kaberett: Trans symbol with Swiss Army knife tools at other positions around the central circle. (Default)
[personal profile] kaberett
My birthday present from my baby brother arrived today, and I promptly ended up--

-- okay, well, first of all I ended up trying to hunt down visual evidence of anyone having successfully used the bottle opener for anything, and actually found two baffling Americans attempting to provide reviews: exhibit A claims "scissors have a unique role in our lives - they offer more control and more precision than you could ever hope to get out of a knife when you need to cut something", and then goes on to explain that he only uses them in the workshop, on leather and carpet and suchlike; exhibit B tests them on a cucumber.

Anyway, then I moved on to this utterly charming short about Why They're So Expensive (if you would like an elderly Northern master putter-togetherer -- ! -- explaining craftsmanship to you, I can highly recommend it; it's very soothing) and, eventually, the short film about them that went viral.

There is [content notes: death by suicide and other illness] a lot of sad backstory from the last few years, but now, today, they're okay. They've got an increasing number of apprentices (who almost certainly made my set). And -- all of a sudden I find that I am very fondly inclined indeed.

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Date: 2020-09-25 01:17 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ludy
Once at a BiCon (so we were depending on what random tools the student accommodation kitchens provided) I walked in on someone trying to cut up newspaper with a kitchen knife (they were attempting to make a party hat). That is still possibly less baffling than attempting to cut a cucumber with scissors...

[I was able to lend the hat making person scissors from my knitting bag]

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Date: 2020-09-25 01:28 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] serene
What a lovely gift!!

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Date: 2020-09-25 07:08 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] ewt
How lovely!

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Date: 2020-09-25 07:26 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sfred
<3

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Date: 2020-09-25 02:29 pm (UTC)
vass: Small turtle with green leaf in its mouth (Default)
From: [personal profile] vass
That is very endearing.

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Date: 2020-09-25 03:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sebenikela
DANGIT

now i want some v expensive scissors

and also a career change to "apprentice putter-togetherer"

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