A most unusual knife...

^this is awesome. Rick's post, I mean.
 
Bob was at the Voyels show in Pigeon Forge this weekend...with more of his "crooked knives" (as he jokingly calls them) and several other slip joints and lockbacks and some mind blowing interchangeable blade fixed blade sets. We've chatted a few times over the years, first time I saw him and his knives was at the Parker Show when it was in Pigeon Forge.

He also had a little book that's been published about him.
 
necromancing old threads is generally frowned upon and often leads to the thread being locked, but I'll let this one slide since the subject of the thread is pretty interesting
 
Can we have a discussion on necromancing by any chance and the policy? Maybe I'm wrong, but I think in many cases it alerts me to neat things I hadn't seen (like here, so thank you for keeping it open). Granted, often it is pointless, but not nearly as often as I feel the thread closing would indicate, and I guess I would just like to see it applied more judiciously and less as the default as seems to be the expectation of the forum for moderators.
 
Camber said:
Can we have a discussion on necromancing by any chance and the policy? Maybe I'm wrong, but I think in many cases it alerts me to neat things I hadn't seen (like here, so thank you for keeping it open). Granted, often it is pointless, but not nearly as often as I feel the thread closing would indicate, and I guess I would just like to see it applied more judiciously and less as the default as seems to be the expectation of the forum for moderators.
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I'd welcome that discussion for sure, and why not use this thread for that purpose? Seems fitting :)
 
Cool...I guess...to keep it simple, I often see any old thread shut down as soon as it's commented in. I would prefer to give it a day or two to see where it goes, unless it's an attempt to sell or something negative.

Often I think the old threads serve as a way for people to see the history of knife making / collecting, and along those lines, if they are information oriented, it helps to keep information consolidated, which is nice I think considering I don't find our search engine that helpful.

Anyway, just a few thoughts.
 
You asked.

The worst that can happen when a thread gets 'necromanced' is the information is irrelevant. Nine times out of ten it's a new member who doesn't understand. I would just as soon inform them with a boilerplate note. (Don't do this, here's why...)

The best that can happen is the topic is revisited or brought to the attention to members, either again or as new.

Let water find its own level. I submit old threads will drop off as quickly as they rise, and if not, they might have contributed. Again. Locking them seems harsh. At SOME point though, it's fair game. :thumbsup:

Now, I think I'll turn on my radio to listen to Classic Rock. Wait, I've heard them all five hundred times.... o_O
 
Lorien said:
I'd welcome that discussion for sure, and why not use this thread for that purpose? Seems fitting :)
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My two cents:

1 penny: I always see people upset with a poster for asking a question relating to a topic that has been discussed. “Use the search function!” Even if they did and found an old forum how are they supposed to ask their question if they aren’t supposed to necro the old thread.

Penny #2: It depends. When I see someone necro a thread to answer a question posed in 2008 that is abit silly. To add their opinion on the “best dagger” thread posted in 2009 is no better.
 
Thanks for sharing that Coop!
Not crazy about the design, however a LOT of skill and effort went into pulling off that design to
such a high degree!
 
Very unique blade for sure. Maker must have an abundance of patience to to get everything curved evenly!
 
There is no harm in resurrecting a thread to ask a question, add new information or even just express your joy in the content, especially in this forum. Never understood the policy. Sometimes I wanted to know about a knife I bought and got half the answer in an old thread that was locked for this reason, thus I couldn't "resurrect" it with a new, on-topic question.
 
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