Have we lost a long timer?

I think a few may have moved to the BCCI site. I notice Armand Hernandez and Joe Houser play there on occasion.
I've seen a some who play both.

I think the BCCI site is friendlier for persons wanting to know what their knife is worth or to sell it.
Gold membership here is a high price of admission for that information.

I did finally create a Facebook account primarily to be able to join some special interest groups and have poked into the BCCI site a few times but not enough to become familiar with what the culture and knowledge base is there.

Life challenges, interests, and circumstances change for all of us. Participation in groups like this is not a forever thing.
 
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DeSotoSky said:
I think a few may have moved to the BCCI site. I notice Armand Hernandez and Joe Houser play there on occasion.
I've seen a some who play both.

I think the BCCI site is friendlier for persons wanting to know what their knife is worth or to sell it.
Gold membership here is a high price of admission for that information.

I did finally create a Facebook account primarily to be able to join some special interest groups and have poked into the BCCI site a few times but not enough to become familiar with what the culture and knowledge base is there.

Life challenges and circumstances change for all of us. Participation in groups like this is not a forever thing.
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IDK. I've been a member here since 05. I'm also on supporting member on BCUSA and a fishing forum.
I'm glad Herbert is ok.
 
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Makael (Mike Looper) is another interesting guy who doesn't play here any more.
Starting Fixed Blade Friday thread was his last hurrah as I recall.
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I talked with Mike aka Makael in Feb. he was good, just busy on lots of things......

thinking about it.......we lost a great member, David Martin (R.I.P.). lot of knowledge lost and worse than that a great man gone.

course none of us are getting any younger.......youngest here I think is Hickory n steel Hickory n steel course he could be an old man....Im assuming he's the youngest.......
 
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Evolving this thread.. Does FaceBook, (and the FB BCCI forum) attract a different and younger crowd?
I belong to a local club, Saint Louis Antique Arms Collectors Association. Just a group of old men now, and getting smaller every year.
No new blood coming in. I expect the younger generation does not have the expendable income to spend on gun collecting my (older) generation did.
Back in the 80's we had several hundred members. Now days it's about 10-15 showing up for the monthly meeting . We used to put on Gun Shows but quit some years ago due to cost, liability, and manpower issues.

I would hate to see this forum go stale, even Buck Inc. does not play here anymore.
In the early years even Chuck and CJ put in appearances occasionally.
Joe Houser was the moderator and actively posted.
 
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Evolving this thread.. Does FaceBook, (and the FB BCCI forum) attract a different and younger crowd?
I belong to a local club, Saint Louis Antique Arms Collectors Association. Just a group of old men now, and getting smaller every year.
No new blood coming in. I expect the younger generation does not have the expendable income to spend on gun collecting my (older) generation did.
Back in the 80's we had several hundred members. Now days it's about 10-15 showing up for the monthly meeting . We used to put on Gun Shows but quit some years ago due to cost, liability, and manpower issues.

I would hate to see this forum go stale, even Buck Inc. does not play here anymore. in the early years, Chuck, CJ, and Joe popped in once in awhile.
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forums had their time in the 2000s and 2010s but now they are fading. likewise Facebook is losing members rapidly. it's now older millenials and older generations on it. kids today don't even want to be on it. its why meta/facebook bought Instagram and other platforms to grab the younger kids. Instagram, tiktok and other younger platforms are where the youngsters are. platforms fall in and out of favor......
 
Guess I'm really old, don't know anything about Instagram and tiktok. Just what is a tweet? To me Tweety Pie is a cartoon character.
My nieces and nephews put their lives out there on facebook. The social connection aspect is not for me, send an email, use the phone, or better yet, come visit.
 
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Guess I'm really old, don't know anything about Instagram and tiktok. Just what is a tweet? To me Tweety Pie is a cartoon character.
My nieces and nephews put their lives out there on facebook. The social connection aspect is not for me, send an email, use the phone, or better yet, come visit.
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I dont use any of them myself either. have zero interest in facebook, Twitter, tiktok, Instagram, whatsapp or any of the rest. somethings aren't better than they used to be.

I do like the internet though, allowed me to communicate with collectors and fans of things I'm into. met lots of very interesting people around the world I never could have pre internet. so guess it ain't all bad......
 
My main interest went away once Joe Houser retired. He made many, many of the knives I enjoyed collecting. Especially the JH 1 of 1's that Craig supplied to me. I have a spreadsheet of every single Buck knife I purchased since I started collecting Buck Knives in late 2017 and Craig sold 125+ of those to me. You can find Craig in the vacation homes that I financed for him. 🤣 I qualify as a short-timer here. I check this forum a couple of times a week now.

I am enjoying my return to the world of way overpriced guns n ammo and have several local friends that enjoy shooting on the weekends.
 
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Just a group of old men now, and getting smaller every year.
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Well, Saturday was National Grouch Day, and I felt right at home. I think the forum has seen a change in the last 10-20 years. This forum and the BCCI facebook forum now seem to have little interest in the history of the knives—the emphasis has become "look at what I just got" , especially some limited edition or after-market custom knife. Sometimes threads are started for a particular model and the starter of the thread is surprised about such basic things as the date for first production of the knife model which is the subject of the thread. I wonder if, for me, it might me just as good to find a handful of kindred spirits and communicate privately.

Bert
 
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