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It followed me home potential Gloat
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08-29-2016, 09:49 PM
![[Image: 20160829_184337_zpscvddly2z.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/chief3403/20160829_184337_zpscvddly2z.jpg) I saw it on a facebook group for sale yesterday and brought it home tonight. I swear it had the factory blade still in it.
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08-30-2016, 06:47 AM
Nice, but to be a gloat you have to divulge the details.
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
Bill Wilson
This is Your Life...and we bet it will be a really good one because he works hard and really, really
08-30-2016, 06:59 AM
You have a very nice saw there. Whether or not it's gloat worthy depends on what you paid for it.
 I don't know a whole lot about Hawks, other than they are very well made saws. Bushton Mfg recently purchased the business and by most accounts have done a good job with making improvements to design and customer service. Do you know how old it is? I think they recently improved their blade clamps. Any idea if this one has the newer clamps?
If you are going down a river at 2 mph and your canoe loses a wheel, how much pancake mix would you need to shingle your roof?
I paid $150 for it. It has the old style blade clamps but I plane to update them
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Bill Wilson
This is Your Life...and we bet it will be a really good one because he works hard and really, really
08-30-2016, 01:18 PM
I'd say you did well. Gloat at will!
If you are going down a river at 2 mph and your canoe loses a wheel, how much pancake mix would you need to shingle your roof?
08-30-2016, 06:48 PM
Thats a screaming gloat. You will be VERY happy with it.
I got the same one last year, with the magnifying lens and light for $150 and I felt like a thief. Once Favre hangs it up though, it years of cellar dwelling for the Pack. (Geoff 12-18-07) 
08-31-2016, 07:02 PM
A gloat? I disagree. The problem is the mis-interpretation of what a Gloat is. As it was originally used on The Old Tools List, a gloat was when you found something of extreme rarity, something much sought after or something extremely inexpensive. Any combination of the three ran the gloatage up and/or increased vacuum. Also, cool factor and gizmosity played into all of this.
What we have when we buy something that's still widely available is best described as a Neener, as in "neener, neener, neener" (you wag your finger and your head rocks back and forth when you say that). Please, don't cheapen the gloat by applying it to everything. 
09-02-2016, 09:39 AM
(08-31-2016, 07:02 PM)Unisaw A100 Wrote: A gloat? I disagree. The problem is the mis-interpretation of what a Gloat is. As it was originally used on The Old Tools List, a gloat was when you found something of extreme rarity, something much sought after or something extremely inexpensive. Any combination of the three ran the gloatage up and/or increased vacuum. Also, cool factor and gizmosity played into all of this. 
Semper fi,
Brad
09-02-2016, 10:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2016, 10:53 AM by cvillewood.)
Silly me, i thought a gloat was a great find at a really great price.
09-02-2016, 11:24 AM
(09-02-2016, 10:51 AM)cvillewood Wrote: Silly me, i thought a gloat was a great find at a really great price. Definitions morph over time. IMHO, a very worthy tool at a great price qualifies, perhaps not on the OTL, but certainly on WoodNet. Suckage quotient rises the lower the price. For example, a 90's vintage pot metal Craftsman saw would not qualify, even at $25. By the way, JamesR, let me be the first, you suck! Very gloatworthy.
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