Recent content by mrpinter

Yeah, it was discontinued. Don Thomas, the owner of Wathen Audiophile, said it was costing too much to build. I can recommend his other products though. If I didn't have the Quaterwave I'd save up and get one of his tube amplifiers and a pair of Wathen Reference Mini bookshelf speakers.

We all probably have at least one item that is so good at its intended purpose that it's almost impossible to think of how it might be improved. Do you have something like that? Could you post it? A brief description please, and bonus points for photos. I have a couple of things that come to...

A chronograph is basically a stopwatch integrated into a wristwatch. With a central sweep seconds counter hand, and a minutes counter sub-dial (on the right), this one counts up to 45 minutes. The regular seconds hand is in the subdial on the left.

Weekend watch: my sixty year old chronograph. It's overdue for a checkup and servicing, but it still keeps very accurate time; in fact, it is probably my most accurate (mechanical) watch. Its stopwatch function works perfectly too.

New Knife Time! Just came in: a Demko AD20.5 folder with a 3" 20CV clip point blade, and carbon fiber handle scales. It's a companion piece to the AD20.5 I already have, with an S335VN "Shark Foot" (modified sheep foot) blade and G10 scales. Blade steel and handle material on the new knife are...

Here's a neat way to store and carry a collection of up to 18 to 20 knives (or other similarly sized objects). It's made by Knafs and is called the "Burrito Grande". It has a carrying handle and grommets for hanging the roll. It's made of very sturdy canvas and I expect it to last a long time...

The holes are to facilitate one-hand opening: when holding the knife, you engage the hole with your thumb, push down and forward, and the blade swivels up into its locked position. The holes are an alternate opening method to thumb-studs, which are more common on locking folders, and function...

Something I just noticed about my collection is that there is a sub theme of miniature knives. These are definitely not what you would call tactical, more like everyday carry or utility: Extrema Ratio BF0. ~2.5" blade, N690 steel, Italian MKM Isonzo, 2.25" blade, M390 steel, Italian...

I collect them. I don't have any intention of using them as weapons. There's a lot of technology involved with some of them. They're interesting to me. I'm interested in watches and guitars for the same reason. And I have some that I do use for everyday tasks like opening things. If this thread...

Microtech MSI folder in Midnight Tiger Camo. 3.9" M390MK blade:

And pistol grips too.

A couple of new knives for the collection: Hogue Mysto, USA made MKM "Lov" lock back folder, Italian

@DaveT, If you can live without the day feature, there are a lot of automatic watches that are in the traditional "sweet spot" of 35mm to 38mm diameter. My Stowa Marine I showed earlier in the thread measures a very wearable 36mm, and my RGM model 107 Pilot watch (which I posted on the first...

^^^ Now that's a proper professional/first responder knife @rockandroller; strap cutter and glass breaker and everything!

Gotta show off my wife's new watch. I got her a nice Christophet Ward quartz watch ten or twelve years ago, and she's worn it every day since. A few days ago it went cuckoo; so she needed a replacement. I persuaded her to join the mechanical club, and spent some time online picking out a...