Are you late with your 2008 Christmas Exchange knife...?

I for one would be proud to have a Fiddleback! None of you gents needs to sell yourself short :)

As for next year's exchange, count me in tentatively. As I said before, I won't make any promises until I know I have a nice one ready to go; that's just me. However Scott decides to run it, I'll support that and will help if I can. :thumbup: It sounds like great fun and I would hate for people to get too discouraged by a few "bad apples".
 
I participated in both knife exchanges,and was really surprised that some folks hadn't received theirs and it March.Scott has done an excellent job on this.I really think it is unfair for him to have to deal with receiving and remailing 80+ knives,I don't object to the extra postage,but that is way too much work for him.We need to find another way for his sake,personally if I didn't have my knife ready on time,I would send the knife I received back with my appoliges---my thoughts--Regards Butch
 
butchesforge said:
I participated in both knife exchanges,and was really surprised that some folks hadn't received theirs and it March.Scott has done an excellent job on this.I really think it is unfair for him to have to deal with receiving and remailing 80+ knives,I don't object to the extra postage,but that is way too much work for him.We need to find another way for his sake,personally if I didn't have my knife ready on time,I would send the knife I received back with my appoliges---my thoughts--Regards Butch
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to be honest I have done both exchanges and loved them. I still have not gotten the knife from the first exchange which was Christmas of 2007 i think. but i know the person has a lot going on and is very busy. its about giving for me, that's what i like.
 
Andy, getting a knife from you would make for a very special Christmas! Your work is beautiful, unique and much admired! You must participate! The contest is so cool, it made me feel like a kid all over again, great fun!
 
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I will not be posting to this thread after this. Changed my mind....see my post below. I've never posted negatively, but I felt like I had to. That post explains why I've become so frustrated.
 
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JTknives said:
to be honest I have done both exchanges and loved them. I still have not gotten the knife from the first exchange which was Christmas of 2007 i think. but i know the person has a lot going on and is very busy. its about giving for me, that's what i like.[/QUOTE]

Jarod,
I'm very frustrated with this. You emailed me in December of 2007 during the first Christmas exchange, stating that you hadn't seen any posts from the person making you a knife. You told me that your knife was done, but that you weren't going to be sending yours out, until you knew a knife was coming to you. During that first year, we didn't exhange directly with a particular maker. Thus, your attitude the first year, was childishly punishing a maker that had already sent out a knife to someone else. You did eventually (but extremely late), send a knife out that first year. Which means that your attitude from December eventually mellowed. However, it frustrated the heck out of me, because this is supposed to be about giving.

I have a list of makers that have emailed me that they would be willing to make and send a knife to those that didn't get one. I had the same list last year, but didn't use that option with you, because your attitude (in my opinion) didn't deserve that kind of consideration. Not sending out your knife, because you didn't get one yet just really got my hackles up.

Now this year, you're late sending out a knife again. I find your statement that "its about giving for me, that's what I like" to ring very hollow.
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I am very very sorry. i think as to how i remember it. i asked you if the person whos name i had, had posted that he sent out his knife or was making one. i was checking to make sure that that person was not just trying to get a free knife. agin i am sorry. yes i amit i was a bit bumed to find out that i was not going to be getting a knife. but that did not stop me from doing it the next year. i really do like making knives for people. once more i am sorry and hope you can forgive me.
 
Apology accepted. I was just getting frustrated and felt like I was being a babysitter in all of this. It's really soured me on wanting to keep this going every year.
 
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