Yank's Free Range Turkey Trot Warming House and Bondage Barn

[midwestyankee]

Just going to leave this 8 minutes of Adam Richman (from Man vs. Food on the Food Network) eating at my two favorite Chicago places as evidence why I will never fit into my old blue jeans again.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I see two reliable options here.

1. Buy a Tormek sharpening system with their proprietary knife-holding jig. Learn how to use it on a cheap knife from a yard sale. Cost: about $700 US
   
2. Take your knives to a good kitchen supplies store and ask if they sharpen knives. If not, can they recommend someone who sharpens for local restaurants. Follow their recommendations. Cost: $5 to $10 US per blade. Get this done two to three times per year.

Either way, buy a good honing rod and use it regularly.

I'm looking up the Tormek and that's pretty awesome. Probably couldn't justify buying one but it's still really neat to learn about. So what about sharpening wood carving tools or chisels? Would you use other devices or methods?

 

[ultramarineblue]

When I was a kid we used to have a knife sharpener drive through the neighborhood once a month. We always confused him for the ice cream man, because he had a bell.

I don't know anyone that you can even take knives to them for sharpening. I can't imagine someone traveling and doing it. Although I imagine they would get more business since they could cover more ground.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm looking up the Tormek and that's pretty awesome. Probably couldn't justify buying one but it's still really neat to learn about. So what about sharpening wood carving tools or chisels? Would you use other devices or methods?

I don't do carving but I understand that Tormek has jigs designed to hold carving gouges and rotate them to present their curved edges to the stone. The Tormek does an exceptional job in flat blades like chisels and plane irons.

I use a combination of diamond and water stones that seems pretty effective.

 

[midwestyankee]

I don't know anyone that you can even take knives to them for sharpening. I can't imagine someone traveling and doing it. Although I imagine they would get more business since they could cover more ground.

I was pleased to learn that a kitchen goods store would sharpen. Unfortunately, the one I have used has closed so I will have to search out another.

 

[midwestyankee]

With you on the Italian beef sandwiches.

As for the other...?
Nahhh.

Ahhh... it's the official casserole of The Daily Show. What's not to like?

 

[midwestyankee]

The real Daily Show? With Jon Stewart?

Yes, this Jon Stewart.

And for the record, Trevor Noah is not a velveteen rabbit.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I don't do carving but I understand that Tormek has jigs designed to hold carving gouges and rotate them to present their curved edges to the stone. The Tormek does an exceptional job in flat blades like chisels and plane irons.

I use a combination of diamond and water stones that seems pretty effective.

I was pleased to learn that a kitchen goods store would sharpen. Unfortunately, the one I have used has closed so I will have to search out another.

I'll have to go with asking restaurants where they get their knives sharpened because not many stores around here that would likely offer that service.

I imagine that sharpening knives would be almost meditative in working on getting that super sharp edge. I've used water and diamond stones for gouges and chisels. I need to find all of my stones and strop.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'll have to go with asking restaurants where they get their knives sharpened because not many stores around here that would likely offer that service.

I imagine that sharpening knives would be almost meditative in working on getting that super sharp edge. I've used water and diamond stones for gouges and chisels. I need to find all of my stones and strop.

I imagine you're right about the meditative quality if sharpening. I try to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible but maybe I should try slowing down once in a while.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I imagine you're right about the meditative quality if sharpening. I try to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible but maybe I should try slowing down once in a while.

I'm a fan of doing things efficiently. Even working fast, if you have to sharpen multiple tools I would think it would become meditative.

 

[gracie920101]

What does he use for sharpening?

A flat, rectangular, black stone that he keeps wrapped in a piece of cloth.

In other words, I dunno!

 

[midwestyankee]

A flat, rectangular, black stone that he keeps wrapped in a piece of cloth.

In other words, I dunno!

Sounds like he uses a whetstone that he lubricates with light oil when in use. Old school.

 

[phil1955]

Sounds like he uses a whetstone that he lubricates with light oil when in use. Old school.

Old school works. My father was a fisherman and he liked to keep his knifes sharp with a whetstone. He would start with a standard butcher type knife and a few years later it would be more like a stiletto.

 

[midwestyankee]

Old school works. My father was a fisherman and he liked to keep his knifes sharp with a whetstone. He would start with a standard butcher type knife and a few years later it would be more like a stiletto.

It does indeed. I didn't start woodworking until I was in my forties and by then Japanese style water stones had become plentiful. They are easier to clean up after than stones that use oil. I'm not excessively fastidious but I have done enough auto repairs to know to avoid oil when I can.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

When I was a kid we used to have a knife sharpener drive through the neighborhood once a month. We always confused him for the ice cream man, because he had a bell.

There was a roving knife sharpener in my community until only a few years ago. I have seen a knife sharpening service at a farmers market recently, which might be another option for part of the year.

Holy crap. You two are way older than I would have thought. I remember a knife sharpener guy passing through the neighborhood a few times a year as well, but that was like 50 years ago. I'm sure I haven't seen one since the late 70s or very early 80s.

 

[midwestyankee]

Holy crap. You two are way older than I would have thought. I remember a knife sharpener guy passing through the neighborhood a few times a year as well, but that was like 50 years ago. I'm sure I haven't seen one since the late 70s or very early 80s.

I won't speak for the young lady in question, though my sense is that she comes from a part of the world that would have supported a neighborhood sharpening guy longer than most. As for myself, I'm pretty sure that I am older than you, you whippersnapper.

 

[midwestyankee]

Just the facts, lady, just the facts.

 

[midwestyankee]

So, for those of you playing at home: what's the menu for Election Night? Regular meal and then turn on the TV or eating in front of the TV like it's the Super Bowl or Chester Greenwood Day?

 

[twister947]

My TV died nearly a year ago, mostly from disuse. I never got around to replacing it. Pizza is always a good choice, hemlock on standby.

 

[midwestyankee]

Glass of champagne.
Glass of bleach.

Then we wait.

Might want to color-code the glassware just in case.

 

[midwestyankee]

My TV died nearly a year ago, mostly from disuse. I never got around to replacing it. Pizza is always a good choice, hemlock on standby.

Reminds me of a scene near the end of Act II in Top Gun. Charlie finds Maverick drinking in an airport bar, apparently having decided to quit the program. Tells the waitress, "I'll have what he's having. Hemlock, is it?"

 

[midwestyankee]

We are a household that will probably start watching the "pregame" show before cooking dinner. And we are nervous eaters so I plan on getting some Costco sized appetizers and plenty of ice cream to wrap around some sandwiches or maybe burgers.

 

[Acktion]

Oh, the Harris or Pence in '21 election?

Meh. I cast my vote a week ago or so when I relented and let my neighbor take me to get my prescriptions filled (the first time I'd allowed him to do more than talk to me through a cracked window in over a month) the day after I tested negative for this crap being Cofvefe... er... Covidity? Corona? What are we calling it this week?

Any road, I figure I've done all I can do to stand up and be counted for Safety, Sanity, and Consent and have no plans to do more than bunker in to outlast any riots over the next ten days or so following... which I figure we won't know anything for certain until then anyway.

Although, now I think about it... nyotaimori, while I heckle the talking heads and otherwise comment on the commentary, sounds like some potential fun to be had... Hmmm.

Not sure I can be bothered to bother Willard to take me out again in order to pick up some sake, so if I do I'll probably make do with one of the nine bottles of experimental wine from budding vintners already chilling to swill down my medications through these coming days...

 

[midwestyankee]

Just going to leave this here for my friends from New York, who will understand how painful it is for me to accept the truth of it. And yet here it is as an offering in friendship.

 

[midwestyankee]

Speaking of New York...
Subway Sewer Rat cosplay