Post by: an0nemus on December 30, 2018, 01:36:32 AM
I feel this sad loss because:
(1) Twas a Golfer, predecessor to the Compact, therefore a rare model. I bought this one from a friend; and,
(2) I waited and paid a lot for the yellow scales from Russia which took more than two months of waiting.
Oh, well. I just hope it's new owner will find it very useful.
And I'm just glad I didn't bring my 1970 Elsener SAK that day!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181230/7c8559e1a2255cdba99aa6d736b8c1ff.jpg)
Post by: Rapidray on December 30, 2018, 01:48:10 AM
Post by: gustophersmob on December 30, 2018, 01:55:24 AM
Hope it turns up somehow
Post by: Aloha on December 30, 2018, 02:23:04 AM
Post by: ReamerPunch on December 30, 2018, 04:23:18 AM
That's why I have a lobster claw on my D.Tinker.
Hopefully you'll find it under a car seat or something.
Post by: nmpops on December 30, 2018, 04:57:28 AM
Post by: Reinier on December 30, 2018, 07:34:29 AM
I know the feeling.
Post by: Sawl Goodman on December 30, 2018, 09:10:08 AM
Post by: jaya_man on December 30, 2018, 09:58:36 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on December 30, 2018, 11:41:18 AM
My condolences! I hope that you find it.
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on December 30, 2018, 12:01:41 PM
Post by: Serena on December 30, 2018, 03:31:13 PM
Post by: Greg Jones on December 30, 2018, 04:03:35 PM
Post by: Myron on December 30, 2018, 04:27:00 PM
The good news is that although it will be a hassle, you could recreate your yellow Golfer I guess, right?
Here's what my lanyard setup looks like:
(https://i.imgur.com/NxCe0Eh.jpg)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 30, 2018, 04:38:52 PM
Have you checked underneath the car seat?
I've found 2 SAKs that slipped away there in the past.
Furthermore, I could hook you up with a new Golfer, but the postage will be more than the tool itself...
Time for you to visit Belgium :rofl:
Post by: Rapidray on December 30, 2018, 04:54:30 PM
So sorry to hear this, an0nemus. After the second time someone at work found my slippery alox Bantam that had fallen out of my pocket in a conference room, I started carrying all of my SAKs on thin, discreet leashes.I like your solution with the thinner cord. :tu:
The good news is that although it will be a hassle, you could recreate your yellow Golfer I guess, right?
Here's what my lanyard setup looks like:
(https://i.imgur.com/NxCe0Eh.jpg)
Post by: Rapidray on December 30, 2018, 04:57:05 PM
Post by: maxt on December 30, 2018, 07:46:51 PM
yellow scales from RussiaIf only you had ordered Victorinox chain from that source... They are super cheap but can save the precious Golfer.
Post by: Butch on December 30, 2018, 08:14:59 PM
Post by: VICMAN on December 30, 2018, 08:16:44 PM
Hopefully your Golfer will still turn up somewhere.
Check in between and under seat cushions, underneath car seats, in between car seats and the console, coat pockets, etc.
Post by: kottskrapa on December 30, 2018, 09:03:47 PM
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Post by: Nix on December 30, 2018, 09:35:38 PM
Post by: Alan K. on December 31, 2018, 12:36:50 AM
Post by: ulzhan on December 31, 2018, 12:58:07 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 31, 2018, 01:45:57 AM
Post by: EMZ on December 31, 2018, 12:29:48 PM
I've been there more than once...
Now I only EDC knives that are standard and can be replaced without emotional or financial pain.
My current EDC Huntsman fell on 26th December 2018 on a concrete floor. See picture.
It was on the same day I got the Karl Elsener 1860-1918 Limited Edition knife as a gift. (BTW: Karl Elsener died on 26th December! What a coincidence.)
Post by: Rapidray on December 31, 2018, 02:42:55 PM
Sorry for the loss. Bad way to end this year.Ouch! Going for replacement scales or totally different ones?
I've been there more than once...
Now I only EDC knives that are standard and can be replaced without emotional or financial pain.
My current EDC Huntsman fell on 26th December 2018 on a concrete floor. See picture.
It was on the same day I got the Karl Elsener 1860-1918 Limited Edition knife as a gift. (BTW: Karl Elsener died on 26th December! What a coincidence.)
Post by: EMZ on December 31, 2018, 03:47:19 PM
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Ouch! Going for replacement scales or totally different ones?
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Yes, it did hurt! But no, I won't replace the scales. The knife is still fully functional. The ones that are irreplaceable or that are very hard to get are being promoted to Shelf Queens and they rest till my death, in some obscure drawers. Totally useless hobby in fact....
:facepalm:
Post by: Rapidray on December 31, 2018, 03:55:13 PM
Ouch! Going for replacement scales or totally different ones?
[/quote]
Yes, it did hurt! But no, I won't replace the scales. The knife is still fully functional. The ones that are irreplaceable or that are very hard to get are being promoted to Shelf Queens and they rest till my death, in some obscure drawers. Totally useless hobby in fact....
:facepalm:
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:rofl:
You are just being a good custodian untill the next one comes along. :tu:
Post by: an0nemus on January 01, 2019, 05:48:55 AM
I'll look under the car seat the next time I'm back home. But if it's gone for good, I just hope it serves it's new owner well like how it served me.
Next time I'll be extra careful about my gears. I do have most of the hooks and clips and chain but on that day I just decided to slip it inside my watch pocket thinking it will be secure like in my other jeans. Oh well.
And Nick, when the time comes for me to come to Belgium, I'll surely take you up on your offer!
Happy new year to us all!
Post by: Huntsman on January 01, 2019, 10:48:55 AM
..... The ones that are irreplaceable or that are very hard to get are being promoted to Shelf Queens, and they rest till my death, in some obscure drawers.
Totally useless hobby in fact.... :facepalm:
Hmmm ....... :rofl: ....... Had the same thought myself sometimes :think:
We can get them out and stroke them every few months !! :tu:
Post by: Mechanickal on January 02, 2019, 01:34:07 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on January 02, 2019, 04:13:48 PM
Oh boy. I can imagine you loss. Hope it shows up in the car or clothes hamper or where ever! :dunno:
+1
:-\
Post by: pfrsantos on January 02, 2019, 04:16:46 PM
Sorry for the loss. Bad way to end this year.
I've been there more than once...
Now I only EDC knives that are standard and can be replaced without emotional or financial pain.
My current EDC Huntsman fell on 26th December 2018 on a concrete floor. See picture.
It was on the same day I got the Karl Elsener 1860-1918 Limited Edition knife as a gift. (BTW: Karl Elsener died on 26th December! What a coincidence.)
There's no such thing as coincidences...
:pok: :pok:
That was the Spirit of Karl, trying to enter your Huntsman.
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Post by: an0nemus on February 28, 2019, 07:37:26 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190228/0b88f3438103cf6a8eb6240c3c21864d.jpg)
Post by: Shalom on February 28, 2019, 08:12:22 AM
Post by: Reinier on February 28, 2019, 08:45:19 AM
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on February 28, 2019, 09:01:41 AM
Post by: an0nemus on February 28, 2019, 10:37:36 AM
Cool! That's good news. No where has it been hiding?
She said she found it behind a big dresser. Must have fallen when I took off my pants and kicked my SAK accidentally :dunno: :facepalm:
Post by: jaya_man on February 28, 2019, 10:42:07 AM
Post by: Sawl Goodman on February 28, 2019, 11:48:17 AM
Post by: magentus on February 28, 2019, 11:54:24 AM
Post by: jaya_man on February 28, 2019, 12:01:48 PM
Post by: Greg Jones on February 28, 2019, 12:19:59 PM
Post by: magentus on February 28, 2019, 12:47:56 PM
The wife actually found it Mags... Wonder if the finders keepers rule will apply here... :rofl:The Finders Keepers rule is universal and definitive. So poor an0nemus still hasn't got his Golfer. :ahhh Who's going to break it to him?
Post by: Gareth on February 28, 2019, 12:52:59 PM
Post by: Yadda on February 28, 2019, 01:51:27 PM
The Finders Keepers rule is universal and definitive. So poor an0nemus still hasn't got his Golfer. :ahhh Who's going to break it to him?
She sent a picture as proof of life. I see ransom request on the horizon. Best plan a huge night out now.
Post by: magentus on February 28, 2019, 01:53:49 PM
She sent a picture as proof of life. I see ransom request on the horizon. Best plan a huge night out now.Oooo, our first MTO hostage situation! :popcorn:
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 28, 2019, 03:11:16 PM
Post by: Rapidray on February 28, 2019, 04:02:22 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on February 28, 2019, 04:57:45 PM
The Finders Keepers rule is universal and definitive. So poor an0nemus still hasn't got his Golfer. :ahhh Who's going to break it to him?
Well, serves him right, for taking off his pants "accidentally"... What a lame excuse!
:facepalm:
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The judges I was sent to never believed it, either...
:P
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Post by: pfrsantos on February 28, 2019, 04:58:29 PM
(these are actually yellow Golfers...)
Post by: EMZ on February 28, 2019, 05:36:01 PM
First, you have no excuse anymore to buy a knew one, and, you'll be in debt with your wife forever. She will tell you every time it suits her, that it was SHE who found your pressures knife. And every time she wants a new reward. :pok:
Post by: Nix on February 28, 2019, 05:40:13 PM
Post by: an0nemus on March 01, 2019, 01:19:00 AM
Actually this is the rule in the house ever since we got married, as laid down by HER: "whatever is mine is mine, and whatever is yours is still mine". And this is one secret in our happy little family
Seriously, it feels great to have a lost tool back. Every single one of my tool is cherished!
Post by: Rapidray on March 01, 2019, 01:38:29 AM
Thanks guys!:rofl:
Actually this is the rule in the house ever since we got married, as laid down by HER: "whatever is mine is mine, and whatever is yours is still mine". And this is one secret in our little family
Seriously, it feels great to have a lost tool back. Every single one of my tool is cherished!
Post by: gregozedobe on March 01, 2019, 01:59:38 PM
Thanks guys!
Actually this is the rule in the house ever since we got married, as laid down by HER: "whatever is mine is mine, and whatever is yours is still mine". And this is one secret in our happy little family
Seriously, it feels great to have a lost tool back. Every single one of my tool is cherished!
Good to hear the lost sheep has been found :tu:
My missus would say that all it took was a "girl look", as "boy looks" are known to be superficial and therefore ineffective (and yes, she has been known to conduct out a "boy look" herself sometimes, and I take great delight in (sometimes) finding whatever it was that she couldn't find.
As far as the "whatever is mine is mine, and whatever is yours is still mine" saying goes, the version I've heard is "whatever is mine is mine, and whatever is yours is ours (and therefore still mine)".
I try to follow the "Happy wife, happy life" philosophy. She is very tolerant of my many "minor foibles", and vice versa (that helps life go much smoother).
Post by: Rapidray on March 01, 2019, 03:49:52 PM
Post by: kamakiri on March 01, 2019, 04:59:14 PM
Post by: Gio on March 01, 2019, 05:36:50 PM
Post by: Aloha on March 01, 2019, 05:40:53 PM
Post by: an0nemus on March 03, 2019, 02:32:40 AM
Post by: an0nemus on May 09, 2019, 12:33:51 PM
Post by: comis on May 09, 2019, 12:36:22 PM
For whatever reason, the pix you posted I cannot see :facepalm:
Post by: Gareth on May 09, 2019, 06:45:29 PM
Just an update: I decided to gift this SAK to a new friend. I struggled for hours whether to gift it or not, but decided he will value it more as its his first SAK.
Wow, I know I couldn't do it. :o Not that I haven't given SAKs as gifts before, but I don't think I could ever do it with one that I have any kind of personal history with.
Post by: Don Pablo on May 09, 2019, 07:53:22 PM
Wow, I know I couldn't do it. :o Not that I haven't given SAKs as gifts before, but I don't think I could ever do it with one that I have any kind of personal history with.:iagree:
:hatsoff: to an0nemus!
Post by: Thunderpants on May 09, 2019, 08:24:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDy9S8dxsE8
Post by: zoidberg on May 10, 2019, 03:11:39 AM
Obviously...
:rofl:
Post by: Gareth on May 10, 2019, 09:21:28 AM
Post by: an0nemus on May 10, 2019, 12:36:31 PM
Wow, I know I couldn't do it. :o Not that I haven't given SAKs as gifts before, but I don't think I could ever do it with one that I have any kind of personal history with.
My new friend is in Search and Rescue and EMT, so I figured he needs it more than I do. When I first showed him the yellow SAK, twas as if I handed him a gold bar. That's when the thought of giving it to him crossed my mind :angel:
Post by: an0nemus on May 10, 2019, 12:36:53 PM
:iagree:
:hatsoff: to an0nemus!
:hatsoff:
Post by: an0nemus on May 10, 2019, 12:37:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDy9S8dxsE8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDy9S8dxsE8)
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Mechanickal on May 10, 2019, 12:41:59 PM
But nothing discontinued or ones I feel attached to...
:dunno:
Shows there's better people than me :D
Post by: ddogu on May 10, 2019, 02:52:27 PM
I wore a new pair of jeans during pre Christmas lunch with family and decided to bring my yellow Golfer with me. I even used it that day when I had to cut a loose string, and posted such here at MTO. It was only the other day that I noticed that my yellow Golfer is gone. I guess it slipped out of my watch pocket unnoticed.
I feel this sad loss because:
(1) Twas a Golfer, predecessor to the Compact, therefore a rare model. I bought this one from a friend; and,
(2) I waited and paid a lot for the yellow scales from Russia which took more than two months of waiting.
Oh, well. I just hope it's new owner will find it very useful.
And I'm just glad I didn't bring my 1970 Elsener SAK that day!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181230/7c8559e1a2255cdba99aa6d736b8c1ff.jpg)
This sole photo verifies the fact that a knife can never replace a pair of scissors...
Post by: an0nemus on May 10, 2019, 04:14:10 PM
This sole photo verifies the fact that a knife can never replace a pair of scissors...Reason why I have a Classic in my coin purse in my back pocket always
