There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Living in Japan I can't really have anything like this. Knives can't be shipped here. And the laws are strict and a bit vague, with the cops having the final say. I think I can legally carry a folding knife with a blade no longer than 6 cm. It's illegal to even possess a knife in your home longer than 15 cm ... except for cooking or in a tool kit. Reading up on this stuff, I'm of a mind to dump my 4 cm mini Swiss army keychain knife, and try to find one with scissors, but no blades, just to be safe.