New York Times: Knives are a Fashion Statement

[jerseydevil]

Yuengling.


How about Schaefer?  It's "The beer to have when you're having more than one"......

[Mercury]

Don't like Miller lite. 'Don't like' is the mild version, actually.

I'll drink a cold Corona with a wedge of lime with tacos by the beach. Otherwise, I'll pass.

Never had Mich ultra, but can drink regular Michelob. Although it's too pricey for what you get.

I like Guinness. Although it's like drinking a loaf of bread.

I think I've had Shiner Boch, but it doesn't stand out in my mind.

In the St. Louis area, we have an absolute TON of microbreweries (and a LONG tradition of beercrafting). If you throw a rock, you have a 50/50 chance of hitting a home brewer. I'd be among them. I've made 6 batches, all amber ales (mostly because ale takes less time to make, no lagering required).

As for derailing... no such thing. 

EDIT: At a party, i will drink whatever the host provides. I think it's a weird 'good guest' unspoken rule I picked up somewhere. 'Never insult food or beer offered for free', I think would be the best way to put it.

 


Moose drool and Shiner are very similar to Guiness in how they go down.  Very thick.




I agree about Mich, it's too damned expensive!  I love it but I refuse to pay that much for a six pack when my favorite is at least a dollar or two cheaper everywhere you look, and it's just as good.  I'm a budget beer drinker.  I can't always justify spending a lot on beer, very rarely do I stray from Miller Lite.  When I do, I'm usually at a party or celebrating something.  Hell, I'll even drink Natural lite if I'm feeling the purse strings tighten a bit.  I'm almost ashamed to admit that...


American Lite beer is a big battlefield of people talking crap about the "other"guy.  When it all boils down, all Lite beer actually sucks.  I only drink it because it's the cheapest and lowest calorie, when I truly want to enjoy a fine beer I buy one of the three dark beers I mentioned, Shiner, Guinness, and Moose Drool. 

[BASguy]

Beer thread....awesome


Sent from 9 miles from the face of the sun

[ToolJoe]

PBR is my go to beer. You will find that and Honey Brown Lager in my fridge currently. PBR tastes better in a can though. When I go out, Yuengling or Rolling Rock is my go to beer. Rolling Rock has to be in a can or draft though. Tastes yucky in a bottle.

[strmliner]

Has anyone seen the original NYT article, not this guy's take on it. Nothing against any of the knives he mentions, except they are pricey (wouldn't be a fashion statement otherwise) and locked blades are illegal in a lot of places. As for needing a clip, I find they get in the way and a pocket works just fine.

I'm in total agrrement ColoSwiss!   

[strmliner]

Don't like Miller lite. 'Don't like' is the mild version, actually.

I'll drink a cold Corona with a wedge of lime with tacos by the beach. Otherwise, I'll pass.

Never had Mich ultra, but can drink regular Michelob. Although it's too pricey for what you get.

I like Guinness. Although it's like drinking a loaf of bread.

I think I've had Shiner Boch, but it doesn't stand out in my mind.

In the St. Louis area, we have an absolute TON of microbreweries (and a LONG tradition of beercrafting). If you throw a rock, you have a 50/50 chance of hitting a home brewer. I'd be among them. I've made 6 batches, all amber ales (mostly because ale takes less time to make, no lagering required).

As for derailing... no such thing. 

EDIT: At a party, i will drink whatever the host provides. I think it's a weird 'good guest' unspoken rule I picked up somewhere. 'Never insult food or beer offered for free', I think would be the best way to put it.

 


Moose drool and Shiner are very similar to Guiness in how they go down.  Very thick.




I agree about Mich, it's too damned expensive!  I love it but I refuse to pay that much for a six pack when my favorite is at least a dollar or two cheaper everywhere you look, and it's just as good.  I'm a budget beer drinker.  I can't always justify spending a lot on beer, very rarely do I stray from Miller Lite.  When I do, I'm usually at a party or celebrating something.  Hell, I'll even drink Natural lite if I'm feeling the purse strings tighten a bit.  I'm almost ashamed to admit that...


American Lite beer is a big battlefield of people talking crap about the "other"guy.  When it all boils down, all Lite beer actually sucks.  I only drink it because it's the cheapest and lowest calorie, when I truly want to enjoy a fine beer I buy one of the three dark beers I mentioned, Shiner, Guinness, and Moose Drool.

Agreed on Lite beers! 

Many, many years ago, after rounding the weather mark and getting the kite up during a race, we would all have a beer of the downwind leg.  Being the bowman, when the kite was up, somebody in the back of the boat tossed me a Lite beer...which I promptly threw overboard, then asked for a "beer".  Nobody ever handed me a Lite beer again.

It's all about personal preference, taste, and regional differences when it comes to beer.  Enjoy what you like...somebody will always have a different opinion.

 

[firiki]

It seems like the guy is trying to bash the humble SAK in order to highlight how much better (and in his view, preferable) the high end, locking knives are. There are many things to reproach in his texts, I went through three of them. I'll just comment on the use of the word bullsmurf as an (non) argument.


As for beers, I'm not much into beer but I really enjoy all three Chimay offerings (prefer white and blue labels), Duvel and as of late Rochefort 10 if I can afford me a fancy one 

[Syncop8r]

duct tape and a fixed blade

Sounds like a rape kit. 

[pfrsantos]

duct tape and a fixed blade

Sounds like a rape kit. 

Now, that's a fashion statement!

 

[Smaug]

I think SAKs are MUCH more practical than OHO tactical folders.

What kind of slicing are these tactical guys doing that they're worried the knife will fold on them?

Aside from fighting, I can't think of anything. It's much more useful to have a couple screwdrivers and a scissors.

[Etherealicer]

I think SAKs are MUCH more practical than OHO tactical folders.

What kind of slicing are these tactical guys doing that they're worried the knife will fold on them?

Aside from fighting, I can't think of anything. It's much more useful to have a couple screwdrivers and a scissors.

Its the combination of design and your grip.
E.g. I recently gave a Spyderco Squeak a test run, with my thumb forward grip the blade always started to close (way too weak backspring, combined with a comfortable thumb-rest on the blade). So, I felt not so comfortable with it (think what happens if I apply pressure, slip off of whatever I try to cut?).

There are many knifes I have this problem with (not with SAKs though), as I like to have the thumb or the pointer on the blade. It is because of this I like locking blades.

SAKs are more capable / versatile than a folder, I agree but they also weight more and lack OHO (111mm are just not for my pockets).
At work I mostly use a blade rarely a PH1 and almost never toothpick, nailfile, T6, T8, T10, T15. I'm also glued to the desk and have stashed tools everywhere, so I often only carry a folder (the OHO out-weights the absence of the other tools).
Evenings and Weekends its mostly a Soldier for me.

[Smaug]

Its the combination of design and your grip.
E.g. I recently gave a Spyderco Squeak a test run, with my thumb forward grip the blade always started to close (way too weak backspring, combined with a comfortable thumb-rest on the blade). So, I felt not so comfortable with it (think what happens if I apply pressure, slip off of whatever I try to cut?).

There are many knifes I have this problem with (not with SAKs though), as I like to have the thumb or the pointer on the blade. It is because of this I like locking blades.

That's a good point. I didn't consider it, because I only find myself wanting to put my thumb on the back of the blade if I'm doing some heavy-duty cutting. Which is almost never.

I have a few colleagues who carry OHO folders clipped inside a pocket. Probably for that very reason. We have tools everywhere.

[av8r1]

Having a knife blade fold onto your hand while applying pressure to it is bad. It will cause injury and it may even cause you serious trouble.

Oh no, not serious trouble!