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The Lansky isn't a bad system, it's just not right for me. I'm 43 and been using a straight razor since I was 16 and do fine with a 4000, 8000 and 10,000 stone. However, I've always had a good edge professionally done on the front end and with my stones and strop been able to touch up and keep a good edge on it. The spine also makes it super simple to keep your angle the same. The Lansky stones are so narrow I can't keep the same strokes throughout the length of the blade. The clamp even gives me fits. I even bolted it down. I can very easily keep a steady pull thru the Work Sharp though. I thought my Lansky sharpened knife was sharp and shot a Spring turkey and liked to never breasted it out. That was a lot of the impulse part of the buy when I went to Gander Mtn. After getting the WS I've been filleting fish with my camp knife. Super easy. I'm not an authority by any means to endorse either system but if you have the same problems with a Lansky like I did, the WS is an excellent alternative.

She's home! I went to pick my Dad up to go fishing and they called and said it was ready if I could be there in 30 min. Actually cleaner than when stolen. LOL! Also has my good mag still. Lesson learned!

I wound up doing nothing insurance wise and glad I didn't. The lady at the police station said if I had, the insurance company would own it and they usually have it destroyed.

I stopped by just today at Gander Mtn in Providence to pick up a wrist sling for my bow and bought a Work Sharp on impulse for $89. Sharpened four knives in no time. First time I got a good edge on my old Buck 119. I've used a Lansky for years and never could get a good edge on 440 steel with it.

My conscience feels a bit better too that my gun isn't out there with a criminal.

Just an update on this ordeal - I just got a call from the police that someone tried to pawn my gun this morning. They don't think he's the one that stole it but he is telling who he bought it from. The detective in charge is related by marriage and said I could call him tomorrow and pick it up. I hope it's not trashed and the expensive mag is still in it.

We cut cable a couple of years ago. My son is 12 now and daughter is 5. I was paying $242/mo for bundled cable, phone and Internet. I kid you not I cut the cable and it was 6 mos before my son said something was wrong with the cable. We're not huge into tv anyway. We have the Roku with Hulu Plus, we already had Amazon prime for shipping. We do ALL our Christmas shopping online and even do Hello Fresh for three different and unique dinners a week. We already had Netflix for the DVDs and I had no idea at the time streaming came with. We also cut home phone. We have unlimited minutes on our cells and only telemarketers called home phone. We went from $242/mo to $39.99/mo. However, all of the sudden in January our Internet went from $39.99 to $54.99. It's Charter, no explanation. Between Hulu, Amazon and Netflix we watch whatever we want. Anything else we've found we can stream online via the kids wii u. I do kinda think we actually watch more tv now though. We've discovered shows we'd never watched and will binge watch a series since we don't have to wait a week for the weekly cliffhanger. LOL!

I didn't even realize I had anything with NRA, I am a member. I'm going to call state farm Tuesday to see if it's worth claiming.

Well, as the day has went on, right or wrong, I've placed more and more blame on her. In all my years of carrying that's maybe the third time I've left my gun in the truck. I usually keep it on me and just don't draw attention to myself. If I know I have to go to the IRS building or something, I usually leave my gun in a safe in my office and hope I don't get mugged.

The business does have the legal posting for no guns. She was helping me out, she's a client, my wife's friend and due to previous discussions I know without a doubt how they feel about guns so out of respect I left it in the truck. You never think it can happen to you and I didn't think five minutes in there and out would result in catastrophe. 99/100 I wear my snubby on my ankle to church because my 1911 on my hip is uncomfortable with my guitar. Today I did SO many things out of the ordinary for a Sunday morning and it's the morning I get hit. BTW, it would have been in a tuckable holster and concealed but she also knows me and is a hugger. So I left it in the truck. Like most men aren't technically afraid of their wife but they do things they don't want so they don't have to listen to a bunch of mouth, that was me today and it didn't work out well for me.

The only reason I left out the place I went to is its a friend of my wife's place of business. She met me there to give me these little steel balls I couldn't order in time for the science fair. After I ran my mouth and called it a free kill zone I hated to name her business. She's also a tax client. However, I was in the Walmart/Lowes area on Mt Juliet rd and that early on a Sunday morning there was little to no activity. I didn't see anyone in the parking lot. Also, I hid my gun before I got there because I knew where I was going. Unless someone followed me from my driveway to the parking lot. I will say this, if someone didn't see me put the gun there, they got EXTREMELY lucky to find the hiding place that quickly. I couldn't be late for church and I didn't diddle around. Five minutes tops.

Thank you. My grandmother dying was kind of expected, but the timing of the news/phone call was weird to me.

What a morning! I do the music at Church and left this morning to pick something up for my sons science project before hand. I had to go into a free kill zone place to pick something up. No one was around and I slid my gun into a console. I went inside and when I came out, my holster was on the ground and window shattered. The only thing they took was my RIA Match 1911 that I bought off Magiccarpetrides here on this site about 4 or so years ago. I loved that gun and I'm distraught. About a year ago the company I worked for screwed our med insurance and my wife had an accident. I got stuck with $63,000 in med bills. I had to do what I had to do and sold all my pistols but that one to pay bills. While the cop was taking my info, my Dad called and my grandmother had died about an hour before. I stayed home from church and I think I'm just gonna mope a bit. BTW I live in the Lebanon area so if someone sees it for sale I'd appreciate the heads up.

I actually broke down and looked at it last night. I have BCBS of TN. I've had a private policy since 2009. I work at a CPA firm and out of 50 CPAs only four of us are under 45, the ones over are over by a LOT. I got the letter from BCBS back in Oct that my policy would end Mar 1st. Thru the firm our policy is $1442 of which $350 is me. The firm would pay my $350 and the balance for a wife and two kids would come out of my check. Wife is a stay at home Mom. I choose for them to add $350/month to my check and I take a private policy thru BCBS for $799.51 for better coverage than what the firm is capable of offering. Thru obamacare, I make too much to qualify for any subsidies but thru the open market deal of BCBS all four of us can have the same policy we were actually on for $464/month. So actual additional cost for me would go from $450/month to $114/month. I don't usually throw out personal $ amounts but thought it was important to be fair and honest. I'm torn. I don't want to support it, but times are hard and my taxes pay for it anyway. I don't qualify for subsidies but cheaper is cheaper. ETA: That $799.51 price for my private policy includes Vision and Dental. Don't know the breakdown as far as how much each is but the Vision and Dental portion suck hard. Just added those two pieces this past May and would not have re-upped them regardless.

Glad it has a good home. I want another!