Cory Hess
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I know that Jack Black thank you threads are getting pretty redundant at this point, but I'm afraid that I have to add another one to the pile.
After a recent conversation about a knife, that may or may not be traditional, got taken to PMs Jack mentioned that he had a knife that he thought I might be interested in. I gave him my address and yesterday this Baladeo was waiting in my mailbox:
I don't want to get into too much detail about this knife here and start another hub-bub, but it's a knife that I wasn't previously familiar with. I'm pretty impressed with it overall. It's different than anything I've ever had before, and I appreciate the gesture. Thank you very much, Jack.
Of course, Jack is Jack so the Baladeo didn't arrive alone.
Jack went ahead and filled a whole box with goodies for every member of the family. I had told him that we're a scouting family and that we love camping. He loaded us up with some camping goodness including a camping cookbook, light up tent stakes, one spork for each kid, a compass/thermometer, a whistle, and a signalling mirror. My daughter recently asked for a survival kit so we were already on the lookout for the compass, whistle, and mirror. This works out perfectly for her. My 3 year old has already tested out the serrations on the side of her spork by helping my wife slice veggies last night with her "new knife".
He also added several post cards showing historical cutleries and some pamphlets and a map of the local area. This is the type of stuff that my kids eat up like crazy. We huddled around them for some time last night.
I did not get a chance to grab a picture of the various coins that were included. I did get to experience one of those great moments where your kids ask you a question and you think you know the answer and then things go downhill. Our conversation went something like this:
"What's a pence?"
"Pence is like cents, so that 2 pence coin is like 2 cents."
"This one says one penny."
"Yeah, it's like how we use buck and dollar to mean the same thing. They can say pence or penny and it's all the same."
"What's a shilling?"
"Let me see it. Yeah, I think that's like a nickel, so it's worth 5 pence."
"What's..."
"OK, I made all of this up. We're going to have to look this stuff up because I don't really know how any of this works. I know that a quid is a pound but I'm a little foggy on the rest."
Shortly after this they took the coins up to their rooms where they traded them back and forth for a while and then stuck them in their piggy banks.
Last, but definitely not least Jack in his infinite wisdom and generosity included the quintessential Sheffield knife. The coveted lambsfoot. I'm going to go into more detail in the lambsfoot thread, but I am really smitten with this knife. It's just an honest working knife and both exactly what I'd expect of my first Sheffield slipjoint and also very surprising.
Thank you very much, Jack. Both for your time and thoughtfulness in our conversations and for this very generous gesture. You continue to impress me, and I'm better for knowing you.
After a recent conversation about a knife, that may or may not be traditional, got taken to PMs Jack mentioned that he had a knife that he thought I might be interested in. I gave him my address and yesterday this Baladeo was waiting in my mailbox:
I don't want to get into too much detail about this knife here and start another hub-bub, but it's a knife that I wasn't previously familiar with. I'm pretty impressed with it overall. It's different than anything I've ever had before, and I appreciate the gesture. Thank you very much, Jack.
Of course, Jack is Jack so the Baladeo didn't arrive alone.
Jack went ahead and filled a whole box with goodies for every member of the family. I had told him that we're a scouting family and that we love camping. He loaded us up with some camping goodness including a camping cookbook, light up tent stakes, one spork for each kid, a compass/thermometer, a whistle, and a signalling mirror. My daughter recently asked for a survival kit so we were already on the lookout for the compass, whistle, and mirror. This works out perfectly for her. My 3 year old has already tested out the serrations on the side of her spork by helping my wife slice veggies last night with her "new knife".
He also added several post cards showing historical cutleries and some pamphlets and a map of the local area. This is the type of stuff that my kids eat up like crazy. We huddled around them for some time last night.
I did not get a chance to grab a picture of the various coins that were included. I did get to experience one of those great moments where your kids ask you a question and you think you know the answer and then things go downhill. Our conversation went something like this:
"What's a pence?"
"Pence is like cents, so that 2 pence coin is like 2 cents."
"This one says one penny."
"Yeah, it's like how we use buck and dollar to mean the same thing. They can say pence or penny and it's all the same."
"What's a shilling?"
"Let me see it. Yeah, I think that's like a nickel, so it's worth 5 pence."
"What's..."
"OK, I made all of this up. We're going to have to look this stuff up because I don't really know how any of this works. I know that a quid is a pound but I'm a little foggy on the rest."
Shortly after this they took the coins up to their rooms where they traded them back and forth for a while and then stuck them in their piggy banks.
Last, but definitely not least Jack in his infinite wisdom and generosity included the quintessential Sheffield knife. The coveted lambsfoot. I'm going to go into more detail in the lambsfoot thread, but I am really smitten with this knife. It's just an honest working knife and both exactly what I'd expect of my first Sheffield slipjoint and also very surprising.
Thank you very much, Jack. Both for your time and thoughtfulness in our conversations and for this very generous gesture. You continue to impress me, and I'm better for knowing you.
Cory your such a deserving recipient. 
