Hi gang
Name is Bill and I live in Texas where we have some pretty good knife laws. Over three months ago I quit smoking and three months ago I started collecting knives. I started with a SOG Flash II and that's a pretty good knife. Later I ran across what I could not pass up that left me broke for the rest of the month, I found an HK (Benchmade) Turmoil OTF knife for $119.99. I was lucky because I got the last one it seems, they're out and not restocking.
Whew! That was close.
Later after looking around on knife retailers I got interested in knives made by United Cutlery and good prices from wholesalers. I took a chance and bought the minimum required $50 worth of spring assisted knives. WTH, they're pretty decent and quite well made. I don't have heavy demands on knives and they're ideal for me, just can't beat the prices. I bought more and more then started buying full tang fixed blades.
In fact I got 4 fixed blades coming in Friday.
I'll show y'all pics somewhere on this forum some time later.
I'm a retired mechanic and I'm disabled from pains. I guess I'm paying for the heavy lifting, twisting and turning I did on the jobs. I get injections and pain pills so I can have a fair life. I do ok so don't be feeling sorry for me.
I used to play guitar and started with The Ventures at age 10 (that's in 1960, I'm getting old) but had to quit a few years ago. I loved playing instrumentals and jamming. Burns me seeing my custom handmade guitar and piggyback tube amp collecting dust in my closet, getting old sucks. I spend most of my time on my computer (I need a life) as there's nothing else I can do. I don't like TV (commercials every 5 minutes jeez) but I like to collect DVD movies and TV shows.
I like to read non fiction whether it's books, manuals, catalogs etc. I have a shelf choke full of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. I like crossword puzzles and some word games.
I like shooting at the range but that gets pretty expensive so it's not very often that I go. The ammo prices are just ridiculous.
I guess I'll see y'all in the threads. Laterz.
Name is Bill and I live in Texas where we have some pretty good knife laws. Over three months ago I quit smoking and three months ago I started collecting knives. I started with a SOG Flash II and that's a pretty good knife. Later I ran across what I could not pass up that left me broke for the rest of the month, I found an HK (Benchmade) Turmoil OTF knife for $119.99. I was lucky because I got the last one it seems, they're out and not restocking.
Whew! That was close.
Later after looking around on knife retailers I got interested in knives made by United Cutlery and good prices from wholesalers. I took a chance and bought the minimum required $50 worth of spring assisted knives. WTH, they're pretty decent and quite well made. I don't have heavy demands on knives and they're ideal for me, just can't beat the prices. I bought more and more then started buying full tang fixed blades.
In fact I got 4 fixed blades coming in Friday.
I'll show y'all pics somewhere on this forum some time later.
I'm a retired mechanic and I'm disabled from pains. I guess I'm paying for the heavy lifting, twisting and turning I did on the jobs. I get injections and pain pills so I can have a fair life. I do ok so don't be feeling sorry for me.
I used to play guitar and started with The Ventures at age 10 (that's in 1960, I'm getting old) but had to quit a few years ago. I loved playing instrumentals and jamming. Burns me seeing my custom handmade guitar and piggyback tube amp collecting dust in my closet, getting old sucks. I spend most of my time on my computer (I need a life) as there's nothing else I can do. I don't like TV (commercials every 5 minutes jeez) but I like to collect DVD movies and TV shows.
I like to read non fiction whether it's books, manuals, catalogs etc. I have a shelf choke full of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. I like crossword puzzles and some word games.
I like shooting at the range but that gets pretty expensive so it's not very often that I go. The ammo prices are just ridiculous.
I guess I'll see y'all in the threads. Laterz.
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