1,000th post giveaway! The winner is ndeezl

[johnny twoshoes]

Congrats on a 1000. :thumbup:
I have enjoyed reading many of your posts and I am thankful to consider you a friend. Great knife and giveaway, but please do no consider me for the knife. I have too many as it is and I wouldn't enjoy this one as much as it deserve, or as much as another member. I do love the idea of this giveaway, so I'll add some pics.

I am a PA boy and I hope to always be one. We have some scenic areas and I've grown up spending a lot of time in the woods.

Lake Erie in all her beauty.

Tionesta and close to camp.

Tidioute, where the good knives come from.

Mohoning Dam.

Ohiopyle.

And home.

 

[supratentorial]

Congratulations on the 1,000!

Elver (baby eel). When they're grown up, they taste great barbecued (unagi).

Green crab trying to eat a pine cone.

...hmmm...Remember to buy cranberry sauce on the way home.

 

[Will Power]

Well done on the 1K Andi, big impact in a short time thanks.

Not an entry though.

All the best, Will

 

[Chinpo]

Great giveaway and thanks for the chance.

Here are a few pictures from Japan.
This is from Akita.

These three are from Nagano

This is in Naruko

This one is from near the top of Mt. Izumigatake in Miyagi.

This is from Mt Yamadera in Yamagata.

 

[arcadiaknives]

Congrats on 1K!

I live in southern middle Tennessee. Lots of hills and hollows. Moved here from Milwaukee(Brew Town) Wisconsin 5 years ago. Could not have picked a more beautiful spot. The stars are bright enough to light your way at night, never had that in the city. The area has lots of natural springs and ponds. So much wildlife, sometimes too much.

Looking across the road at the end of my drive


Took my grandson fishing at a friends trout raceway. The small ones are 1kg.


Looking down the hill to my small pond. Below it is my little primitive campsite.


A couple knives stuck into downed tree at my campsite. Pretty thick down there.


Thanks for the GAW, that is a nice knife you are putting up.

Pat

 

[Doug Add]

Thanks again, I'm clearing out some pics from my photobucket account, so edited this post to avoid the ugly generic message about the picture not being found.

 

[yablanowitz]

If I had any talent, I'd stitch these together into a 360° panorama shot. This is what southwest Kansas looks like from the roof of a three story building. Counting my height, that puts the camera 43 feet above ground level, and I can see the ethanol plant 11 miles to the east and just make out the grain elevator at Kismet, 17 miles northeast.

 

[lambertiana]

I have always wanted an Ankermesser! Thanks for the chance!

I will resist the urge to put up a bunch of pictures of my beloved Sierra high country (you can see plenty of those in the wilderness & survival subforum) and stick to the original request - pictures of home.

I live in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, a huge flat valley sandwiched between the Sierras and the coast range. The economy here is driven by high dollar value agriculture - grapes (most of the US raisins are produced here, as well as table grapes and wine), citrus, almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, peaches, nectarines, plums, and dairy dominate my immediate area. And the southern Sierra here have the greatest vertical rise found anywhere in the lower 48 (tied with Mt Ranier). From my house at 300' elevation (91 M), I can look at peaks up to 13,802' (4206 M). And from the first ridgeline I can look at the highest peaks in the Sierras, capped by Mt Whitney (14,505', 4421 M).

One of my favorite things when I get up early for my morning run is to see the sierras backlit by the first light of the day; this was taken from my roof this morning

The rest of these show the current condition of some of the fruit trees in my yard. First, my plum is already showing some small fruit

My fig is just putting out leaves, and has some fruit starting

My valencia oranges are loaded, close to ready (I will start picking them in four to six weeks) and the new blooms are starting to bud

My empire lemon is ripe

My ponderosa lemon (up to volleyball size lemons) is just about finished for the year, just a few left on the tree

And I have been picking my tangelos for about a month now, the only remaining fruit is the higher ones that I haven't gotten to yet

And for the obligatory knife content, a good color match with the tangelos

 

[Doug Add]

Took these two after mowing the lawn today. The dogwood blooms are almost all gone, but we still have a few azaleas. Fresh cut grass means new smells to investigate for the dog.

After being tethered to the stake while I mowed, she was ready to play when I got finished!

 

[chevy_racin]

Had to take my dog in for some annual shots and normal checkup yesterday. The poked, proded, and stuck him with needles. Not even a minor wimper or fluctuation from him. Took it like a man

So for all his good behavior I took him to the park afterwards. We haven't been there in a while since he doesn't jump into the truck any longer. He has bad hips.

Here are a couple pics of the park. Sorry not the best quality, all I had was an iPhone. But I did not leave home without a peanut and cadet.

And here is the brave sole after the walk. Yea, he's working on his weight.

 

[Humppa]

You guys seem to live really in nice places ... Looks great all over there! Thank you guys for your pics.

The giveaway will run for about two weeks. Then I gonna choose a winner.

Kind regards
Andi

 

[yablanowitz]

Wow! I found this way back on page 6. I didn't mean to scare everyone away with pictures of the flat prairie where I live. Sorry about that.

 

[Sonnemann]

I'm in! Here is some content of both knives and a local state park.

 

[theevilmike]

Congrats, and thanks for a chance, heres a few pics from my area

 

[recon1s14]

Hi there, thanks for the contest. I'm an ex-Air Force member and currently I am pursuing my Master's degree in Civil Engineering. Here is a photo taken from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Haha howdy neighbor! I lived in New Mexico for nine years saw many of those fabulous balloons go up at sunrise and come down at sunset, only to watch the amazing afterglow at night, I surely hope they continue that festival, it brings back some amazing memories.

Thanks Hummpa for this chance, the generosity of the folks here in Traddy town is superb unlike most people I travel, alot, I've been to 28 on the continental United States and have seen some amazing things, so instead of posting pictures at random I will post some of my favorite places in seperate replies such as the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde and I'll include knives that have traveled with me throughout my adventures.

 

[recon1s14]

I think by far the grandest and most beautiful place I have been to in my travels has been the Grand Canyon, as most people I was caught off guard the first few times I visited by the shear immensity of this gigantic gash in the Earth, the deep winding valleys and that silver river winding through them is truly a sight to see with ones two eyes, yet even in person the canyon is so full of color, one might think you were staring at the biggest painting the world has ever painted. The clouds seem to hang low over the canyon and makes the deep blue sky seem to be a quilt draped over the majestic red, purple, and brown rocks of the canyon.

One would think at first glance that this valley of wonder would be devoid of life for it's shear cliffs and seemingly dense desert surface, yet the canyon has become a home to some of the last of a declining species of bird, the California Condor. And just beyond the canyon, in the mountains surrounding this magnificent site live a plethora of creatures and critters that are very common in the Southwestern United States, elk and deer roam the forests sustained by plant life and sufficient sources of water for the survival of large herds,

Overall the canyon is perhaps the largest natural wonder the world has seen yet, though smaller than canyon such as Chaco canyon in Mexico, it is indeed the most beautiful, a jewel strung on the neck of the Southwest desert, a sight for sore eyes.

This little guy got to witness this beauty and immensity firsthand My Colt skean-dhu with burl handle and sheath:

 

[recon1s14]

Another place that I have not seen a comparison to is the ancient cities of Mesa Verde, located in the Southwest corner of Colorado this civilization once thrived, during the time of the Native American this city was perhaps one of the largest in North America, called Cliff dwellings these cities together could house between 25 and 50 thousand Natives, the city was composed of several large dwellings strung out across a large canyon and built into the side of the canyon itself, homes, temples, ceremonial pits, and even shops and places of trade were incorporated into this society, the main city dubbed the "Cliff Palace" was perhaps the main location, sort of a capital to the Pueblo indians, the tribe was a peacful one an did not survive through raiding and warfare instead they crafted beautiful artwork and pottery which they traded to other tribes for food, supplies, weapons, and anything else you can imagine, it was a very modern approach to stabilize a very modern civilization, and it caused this tribe to thrive.

But all empires have an end and, the Pueblos end came around the same time when a small group of Spaniards known as Conquistadors left Spain on an expedition to North America, we will never know for what reason or who was to blame for the annihilation of the Pueblo Indians, and the destruction of their cities, but all that is left now is ruins, the cities will never be reborn into their former beauty, but what is left we can admire, and learn from, and slowly we can start to rebuild their cities, to finally grasp an idea as to how these people really lived, and just how large these cities were.

I carried my Cold Steel Recon Tanto pretty much the whole time I was at Mesa Verde, there are several trails you can take that range for 1/4 mile to 2 miles to 8 miles to get to each dwelling and I needed something I could trust in an emergency:

 

[Humppa]

Hi guys!

Well, the time is over.

Nathan (ndeezl) is the winner. I´d like to give an Ankermesser to everyone of you. You guys are all real gentlemen. Nathan has been chosen with his. I want to thank all of you guys for posting your pics and comments. You guys are all great!

Congratz to you, Nathan! I gonna send an Email to you. I´m sure you´ll enjoy the knife.

Kind regards
Andi

 

[supratentorial]

Congrats, Nathan! And thank you for the cool giveaway, Andi!

 

[pertinux]

Congrats, Nathan! And thank you for the cool giveaway, Andi!

What he said.

~ P.