Hats off to Dwayne and Stacy at Armoralleather!

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Wow...

I asked in this forum recently about some guidance about selecting my first knife.

I received much information from many members of this forum and a generous offer from Dwayne to visit his shop and put my grubby paws on some of his collection.

I took him up on his offer and got to spend an hour with Dwayne and Stacy at the bench looking over his amazing collection.

Got to hold the Ratmandu, which is my first choice for a "big" knife, and his active duty and Hairy Carry, one of which are in my future. Also got to see several Busse in INFI steel, which are truly something to behold.

He was also kind enough to let me handle several of his sheaths and pouches. The work on those is absolutely top notch. I have become a bit of a leather snob these days it seems, and have recently acquired several holsters and belts from Milt Sparks and Lou Alessi. Dwayne is every bit the artisian those crews are.

The bad news is that it seems I have discovered that there aren't any swamp rat knives that I don't like, and that "unfortunately" I am going to have to get my name on the list for the next run of whatever.

I great big thank you to Dwayne and Stacy! You guys are a true asset to the knife community as a whole, and certainly to this forum and collectors of Busse knives.
 
Well, I KNOW you had fun --- because Dwayne did the same for me a few years ago.

by now I've swallowed so much koolaid there's no way out... Welcome to the insanity.
 
Dwayne and family are top notch folk! My wife and I met them at BLADE this year. Did you meet his daughter? She's a sweetie.

Couldn't ask for any better people.

BTW, I only own two brands of leather sheaths, and Dwayne is one and the other is my brother!!

I trust Dwayne enough to tell him I need a sheath for this or that and just let him go. I know that what I get will be top quality at a fair price.
 
It is a true priviledge of mine to be able to call this family my friends. :cool: Don't ever turn down an offer to meet them, for it will certainly be your loss.
 
They are wonderful people -- first got to meet them at the recent Blade Show. No arrogance at all ... despite an enormous amount of skill. I have many of his sheaths and can happily testify that they are all top notch.

Hmm. How can I put this?? :confused:

When I 'lucked out' and snagged a Grail Knife from Jerry Busse, guess who I asked to make the sheath? :D:cool:;)
 
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