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I want to acknowledge some amazing kindness bestowed on me by several members of The Porch over the past couple of months. I'm grateful for, and humbled by, their thoughtful generosity!!
PART I
I'll start with my Guardians Lambsfoot, an A Wright & Son SFO orchestrated by Jack Black. When I sent him an email to indicate my interest in obtaining one of the knives, he wrote that "another member had already secured one for me". I thought that someone probably said, "I'm sure GT will be interested, but his aging mind may not remember to contact you, so please put his name on the list." When it came time for actual ordering, I sent Jack my info, and he acknowledged receipt of said info, but the promised payment email didn't arrive. I eventually realized that a "mystery benefactor" was sending me a knife instead of my ordering one! Shenanigans of the highest order! Eventually I found a gorgeous lambsfoot in my mailbox, along with a custom pocket slip made by Dylan, compliments of a different Jack,
mrknife
!!
Thanks so much for the thoughtful gift, mrknife! The Guardians Lambsfoot has become one of the knives I carry EVERY day, and your kind gift inspired me to modify an appropriate nursery rhyme for the occasion:
Gary had a little lamb,
Its scales black buffalo.
And everywhere that Gary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed him to school one day.
He thought that very cool.
It made the math profs laugh and play
To see that lamb at school.
He got the lamb from mrknife
With Dylan’s pocket slip.
Jack’s generosity is rife,
His kindness such a trip!
"What makes the lamb love Gary so?"
Some lambsfoot guardians cried.
"Oh, Gary loves the lamb, you know,"
Their captain then replied.
But that's not all that the package from mrknife contained! Many members here know that Jack is a tireless evangelist for single-bladed knives, and, apparently in an attempt to convert me to his "1 knife, 1 blade" cult, he sent me an S&M Heritage Series #99 equal end ebony spearpoint! Jack apparently knows many of the right buttons to push for me: spearpoint blades are my first and favorite, I'm a sucker for black knives with silver "hardware" (including a federal shield), and uniformly dark ebony really revs my motor.
Thanks a million, Jack, for a glorious knife (although I haven't drunk the single-blade KoolAid yet). Another nursery rhyme comes to mind:
Baa Baa black knife,
Have you many blades?
No sir, No sir, one is all it takes!
PART II
@Whetstone39 (Tom) offered to send me a Vic Farmer, pretty much out of the blue. I adore Alox Vics and I'm very impressed by, and often find uses for, the Vic wood saw, so having a Farmer is a real thrill!
Naturally, I was moved to co-opt a nursery rhyme yet again:
The Farmer cuts so well, and Alox sure is swell! Heigh Ho the derry-o, the Farmer cuts so well.
The Farmer has a saw, that leaves us all in awe! Heigh Ho the derry-o, The Farmer has a saw.
Thanks, Whetstone39, the knife is super fine! Heigh Ho the derry-o, thanks, Whetstone39.
But Tom didn't stop there! He told me he was including a little bonus in the package he sent me. Turns out, there was nothing little about it! Tom included a Case yellow delrin CV slimline trapper as well. I've always admired the look of trappers, but found them uncomfortably big for daily carry and use. But the slimline version changes the equation! So svelte and slender, it rides in the pocket easily. But I have to admit that I've been using this Case in the kitchen since its arrival; the second pic below indicates the patina that the knife has taken on quite quickly:
Thanks, Tom!!!
To be continued after I take out the dogs.
- GT
PART I
I'll start with my Guardians Lambsfoot, an A Wright & Son SFO orchestrated by Jack Black. When I sent him an email to indicate my interest in obtaining one of the knives, he wrote that "another member had already secured one for me". I thought that someone probably said, "I'm sure GT will be interested, but his aging mind may not remember to contact you, so please put his name on the list." When it came time for actual ordering, I sent Jack my info, and he acknowledged receipt of said info, but the promised payment email didn't arrive. I eventually realized that a "mystery benefactor" was sending me a knife instead of my ordering one! Shenanigans of the highest order! Eventually I found a gorgeous lambsfoot in my mailbox, along with a custom pocket slip made by Dylan, compliments of a different Jack,
mrknife
!!
Thanks so much for the thoughtful gift, mrknife! The Guardians Lambsfoot has become one of the knives I carry EVERY day, and your kind gift inspired me to modify an appropriate nursery rhyme for the occasion:
Gary had a little lamb,
Its scales black buffalo.
And everywhere that Gary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed him to school one day.
He thought that very cool.
It made the math profs laugh and play
To see that lamb at school.
He got the lamb from mrknife
With Dylan’s pocket slip.
Jack’s generosity is rife,
His kindness such a trip!
"What makes the lamb love Gary so?"
Some lambsfoot guardians cried.
"Oh, Gary loves the lamb, you know,"
Their captain then replied.
But that's not all that the package from mrknife contained! Many members here know that Jack is a tireless evangelist for single-bladed knives, and, apparently in an attempt to convert me to his "1 knife, 1 blade" cult, he sent me an S&M Heritage Series #99 equal end ebony spearpoint! Jack apparently knows many of the right buttons to push for me: spearpoint blades are my first and favorite, I'm a sucker for black knives with silver "hardware" (including a federal shield), and uniformly dark ebony really revs my motor.
Thanks a million, Jack, for a glorious knife (although I haven't drunk the single-blade KoolAid yet). Another nursery rhyme comes to mind:
Baa Baa black knife,
Have you many blades?
No sir, No sir, one is all it takes!
PART II
@Whetstone39 (Tom) offered to send me a Vic Farmer, pretty much out of the blue. I adore Alox Vics and I'm very impressed by, and often find uses for, the Vic wood saw, so having a Farmer is a real thrill!
Naturally, I was moved to co-opt a nursery rhyme yet again:
The Farmer cuts so well, and Alox sure is swell! Heigh Ho the derry-o, the Farmer cuts so well.
The Farmer has a saw, that leaves us all in awe! Heigh Ho the derry-o, The Farmer has a saw.
Thanks, Whetstone39, the knife is super fine! Heigh Ho the derry-o, thanks, Whetstone39.
But Tom didn't stop there! He told me he was including a little bonus in the package he sent me. Turns out, there was nothing little about it! Tom included a Case yellow delrin CV slimline trapper as well. I've always admired the look of trappers, but found them uncomfortably big for daily carry and use. But the slimline version changes the equation! So svelte and slender, it rides in the pocket easily. But I have to admit that I've been using this Case in the kitchen since its arrival; the second pic below indicates the patina that the knife has taken on quite quickly:
Thanks, Tom!!!
To be continued after I take out the dogs.
- GT
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Well done folks 
