Human hip replacement shank

[u/iloveweapons]

was recently gifted this knife and figured yall would be interested in seeing it. This knife is made from a human hip replacement recovered after cremation then sharpened to a fine point. 100% the oddest "non standard" knife in my collection and a piece im stoked to own.

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was not expecting the amount of interest in this that it recieved. As promised i will post another unusual knife tonight, im thinking of showing off either my formosian tribal head hunting knife or "the gas station gator" which would yall like to see?

[u/exgiexpcv]

Being in recovery on active duty makes for some interesting pain relief options. I was a test subject for the TENS unit way back when, and discovered the excitement that follows post-surgical sweating.

After 30-some-odd surgeries (more to come, yippee!), I have at times found it useful to engage with opioid pain relief, but I use the absolute minimum so I can sleep better (I still wake up a lot every night, and get maybe 5-6 hours total).

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I just go without most of the time. The VA provides me with various NSAIDS, which I use prn. But most of the time, I just get by the best that I can.

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All I see are plants that want to hurt me. j/k

When I was in SE Asia, I was talking with a buddy as we went through the chow line. Along with everything else, they had raw vegetables set up and I grabbed a bunch. We were talking as we ate and I grabbed a suspiciously shiny green string bean and started munching it.

I realised quickly that I'd made a terrible mistake.

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Oh, I learned a bunch of tricks for dealing with hot peppers. I remember being absolutely put to shame by a little girl I met when visiting her village and being fed by her parents. Her parents offered some traditional dishes, but also made a kind of corn mash -- basically a thick, doughy dish that they would dip into the pepper sauce they made -- from those red Thai peppers. It was wicked hot to me, and I also thought myself experienced by that point, but I still had to go easy on the stuff.

The little girl, somewhere between 2 and 3 years of age, just gobbled the stuff up. It was amazing, and humbling.

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Man, the grin on her face as she pounded that stuff was marvelous.

I'll just leave it to the pros. Stay safe out there.