I'll try to break this down for you, since you seem to be relatively new to forums. Necroposting is generally frowned upon across pretty much all forums, mostly for etiquette reasons. If a thread hasn't been posted in for quite a while, it's considered a dead thread. Eg, there wasn't that much interest, or else it would still be active. This particular topic is almost worthless anyways, because you'll be hard pressed to go wrong whichever you choose to pick. It comes down to personal preference, and there's no right answer. More, there weren't even that many posts to begin with responding to this, and countless other threads on the same topic. And it's not like your contributions were particularly ground-breaking. We're glad you like your knives. But at least get your information correct, eh?
My main issue with you, however, isn't even the poor forum etiquette from necroposting. Or the poor forum etiquette from multi-posting instead of editing. It's the rudeness.
P.S Calm down Cletus .Were just chatting about knives here.nothing personal to get butt hurt over.
This, for example. This forum is great precisely because we treat each other with respect. With your wealth of 7 posts, most of which have been combative and negative, you haven't done a whole lot to endear yourself to us.
There are no 1056 Becker knives. You come in here acting like a know-it-all, but you don't even have accurate information. You don't know the costs. You tell me that my argument is dumb because I should make my own knives. Well, that's kind of why my name is in orange--that's a knifemaker/craftsman membership. I do, in fact, make my own knives. And there's a huge difference between being able to make handle scales, and being able to make a quality knife. Try it some time. You might learn something. I still buy Beckers, however, because they're good value. If I liked ESEE's handles, I'd buy those as well. They're good knives too. But frankly, many of us buy Beckers because of Uncle E. We buy them because the Becker community is amazing. We buy them because Ka-bar consistently goes above and beyond in taking care of us. If you want to fit in here, you'll be well-advised to lose the attitude. Making comments like "ever heard of a book" is clearly intended to be patronizing. Hmm, books, you say?
What would you say? Do you think that I've heard of books? As for the relevance of the topic, that's the entire reason that necroposting is frowned upon. If you have to resurrect an old thread, it's probably NOT a topic that's relevant, unless there's some sort of ground-breaking new piece of information. What, exactly, in your posts thus far, do you think hasn't been said hundreds of times before?
Anyways, welcome to the forums. I hope you can try to be a little more subdued, shall we say, and try to avoid antagonistic comments. Because all we have is the written word, without the wealth of information conveyed by body language and tone, word choice is far more important on forums than in a conversation. I'm glad you like your Junglas, and I hope it continues to serve you well.
