Back From the Mothership!

[Lone_Wolfe]

It's a great CRK day when the mail carrier hands you a box that looks like this when opened....

Yep, you counted right. 14 Chris Reeve knives back home to Momma, along with a few extra goodies. Most of this batch needed new birth cards, as the originals were lost in Afghanistan. 2 Zaans, 3 Mnandis, 9 Sebs, most needing only cleaning up and some needing sharpening. One, a Zaan, was so mistreated before I got it that I wasn't sure the warranty was still good. But as you can see here, it looks as good as the one I sent in just for a little clean-up

My small Lignum Vitae needed a bit of work, so I had gold double lugs put on it for good measure...

Some of you may remember my beat up, scratched up EDC Trapeze that sported a blade for a 21 for a while. Well, I decided to put the original blade back on, and have double lugs installed, and let them erase all the signs of use and abuse...

One easy way to tell I had them worked on, the solid head screws are now on 'backward'. One that I'd sent in was my UG with raindrop damascus that was done by Chris. I didn't let them do much besides sharpen this one and issue a new birth certificate. One interesting thing I noticed. The previous owners thought the inlay was a Garnet, the new card lists the inlay as Almandine. Interesting. Here's an older pic of that one...

I want to give a shout out to Chris' crew for how well they treated my knives! :thumbup:

 

[김원진]

wow what a load to send out, i can only imagine how it felt getting them back. I wonder if you gave them a heads up they would be coming their way. "please service these -14- knives" heh. My large regular's pivot screw feels a bit squirrely, but it would be too much of a hassle to send it in now. Nice shots :thumb:

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Yes, Heather knew they were headed her way. No different than if I sent them 14 knives in separate boxes, except that it made packing simpler and shipping cheaper.

 

[MEJ]

A lot of things could happen in the mail....

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

A lot of things could happen in the mail....

They were well insured.

 

[1AbominAble1]

Glad you got them back safe, sound, and prettied up. I bet the shipping insurance was enought that you could've made that 15 CRK's

 

[jackthedog]

That's a pretty nice delivery.

 

[lisantica]

How exciting to open all those little boxes!

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I only count six different knives shown, you said fourteen, by my count you our us eight more pics, we're waitin'....

 

[Oldbugr]

Very nice, LW, very nice....

 

[franzdom]

Wow what a great day!!! These look so nice, I think they did a little something special for you, and if so you certainly deserve it!
I am down to a lone Sebenza (the one in my avatar) that also needs a trip to the spa and a birth certificate reprint, it just may have to happen!

 

[nyefmaker]

Great Collection Lone Wolfe......Everytime I see a pic of that damascus regular That Chris did the graphics, I cringe because I had that on hold from a previous seller awhile back and then for one reason or another, changed my mind..........! I think I had just bought another CRK or had others on the way. Wish I could remember what I got in her place.....LOL.

 

[d.r.h.]

Talk about Christmas in March!!! That's one boxful of spruced-up CRK goodness there!! They did a fantastic job on the trapeze! I wonder, if we ever got ours together .... what kind of offspring they could give us?!! My eyes light up just thinking about it!!

 

[RiverRat84]

Bet it feels good to have em back:thumbup:

 

[atony]

Congrats for the safe return. I would of been sweating bullets sending all of those out at once!

 

[dwcliff]

Wow. Those look brand new! Christmas in March for sure.

 

[MEJ]

They were well insured.

I was actually referring the personal significance hey might have.

 

[Blades'n'45]

I bet the packing slip showing all the work and service done was like 100 pages long

 

[tactical45]

Glad you got them all back safely. What a nice sight to see. Hmmm...I wonder what your whole collection looks like Wolfe?

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Glad you got them back safe, sound, and prettied up. I bet the shipping insurance was enought that you could've made that 15 CRK's

It wasn't that bad, since I used Express mail. Once you're insuring for a significant amount, it's less expensive than using Priority mail. Faster, too. Takes 2 days at most, osually overnight.

That's a pretty nice delivery.

Oh, yes, that it is.

How exciting to open all those little boxes!

Yep, and it just happened 3 of the UG's were the last boxes I opened.

I only count six different knives shown, you said fourteen, by my count you our us eight more pics, we're waitin'....

Some are just plain jane's that needed cleaning up, but I do owe pics of at least the UG that I got cheap from the Exchange as a beater. Well worth the $$$ spent to see that one in full bloom.

Very nice, LW, very nice....

Thank you!

Wow what a great day!!! These look so nice, I think they did a little something special for you, and if so you certainly deserve it!
I am down to a lone Sebenza (the one in my avatar) that also needs a trip to the spa and a birth certificate reprint, it just may have to happen!

Thank you for that. Have no fear, I paid for the restoration of the UG's that needed it. Of course the plain ones get cleaned up free. And down to one Seb?!?! Where, oh where was I when you were selling off the rest???

Great Collection Lone Wolfe......Everytime I see a pic of that damascus regular That Chris did the graphics, I cringe because I had that on hold from a previous seller awhile back and then for one reason or another, changed my mind..........! I think I had just bought another CRK or had others on the way. Wish I could remember what I got in her place.....LOL.

That would haunt me, too. Do you know how many times I saw that one on the Exchange just a few minutes to late and cursed my slowness? There is one I cringe at the thought of, it sold on ebay, and I hadn't even thought of looking there regularly. If I ever see that one again.....

I'll say one thing about that one; I have several with prettier graphics, but that one just has a special feel to it. So much that I wouldn't let CRK do much besides touch up the edge a bit and send a new birth card with it.

Talk about Christmas in March!!! That's one boxful of spruced-up CRK goodness there!! They did a fantastic job on the trapeze! I wonder, if we ever got ours together .... what kind of offspring they could give us?!! My eyes light up just thinking about it!!

I think we need to find out. Pack up your little beauty and send it here. It can stay with mine, pose for pics together, and hopefully pop out a Trapeze Umfaan or 2. You can have every second baby.

Bet it feels good to have em back:thumbup:

For sure. The small UG that I sent in as a beater for a complete restore came back so pretty I almost didn't recognize it.

Congrats for the safe return. I would of been sweating bullets sending all of those out at once!

I was definitely glad when Heather let me know they'd arrived safely and the techs were oohing and awwing over them. When they were ready to come back, I had to send a check for stuff I added on while they were there. So I sent it in a box with 14 more that need cleanup. Only one with graphics went this time, so my collection doesn't feel so depleted.

Wow. Those look brand new! Christmas in March for sure.

Yep, for sure!

I was actually referring the personal significance hey might have.

True, there's a couple in that bunch that really matter to me. The Trap and the damascus UG.

I bet the packing slip showing all the work and service done was like 100 pages long

Not too bad, only 4 pages.

Glad you got them all back safely. What a nice sight to see. Hmmm...I wonder what your whole collection looks like Wolfe?

Thank you. As for my whole collection, here's a pic that's badly dated, but gives you an idea...

And here's my graphic Sebs. These are the prizes of my collection...