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onlypassingthru 13 hours ago

> when was the last time someone tried to re-invent something as basic as a knife?

A year ago? This one is designed for woodworkers.

https://www.bourbonmoth.com/shop/p/the-bourbon-blade-origina...

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jstanley 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I thought I recognised the name - Bourbon Moth is the guy who faked a video of oily rags self-igniting to make a video to advertise fireproof bins for woodworking.

This one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gqi2cNCKQY

Debunking: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtU3bYyCtA

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majormajor 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Never heard of either of these Youtubers but I've seen tons of cans of stains and such with warnings about potential self-ignition if left on rags in the wrong conditions...

	▲	nielsbot 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. Learn from my mistake--I almost burned down my apartment by leaving linseed oil rags unattended.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's interesting that AvE devoted multiple videos to debunking oily rags but believes 9/11 was an inside job.

	▲	1024core 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Writer Jack London's mansion,The Wolf House, that he was building up in Sonoma county was destroyed by a fire that investigators later attributed to the spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked rags in the dining room...
	▲	jl6 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Expertise & ignorance alike don’t carry across domains.
	▲	andrewflnr 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> but believes 9/11 was an inside job Uh, really? I haven't been following him for a while, so I don't absolutely know if you're wrong, but I absolutely can see him joking about it and maybe even taking it too far.
	▲	dzhiurgis 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		AvE experienced mental breakdown around Canadian trucker anti-lockdown movement. Never been the same since.

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latexr 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A pocket chisel is very much not the same thing as a kitchen knife.