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A couple of things: Sennheiser HD 569 (nice). Tied for comfort with the AKG 7XX for me, but people won't murder me for wearing these on the plane. I'm genuinely excited to wear these for 16 hours on a plane next week. An intangible thing: I've been getting counseling for the last several weeks and the last two sessions have really made a difference. People don't always feel just kinda low-key bad, and there's a word for what I'm feeling and medication for it as well and someone to talk to about it. If you've considered counseling, go do it. There's no shame in it, you're not broken, just making yourself better. Mental health is important. Too important not to take care of. Even if you just want someone to talk to, counseling is worth checking out.
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Kilometers Davis posted:This is sick and if they were not so expensive I'd have one ordered today. Worth it though I'm sure. Because of them, I've been sorely tempted to pick up a cheap clone to play with. https://www.dhgate.com/product/microtech-ultratech-d-a-drop-knife-cnc-d2/385855296.html#s1-1-1b;searl|2749917946 Edit: Well, I just picked up one of these. Reviews look good, and I've wanted one for about 15 years. Now to play the waiting game. https://www.dhgate.com/product/microtech-utx-70auto-knife-blade-8cr13mov/382975960.html Coydog has a new favorite as of 23:56 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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NewFatMike posted:A couple of things: I love my new AKG's because of how cheap they were, but yeah, they don't mask the sound at all. Luckily these are just for in my apartment.
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that IS a cool knife. sorry for trying to mother you
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Where does one get a knife like that? Also where do you find out if it is even legal to get one in your state? I assume that’s illegal in lots of places but maybe not? That would be the classiest box cutter.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Where does one get a knife like that? Also where do you find out if it is even legal to get one in your state? I assume that’s illegal in lots of places but maybe not? That would be the classiest box cutter. Knives like that are available tons of places online. Search for "microtech otf" for that maker and style (out the front), and assume that anything under $100 is counterfeit. Microtechs are spendy. Regarding legality, a quick search lead me to http://www.wideopenspaces.com/new-improved-interactive-map-knife-laws-50-states/ Hopefully they know their knife laws better than their US geography, because, while I don't disagree that Wisconsin should annex the upper peninsula of Michigan, it's not actually cheesehead territory. Yet. Killjoys will tell you that cardboard eats blade edge material, and it does, but that's why you'll learn how to sharpen your knives. Tools are supposed to be used.
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I never understood that sentiment anyway, sure cardboard dulls knives, but so will anything else you cut. It's as if you can either cut nothing or cardboard when people talk about not cutting cardboard.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Where does one get a knife like that? Also where do you find out if it is even legal to get one in your state? I assume that’s illegal in lots of places but maybe not? That would be the classiest box cutter. http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Out-The-Front-Automatics--41 http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Side-Opening-Automatics--40 I think they're legal in all 50 states iirc? Just not legal to carry or take out of your house in several. But then you also have spring "assisted" knives where you start it opening like a normal knife and spring flicks it open for the rest, and those are legal basically everywhere. http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Spring-Assisted-Knives--46
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SEKCobra posted:I never understood that sentiment anyway, sure cardboard dulls knives, but so will anything else you cut. It's as if you can either cut nothing or cardboard when people talk about not cutting cardboard. Obviously the answer is, it should be kept well maintained and regularly oiled BUT NEVER USED, in anticipation of the day you will whip it out and successfully fend off an attack Or you know, accidentally stabbing yourself in the thigh with it trying to show off, or slicing your hand open while trying to get into that box from amazon I got this little dude for setting my headphones and VR headset on 
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LifeSunDeath posted:Well my knife arrived: Joining in on knife-chat, I got this in the mail yesterday:  5 bucks from AliExpress 
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I bought 2 guitar pedals for noodling with my synths Nux Core Tape, a Chinese-made tape delay effect that's surprisingly good for the price  TC electronics Hall of Fame 2 reverb 
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Calaveron posted:Will I find these pictures on r/edc? no
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LifeSunDeath posted:Well my knife arrived: You didn't get the knife-light? https://youtu.be/xA03Ow6YXUc Come back when you're actually serious about self defence 
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Speaking of knives, I bought two hand forged #2 blue carbon steel knives in Osaka. One gyuto and one nakiri.
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rockcity posted:Speaking of knives, I bought two hand forged #2 blue carbon steel knives in Osaka. One gyuto and one nakiri. Those are lovely, and look expensive. What manufacturer? I searched your terms and didn't find a similar product.
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I cut everything with big scissors.
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rockcity posted:Speaking of knives, I bought two hand forged #2 blue carbon steel knives in Osaka. One gyuto and one nakiri. I came a little looking at that nakiri
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OSU_Matthew posted:You didn't get the knife-light?  you're right this thing owns.
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Cakefarts Carol posted:Those are lovely, and look expensive. What manufacturer? I searched your terms and didn't find a similar product. They actually don't really brand them. I talked to the owner at the shop I got them from and he said most of their knives just come from small makers around Japan that don't really want to be a mass market company so they don't brand them. The store was Tower Knives in Osaka. I think I have seen these marketed as black steel somewhere because they leave the top of the knife rough and not polished at all to give it the sort of rustic finish. I could have spent hours in their shop drooling over knives. I had a hard time leaving with only two.
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OSU_Matthew posted:You didn't get the knife-light? Jesus imagine the first time you go to light someones cigarette and hit the wrong button
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A fancy new set (plus one) of cutting/carving tools: It was somehow cheaper to buy from the UK and have them shipped to TX in 3 days ($160 total) than to get them from their US distributor, Woodcraft ($223 after taxes) 
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LifeSunDeath posted:
Lolllll I had one of these as a little kid. The knife took like a second to come out and never fully locked, it was basically a toy. Still, having a combo switchblade and lighter as a 13 yr old was pretty awesome
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Rolo posted:Lig It's weird that in this arrangement first thing that came to my mind is "Oh, it's only one letter away from Hitler"
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Megabound posted:A diaphragm that went into this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4M3kwt0ZPw
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Sappo569 posted:Jesus imagine the first time you go to light someones cigarette and hit the wrong button It's like the Bojack Horseman joke about the gun-shaped lighter and the lighter-shaped gun.
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Picked up some new backpacking gear today! Snagged a 30° underquilt from HammockGear (who makes everything right on the other side of town here, which is pretty cool)  Picked up a new reflective ridgeline with tarp connectors from DutchWare Gear:  A new midlayer puffy synthetic jacket:  A BeFree water filter, which will cut down some weight from my current gravity filter without sacrificing flowrate and ease of use:  And some other bits and ends from Dutchware gear like reflective tarp tieouts, new stakes, and possibly my new favorite thing for backpacking, these tiny compressed towels that rehydrate with a few drops of water: 
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OSU_Matthew posted:Picked up some new backpacking gear today! Hmm what about baby strollers and Snickers bars?
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OSU_Matthew posted:Picked up some new backpacking gear today! This is my kind of post. Did you look at other water filtration systems? I'm trying to decide between the BeFree and the Sawyer Squeeze...
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khysanth posted:This is my kind of post.
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Josh Lyman posted:Water filtration system? Isn't it just a water bottle with a filter under the cap? Yes, which in turns filters the water.
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khysanth posted:This is my kind of post. Sawyer Squeeze is far and away the best system if you're backpacking or need real filtration. BeFree has a super short lifetime and doesn't perform as well. Makes a great casual bottle though. OSU_Matthew posted:Picked up some new backpacking gear today! Thermoball? I love mine. For the DCI nerds in the thread, last night I got to sit inside the Blue Devils circle. Holy gently caress.
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RCarr posted:Yes, which in turns filters the water. Oh wait, I mean extremity thermoregulation system.
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Josh Lyman posted:I got a new belt. It's a lightweight filtration system meant for backpacking. It's not just a Brita tap filter or something.
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khysanth posted:This is my kind of post. I've used everything from calcium hypochlorite (shock pool cleaner) and peroxide, to the sawyer to gravity filters to pumps. Having just used a Befree last week on a trip, I can say that this is by far and away my favorite. It's basically a Sawyer squeeze filtration membrane, but the whole filter is exposed, similar to the katadyn gravity filter, so it filters significantly faster and with barely any squeeze effort because of the higher surface area. It just works really really freaking well, it's not a pain in the rear end like the Sawyer. Yes, technically it's a shorter filter life than the Sawyer, but realistically nobody is ever gonna come close to treating a hundred thousand gallons of water in their freaking lifetime. I'd be surprised if the average user treated twenty gallons a year. Plus the Sawyer clogs and trickles down to a low flow real easy when you're actually getting water from streams with sediment and crap, and the bags are really annoying to fill. What I've found is that I buy new water treatment systems long before what I'm using goes bad. Hell, l'll probably buy another one here in a few years when the new .00001 micron filter blah blah blah tech comes out or something, or when there's something cheap and light that filters heavy metals since I hike in areas where you have to watch out for acid mine drainage.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Picked up some new backpacking gear today! I hate you a little, but give a rousing thumbs up to your purchase. I want to buy a bunch of gear for bikepacking but I'm bare assed broke at the moment.
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Bottom Liner posted:
Video or audio or it didn't happen. I would give you a dollar so it could be my favorite purchase.
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Ultimate Mango posted:Video or audio or it didn't happen. I would give you a dollar so it could be my favorite purchase. Crown melting my drat skin off with a wall of sound  SCV  Blue Devils  and the view from my seat 
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My thrifting today netted me this lot for $10:
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