Ever get the feeling that life doesn't get much better than this?

[Student762]

I am currently sitting in my chair with the window open, a cooling breeze flowing through it to gently stir the air in my office. It overlooks my front lawn where the trees are gently swaying and the mountains stretch off into the distance. The soothing sounds of Beethoven's moonlight sonata waft from my laptop's speakers to my ears. I have a beautiful GEC#15 in hand whilst carving a letter opener for my mother. The knife was a gift from Chief and an ever-present companion.
Quite often when I tell people about how much I have spent on knives in the past they give me a look of incredulity and a mocking comment but sitting here with my traditional knife in hand and the day as beautiful as it is the simplistic beauty of those sharp carbon blades and smooth lines make a very great deal of sense. I think that the reason I can justify buying nice knives and using them is simply this, life is too short to deny ourselves the sweeter things, like a nice sharp knife and five minutes to put the ole feet up.
Thanks for indulging me my ramblings,
James.

 

[Campbellclanman]

You painted a real nice picture there for me - thanks Student James.

Buy I do know what you mean, theres something about Traditionals that give a real nice homely feeling!

I am in the middle of Drawing my Mother-in-laws Dog - Pepper a Staffy, and I am using Wills Lovely Northwoods '08 Forum Knife to give me that needle point on my pencils - love it!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for indulging me my ramblings

You should check out Carl's Lounge at the top of the page if you like rambling James

 

[Markesharp]

I enjoyed reading this James. Thanks.

 

[Grateful]

When I saw the title of your thread I immediately thought of my #15 in my pocket.

Jim

 

[arizonaranchman]

What a great description - I felt like I was right there! :thumbup:

Those simple moments in life are some of the sweetest. Quiet time where we reflect on things, take in a deep breath and just feel at peace with everything. I love those moments, oftentimes on my front porch on a sunny morning with a cup of coffee or at sunset with a cold beer and my pipe.

Thanks for sharing the moment...

 

[Brisket]

Thanks for indulging me my ramblings,

Quite pleasant ramblings James.

 

[Brian.Evans]

You should check out Carl's Lounge at the top of the page if you like rambling James

Yes, you definitely should!

I am in the middle of Drawing my Mother-in-laws Dog - Pepper a Staffy, and I am using Wills Lovely Northwoods '08 Forum Knife to give me that needle point on my pencils - love it!

You too? We only have one pencil sharpener in our house....me! Haha...the kids always bringing pencils to me, "can you sharpen this?" The oldest has her own knife and they still want me to sharpen their pencils. It's the little stuff that makes a guy feel needed, I guess.