I have one and use it but I use my knives daily and use them well, as I carve my own meat cuts, prepare vegetables, fruits, etc.

For someone that enjoys cooking, I am aware I am lacking on the knives upkeep department. Sharpening by hand always fails me and my only mildly successful atempt involved using a belt sander on a moderate speed to try to emulate a grinding stone.

I’ll have that information in mind the next time I try to sharpen the knives. Last time I tried, I think I made the blades even more blunt then it already were.

No stain x55 CR Mo V14

Have that information stamped on a blade.

As a wannabe author, I could only be so lucky to get my work “pirated”. Free publicity.

I understood you were referring to regular blades.

My respect for caring for your knives as you do. It’s something I find challenging, to say the least.

I have to look up for those Thai Zebra. Never heard of it before. I usually buy domestic knives (IVO); we still have a few good manufacturers but I don’t know if they export enough to be widespread.

It may be considered as such today but it panned as not worthy of the time for many years.

The 13th Warrior was another of those movies that got thrown into the grinder by critics and cinephiles for being not worth the effort just to develop a cult following in response.

Which remebers me of another panned movie: Pathfinder

And while we’re at it, let’s add both Dredd movies (the second is the best) and the Demolition Man.

I was once told their knives are not supposed to be sharpened. Or at least at a home setting. I was in a store, so I automatically take every word told to me with an extra grain of salt.

Never done it, but sharpening a serrated blade is not an easy task. Most will just wear down such a blade until rendered unusable and discard it afterwards.

For some reason, unclear even to myself, I have a serious dislike for Victorinox.

There are a few of those in the kitchen (didn’t bought a single one) and I can’t feel comfortable using it; it’s as if it doesn’t quite fit into my hand properly.

But if it that knife does the job for you, good!

The bread on the background, is it homemade or store bought? Looks nice.

Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in

My tastes may be questionable but that is too much even for me.

I remember seeing the first one in the theater when I was a kid and I later saw a letter my Mom was writing where she said it was a dumb movie, but the kids liked it. I was offended!

The movies can be considered bad, for today’s standards but for what I care, it was a great way to spend some time. Where else could we se cannibal Care Bears?

I still enjoy the movie today.

And I once found it in book format but the text was too riddled with errors and typos to be enjoyable and worth the asking price.

One thing I had to learn quickly was that my preference towards anything cultural was not in line with what my peers found good/cool, so I strode down the road of enjoying what I enjoy and let others enjoy whatever they enjoy.

Here’s a short list:

Roadhouse

The 13th Warrior

Both Ewoks movies

Leave the brains alone.

I hope you get some of these.

FIAT Tipo

FIAT Tipo SW

FIAT 600 This is a full eletric.

FIAT Panda The original version was iconic. It had a full 4x4 version. Current models are stunning.

I tried to discover what was the line-up you have over there and it seems we get more from over there (essentially through the SUV line, from JEEP) than you receive from here.

What vehicles do you get under that badge?

this little car came out of the assembly line with 120hp.

For a car under 900kg of total weight, it is a lot of power. It would fishtail like an angry beast, burn rubber at a slip of the foot and make you crap yourself if you felt like pushing it a bit over the safety zone.

It was a defining car: you could buy it but it wasn’t guaranteed you’d own it.

Considering the amount of plastics going into the building of an SUV, I’d risk tge hot hatch would survive.

Really? That bad?

FIAT in the 90’s and early 00’s went through a really bad phase, due to Ferrari sinking millions into F1, to the point FIAT Brazil was more active than FIAT Europe developing new models.

FIAT are reliable. A few engines were less than good but FIAT has always been on the forefront of developing new technology into engines and cars. My first car, a cheap model, had direct fuel injection when most other manufacturers were still using carburettors (at best, eletrically controlled).

It’s even a joke between owners that FIAT cars don’t like mechanics but when they start doing, you’re better off changing cars.

Why do you say that? What is so bad with FIAT there?

I’d risk that is true for the US models.

The FIAT umbrella and the PSA line-up in Europe makes for a good chunk of the market with vehicles for all tastes.

So, what we should take from this is that any foray into any art is useless, therefore we should surrender any and all creative impulse to faceless companies.

Fuck no.

I’d rather distribute my work for free and have it read and enjoyed nonetheless than not write at all.