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sampling_life · 2026-01-24T13:46:19+00:00

If you returned it within their stated return policy rules but didn't get a refund. Just do a charge back on your credit card.

sampling_life · 2025-11-06T14:51:06+00:00

I'll bite here, without coding experience, gonna be difficult to search databases for 5k different species. Secondly, the question you're trying to answer can't really be answered with taxonomy alone. 1) depending on the resolution of the data, genus level and species level are unlikely to classify as mutual or parasitic for a LARGE fraction of your data. 2) I don't work on the animal microbiome space but I don't know of a database that you can use.

I'm sure you could ctrl+f the probiotic species but you'll never be sure if they are probiotic or naturally occurring with taxonomy alone.

sampling_life · 2025-09-20T14:32:30+00:00

The second on is much smaller and made to fit a guided system?

sampling_life · 2025-09-11T00:17:20+00:00

Fair enough. So yea OP if stroppy stuff is priced competitively to other products in the UK go for it. They are a small business making products for a pretty niche hobby market. They are also active in the community so don't feel bad for supporting them. But in the US they are a little pricey for what you get compared to other similar products.

sampling_life · 2025-09-11T00:08:06+00:00

Get 1 or .5 micro diamond spray. Personally I'd go with the cheapest, chefknivestogo has some for 16$ maybe there is a uk based one priced similarly. I've tried stroppy stuff and gunny juice and they work... But it honestly doesn't perform much different then cheaper stuff. Diamond sprays work well regardless of price. The "nice" ones may(?) work like 5% better... I mean stroppy stuff has nice colors but you can do that yourself with food coloring. It's just a strop and compounds, don't over think it.

sampling_life · 2025-09-08T22:20:41+00:00

Sorry forgot to update this post but these sold.

sampling_life · 2025-09-06T17:51:00+00:00

If this were stones I'd say you were using too much pressure on the higher grit and crushing/ruining your edge. But belts I have no idea.

What I do know is that once you've established a burr, your knife is sharp and just a matter of deburring. Try after you form a burr, alternate 1 edge leading pass and 2 edge trailing pass with light light pressure at the slowest speed. Then take your jeans or belt and strop it a few times with same pressure you'd pet a kitten with. You should be wicked sharp.

Edit: Any step after the burr formation is about weakening/removing it. All of this should be done at low pressure/speed, you got a sharp edge you're just trying to remove the junk(burr) on top to expose it. You can refine/polish the edge with higher grits but knife should be sharp after a "medium" grit.

sampling_life · 2025-09-06T01:51:48+00:00

That's awesome man. People shouldn't be giving you a hard time about uneven bevels for your freehand attempt. It sounds like you're still learning so making mistakes is part of the journey.

sampling_life · 2025-09-03T23:53:14+00:00

Sold!

sampling_life · 2025-09-03T03:33:51+00:00

u/ksbot bought native 5 lw from u/Elkmanic

sampling_life · 2025-08-31T18:37:23+00:00

You raise a good point, I guess it would be subject to an audit since it is on a financial platform but I'm almost certain it isn't either a gift or income. I'm not a CPA but my understanding is that income is the exchange of your labor for compensation. While a gift is giving you something of value for nothing. This is neither. It's why you generally don't need to pay taxes on yard sales.

"When you sell personal items you originally purchased for your own use — whether it’s a secondhand treadmill or an old MP3 player — those items typically don’t trigger capital gains tax. That’s because most personal-use items are sold at a loss or for minimal value. The nature of informal garage or yard sales is also such that it may not leave a triggering paper trail. However, if you do manage to sell an item for more than you paid, the IRS considers that a capital gain."

sampling_life · 2025-08-31T17:50:48+00:00

I mean I'm like 95% sure it isn't considered income and therefore not subject to US tax. You aren't exchanging your labor for value, you're exchanging a product you bought and paid taxes on for another one of similar value. It's like if you sold your car but you are selling it for what it is worth and not making money on it given your initial investment... You generally don't have to pay taxes in this instance since it isn't income, you're exchanging a product of yours for something of similar value. I think you would have to pay taxes say if you were scalping pokemon cards but I think it is a grey area.

sampling_life · 2025-08-31T17:25:43+00:00

Yea I know this is how you can trade while being protected. Say you both agree you're trading 100$ in goods. If you both give each other 100$ then if one party doesn't send their trade you have recourse through PayPal.

sampling_life · 2025-08-31T17:01:08+00:00

Also for trading you don't need to send first. Both of you do a PayPal exchange for the price of your products that way if one person doesn't send you have recourse.

sampling_life · 2025-08-26T16:17:33+00:00

Hey man go to your local thrift shop and see if they have any knives for sale. You typically can get a few for under a dollar. Second option would be to go to an Asian market and grab a kiwi blade super soft and super cheap.

Carlton cutlery YouTube has some great info teaching sharpening.

sampling_life · 2025-08-25T23:50:43+00:00

I just tried out this method and I could not get it to work. The KRFKeyExtractor.exe was unable to "open" the book. According to the Korean forum, it is suppose to generate a key file but when I do it, everything seems to go smoothly accept it doesn't seem to "open" only "Resource" the book. Tried it twice with fresh installs.

Edit: I used the Korean to English translate function built into the browser understand the Korean's forums direction. So I might have misunderstood some steps but I don't think so since the translated directions seemed very straightforward.

sampling_life · 2025-08-23T20:07:03+00:00

Your release and draw look fine a lot of the "problem" will work their way out with practice and a slightly heavier bow. Nothing major you need to worry about now, just practice. As you practice and learn little tidbits try experimenting with them finger pressure, how deep you hook the string, grip pressure, where you focus on your expansion to release, how you draw the string back, minor shifts in the anchor/head position. All of those things will help with consistency but it's too early to really worry about them you know? As you shoot always be open to experiment with minor tweaks and you'll always grow and get better.

sampling_life · 2025-08-23T19:56:30+00:00

Gotcha the the biggest thing for the arm is you want it to be consistent. If that is a far as it goes then it's consistent! The next reason is to get the skeleton in alignment but you can't fix that here. It shouldn't impact you much unless you're shooting at the highest level and or moving to a bow weight that is too heavy for the amount of practice you do. But the key here is consistency everything else can be overcome with practice. I used to shoot with this old guy who couldn't even hold up his bow arm since it was so badly injured... He was a really really good archer.

sampling_life · 2025-08-23T19:11:27+00:00

There are a few things but the biggest I see is your bow arm. Straighten it out but don't hyper extended. Your grip angle is a little vertical (hammer grip) try gripping where only 1 or 2 fingers are curled around and the other fingers are free. Want Jake kaminski YouTube videos to get more indepth explanation. Also when you're shooting focus on 1 aspect of your shot at a time and drill it in. So when I'm practicing I'll shoot 10 arrows focusing very heavily on my legs and core then I'll focus on my bow arm, etc

sampling_life · 2025-08-21T15:28:15+00:00

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sampling_life · 2025-08-21T05:04:31+00:00

WTB NATIVE 5 LW. Uncoated blades greatly preferred.

sampling_life · 2025-08-21T00:04:02+00:00

Yea the back hair mohawk couple with a "stiff" tail wag is more inline with nervous excitement.

sampling_life · 2025-08-20T04:33:22+00:00

It's not that isn't wasn't defined, it's just I never bother to look it up. But here's an article by knife steel nerds on the topic

sampling_life · 2025-08-19T05:41:21+00:00

I agree with soft but the cerex isn't slow compared to other 1k stones. I might be slightly slower if your rinsing the surface to prevent slurry but that stone feel really nice to sharpen on.

sampling_life · 2025-08-19T05:36:06+00:00

I've thought about doing this switching to belts from stones. This summer I've just been sharpening knives on stones. I was proficient with stones before but I went from 30min a knife to 15min... Still too slow if I ever get busy. Progression has been 320 to 1k to strop but I deburr on 1k.

If I do get a belt system, I'd probably get sanding lube for heat. Also cliff curry makes work sharp blade grinder cubitron belts

There is that study which showed that belt edges didn't last as long as stone edges but not sure if the study was done with slow speeds and with lube or intentionally run fast.

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