Wow! What a nice surprise to find out my number (actually afishhunter's number) came up for this outstanding GAW! Thanks to JITDC for his generosity in giving away that elegant blackwood Northfield Barlow, and especially for the creative way that he did it! :thumbup: I thoroughly enjoyed thinking about deserving members I could nominate, and it was great to read everyone's nominations acknowledging what a massive collection of outstanding folks frequent The Porch!

It was also humbling to see myself nominated by several people, and it also kind of "puts the pressure on" for me to live up to some kind of reputation, when I'm just hanging around here trying to have a good time, relax a little, and learn some stuff about knives.

I really am thankful for the kind, generous, knowledgeable, helpful, thoughtful, and accepting community that I discovered when I stumbled across The Porch about 3 years ago! :thumbup:
I'm going to have to think up something really special to do with this gift knife that will somehow enhance this fine community spirit; if you have suggestions, please contact me with your idea(s)!!
Thanks for all the congratulatory posts!
- GT