How one event can change your whole outlook

Keith Montgomery

Keith Montgomery

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It's very interesting how one event can put a damper on someone's enthusiasm about something they really love. I'm not going to mention a name, but tonight I lost a great deal of respect for someone in the knife community that I had previously thought very highly of. It's going to take me quite awhile to get over this. If it had happened to me earlier in my collecting, I don't think that I would still be involved with custom knives.

We have to be very careful in our interactions with other members of this community. If we come off as dickweeds, we are going to have a deleterious effect on the community as a whole.

Tonight I was left with the impression that I was used by this other person to further his agenda in something that happened in the past. It has left me wondering if I have been conned. That is not a very good feeling.

Sorry for the downer topic, but I have never had something happen to me that has left me feeling like I had been manipulated. This is something that I can no longer say. It is also something that has left me a little shaken.
 
Sorry to hear that Keith as you are obviously upset.
I would suggest you shake it off and move on.
You can't control what others do, only how you let if affect you.
 
I guess my point is that we have to be very careful how we come off to other members of the community. Unintentionally we could say or do things that would have a negative effect on cultivating new collectors.

I know I'll get over it, but there was a time I might not have.
 
You ok Keith? Yeah I dunno, I find it hard to trust people because they can always end up being something you don't expect.

Just keep loving knives. They are beautiful and they don't talk back.
 
Sorry to hear it Keith!

But I feel this way just about every time I listen to politics lately! Whether thinly veiled politics here on the forums or official politics on the tube.

Mike
 
Keith,
I can't add too much to what the others have already said.

You can only do what you can do, you can't control others.

Integrity is what you do when noone's around.

They can kill you but they can't eat you because it's against the rules.

At the end of the day it's just knives and knife collecting, go hug someone you care about, enjoy a nice meal with pleasant people.
 
Keith, from personal experience, TIME is the best doctor
even in cases of deep disappointments....

I wish you a quick recovery and all the best,
David (ddd)
 
I'm sorry to hear that. There are a ton of great folks in the knife making community and I hope this doesn't leave you embittered. Keep your head up my friend. :)
 
I am sorry that this happened to you. Don't let this incident that happened to you define who you are. Time heals all wounds.
 
Why would one individual color your view of an entire community?
If you provide more details your post may help other people rather than simply help you feel better.
 
Whatever it was, sorry that it has bummed you out. Don't let one negative make you overlook the overwhelming amount of positve.

Roger
 
Sorry to read this post Keith. YOU are one of the contributors on the forums that impressed me as being of the highest integrity.

To read that something has bothered you and caused a loss of faith in the knife community is upsetting.

Hopefully, as suggested "time heals all wounds".

Peter
 
BladeGoblin said:
I have an idea who he's referring to, shall I give them the name Keith?
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Anthony....you need to crawl back under the rock you came out from....you want ME to send the recent PM's that went back and forth between us to a mod?

Do you want to make this personal?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
Anthony....you need to crawl back under the rock you came out from....you want ME to send the recent PM's that went back and forth between us to a mod?

Do you want to make this personal?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Steve did you read the evidence in the Good, Bad, Ugly? No

Why would I care if you sent p.m.'s we exchanged to a Mod?
 
BladeGoblin said:
Steve did you read the evidence in the Good, Bad, Ugly? No

Why would I care if you sent p.m.'s we exchanged to a Mod?
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I read the evidence, have had dealings with the party involved, and you....and by your own admission, you lack a certain amount of honor, or in your words "That's my point, I'm not worth talking to."

The other party, while subject to occasional fits of pique, is quite honorable, imo, and has never done anything to anyone that I know of, save you, to have that called into question.

Can he be a hardass? Yes, and in this business it is called for....but not a liar.

You on the other hand have some serious anger management issues....and you NEVER straightened up that issue with Artem, afaik, and I did a deal with him prior to that, and it was as smooth and straight up as one could ask for.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Keith, while my experiences on this forum have largely been very positive, I've had a few 'altercations' with a person or two over the past 3 years who really put a bad taste in my mouth regarding Collectors or dealers, and the custom knife community in general. In these instances, I'd decided that interacting with the person and laying it out for them in plain english was the best way to go. So far, so good. Until next time, which I will have no control over:rolleyes:

I see what you mean though. Especially if said person is prominent in the scene and is well regarded by others- you tend to trust other people's judgement on that person and take their 'dickweediness' as an attack, not as their modus operandi. You wonder what you did to deserve it:confused:

At any rate, Keith, I'll echo what others have said here, re; advice, although I don't get the sense that's really what you're looking for. Is this thread about calling a spade, a spade?

Keith, you seem like a hell of a nice guy, one of the kindest here, and I personally relate to many of your more in depth posts on the forum. I don't have any pithy sayings for you, but you have my support and friendship, (well, virtual friendship, seein as we've never met:)).
 
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