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Didn't Paul Klipsch say anything over 10 watts was wasted? I've got a set at home and they're devastatingly loud at 10 watts... really they're working too hard. But my AR90s won't even get out of bed for 10 watts. Try to find a good copy of Le Quattro Stagioni with I Musici, Vittorio Negri and Pina Carmirelli, and let that OTL breathe.

Picture it... that amp, a sensitive pair of Klipsch, and some nice espresso. That's a Friday to remember.

Hey imajedi, it's great to have you aboard. It's especially nice to watch newbies as they get their legs under them, then start doing amazing things of their own. We all were noobs at one time, and we remember the vast chasms that lay between where we were, and where we wanted to be. The Jedis of those years guided us, now we're just paying it forward. The really nice thing about this place is you don't have to fear "asking a dumb question" because you won't get attacked for it. The depth of knowledge here is vast, and the members remember learning it the hard way. Make the effort to follow in their steps and they'll be your biggest supporters. Your quote is really good, but to me this quote describes this place perfectly: "We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than did they, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours." John of Salisbury, ca. 1159

Those are spectacular shots!

Wow! That deserves some more photos. Very tasty.

Sorry Andy, but it lives a life of adventure now in the Alaskan wilderness. And it will come in handy I imagine, we've had a brown bear hanging around this week... if he jumps out for a nibble I can wing the Ploppy at him and make my escape. It's heavy enough to get his attention!

Good guess, but it's a little older... a 6536/1

......and I wish I looked this good!

I had to travel to the UK and wrestle mine off the wrist of a gentleman besotted with wine and a certain spectacular woman. It was well worth it. [emoji6] These buggers are HARD to find! Good luck with your search.

Droptop, look closely at the coronet on Freddy's build then go read the article on the Pan Am 6542 by Stefano Mazzariol. http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/02/rolex-gmt-master-ref-6542-albino.html?m=1

Well done, Freddy. I stickied it and put it in the How-To section.

For some odd reason, THIS comes to mind.....

You got that right, carving like this comes from many many many hours bent over a piece by someone very skilled with lots of time on his hands. Sadly, with the advent of the Internet and online interconnectedness, the youth in the villages are not learning these old techniques from their Elders, and the skills will be lost. ..........unless people like Brian can keep them fresh and interesting to the youth.

And the thing is a hoot to ride in! AJ offered to let me drive it... I was sorely tempted! But the bloody roundabouts all turn the wrong way in the UK, I wasn't taking any chances bashing up that beauty. A newer picture of my daily driver.

If you're careful not to bear the edge against anything harder than itself it should stay sharp nearly indefinitely. Brian showed me a stone knife he's used on 3 caribou hunts and he cut up each animal for packing out and it's still sharp. I bet you're right, if it lost its edge he could knap a new edge by removing a row of thin chips along its length. He even showed me a long thin wood handle he'd made with a long slender slice of stone set into it, sharp enough to shave with. He had several "replaceable blades" sitting with it. Looking closely at the extra "blades" you could see where they had separated from the mother stone almost like a delaminated layer, and the exposed edges were thin enough to see through, slightly curved, utterly smooth and incredibly sharp. Scalpel sharp.

I was checking out some local handicrafts a month ago and fell in love with a certain piece. I kept going back to check it out and finally decided I had to have it. Brian Schuch is the knapping genius that made this, and it speaks volumes of his skill. He knaps stone tools using ancient techniques and his skill level is just through the roof. He finds the materials to make these, and is now teaching classes how to do knapping with the old methods. This is a hunting knife he knapped out of obsidian he picked up on a hike. The handle is a bone carving from who I believe is the same native elder that carved my son's Eagle Scout knife. Brian set the blade into the handle with pine pitch, then extracted fibers from stinging nettles to make the "string" that applies tension to the junction. Then he skinned a salmon for the leather, tanned it, and stitched it with stinging nettles. It sits on a simple birch base with a keeper made from a moose antler tip. The knapping on the blade is extraordinary and the handle carving is just amazing. This is one of those pieces my kids and grandkids will look at some day and marvel that Eskimos used to be able to do this. It's also fully capable, Brian uses his on hunts and says the blade will break before it comes apart. Gorgeous stuff.

100 degrees plus Fahrenheit? Utter luxury! I used to work where it's 135 below, Fahrenheit. With the wind chill, but who's counting? [emoji41]

The rain stopped for a minute... let's try one outside! [emoji106]

For tonight, I need artificial lighting. The skies opened up and there's no sunset. But it IS putting out the forest fire. [emoji106]

I'll keep the red, white and blue going!

What a beauty! Little large though.......

Today it's me and Raquel ... domealicious!

Dang, Freddy ... every detail on that 5514 is perfect. Just exactly perfect.

Another necro-bump to bring some old names back to the front pages again. Dems.... where you at, buddy??

Time to bring this one back from necropost storage....