Friendship to Brotherhood, Thank You to Duncan!!!

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Duncan Morgan and I have formed a friendship dating back many years, conversing within threads here on the porch to selling, trading to gifting:thumbsup: 7, 8 years ago one called the other as an actual conversation reveals much more about the person.

The conversation revolved around knives of course but overtime it expanded to each others life and the people in it. It was absolutely uncanny the many similarities we had in common and a friendship turned into a brotherhood, me being slightly older, definitely wiser and hands down more Handsome...a given right?:D

The once every few weeks call turned into every couple of weeks and now is pretty consistent to every Saturday here in the U.S. which is every Sunday in New Zedland, and yes New Zedland is not a typo;) for some odd reason even unknown to Duncan the letter "Z" is pronounced Zed??? so of course I said "then why isn't it called New Zedland"? SILENCE, followed by silence:p

Alright, to the point I want to make is what arrived yesterday:eek: THREE AMAZING KNIVES!!! Two 72's clad in unbelievable Stag and and the Queen forum knife from years back, and as Harry would, "made of unobtainium";) and rightly so:thumbsup: Finding 72's in a tough quest for even the hardened collector:) top it off with the forum Barlow clad in Stag by Queen and there would be months of work ahead.

Now look at the earned Patina Duncan put on the 2010 72:eek:, the 2015 72 was pristime until apple time last night:) The Stag Barlow is well...The Stag Barlow!!!
Who in their right mind gifts these stellar and rare knives???

Duncan Morgan is who:thumbsup: man oh man, I am (New Zedland term here) GOBSMACKED by your LEGENDARY generosity!!! other items where in the package as well, some things for Nanc as both Duncan and Sue are amazingly kind and also a replacement New Zealand All Blacks Rugby hat. The one he gifted years ago has now been retired due to extensive use;)

THANK YOU BROTHER!!!
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New Zedland... Zed Zed Top:cool::D But I prefer the British style pronunciation of Z I must say, Zeeebra? No, Zedbra ;) I think the Dutch were the Europeans responsible for NZ's naming, it was nearly Staten before that, then it moved to another island near New York:D Which was again Dutch named and was Nieu Amsterdam but then the English Crown got it and turned it into boring New York.....

Whatever the origins, Duncan is a top bloke and Paul too :thumbsup:
 
paulhilborn said:
Duncan Morgan and I have formed a friendship dating back many years, conversing within threads here on the porch to selling, trading to gifting:thumbsup: 7, 8 years ago one called the other as an actual conversation reveals much more about the person.

The conversation revolved around knives of course but overtime it expanded to each others life and the people in it. It was absolutely uncanny the many similarities we had in common and a friendship turned into a brotherhood, me being slightly older, definitely wiser and hands down more Handsome...a given right?:D

The once every few weeks call turned into every couple of weeks and now is pretty consistent to every Saturday here in the U.S. which is every Sunday in New Zedland, and yes New Zedland is not a typo;) for some odd reason even unknown to Duncan the letter "Z" is pronounced Zed??? so of course I said "then why isn't it called New Zedland"? SILENCE, followed by silence:p

Alright, to the point I want to make is what arrived yesterday:eek: THREE AMAZING KNIVES!!! Two 72's clad in unbelievable Stag and and the Queen forum knife from years back, and as Harry would, "made of unobtainium";) and rightly so:thumbsup: Finding 72's in a tough quest for even the hardened collector:) top it off with the forum Barlow clad in Stag by Queen and there would be months of work ahead.

Now look at the earned Patina Duncan put on the 2010 72:eek:, the 2015 72 was pristime until apple time last night:) The Stag Barlow is well...The Stag Barlow!!!
Who in their right mind gifts these stellar and rare knives???

Duncan Morgan is who:thumbsup: man oh man, I am (New Zedland term here) GOBSMACKED by your LEGENDARY generosity!!! other items where in the package as well, some things for Nanc as both Duncan and Sue are amazingly kind and also a replacement New Zealand All Blacks Rugby hat. The one he gifted years ago has now been retired due to extensive use;)

THANK YOU BROTHER!!!
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Man are we lucky to have you two fine gentlemen here on the Porch. You guys are part of why this forum is such a great place. Oh, there's some others too. You know who you are!
 
From under the porch I feel happy for you both. :thumbsup: I knew Duncan was more classy than the average bear the first time I sold him a knife - he paid MORE than I asked. He always does that - said he ;)

And paulhilborn paulhilborn - you are known by the company you keep. So - I like you too :)

And then there is the very fine trio of beautiful folders. Nicely done you brothers!
 
Hold on now - the WHOLE story has not been told!
Before I go on to tell - thank you for the fine compliments kind Sirs :D :thumbsup:
Now When I look through the amount of Knives that I have been gifted by so many people - I am extremely grateful to all who have been so so generous.
Paul has taken this yo another level and every time I ask my North Dakota Post Office man go send me the Knives that gather up at his place - he adds gifted knives in - most times more than one at times three!!! So Really!!! So it is me who needs to say thank you to you my friend as I owe you so so much!
Paul just won’t stop - I have asked him to - but he still does this!!!

One odd thing was that when we stayed at a Motel Room when at the GEC 2016 Rendezvous - I’d wake up and Paul had always sneaked over in the middle of the night and was curled up at the foot of my Bed? :eek: :D

Seriously though - folks I agree what you say about Paul - he is a hang of a nice guy, extremely generous - and a very decent Human Being.
Thank you my friend Paul and thanks to you great people here in our amazing little corner of the World.
 
Paul, that’s a beautiful stag trio, and an outstanding gift from a good friend! :thumbsup: The generosity, of course, is not surprising. If you made a list of the most generous Porchenbergers*, Duncan would certainly be towards the top. Of course, we all know that the recipient in this case is prone to generosity, as well! :thumbsup:

* Term borrowed from another antipodean Porch regular.

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…for some odd reason even unknown to Duncan the letter "Z" is pronounced Zed???
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Do they also pronounce the letter H as “haitch” instead of “aitch”? :confused: :D

paulhilborn said:
Who in their right mind gifts these stellar and rare knives???
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The same guy who would give away his lost-then-found 2012 PPP TC Barlow. :eek: :D

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Beautiful and highly desirable Stag there Paul! Anyone of them could be a centerpiece in a Stag collection. I feel like I know a little about you pair of misfits. My experiences with you guys on our efforts to help some of our fellow friends here on the forum, that were in need, actually taught me a lot about you guys. You’re both not only generous to each other, but you won’t hesitate to step up and help friends in times of need! I personally have received gifts from both of you and I know many others here on the Porch can say the same. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and spending a short amount time with you both at the Rendezvous. I can say without any hesitation that you both are true gentlemen and I’m proud that I can call you both my friends! You’re what helps to make this Porch the great place that it is. It’s true what they say, “Birds of a feather flock together!”
 
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