The pleasure of fine things

[Kharn]

I really like a lot of what HABSBURG creates, here's a pair of Coats & Vests (that I've been looking at, with intent), lined with removable Fur & 'Real Horn' buttons, too warm for Africa but stylish & practical for Colder Climates!

 

[CBH Australia]

I’ve learned to appreciate high quality small kitchen appliances…

My wife, not exactly a chef or great baker, has wanted a kitchen aid mixer for years… and I have resisted… the thought of spending $550 on an appliance that under any other brand name will cost you $49 appalled me… especially since she is a full time corporate executive type, and not the stay at home and make elaborate meals June Cleaver type…

I finally broke down and got her the kitchen aid…

And now I use it all the time.. it does great work… and is indestructible…

Last night I used it to make 15lbs of breakfast sausage from my most recent deer… it took the kitchen aid 1 minute to do what used to take me 15 minutes by hand…

When she hit me up for a “premium” $299 crock pot… I didn’t complain (even though a typical crock pot can be had for $75)… the kitchen aid taught me a lesson.. in small kitchen appliances, premium is definitely better… and worth the added cost…

Good tools make life easier and work flows easier making it more enjoyable.


The Kitchen aid is a great tool as are quality chefs knives. Some things you can make do with but some are in a different category.

 

[SStomcat]

For me more than anything it is the appreciation of the time, care and thought that goes into making something that is, well, finer than it's mere functionality rewuires. Here is an example - imagine if they put so much effort into a mere button what the rest of the shirt will be like? And it is!
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Along the same lines—when it comes to true finesse—I recently managed to order a set of custom chef’s knives from a master bladesmith in Japan. For those who know their steel, we’re talking Aogami blue, tamahagane, and the like with Rockwell hardness of 63-64. His craftsmanship is extraordinary; the Hamon lines alone are a work of art. They’re incredibly sharp, of course, but once you learn their balance and feel, it becomes difficult to use anything else.

 

[Field28]

Since I was in my teens I've always kept a very well bred female Black Labrador from strong strong American Field Trial blood in my home. They start out as trial dogs, if they wash out they become my personal gundog. The girls start out stubborn, the male dogs figure out where the food comes from faster and realize who the boss is. But when the girls finally decide to become sweet it's like a sugar cube dipped in honey and their loyalty, desire and work ethic is hard to beat.

My current girl who was bred by the top Labrador Breeder of all time turned 11 today. It's way past time to aquire a new puppy.

 

[SStomcat]

Good tools make life easier and work flows easier making it more enjoyable.


The Kitchen aid is a great tool as are quality chefs knives. Some things you can make do with but some are in a different category

Good tools make life easier and work flows easier making it more enjoyable.


The Kitchen aid is a great tool as are quality chefs knives. Some things you can make do with but some are in a different category.

Can’t deny this— I tinker with my cars too. Nothing hardcore, just brakes, springs, the usual. I grew up hanging around my uncle’s fabrication shop, sneaking in when he wasn’t around and learning from the workers. That’s where the mechanical bug bit me—lathes, grinders, sharpening, drilling, you name it.
Once I got to the US and bought German cars, I quickly learned how expensive they are to keep happy. So I invested in proper tools—German -Hazet, Stahlwille, Gedore, Italian -Beta, a bit of British, and of course Snap-On. Part hobby, part necessity. When you’re mid-repair, the last thing you want is a rounded nut or a stripped screw. And torque specs? I'm a total nut.
Honestly, the tools have more than paid for themselves, and someday they’ll be something I’m proud to pass on to my sons

 

[DaddyFlip]

I recently ordered a "Finer Thing" from Westley Richards it's an "outdoors indoors sports jacket" [The Stanley Cargo] I believe that it will match well with my existing 'Africa Hunting Attire' (yes I will wear this in the field on cold mornings/evenings) and the more I look at it the more I like it.
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That looks amazing! Will you please follow up with how well the size you chose matches the actual fit you expected? True to size or larger/smaller than expected? I really like the WR catalog.

 

[Woolley Bugger]

I really like a lot of what HABSBURG creates, here's a pair of Coats & Vests (that I've been looking at, with intent), lined with removable Fur & 'Real Horn' buttons, too warm for Africa but stylish & practical for Colder Climates!

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I love the Bavarian style. I enjoyed window shopping while in Salzburg this summer. I wasn’t sure if people actually wear those clothes but leaned that they certainly do when I attended the festival concerts. It’s a very classy scene.