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From a knife maker I know here in France (Original Post) GoneOffShore 16 hrs ago OP
Worth repeating- constantly biophile 16 hrs ago #1
Couldn't agree more, my dear GoneOffShore! Very appropriate. n/t CaliforniaPeggy 16 hrs ago #2
From a knife maker, huh? I like the imagery. Gaugamela 14 hrs ago #3
On-line options? Only half-kidding... I have my grandfather's WW1 trench knife. Should be adequate for defense. Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #4
He's up in Thiers, in the middle of France. GoneOffShore 4 hrs ago #8
... orangecrush 14 hrs ago #5
Zero Tolerance. BurnDoubt 14 hrs ago #6
Oh absolutely PatSeg 13 hrs ago #7

Evolve Dammit

(21,024 posts)
4. On-line options? Only half-kidding... I have my grandfather's WW1 trench knife. Should be adequate for defense.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:18 PM
14 hrs ago

GoneOffShore

(17,854 posts)
8. He's up in Thiers, in the middle of France.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:57 AM
4 hrs ago

He used to work for Perceval Knives in Thiers which is where Sabatier comes from.
https://rolandlannier.com/
Before the advent of #felon47 he shipped knives to the US.
Very political guy. We visited his atelier and he showed us his process. And then poured shots of mezcal - at 2:30 in the afternoon.

BurnDoubt

(826 posts)
6. Zero Tolerance.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:02 PM
14 hrs ago

This is how Evil works, If you don't smother it in its crib.
Too Late Now.
I fear we will be sucked into the Evil in order to succeed in overcoming it.

PatSeg

(50,622 posts)
7. Oh absolutely
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:18 PM
13 hrs ago

History has already demonstrated that. We have new authoritarians using the same old playbook and sadly it still works because too many people are poorly educated or they know and just want to be cruel and hateful.

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