I Love This Sub-Forum

btmccutcheon

btmccutcheon

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I started following this sub-forum back in September of last year. It was the folks here in Traditionals that who turned me on to GEC. At the time I didn't have a clue why someone would spend so much on a knife. In October I bought my first, a Mike Latham SFO #77 Barlow in pioneer bone. Wow! Now I understood.

It was about then, I noticed the generosity of our members toward each other. Knives being gifted was not hard to wrap my head around, but the quality and rarity of the knives here being gifted was amazing to me and it still is. Just yesterday I read about Paulhillborn being gifted, and today I read the same about Singin50. I know my buddy Chris Montgomery has been a recipient, and a couple of weeks ago I was too (a few of you caught that). I got this piece of art from Pertinex. Thank you Sarah I can't tell you what this gift meant to me.



I've acquired some knives since I received this beauty, but this is what I'm carrying and have been since I got it. I carry it because of what it represents to me. I've had a love for Barlows for as long as I remember. They remind me of my grandfather as a barlow was the only knife he carried. This knife is more than just a barlow. It represents the love and passion Charlie has shown us and the history he's brought back to life with the help of others. It represents a simpler time that Carl's stories often take us back to. It represents quality craftsmanship of american cutlers of the past being kept alive today by people like those at GEC, Queen, CSC, and others. But most of all it represents the people here on this forum. Friends. People who care, and want to keep virtues alive I learned from my dad and my grandfathers.

Thank you, Sarah, for this knife. And thank you to the rest of you who have made this sub-forum a place of friendship, generosity, education, and warmth. You've made this porch a wonderful place to be.
 
You put it into words very nicely. My sentiments exactly regarding this forum.
That is a beautiful knife and you're a very lucky man. And Sarah is a wonderful member to gift it to you. :thumbup:
 
Very nice. Great comments and agreed completely. Keep it going. Mike
 
Very well said btmccutcheon, congrats and such generosity is truly amazing Sarah. :thumbup:
 
I started anonymously following traditionals about the same time as you btmc, and worked my way up to being a gold member after seeing such kindness and generosity. And everyone treats each other respectfully even if you have an easy or redundant question or are a noobie. I get a smile on my face and/or a pat on the back every day here on the porch from Rob, Charlie, Mark, Paul, Bob, Perry, Lyle, etc, etc, etc, and I try my best to return the favor!

Nice job on the gift Sarah!:thumbup:
 
A while ago, I was kind of fizzling a bit on here.

I was invited into this subforum by a custom knife maker.

I asked a question about GEC, and another member sent me a GEC 23. He did not know me at all.

That was my first traditional slipjoint in 25 years?

It was a lovely welcome.
 
Touché Sarah and congrats on receiving such a nice piece btmccutcheon! :thumbup: What a nice warm fire this place provides, through which we can all escape the cold...
 
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I have long felt that this sub forum is a usual place on the 'net. Once in a while I venture into other forums, and they are terrible. Too many ego driven people with bad attitudes. This place is like coming home to a quiet home with caring family. And I do feel like the member here are as much family as can be. Perhaps more so. Mark Twain said it's an unfortunate thing that we can't pick our family as carefully as we'd pick our friends. The people on this sub forums are the ones I would pick to be my family. Can't find any better, anywhere!
 
I agree, with this forum I noticed when I first clicked on the link that the aura, attitude and comments given by forum members were completely different. Great folk around here~
 
Was through this forum I was able to get my grail, a Canittler in buffalo horn.
Great subforum, I check it every time I check bladeforums.
 
I started participating a little on this sub-forum because I wanted a traditional knife for when I start teaching, as opposed to my modern "tactical" folders I usually carry and had been so obsessed with. When I started a thread asking for suggestions on a traditional to buy, Eyedog (in true Eyedog fashion) gave me a really wonderful Schatt & Morgan barlow (along with a KSF pocket sheath as an added surprise) that immediately became one of my favorite knives. I was totally floored.

Of course I was so thrilled with the S&M Barlow that I needed to go out and buy other traditionals, because the great thing about traditionals is that there is at least one for every need you might have. Since experiencing the generosity here I have really started to get into traditionals, and the vibes on this sub-forum are really a big part of that.

As a knife lover, I really appreciate this community. Especially since I really did manage to find pretty much the perfect modern folders for myself and really have nothing else I want in that arena. But traditional knives are a different ball of wax. And traditional knives feel like an area where the ability to enjoy the subtleties is pretty much endless.
 
Outstanding post. Outstanding knife. Outstanding gesture by Sarah.

It's easy to catch the giving bug on this forum. I've had the privilege to send a very few knives to new homes here, and I feel what I suspect others do - that I got more pleasure out of it than the recipients did.

I think we need a centralized archive of this goodwill. Maybe a thread dedicated exclusively to traditional knives that you were gifted from another forum member either straight-up or via a giveaway. Would be nice to have all of these stories in once place.
 
There really is a bunch of great folks hanging around the porch. The people that frequent this forum give me hope for the future, in a world fraught with so many problems.

It's a pleasure to see folks from all over the world coming here to share their knives, their stories, their families. We manage to speak our piece and have our disagreements in a friendly, respectful way. This world is going to be ok as long as people like you are around. Kudos to all our members.

So many have said it better then I can, but I wanted to add my 2 cents.

Now I'm singing Kum Ba Yah Ed! :D
 
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