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GottaB

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  1. That was blacklab. I assume he found out the time of the appt when he shows up 35 minutes early.
  2. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    I don’t know the model names. Three are different colors of the same model. The green and bluish ones are released from SwissBianco who did limited runs of alox scales. I’m unsure if they still do. These are ten years old.
  3. I’ve had the opposite experience. Every time we buy the hydroponic, they look like picture perfect strawberries leaving the store spoil within days.
  4. Shocked/s
  5. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    I don’t carry these often enough but I still like them.
  6. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    I have a few alox victorinox. If I remember I’ll snap a few pics when I get home.
  7. Thanks. I went by on Sunday. The Wednesday 6pm league is full. I saw the short seasons that are about to start up and the times don’t really work with family schedules. For now I think I’m planning on going Sunday mornings and just practice until fall. Maybe I can build some better habits.
  8. Here’s my Luna. I handle all vet appt.
  9. Nutty and Buffman. The glory days of DT comics.
  10. You mean a musical, like the original. Yeah, never saw that coming. I that it was way better than the Depp version and on a scale of Depp to Wilder, closer to Wilder.
  11. I’m getting the itch to bowl more frequently. I was in a league years ago with friends and had a 150 average. I’m currently a mostly straight bowler with a baby hook, but I want to develop my hook a little more. YouTube has a fuckton of videos on trying to show the right way to bowl. I feel like I’m in the weeds. Living in pflugerville, Spare time is my closest but the oil really seems to prevent much of a hook. And the league seems to eat up all the lanes on Wednesday nights. I’d join but the league is full. So I only get to bowl about half the time I show up. It’s kind of frustrating. Apparently there are lanes at Bass Pro and Austin Park and Pizza I could try but I don’t expect much better conditions for either of those. I even tried tried to get a lane at Pinstack(?) on tech ridge but it also had a huge wait on a weeknight. I feel like my best bet is to drive a little further back into town at Highland Lanes. How easy is it to get into the leagues at Highland as a solo?
  12. Shadow 2. Yes. My favorite gun.
  13. They do make 9mm 1911. Sounds like blasphemy to the 1911 purists, but 9mm is a whole lot cheaper than .45. I have a Rock Island model that I have bought, sold and bought again. And there are higher end 9mm models like the DW here. Speaking of CZ Brat, you can get replacement grips to gussy up the gifts this summer. The green ones are aluminum but there are plenty out there.
  14. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    Yes. I did. When I started scale swapping there were only a couple people doing it (cuscadi, DoaT, and Keyman). Slowly found others that were cheaper than Cuscadi. I bought a used set off a BF member at some point. They always looked really good. Ultimately sold them because they were easy to get good money for them. I regret it now.
  15. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    I have on a couple occasions. I got a clearance yellow spyderco and used dye to make it orange. Similarly took a clearance pink to purple/black. Twice was enough for me. I moved on to buying custom scales from users on bladeforums, flytanium, AWT and others.
  16. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    No on the tagged out. I’m not really interested in that one. My wallet agrees. Give it a few months and I might change my mind.
  17. Is that tx state?
  18. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    The knife I was thinking of was the 530 / 531 Pardue. Zero ergonomics, just two flat slabs and not much grip. The 535 Bugout doesn’t feel premium but it doesn’t feel cheap and the scales have decent grip.
  19. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    I have the dark green version. You’re right it’s almost perfect. It was designed by a former blade hq staffer that used to do their YouTube talks “what is up guys”. Which is why if find it bizarre they did not sculpt out some of the g10 opposite the liner lock to allow easier access. It’s the only drawback to the knife.
  20. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    The mini grip was my go-to for a long time. At my peak I had 8 or 9 of them. Some with custom scales, and I had all the blade shapes. My favorite blade shape is the one with the spyder hole, just slightly better than the Ritter style. I think they have discontinued both which is annoying. Doug Ritter has taken his blade shape over to Hogue. The mini grips are great for a daily carry. I forget I have one until I need it. The full size grip feels substantially larger but still lighter than say a buck knife. I notice the full size grip when I carry it mainly because it hits my keys in my pocket. Most of my knife use is opening boxes so a mini grip is enough for me. If I were really having to work the knife, the full size would be better. Comparing the mini grip to the bugouts I find that I like the shape of the mini grip in hand. The scales on the bugout are flatter and less ergonomic. With the flat scales they absolutely disappear in the pocket. I was skeptical as the bugout seemed like the evolution of another Benchmade with flat scales. It felt cheap and flexed tops much. Whatever they changed made them feel like a more quality product. I like both. The mini bugout probably gets carried most out of those.
  21. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    Benchmade update. This is most of them. I liked the bailout a lot more than I thought. It’s bigger than the bugout but not notably so in the pocket.
  22. GottaB replied to retread's topic in Hobbies
    No experience with those, but for a button lock, the Kizer Original comes in a lot of options and is a good option. I have a copper one. I got it during a Mojave Outdoors sales that come up every few months. It was cheap.
  23. I’m not offended. You have a point. By the time my gun funds grow enough to buy, my interest may shift. Till then, it’s on my list.
  24. My next purchase will be the Springfield SA-35. I regret selling my surplus hi power every time I look at the safe.
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