~ Happy Thanksgiving 2021 ~

And it is a beautiful Thanksgiving
Day to be certain.

 It is once AGAIN Knife Day here at El Rancho De La Tex!

Today I am featuring a knife that I bought in the 1980s at...

yes, you guessed it again: a gun show. This is a Cold Steel

Urban Pal Mini push knife. It is made of I believe 440C.

The sheath is leather.

This knife is chisel ground. I was not into knife sharpening

back then for one reason or another and a friend offered to

touch up the blade for me. "Sure, go ahead", said I. I don't

know what happened as he really unnecessarily scratched it

up in a major way. Normally he was really great about such

things. Must have been an off day.

Anyway, this knife has been out of production in this variant

for years. They still sell the Urban Pal, but with a Kraton (I think)

handle, a serrated blade and some kind of a plastic sheath.

Knife Days are too short.

In 1987 my friends and I went up to the wheelhouse
 of the S.S. Mark Twain on the Rivers of America

(Disneyland) to steer the riverboat.

Upon arriving back at home port we were each
awarded a Pilot's Certificate. So yes, I am qualified
to pilot a paddle steamer.

Now you know.

One day when I was seventeen years old I drove to School

and parked on one of the side streets. I got about halfway to

the school grounds and found this little shoe just a'sittin in the

middle of the street. I saved it and put it on the dash board of

my first car. It remained there for some years until the car was

sold. I love this little shoe. I never thought about going door
to door to find the owner. My bad?

~ Veterans Day, 2021 ~

In about 1993 or 1994 I was at a gun show in Ventura California

looking at items on tables that were outside and in-between the two

buildings that hosted the show. I was pretty much alone out there.

On one of the tables I spotted this "Tombstone" movie script. Being a

HUGE fan of the 1993 movie I immediately picked it up and asked the

gentleman behind the table what he wanted for it.

       ~ Texas Jack Vermillion ~

At that point I realized that the man behind the table was none other than

Peter Sherayko who played Texas Jack Vermillion in the movie. He said, "If

you buy it, I will sign it." SOLD. I cannot even remember how much

I paid for it. I used to see him at a few shows, including the show in L.A.

at the Fairgrounds. I read that the shotgun Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) is carrying

in the movie, including the "And you tell 'em Hell's coming with me!" scene

was found and purchased by Mr. Sherayko AT the L.A. show. It was a Stevens

Three-Trigger 10-gauge Shotgun.

Mr. Sherayko runs Caravan West Productions
out of Agua Dulce, California.

I found a new spork that I really like. I had been carrying
the Snow Peak titanium spork for a long time, then switched
over for a couple of years to give a Light My Fire titanium

spork a try. But then about, I don't know... eighteen months or so

ago I found THIS titanium spork. This guy is curved just right and

fits into my purse or bag perfectly. The texture is nice when

eating and it is all around great.

The brand is humangear. They can be found on the Internet

if you are curious. I think they run about $14.00. This just

might be The One. I should know for shore in about 4 years.

"Hi. I love you mom."

~ Happy Halloween 2021! ~