Hello folks.
First off, wanted to spout greetings to all of you and introduce myself as a lurker of some months, sometimes ready to speak. This is a great place with 'friends-I-haven't-met-yet', just chock full of things I'd like to know.
Since gaining my "new bad habit", I've learned a lot from y'all, and appreciate it sincerely. I've been working part time in a knife shop for a while, and as most of you would probably guess, there's a new excuse to buy everytime I show up. Folks with better heads and experience than I have helped keep me grounded in this, and money saved for the *next* expensive purchase.
AN extra special thanks to Nelsonmc, whose cutting adventures rival mine own, with the ability to hurt himself, laugh at it, go back and do it *again* and laugh some more. And in posting here, encourage to see that part in ourselves. I was fooling around with a BM Mini-grip and managed to slit a part of my palm closing it. Came back to work a week later and did the same damned thing, the same damned way!
Been carrying an SAK for almost 30 years, and bought Spyderco Sharpmaker about the 2nd or 3rd year they were out, and being sold at the homeshow.
A couple of the best investements I've ever made, and it is heartening to see the special place a lot of folks have for them, and that it wasn't my imagination that they weren't bad buys.
Have picked up a SOG Twitch XL and a Spyderco Calypso Jr. also, being the best walking advertisement in my town for that Calypso. Didn't like its looks at first, but man, what a great buy! Once again, great to see so many happy users of them in here!
Well, I've stretched the electrons enough in this post, but wanted to say "Howdy", so I don't post out of the blue as a total newbie.
Sometimes I actually have something worth saying.
Thanks again everybody for the feelings of a great place to be, while pursuing a great hobby dating to the roots of man.
Best regards,
DeadFish
First off, wanted to spout greetings to all of you and introduce myself as a lurker of some months, sometimes ready to speak. This is a great place with 'friends-I-haven't-met-yet', just chock full of things I'd like to know.
Since gaining my "new bad habit", I've learned a lot from y'all, and appreciate it sincerely. I've been working part time in a knife shop for a while, and as most of you would probably guess, there's a new excuse to buy everytime I show up. Folks with better heads and experience than I have helped keep me grounded in this, and money saved for the *next* expensive purchase.
AN extra special thanks to Nelsonmc, whose cutting adventures rival mine own, with the ability to hurt himself, laugh at it, go back and do it *again* and laugh some more. And in posting here, encourage to see that part in ourselves. I was fooling around with a BM Mini-grip and managed to slit a part of my palm closing it. Came back to work a week later and did the same damned thing, the same damned way!
Been carrying an SAK for almost 30 years, and bought Spyderco Sharpmaker about the 2nd or 3rd year they were out, and being sold at the homeshow.
A couple of the best investements I've ever made, and it is heartening to see the special place a lot of folks have for them, and that it wasn't my imagination that they weren't bad buys.
Have picked up a SOG Twitch XL and a Spyderco Calypso Jr. also, being the best walking advertisement in my town for that Calypso. Didn't like its looks at first, but man, what a great buy! Once again, great to see so many happy users of them in here!
Well, I've stretched the electrons enough in this post, but wanted to say "Howdy", so I don't post out of the blue as a total newbie.
Sometimes I actually have something worth saying.
Thanks again everybody for the feelings of a great place to be, while pursuing a great hobby dating to the roots of man.
Best regards,
DeadFish
Well, at least I have great company.