Help!!!!

[Clay Kesting]

You know how you have your EDC knives in rotation and then you find you're picking one more than the others and then finally that's the only knife you chose. Well that's what's happened to me with my grey aluminium Centofante, it's now my preferred carry at work (the Chinese Folder's for weekends <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>). Anyway it's very lonely in the knife roll and really needs a blue one to keep it company. I'm kicking myself that for not buying one years ago when I had the chance.



If anybody sees a plain edge, blue Centofante for sale anywhere could you please drop me a line. I'm even prepared to offer a pouch made from a kangaroo's scrotum as a reward <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.



Clay



"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[kraziekurtis]

&quot;I'm even prepared to offer a pouch made from a kangaroo's scrotum as a reward &quot;


been looking for one of them :-P just kidding...unless you are serious and that is a custom of a good thing in Australia.... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

[kraziekurtis]

double post.... sorry

Edited by - kraziekurtis on 11/30/2001 7:46:32 PM

[chinook]

Really tempting there, Clay! Almost ready to take a dremel to my serrated one for that lil bauble. &gt;&lt;g&gt;

Maybe you can trade you prior fav in this thread to the next post under you in it.

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum20/HTML/000006.html

Just in case anyone doesn't know the principals in this drama, here is the subject of his quest..... and the carrot(so to speak) he is offering. &gt;&lt;g&gt;

Disguised as a responsible adult

[Kahz]

LMAO!!!!

OMG, that IS an interesting pouch!! Can I get one even w/o finding a Centofante? LOL!

So, is this a generalized part of your Down Under culture? Would you like to share the origin of this interesting custom? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Oh, and I will keep my eyes peeled, you offer is much too interesting... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Kahz

[panguero]

Would you consider a green knife for a blue roo pouch? Never mind.......

You do know that John Jensen has the grey and also the green scaled knives you desire? Not the blue though.....

[Clay Kesting]

Actually I never knew such pouches existed until an American asked me about them on the forums. I still thought they were a figment of his imagination until I saw them for sale in a tourist shop down by Circular Quay. Not sure what I could bring myself to use one for though, I suppose storing marbles would be appropriate <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

At least it created some interest in my post <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Clay

"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[Kahz]

Scrotum? Marbles? Clay, you have to stop this word game, LOL! It's only 10:50 p.m. here, you're not even giving me a chance to be insomniac if you make me laugh so much and get me tired enough to go to bed. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sheesh... time to turn in, this might get ugly. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

*still on the lookout for a blue Centofante*

Kahz

[J Smith]

In the movie young guns billy the kid had a tobbaco pouch made from a buffalo scrodum.

Jeff

[J Smith]

sorry something strange happened there

Jeff

Edited by - J Smith on 11/30/2001 10:31:06 PM

[Clay Kesting]

My goodness, from what I've seen of buffalo that must have held about a year's supply of tobacco. Either that or he was a very heavy smoker <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Clay

"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[chinook]

Depends on whether he smoked a pipe or rolled his own.

(not all marbles are created equal)

Disguised as a responsible adult

[Clay Kesting]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:<hr height=1 noshade>not all marbles are created equal <hr height=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2>
You're quite right Chinook. I was trying to remember what we called the really big ones when we were kids. IIRC they were called &quot;conkers&quot;, although my wife reckons they were &quot;bonkers&quot; but I think she's thinking of something else <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Blimey the rubbish you have to write to keep your post on top <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>. I still haven't found a blue Centofante.

Clay

&quot;The trouble is that you think you have time.&quot;

Edited by - Clay Kesting on 12/2/2001 1:52:19 AM

[Kahz]

Clay,

If it helps, the large marbles were called &quot;Balones&quot; in Spanish (loosely translated to big balls, LOL!), although, I remember my dad calling the transparent ones with inner cloudy colours differently... oh, well, at least this will still keep your post at the top. <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

*still on the lookout*

Kahz

[Clay Kesting]

Kahz,

Is marbles still a popuar game with kids in Mexico. I haven't noticed my kids playing, at their age they seem to be much more interested in Pokemon cards. At my own school the big craze is Magic cards, but I was surprised to find some of my Year 10 boys (15-16 years old) playing marbles in their motel room on our last ski trip. Maybe that's just an indication of how tight a rein I have them on <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

BTT<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Clay

"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[Kahz]

Clay,

It was probably in older generations than mine. Of course, I had some inherited marbles from my dad, he used to be excellent at it (or so he says <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>). But I can't recall my generation playing marbles in general, or later generations really. I have no idea what kids these days play &quot;in general&quot; in Mexico, since social structures are so separated, but I can easily guess that many kids are playing with PlayStations or Nintendo consoles, and watching too much television, just like in the US. Oh, and Pokemon is very popular as well.

Kahz

I am not young enough to know everything...

[Clay Kesting]

Kahz,

I'd forgotten about Nintendos and PlayStations. I'm one of those narky fathers who refuse to let their children play with them. They can always look at my knives though <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Well we've certainly strayed right away from the topcic and there's still no blue Centofante in sight. Maybe I should offer 2 kangaroo scrotum pouches for a reward<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>. Ah well, I'll just have to hang around ebay and the &quot;For Sale&quot; forums for a while and hope one turns up.

Take care,
Clay





"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[Knife Knut]

Kangaroo scrotum pouches and cane toad coin purses, man there are some interesting leather products down under. Are there any other leather products unique to Australia?

Knife Knut on a shoestring budget.

[mschwoeb]

I dont know if this is unique, but you could get a sharkskin belt that is 30 times as durable as regular leather. And you could get Kangaroo skin belts that were about twice as tough as leather.

[Jeff/1911]

Clay,

Check your email for a message.

Jeff.

[Clay Kesting]

Thanks Jeff, looks like you're up for the Kangaroo scrotum <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Clay

"The trouble is that you think you have time."

[Kahz]

What? Somebody is taking a Kangaroo scrotum?? Now that's a find! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Wow! Congratulations!

Kahz

I am not young enough to know everything...

[Hoosierdaddy]

Clay,

Good on ya!

My boss the Aussie reckons they are called Argots, although he thinks that's an obscure name. He mentioned Alleys also, does this ring a bell? He said you better leave Skippy alone. Don't mess with his sack. Had any &quot;Bundy&quot; lately? What are the Blundstones made of? Just regular leather eh.

[Clay Kesting]

Hoosierdaddy,

The word &quot;argot&quot; rings a bell somewhere in my distant memory but I can't remember much more than that. Too much Bundy in my youth <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>. The Blundstones are ordinary cowhide but are the best boots I've ever owned.

Clay

&quot;The trouble is that you think you have time.&quot;

Edited by - Clay Kesting on 12/7/2001 11:31:23 PM

[Jeff/1911]

Clay,

Uh, thanks...I think. Grin.

Jeff.