I am not going to comment on this, read it and decide for yourself whether this is healthy for American liberty or will end in abject slavery. If you cannot make the link work, google executive order 13575.
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www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7958-obama-signs-agenda-21-related-executive-order/
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Friday, July 08, 2011
EDC Bowie
Here is an example of a very cool knife from Sage Blades the creation of Dylan Farnham. His site came to my attention through a posting on MAA James A Keating’s website. http://www.jamesakeating.com/maajak1.html
Initially I went to the Sage Blades site to buy a JAK designed Dao and ended up buying this Bowie knife instead. I’m definitely going to go back and order a Dao too. The EDC (every day carry) Bowie resembles a design I created and have on order from another maker. Mine is different is several areas but the concept/question is the same, how to carry a Bowie style blade in a compact package. No matter how big a Bowie you have in hand, the working part is only the last 4 inches or so. Some people may argue that point with me, but in my opinion, more blade length just increases the ma-ai not the actual techniques. I’m not going to share what the differences are in my design until I have a working knife in hand to show you.
From point of contact to delivered knife was less than three weeks and part of that was spent in communicating back and forth. This is incredible service! During our communications I expressed to Dylan my past experience with a “custom” knifemaker who shipped me a dull Bowie. With an electronic wink and a nod he let me know this one would be sharp, and sharp it is. Both the primary and secondary edges are hair shaving sharp. The G-10 handles are finely fitted and contoured to the full tang blade. What you cannot easily see in the photos is the precise bevel on the top of the scales which makes them very comfortable in the hand. The sharply recurved tip will deliver a very nasty back cut with a flick of your wrist. The curvature of the tip does tend to detract from the thrusting somewhat by moving the centerline of the tip to your left when you extend your arm. That is not a huge problem, the curve simply makes this knife that much more suitable for cutting or ripping techniques. That is part of the individuality, or personality, you find in custom knives. Gently curving like the grip on a 19th century dueling pistol, the handle of the EDC is both ergonomic and provides great leverage for executing comma-cuts. Remember what Frank Lloyd Wright preached, “Form follows function.” With the EDC Bowie you could almost say that “From defines function.”
So travel the world wide web to Sage Blades and you will find some extremely neat forms which will suit any edged function you desire. This knife will provide you with a stout, first-class, line of defense against any and all bladed attackers.
http://www.sageblades.com
Initially I went to the Sage Blades site to buy a JAK designed Dao and ended up buying this Bowie knife instead. I’m definitely going to go back and order a Dao too. The EDC (every day carry) Bowie resembles a design I created and have on order from another maker. Mine is different is several areas but the concept/question is the same, how to carry a Bowie style blade in a compact package. No matter how big a Bowie you have in hand, the working part is only the last 4 inches or so. Some people may argue that point with me, but in my opinion, more blade length just increases the ma-ai not the actual techniques. I’m not going to share what the differences are in my design until I have a working knife in hand to show you.
From point of contact to delivered knife was less than three weeks and part of that was spent in communicating back and forth. This is incredible service! During our communications I expressed to Dylan my past experience with a “custom” knifemaker who shipped me a dull Bowie. With an electronic wink and a nod he let me know this one would be sharp, and sharp it is. Both the primary and secondary edges are hair shaving sharp. The G-10 handles are finely fitted and contoured to the full tang blade. What you cannot easily see in the photos is the precise bevel on the top of the scales which makes them very comfortable in the hand. The sharply recurved tip will deliver a very nasty back cut with a flick of your wrist. The curvature of the tip does tend to detract from the thrusting somewhat by moving the centerline of the tip to your left when you extend your arm. That is not a huge problem, the curve simply makes this knife that much more suitable for cutting or ripping techniques. That is part of the individuality, or personality, you find in custom knives. Gently curving like the grip on a 19th century dueling pistol, the handle of the EDC is both ergonomic and provides great leverage for executing comma-cuts. Remember what Frank Lloyd Wright preached, “Form follows function.” With the EDC Bowie you could almost say that “From defines function.”
So travel the world wide web to Sage Blades and you will find some extremely neat forms which will suit any edged function you desire. This knife will provide you with a stout, first-class, line of defense against any and all bladed attackers.
http://www.sageblades.com
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Kaboom: Embracing the Suck
I am reading an excellent book right now that ought to be required reading, for highschoolers, politicians and the damned Commander in Chief. The title is "Kaboom: Enbracing the Suck in a Savage Little War." I encourage you to go to Amazon.com and buy this book right now! The author, Matt Gallagher, writes of his experiences in Iraq. I have read a few books on that dirty little war but none have been written as eloquently as this one. I just finished the section on Dear John letters and it touched me personally, as did the dear john letter I got while in Vietnam in 1968. Well one was a dear john letter and the other was just a copy of the wedding ceremony of a young woman who stole my heart and a major part of my soul.
What are we doing over there? I no longer even believe it is for the oil. It has the foul taste of lies and betrayal to our troops and the people here at home. It has all the appearance of the death throes of a decaying empire. When an empire crumbles the emperor always trys to keep his armies at the hithermost outposts for his own safety. Its time that we retracted the tiger's claws, withdrew from Iraq, afghanistan, korea, germany, okinawa, cuba, and all of the other pestilent outposts around the world. Instead of empire building let's focus on nation building.
Please read Matt Gallagher's book, read some books by different authors and see whether you still believe that the wars we are engaged in are vital to our nation's interests. Bring our troops home, and this time lets give them a warm welcome, not like the one the Vietnam Vets got when they returned home. PS, I am the man in the photos with asteriks, or at leaast I was 40 plus years ago.
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