My friend Roger deserves to have a new knife because he's a very selfless, generous person who has helped me out greatly sense my dad passed away. He and my father were friends and co-workers, and since he passed away in March Roger has been helping me out with food, teaching me things, and just being there has a friend and a mentor. I'm only 21 and lost my Mother two years ago as well and my dad was sick since then, so there's a lot about life that Roger teaches me that my mother and father couldn't be here for. He's encouraged me to take up knife making, and even given me permission to use his tools and lends a lot of wisdom and experience with wood working and crafting to help me. He's gone out of his way to cook for me, to help keep my car filled with gas, and has just been good company with sage advice.
I think he would really appreciate it because as I remember him telling me as I showed my Benchmade to him for his approval that "...I've never bought a nice knife for myself." He has two sons of his own that he still helps financially, and on top of all that is even generous enough to help me in my time of need and still not think about treating himself to the things that he deserves. He seems to know nothing but generosity, sacrifice and selflessness and it would make me feel tremendous if he could feel what it's like to be treated to that same level of kindness. His excuse for not ever buying a nice knife is, "I can never justify it, and I know I can use the money to help someone later," and I think it would be terrific for him to be able to have something nice without justifying it.
In a way I kind of feel like I might deserve something for enduring the hardships I've been through, but while thinking about that I'm reminded of one of the people that has done so much to help me through it and to be a friend. There have been a lot of people that have helped me, but I think Roger would truly deserve and appreciate something like this because he has made so many selfless sacrifices to help the people he cares for, and on top of that he is a knife aficionado that has yet to treat himself to a nice knife because he feels the money is better spent on helping his friends and loved ones. That is very admirable to me, and I would be honored to be able to give him a gift like this that he would truly appreciate, so I could show how much I've appreciated his support and friendship.
That being the case, I cannot really earnestly say I feel that I deserve to own this knife, but rather want to speak on behalf of my friend Roger. I mean, if he even had an internet connection and a membership here, I doubt his modesty would allow him to make the same claim, so I'm making it for him.
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