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This thread needed a bump anyways! Especially after the Internet blowing up today.
A Fiddleback Machete tale:
So, it all started out innocent. My daughters have been ooohing and awwwwing my 12" Fiddleback Machete for the last several days since I received it (although I must admit to my own fair share of fondeling
). Tonight we returned home late and one of them asked why I needed a machete. I said, "come on girls, I'll show you!" We went out onto our realitively dark street and I proceeded to lop off some low lying branches that have been hanging lower and lower all rainy season. Everytime we drove past, they would gently scrape the top of our truck. I must say, this 12" machete is awesome! It lopped off 1 ¼" branches without batting an eyelash! I was making quick work of the branches and I was tossing them into the underbrush that went down a steep embankment to the ravine. Here's where my story takes a turn for the worse.
I tossed a couple branches and a moment later I heard a 'ping' sound. I quickly looked at my ring finger and my wedding ring was gone!!! I sent the girls back to the house to get flashlights and Mommy . . . they returned quickly and we all started to look for my ring. There is brush, tall grass, rocks, tons of fallen leaves, a steep embankment . . . a true recipe for failure! Add to that that it was dark and late. We had looked for quite a while and my wife was ready to call it quits until tomorrow. I went back up to the road and looked down what I suspected was the projection path. I slowly and methodically chopped grass, brush, branches, etc out of my way with my Fiddleback machete and I worked my way down. I arrived at a larger tree and around its base was some underbrush. My machete made quick work of it. As I chopped the last bush, I saw it! I saw my ring!! I called out and let my family know that I had found it. My 2 oldest daughters (6 and 9) both exclaimed, "God answered my prayers!" They had been praying that Daddy would find his ring, and they were both super pumped to find out that God had answered their prayers.
I'll post a machete and ring pic tomorrow!
A Fiddleback Machete tale:
So, it all started out innocent. My daughters have been ooohing and awwwwing my 12" Fiddleback Machete for the last several days since I received it (although I must admit to my own fair share of fondeling
). Tonight we returned home late and one of them asked why I needed a machete. I said, "come on girls, I'll show you!" We went out onto our realitively dark street and I proceeded to lop off some low lying branches that have been hanging lower and lower all rainy season. Everytime we drove past, they would gently scrape the top of our truck. I must say, this 12" machete is awesome! It lopped off 1 ¼" branches without batting an eyelash! I was making quick work of the branches and I was tossing them into the underbrush that went down a steep embankment to the ravine. Here's where my story takes a turn for the worse.I tossed a couple branches and a moment later I heard a 'ping' sound. I quickly looked at my ring finger and my wedding ring was gone!!! I sent the girls back to the house to get flashlights and Mommy . . . they returned quickly and we all started to look for my ring. There is brush, tall grass, rocks, tons of fallen leaves, a steep embankment . . . a true recipe for failure! Add to that that it was dark and late. We had looked for quite a while and my wife was ready to call it quits until tomorrow. I went back up to the road and looked down what I suspected was the projection path. I slowly and methodically chopped grass, brush, branches, etc out of my way with my Fiddleback machete and I worked my way down. I arrived at a larger tree and around its base was some underbrush. My machete made quick work of it. As I chopped the last bush, I saw it! I saw my ring!! I called out and let my family know that I had found it. My 2 oldest daughters (6 and 9) both exclaimed, "God answered my prayers!" They had been praying that Daddy would find his ring, and they were both super pumped to find out that God had answered their prayers
.I'll post a machete and ring pic tomorrow!
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What I'm hearing is that if Gollum had a Fiddlebacks machete, the landscape of Middle Earth would look very different right now😎
Cool story!
Cool story!
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You, your nephew, and your family will certainly me in my prayers Matthew
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I am very sorry to hear that Matthew. My prayers are with you and your family.
Phil
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I don't know you and I have only recently begun checking out the FF section of the forum. I am also a long way away. But I can promise you that you and all your family will be front and centre in my prayers...
God bless.
Ben
