All About Pocket Knives

Now that's COOL

Thanks for that Jerry

Thank you, I enjoyed that.

Thanks for sharing this link. Good to know that craftsmanship and doing things right still has a place.

Very interesting vid.....I enjoyed it tremendously.. .. Jerry,Thanks for posting it.

Fascinating and educational - thanks!

Don't you just love seeing how stuff gets made ? I know I do !

Thanks for the video Jerry.

I'm glad y'all enjoyed it.

Phil -- I too enjoy seeing how things are made. Do you remember a show geared towards kids that aired on Saturday morning back in 1970? It was about how things were made and what made things 'tick'. I was in my late 20s but I was still watching Saturday morning cartoons and even though it wasn't a cartoon, I sure liked Hot Dog.

Copied from Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Dog_(TV_series)

"Hot Dog is a Saturday morning documentary series for children, seen on NBC from September 12, 1970 to September 4, 1971. Created by Frank Buxton and co-produced by Buxton and Lee Mendelson, the program was notable for its hosts -- Jo Anne Worley, comedian Jonathan Winters and writer and actor Woody Allen. The pilot was televised on NBC March 28, 1970, which starred Worley, Allen and Tom Smothers, who was replaced with Winters when the show became a series.

Based on Buxton's travels as a comedian (and later, as host of the ABC series, Discovery), which took him on tours to various factories, Hot Dog explained, in a humorous manner, how we do things (such as snore) and how things were made (such as the eponymous hot dogs and their buns, plus condiments like mustard).

Seventy topics were covered during the course of this series, which lasted thirteen episodes and rerun the rest of the season. NBC won a Peabody award for the series in 1970."

A List of Episodes

1."How does a frog jump?"
2."How does a letter get through the mail?"
3."How do they get toothpaste in the tube?"
4."How do they make a baseball glove?"
5."How do they make a hot dog roll?"
6."How do they make a surfboard?"
7."How do they make baseballs?"
8."How do they make bowling balls?"
9."How do they make bubblegum?"
10."How do they make cartoons?"
11."How do they make chocolate?"
12."How do they make playing cards?"
13."How do they make pennies?"
14."How do they make plywood"
15."How do they make spaghetti?"
16."How do they make tennis shoes?"
17."How do they make toothbrushes?"
18."How do they make T-shirts?"
19."How money is made"
20."Is that really lead in a lead pencil?"
21."What makes popcorn pop?"
22."What's a compass?"
23."Where does honey come from?"
24."Where does Lumber come from?"
25."Where do felt tip pens come from?"
26."Who invented the hot dog?"

I still enjoy shows like that Jerry. "Modern Marvels", "Made In America", and others, one with a title something like How's It Made or some such. I watch way more informative shows than series etc., always have.

Cutty wrote:I still enjoy shows like that

Me too.

Fascinating video. Days gone by not quite so gone afterall.

Obviously, a successful business.

Surprised that intrusive organization,OSHA, hasn't stepped in though. There's not a speck of safety equipment in sight, other than the skills of the people involved.

Spinning wheels, belts, pounding trip hammer type devices, loose clothing and long hair.

i didn't notice any missing fingers though.

Makes me wonder how the dog lost its tail.

Charlie Noyes

RobesonsRme.com wrote:Makes me wonder how the dog lost its tail.

Charlie Noyes

Where I came from, they used to dock dogs tails. Did it when they were puppies. Don't ask me why because I don't know. I was too young to question it so just accepted it as part of life and that's the way things were done.

Yeah, I undertsand bobbing or docking a dog's tail. My Uncle Jack did that to his Red Bone Hounds. Never understood why.

With all those spinning belt driven wheels, meshing gears, etc., I just wondered if the dog had not let his tail stray into something it shouldn't. His tail isn't exactly bobbed, it's just short.

Charlie