Greetings you fine folks,
I wonder in wat way the economical recession affects your knife hobby.
Back in early 2004 when I started my knife crazyness I joined the Spyderco forums.
Having a steady income at that time I could participate like many of you do on this forum; buying the latest models and talk about them on the forum.
Heck I have 6000 + posts on the Spydie forum

Then disaster struck in noveber 2004 and they pulled the plug out of the printing shop I had been working for over 14 years.
From that time on I have been going from contract to contract...
When the savings were all gone and with longer times between jobs there was no way I could join the Spydie crazyness anymore, so in 2010 I tried my hands on traditionals being a lot less expensive.
Being unemployed for one and a half year now, I have close to nothing to spend on knives.
I love coming over here because of the friendlyness similar to the Spyderco forums way back.
Only I find it a pity I can't participate like the most of you do.
There are quite a few models I would like to try out, but for a GEC Barlow for example or other, I can eat and pay for gas for two weeks.
So for the time being I try to enjoy the few Traditionals I have and hope for better times.
Maybe then I can join like the most of you and post a little more.
Sorry for the rant, but I felt I had to share this with my second (cyber) family
