit, except to take out a chip. If you keep it really sharp it should never see anything less than 6000 grit.

Back to your question... I think they look like a legit high quality knife. Any forged blade is superior to most standard kitchen knives on the market today. But heed my advise, if you spend good money on quality knives, spend good money on quality sharpening stones, strops, and compound... And learn how to use them properly by practicing on less expensive knives.
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I would add; after spending that much money, if you do not know how to sharpen a knife then find someone who does know how. Once you ruin an edge, it takes a lot of work and skill to bring it back.

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"We appreciate your patience, please continue to hold for the next available representative......."

This is what happens when your bank gets sold to Truist....
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Join a credit union. Better service, better rates.

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I think Kamala is the leader of the Orcs and Joe is Smegle’s butt brother

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Its getting there...

Still needs oiled and finished. The next one will have a few adjustments to improve it.

The cash pocket still has the cut edge from the tannery on it... I thought it looked unique, so I left it.

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