So I finally found what I was looking for in a modern art type gallery store in chicago...a nice snurdle...
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So I finally found what I was looking for in a modern art type gallery store in chicago...a nice snurdle...
That looks more like a snurdle scoop!
Is that a metric or a standard snurdle scoop?
Metric is standard, surely? :D
Hmmm. May need to see the scaling on that scoop to be sure. All the rest of my shaving equipment is scaled either in inches or ounces. I’d hate to have to start converting everything now.
That sir is a very fine "Snurdler" or "Snurdle Dipper" but either way it is a nice one :):):)
May you Snurdle in fine health for many years to come, and may all your Snurdles be dipped to the correct amount... For obviously you are a man of uncommon manners as you have aspired to the genteel world of owning a truly beautiful Snurdle Dipper....
For only Uncouth Clods would ever resort to using their brush or god forbid a finger to SCOOP out a bit of cream... Those of us with class and distinction of course use a Snurdler :D:D:tu
Snurdle on my friend, snurdle on !!!
For cryin' out loud! It's obviously a fake!
And some 'Uncouth Clods' keep a plastic knife left over from one of those picnic utensil packs in their shave den to use, or so I've heard rumor has it.
'Distinction'. Is the emphasis on the second syllable?
(:rofl2:)
For those interested. A "metric snurdle" is called a Dollopeen.
.98 snurdles to the dollopeen.
Just sayin'
-Rob
Not if it was found in the heart of America, Chicago, Carl Sandburg's "HOG Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders"
Nope, there is used the English Inch.
:beer2:
Mr. Freak, sir, might I respectfully suggest that this a Revolutionary
War snurdle. The actual design was borrowed from the Shawnee, whose women frequently used these to gouge the testes from their captives. The French, always interested in new ways to emasculate themselves, knew a good thing when they saw it, and these enjoyed a brief but enthusiastic popularity on the frontier. The condition of this example is unfortunate but typical... ordinarily these were sold all rusty with a wooden handle.
I came by this information from a Chinese gentleman who sold me a whole box of new, rusty snurdles for only $300. He was a real expert.
Gentleman,
This is a simple flat butter knife / serving knife that has been magically transformed into the perfect snurdle to which I use my magical powers to cleanly snurdle the perfect amount of cream - each time of course...
standard international units of measurement are no match for my snurdling capabilities...
The following definitions I discovered in an obscure on-line dictionary should help a bit:
Main Entry: 'snur·dle
Pronunciation: \ˈsnәr-dul\
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 19??
Function 1: noun
1 : an indefinite often large quantity especially of something liquid
2: a lump or glob of something soft or mushy
3: an amount given, spooned, or ladled out
4: a small lump, portion, or amount
5: something added or served as if in snurdles
6 : the implement used to distribute portions of a product
Function 2: transitive verb
1: to divide into portions; distribute
2: to allot a portion to
- Mark (S-4-C)
DAAAANNNNGGGG !!!! Stimpy. That's the freakin' shnizzle, g-money!
A real expert indeed. Was he very very old with a Fu Manchu moustache and creepy knarly long fingernails?
:hmmm:
Hmmmm .... boy that sure was a steal of a deal that you got there.
:hmmm:
Would you possibly be willing to part with any of those? Sell, trade, barter, corrupt the government, whatever? :)
Check the Wiktionary:
snurdle - Wiktionary
I mean, if you can't believe what you read online, what CAN you believe? :)
Edit: Well, the entry has been deleted. Bummer.
There is no snurdle
Oh me, oh my! What has happened to them? We need to declare a state of international emergency! The Snurdle Bandit has struck! There's a Snurdle Nabber on the loose! Hide your Snurdles if you haven't already!
We must band together to fight this terrible evil!
All for one!
And none for all!
Who's with me!!!
What you are here referring to my fine feathered friend is a Biker's snurdle. The one in the picture is the only one of a kind bought directly from the Harley Davidson museum....and may I add it is not for sale...it is part of my growing collection...now I have to head back to the bank to store it in the vault....and for crying out loud, don't PM me...it is not for sale. :rant:
HOG
Maybe this is more appropriate for the Workshop forum and maybe it's even been answered before, but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know where I can find blanks to make my own snurdle? I'd hate to think of having to grind one from scratch.
But ...... rumor has it that his work and closely guarded secrets of the master snurdle grinding craft were secretly passed on to a strange and mysterious man of mysterious and unknown descent and background, a stranger with as strange and peculiar a name one Mr. Owa Tafoo Liam, only legends and rumors exist in sparse bits and peices of whatever happened to Mr. Liam and the secrets and work of Senor Vaca. To find an authentic post Vaca snurdle dipper would be a find and treasure of monumental proportions. But beware, treasure hunters, this is a very cut-throat business with some persons of very low and devious moral fiber. I once saw one of these sleazy knock-off snurdle dipper pushers actually try to pass off a bent butter knife blade attached to a spoon handle as a snurdle dipper. Goodness sakes, wish that I had gotten a picture to help you all see first hand the type of crafty con to watch out for. :w
I think we have a problem here: the unit dispensed is a snurdle; the tool used to dispense that unit is a snurdler.
:beer2:
Commonly and historically accepted terms for the tool among others and depending where you are would be - snurdler, snurdle, snurdle dipper, snurdle ladle. :)
Now, answer me this... What exactly is the difference between a snurdle and a butter knife? Pardon me for being so thickheaded in the snurdle area.
A properly executed snurdle dipper CAN be made from a butter knife if properly cut ground,and bent to conform to the contours of your chosen lather bowl.Or,you can remain uncouth and use an unbent butter knife or some other such barbaric implement.Quote:
Now, answer me this... What exactly is the difference between a snurdle and a butter knife? Pardon me for being so thickheaded in the snurdle area.
Tell me about it....I have two counterfeit Senor Vaca snurdles in my collection, I show these to alert the unexperienced collector...The one on the left is a counterfeit 1901 Senor Vaca scroll handle, and the one on the right is a counterfeit 1890 ivory handle large size Vaca snurdle to be use for large vats of shaving cream. The give away...the one on the left has a pointed end (snurdles are rounded) and the one on the right has a cerrated edge...snurdles are blunt.
A snurdle really is not a butter knife as I previously stated...if anything, a snurdle is akin to frame of mind in a state of ' shaving' ...you dont just scoop out the cream like a savage...but rather you elegantly snurdle out the perfect amount...
So once you realize this and use this knowledge, you have magically transformed a mere butter knife into a snurdle...
Wow - I really did just write that...
Of course, if that's a Filarmonica snurdle, you can expect the value to take a sudden, inexplicable jump... mediocre snurdles at best
Just to make sure we're all on the right track,a snurdle is an almond sized scoop of shaving cream,not the device used to scoop it out.
Quote:
Snurdle: An almond sized dollop of shave cream. Often described as the "ideal" amount of shaving cream prior to creating lather. A snurdle may be applied directly into the breach of the brush or into the vessel used for creating the lather. Many spoon or blunt knife like objects are used for measuring out a snurdle such as a butter knife, ice cream sample spoon or a finger.
Wow you guys are pretty well infected with this stuff. Aren't you? I may need to pull out before the medication no longer works. lol
I never snurdle, even when drunk!!:beer2: