SC - Per head budgets
UlfR
parlei-sc at algonet.se
Sun Feb 4 03:46:26 PST 2001
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> WHOAAAA, big-time pet peeve hot-button! You know how some men are about
> cars? Guns? Alcohol tolerance? Sexual prowess and chili pepper tolerance?
Ahh yes, we do have a fetish in common. Knives are supposed to be sharp,
damn it.
> How often do you hear a SCAdian say, "Man, my knife sure is dull..."?
Most can't be bothered do do anything about it, one way or another.
> increasingly fine Arkansas whetstones, then switched to leather strops
> rubbed with jeweller's rouge, and then a fine going-over with a
These days I tend to use leather glued to a board, with polishing paste
rubbed into it; just buy whatever the auto part store suggest for
getting your chrome nice again. Dirt cheap, and good.
> And the *&^$% thing still won't slice an onion.
How can one fail in that? I know people do, but I can't fathom it. I
don't know how many times I've cooked in a friends house, and used my
swiss army knife since it, as opposed to the knives in the kitchen, is
sharp.
/UlfR
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