Long stories, short

[waynorth]

Wonderful GA! The prize, the people, the pics!!
I just read the whole thing in one sitting, since my internet has been down for several days!
Generous of you Sarah, to give that useful (ahem), well designed knife away!

I just can't wait until you retire, so you can spend a lot more time around these parts!!

 

[rockgolfer]

Congrats Deskil! Most kind and generous of you Sarah

 

[Primble]

Really a nice gesture to give a great knife away!

Thank you for the chance Sarah.:thumbup:

 

[pertinux]

Sweet knife, and car. I recently started working as an in house public defender. I had been my own boss for 4 years, so it has been hard to be back in an office job. I am hoping the freedoms given up are of set by other gains. It was a pay cut as well, but I am hoping the benefits make the trade off worth it.

Life is what happens when you are thinking about other things!

That's a big transition, for sure. Best of luck to all of you. Great picture!

You've been missed. But life is life, and I'm glad some of our illustrious members have continued their caring and community building for/with you, even while you were "off the grid."

T'anks. It seems that writing it all out didn't somehow create more time to be here(! -- reverse Murphy's Law, mayhap?), and surely appreciate everyone's continued camaraderie in the meantime. Not just towards me; it's just plain good to check in and see everyone carrying on, extending generosity, helping one another with pictures and specifics, and oohing and aahing over the good stuff. [/QUOTE]

Those are long cats, not short "The Owl & the Pussycat went to sea on a beautiful pea-green boat"

So long as one thinks, one has time. Short glimpses are given to us of a mountain-peak as we trudge for so long in the foothills, but such glimpses strengthen us to walk on.

Regards to all, Will

Good golly, that's a beautiful selection. I love looking at this picture, and am so glad you have those knives.

Nice there I'll join in;

A long time ago, no...wait, it was last week, there were some friends of mine, no...wait, they were strangers, and I saw them down on the shore watching the fog roll in along the coast line.

So, long story short, I took their photograph

Lovely, indeed. :thumbup:

You made me smile more genuinely than I have in a while here on Bladeforums, so thank you for that. And congratulations on all the graduations. So many milestones.

Thanks.

Glad to hear all is well Sarah. The car looks great and the owl accent and lovely little SAK key fob from Paul is the icing on the cake. Amazing how handy those flat head tools can be and yours is quite the looker. Like others I miss your well thought out posts, hope the new job is still fun?

Thanks, Jeff. Yup, I continue apace, and most days are good ones.

Count me out as I already have one, and have also already won a Pertinux GAW. But good to see you back.

Wait, you what, now? Oh, that's right-- the Replicator® knife. That was fun!

I'd almost forgotten how delightful your posts are, Sarah. This one brought that knowledge to the forefront of my memory banks.

Warmest congratulations for the multiple family celebrations.

Paul is awesome.

The car is excellent.

knife content:
There is an elegance about a split spring whittler which does not become apparent until the knife is held in the hand. Here is my Queen split spring whittler, which I frequently carry for Sunday-go-to-meeting purposes...

Thank you, Frank. I now have even more respect for your having anything left for BF after your own long work hours.

-- Great knife. I do love a whittler, and that one has excellent lines.

Glad to see you back P, and that all is well. Not an entry as I already have one.

Well, I was back. And shall try to be again, although I can tell already that my response (this post, and the one to follow) shall have to be entered in stages.

Lady's got a way with words, does she not?

Great reading them again.

Most of my knives are a lot closer to me than the kitchen. Thanks for your kind words, and for all the fun you've sent my way (knives, gadgets, and doodads).

I just started read this subforum regularly. I do not wish to be in, but I really enjoyed your words, and photos and can see why so many have been missing you. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the graduations!

Why, thank you, and thanks for introducing yourself. I threw your name in the hat (or number in the card deck, as it were) just in case.

Hmm, it shows that I've not been very active as well lately, because I haven't even noticed that your posts were missing, I've always enjoyed reading them

(I'm glad at least someone in the US knows how to use a manual gearbox )

I just picked out the lucky knives I'll take on a bike tour through the Swiss and Austrian alps and Germany:

Hopefully there will be lots of pictures when I'm back

Like, lots of your pictures, right? Everyone else has been posting theirs after all. Heh.

I went back and forth on whether to get e Manual, until all of a sudden I knew. No regrets, and in fact I would have been kicking myself had I chosen otherwise.

Great pile o' gear (singular, above) yours. :thumbup:

I thought you said short? Rendezvous?

You should have seen the Long version.

Lodging and logistics appear problematic, but I have this great new car to drive all the way there, see.... I'll have to see what I can do.

Good to see you here, Sarah! Hope you had a grand day.

Whichever one that was, it was.

Great to hear from you, Sarah, and glad to hear everything is ok, if busy, on your end. I've missed that sly ~P sense of humor.

This WLST's for you!

Now, ain't that just perfect. Thank you.

[video=youtube;Iqmba7npY8g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmba7npY8g[/video]

[video=youtube;_Fs_mkXdil8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fs_mkXdil8[/video]

Now if I could find an owl and a cat sharpening traditional pocket knives, I'd be set!

Pretty much. I loves me some Fum & Gebra, as bribery or otherwise.

I hope you recognize my name because I want to be in.
A belated thank you for telling me how to fix the typo in my user name.
Congratulations on your fine crop of grads and your new car.

I've never seen cats stand up like that, but you didn't leave them much of a sill to perch on.
We always had outdoor cats (they might die sooner, but they die cheaper). Once I came home to find our current cat hanging over the doorknob and swinging his feet, trying to turn the knob. Same cat who once dragged a plastic-wrapped supermarket chicken up the driveway, we never knew where he nicked it from.

Yup, sure do recognize your name. I still trip on it. "Why is there a 't' in the... oh, that's right."

My daughter-in-law had accidentally left the screen on that upper window open, and one of the cats had made it as far as the roof before jumping back on the sill-- from the outside. I retrieved the cat and closed the screen tightly. They spent a long time after that on their tippy-toes, Hoping.

More responses soon, I hope; that was just page One.

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

Sarah, good to see you posting. Thanks for the opportunity, but this is not an entry.

I can relate to not having alot of free time. I just had a whole weekend filled with college graduation/party and mother's day festivities. Sadly, no time in the shop, but lots of good memories.

That's the good stuff!

You're right!

Now, about a certain sma' project.... All in good time.

evidently issued a public, general invitation on social media.
Notify your local police station just be on the safe side. I've seen a few of these go horribly wrong in this country.Gatecrashers are a major pest species.
Sorry to be such a downer.Welcome back Sarah.I sincerely hope the celebration goes off like a rocket and no drama tho.

I appreciate your caution, and your advice born of experience, and made some more inquiries before the Event-- which went off beautifully. Thanks for speaking up. I'm still hardly "back," not the way I'd like to be, but am deeply grateful for the welcome that awaits whenever I can return.

Not an entry as I'm fortunate enough to already have an ebony RJ. Just wanted to say it's great to see you posting again. I was just thinking the other day that I seen anything from you lately and was hoping nothing was wrong. Glad to hear that you've just been busy, and welcome back!

Yes, busy, and it doesn't seem to be abating (although today is a welcome lull). My oldest son, his wife, and their small doggity are between leases and will be moving back in until he reports to Quantico in September, so in-house dynamics will continue to ... excite, heh.

I'd just like to say happy Mothers day to all. As one who had his basement flood last year you have my deepest sympathy.

Thanks. I'm still recovering, or more specifically, the last bit of "recovery" is an ongoing attempt to salvage the backup disk/drive on which almost all of the kids' home movies/picture archives, etc. were stored. The drive wasn't under water, but it shorted out and measures to date haven't been successful. Still holding my breath, and hoping the next step will prove effective.

Good read Sarah....since Flickr changed, I have not figured out how to post pics.....but please count me in. GO BOSOX!

Well... at least we had last year. OOf.

Happy Mother's Day!
Beautiful kids, nice car. Glad to hear you've been busy with good things.
Here's the boy waiting for a bird:

So nice of you to put in a birdbath for him.

You're back & feeling incredibly generous! Your posts have been missed for sure. I guess I'll just post up a few random pictures oh & I almost forgot, Happy Mother's Day!!

Thanks, Jake! Beautiful family, and beautiful knives. I'm so glad you finally found some Blue, and am really taken by that last one-- congrats!

Always enjoy reading your posts. They either make me think, smile, or both.

Thanks, Halfneck. I miss being able to respond in real-time to so much of the goodness that is ongoing here, in pictures and stories and generosity, but am heartened that you all are continuing apace.

When I first attempted to post a picture in a thread, I didn't quite know the correct procedure and the picture didn't show in my post. I went back to Photobucket and figured it out in about ten minutes. By the time I came back to check for the photo, you had already taken me under your wing. Later, I noticed that you offered your genius to anyone having a hard time navigating the forum, without prejudice. This unselfish proclivity of yours is endearing, to say the least. You bring a nurturing, feminine warmth to this community that is gone from it, when you aren't available to engage and entertain us. Your participation has been sorely missed by all here who cherish you.

Welcome home.

I've mentioned the above already, but my goodness what words to carry a heart through long and often lonely days. Thank you, deskil.

"One irony being, I am using my knives more than ever before, and, if possible, cherishing even more deeply the friendship and camaraderie they make manifest to me, day to day."

I really relate to this statement. For me, pocketknives are mostly about relationships that are important to me. I have my grandfather's 8OT and fondly remember him every time I see it. I don't carry it, since it was made to be a hard-use knife and I just can't use it that way, nor could I bear the thought of looing it if it were a daily carry....

Yes, I do find pocketknives useful for life's day-to-day chores, but even more than that, they are reminders of friendships and family with whom I have shared, and am creating, memories.

Well-said. Thanks for putting so much to words. I don't have fond family connection behind me, let alone with beloved and well-used objects (not in that order), so am all the more aware of (and grateful for) the goodness of "pocketable friendship."

Pmew, that is an incredibly thoughtful gift.

T. S. Eliot also said: "Friendship should be more than biting time can sever."

Sarah, congrats on the dream car. May it take you to your happiest dreamlands.

And Sarah, this is an incredibly generous offer to the community.

I can not enter my name for this knife. I already have my ebony Radio Jack in my pocket, and my blood red bone RJ in the cabinet just in case I lose the first one. As much as I adore the look of that chestnut bone, I think there are others more deserving of a chance.

I do want to take this space to thank you, Sarah. In my 9 months here in the Traditionals community, you have been an angel... No, make that an owl... The personification of Sophia... Wisdom. Your guidance, your literary and photographic contributions, and of course your knives, make this forum worth coming back to... Even on days when you are absent, your influence is felt through your many friends here.

So, not an entry, but I do have a request.

Could you use your considerable influence on Waynorth to encourage him to make a blue bone Barlow?

Where to begin? Thank you.

As for a blue barlow.... Blue is not a traditional color (and, as it turns out, not a color favored by a certain Mr. Howard-- no accounting for taste, heh), and I have also found "good" blues rare. Case seems to have it down with its navy blue bone.

I do like the bone on my "River Blue" #25, but it predates GEC's dyeing its own bone.

In which to say, I believe we'll need to wait for Charlie's knives to run their traditional course, and then see what might be seen. One just never knows.

What a face! A glance at those eyes and worlds of admiration and love are reflected back! :thumbup: this pic really made me smile

Thanks! She was a lit-tle less happy after we were caught in a sudden downpour:

"We do not prefer the rain."

Guffaw!

Here she is, right now. "Come lie with me on the couch while I write to my knife friends?"

"Okay."

the culprit...just for fun

BOOM, there it is. Hurts so good.

your presence has been missed hereabouts lately, it is nice to hear that you are busy and doing well, I like your new car and am a little bit jealous of the stick shift, I will never like driving automatics but one must do what one must do...
You have affected many hereabouts by your presence among us, and I know I am not alone in wishing you all the best in whatever life brings your way. Thanks for sharing your cutlery journey with us here...

Thanks, Duane. I miss 'being here,' and am doing my best to stay current. But my goodness, the knife tide keeps rolling, yes? I'm hoping to better understand and prioritize my off-time going forward. A work in progress....

Wonderful post Sarah. I'm not in for anything - just dropping by to say it's great to see you posting.

Congrats on the new car. It's a looker. Kinda a bluish, steel, grey?

Here's something I use to relax after a hard day. My old, blue, 1600 Ford tractor. I just like to ride it around the property for a look see every once in awhile.



As to knife content. Here you go.



Best of luck on your new adventure. I can tell you from experience that those "on call" jobs are the ones that'll get to you and tire you out real quick.

Thanks, Ed! I love "Old Blue." Yes, my car is a steel gray; its official color is "polished metal metallic," but it's right in the wheelhouse of the best of gray (my second-favorite color) with blue-ish undertones. I'm still smitten.

-- I love the variety of covers on my array of knives, but for in-hand, "coming home" use I still gravitate to ebony. Yours is a fine selection. :thumbup:

(not an entry, very new to the forum)

How cool to see all the camaraderie here, happy Mother's day (sun's not up yet)

Welcome! I threw your name in the metaphorical hat just in case; from what I've seen and read so far, you are very much here, and I appreciate your contributions.

Okay, you win. Not the knife-- that's deskil's-- but a win for Jack all the same.

Its so so nice to see you back Sarah, as people have said........" were ya'll been now"

That's a stunning knife - I cant be in because I have just had another batch arrive from Charlie...3 x HJ's, a Radio, and another Spear -

All hail Duncan, who speaks of batches when it comes to Charlie's knives.

I too have been extremely busy and missing the forums, I worked it out the other day that I am spending an extra 2 (+) days overtime a week at work...so I decide to go to my Boss - close the door and have a few words... things are much better now - I have been going on Hikes, and buying knives lol.

A solid plan!

pssssst - has anyone ever told you - you have a really cool looking Garage?

It's a looker, yes? Squeezing my wee car in and out of its small doorway has proven to be a challenge, but they go together nicely.

Glad to see you back and posting Sarah, family and career always come first, life being what you fill the gaps in between with.

Thank you, Ted, although "back" and "posting" remain in sadly short supply.

Thanks for the chance, pertinux! By way of an entry, here's a video of me blowing some harmonica with a friend's band on my recent trip back to Florida. Not bad considering I'd been hobbled with a herniated disc for most of the preceding three weeks and was still on pretty serious pain meds (and non-alcohol beer).

-- Mark

Great link-- thanks for the music! I'm not sure which is worse, back pain, pain meds (their side effects undo me) or non-alcohol beer , but hope you are healing apace.

Oh if you like Owls .

If. IF?!

When I was tiny, the middle pages of our Peterson's Guide to North American Birds, featuring the color plates of the Owls, went missing-- torn out by small hands.

How else to keep them close? Said pages were found under my pillow....

We have several species one of which,the "boobook" which is known after its distinctive loud cuckoo (boobook) call is a very common. I had to go to Exmoor in Devon UK to see one at a Falconry and Owl center but I hear them all the time.I can imitate the call so they come closer but in the tall timber at night I don't see one.
The powerful owl is a big hawk owl that does really well round here on fruitbats and possums.Saw one fly out of one my trees as I pulled up in the car a few nights ago.

I'd love to see one! In the meantime, if I hear a loud "boobook," I'll know it's either an Australian owl, or Meako in my bushes. Helpful information, this.

Sarah,
great to see you post again. Thanks to our "old style communicative process" I knew a bit of your life, and even though we miss more of your posts here, at least I was glad and positive that you were fine
For the record, aside from the manual gearbox thing, your thread made me think of this:

[video=youtube;JE2sCISQmpE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE2sCISQmpE&feature=related[/video]

...something I hadn't heard in a while. As for the knife content, here's a wonderful knife that I was blessed to receive from a generous forum member here:

Thank you for your generosity (and I'm not referring to the knife itself - your generosity is way greater), take care, and talk soon

Fausto

Good stuff, Fausto. It's always a pleasure to hear from you.

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

We have much in common, as much of my time is also taken up with family, including two daughters and five grandchildren. Also, our hockey team is the Blues, and I drive a Honda Fit!

Thanks, Jeff! (I don't know if you'd posted your key in pictures before, but I for sure caught it going by in a recent "What Traditional Knife are You Toting Today" post. Good stuff!) I love seeing pictures of your family; thanks.

Perfect. My vanity license plate, incoming, shall be a nod to the same, if somewhat obliquely. Can't wait....

Sarah,

Congratulations on so many good milestones. I always enjoy your posts and was glad to read this one.

Your new pup struck a chord. We already had one (my avatar), and then fate sent us an inheritance, the two pictured below. Sometimes I think of them as Batman & Robin.

Request: faces, please. I'd love to see your pups from t'other side! Thank you for your kind words.

Really enjoyed reading this post and seeing the pictures you posted. Not sure if I ever said so or not but I have always enjoyed your posts and photos as well as your style. I don't really know you at all but I do believe that you are not only a classy lady but that you have style.

Couple of my best buddies. Wish that I had more time to spend with them.

Finally got my dream truck. I call it big blue.

Here's a picture of my owl tattoo. Your not the only one who likes owls.
Very generous giveaway. Good luck to all and Sara, thank you.

Jim

Okay, so you just, like, Won. I'm not sure what, yet-- the knife is safely in deskil's hands, as it should be-- but your pictures are just too great. Thanks! (Nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.)

Welcome back Sarah! Great to have you back

I´m glad everything is fine on your side of the pond.

Sarah - I know you like the #15 frame.

Yes, I am very fond of the #15s, and ebony. I'm glad you have that knife. As I've mentioned throughout, "back" is so very relative, but every word and picture here reminds me of the better things in life, and the importance of friendship. I am over the moon for you and your young family, and all the great things you're knowing with young Max (in case the idiom doesn't translate: "Over the moon" means beyond happy. )

Hi, Sarah.

We have a Fit (Sport) as well. Pretty cool little car, very flexible.
Peanuts:

Fit:

Dogs:

Happy smile, for another Fit in our midst; peanuts and pets are always wonderful, of course.

I have no idea what I'm in for next winter; for now, I'll be glad to not have to continually wipe layers of pollen off of my meant-to-be-shiny car. Here we are, all polished up again:

(Look carefully-- the ears are my favorite part of this picture.)

Tie'em flys when yer havin' fun Sarah.

Wishin' he was fishin'.


"Can I really go dad?"


"Let me at 'im! I'll lick him to pieces!"


Trouble with him is he lets everybody on the lake know when you've got a fish on.

Such life there, Barry. Too funny about the "trouble." :thumbup:

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

Great post! And my favorite picture of the bunch...this is where it's really at

Thanks, so.

Inspired by a friend who first did the same, the year my youngest was born we started taking pictures of our kids against the same fence year after year, thus creating a record not only of their height and growth relative to each other, but against the more objective backdrop of the fence.

A full quiver, indeed.

(Time to update, again....)

Welcome back Sarah. Looks like you've been busy in the best way. Congratulations to you and your family. Great job mom!

Ever since I've known you I've begun to see owls everywhere. My daughter and I were in the library when this book caught my eye. I've included her Classic for the obligatory knife content.



An old favorite perhaps?

- Christian

Owl Moon is a newer favorite, for sure. It was publishedafter my own early years, but in time for me to regularly feature it during story time when I worked as an assistant children's librarian. I of course have my own copy. Beautiful Classic, there, with fitting blue highlights for a young woman who has great taste....

Best regards Sarah!

Oh, my-- such beauty; I'm glad I caught the picture before it went kaPoof. I greatly regret that I have not had the time to respond to your many wonderful posts in the time since you've arrived here, which has mostly coincided with my having less and less time for happy banter. I hope you can tell that you have found yourself in good company, and are now part of the same to others.

You gave me advice a while back on a knife, and I've always enjoyed your posts (I really like your #25 thread). So it's good you are just busy.

Anyway, I think raising 5 kids is amazing. My mom raised 5 kids and I know it wasn't easy. Congratulations on the graduations, have a good time.

Here's a recent catch. They sure are little guys, as you can see by the miniscule #22 beside it.

Cool picture! One more graduation to go, this coming Thursday, then various embarkations and arrivals. Never dull.

Hi Sarah, nice to meet you. I am new to the Forum and am really enjoying all the people and knives that draw us here. I have always liked traditional knives and started collecting them when I was a teenager in the late 70's.

Here is a picture of my two sons taken in Florida where my youngest is studying to be a Chiropractor. He is 23 and my oldest on the left is 25.

Here is a picture of my two grandchildren and me.

And here is a #15 that I replaced the Nite Brite scales to Seafoam Green Micarta on.



Not an entry, just an introduction. Cheers.

Thanks for introducing yourself! Yours are among the posts I've written back to in my head, but not made it as far as the keyboard. It's really something watch the progression from childhood to manhood in our boys, yes? I love the picture with your grandchildren. Great job on the knife-- that caught my eye before. I'm glad you're here.

Hey, great to have you back, Sarah!
I noticed something in my neighborhood, that I'll have to take a picture of for you, when I get home from work today.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

The suspense is startin' to get to me.

Well it's good to have you back Sarah, even if it is just a brief visit before you disappear back into the depths of work!

True, dat. Work, and dogs and cats and people and an aging (and sometimes flooding) house. Plus parties and aftermaths, etc.

For the information of the masses, Sarah was prepared to go a long way to help me out with something at the start of the year and the classic was by way of a thank you, and the least I could do.

For the information of the masses, Paul is worth extra measures.

This forum has a large population of wonderful people and I often think on how great the craic would be if we all could meet up for a barbecue. Impossible to do of course, but a deeply satisfying thought.

As an example of both knife content and the forum generousity; here is a brand spanking new farmer that came in the post from our own ScruffUK. The reason he sent it was because I mentioned something somewhere about opening beer bottles, and somewhere else about how I hadn't sampled alox yet and...



What a fine fellow he is eh chaps? I have to admit, it is much more substantial than I expected and feels very very robust. Surprisingly, I have been finding this tool extremely useful and have used it for all sorts of tasks...



...now I understand what you have been getting so excited about Duncan! I'll have to look into getting an HJ for myself, those 66 frames are very tempting

Also, at the end of January I married a Belfast girl. On our wedding day we cut our cake with this





which was sent to us (and was a complete surprise) by our resident quest veteran JackBlack. Look at that beautiful blade! We took great delight in showing it off on the day. Jack has a talent for finding the most amazing things.

I could go on and on; the giveaways I have won, the other knives randomly gifted, the coins, the pipes (times three, which were sent by wonderful people who took pity on me when the youngest of my two dogs decided to have a munch on mine!), as Yul Brynner put it "et cetera et cetera et cetera!"

If any readers are new to the traditional forum, please stay. Your life will be enriched as a result, and I'm sure ours will too.

Thanks to All,

Paul

I've left your post mostly intact, as it captures-- and I have no doubt furthers, visibly or no-- so much of the goodness of heart and real-life action that can be known through interacting here.


Thanks, Paul.

Great to have you back P! Notice how a lady gets noticed amongst all of us knuckle draggers (or maybe I'm the lone knuckle dragger, who knows?) .

Let's go with what's behind Door #2.

It's great to hear from you again, even if you do like Blue more than Red- what is up with that?!? I mean blue is okay, but it isn't red!! I guess I'll just never understand some people!!

Return as you can- life gets in the way of all of our plans!!

Thanks. If you are as happy with your red as I am with blue, that works for me.

A resounding tribute to such a gracious lady,whose posts offer acumen and insight.

I feel honored that she's posted lately in a thread I have.

Sarah,I worked on obtaining this one for a couple years or so,and finally got it with the help of our friend up north.

Aw, Lyle. How fine. Would that we had some more time to paw and peruse fine knives together. My afternoon with you, learning from you and your knives (including the joy), remains a highlight.

Congratulations on that ridiculously cute pup!!

Thank you. She remains a compelling preoccupation, in that I still require as much if not more training than she. She has the basics down and then some, but with my changing schedule and a houseful of cats and a rotating cast of other people, I am working hard at stability for her, and whatever makes for Peace. Some days I still wonder what I've done (a dog?!), but her steady love for me does my heart good.

Glad to see you back again. If only for a minute. Love your cats. Reminds me of the cat we saw on FB recently that reaches up to let her master pick it up and give it a hug like you would a toddler.

My cats come to the door every time I come home, and find and settle in with me every night. Their simple (neurotic weird idiosyncratic humorous unfailing) devotion humbles me.

I have a ten.old chihuahua that looks just like your dog.

That's great! Some days I see more of the chihuahua than others, but it's definitely all in there. I call her my chidoxpin. She just turned two, so I'm hopeful of her sweet company for a good long time.

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

Hey Perti.
thanks for sharing. best of luck with your "full" life (in the best sense of the word).

here is a poem i wrote when my oldest graduated high school. he was born when i was still just 19 years old. so, you could say i grew up with him. what a blessing.

Wow, what a road for both of you. Thanks for the poem, and congratulations on your going(s) forward.

Glad you are doing well, Sarah. Thanks for all of your posts and kind words. Not an entry, just a wave in passing.

'ello. Enjoying those Cases and Cats, I trust?

Very nice of you, P.

Meet Julia. She has BLUE eyes, and her room is decorated with... you guessed it. Owls.

-Dan

My pleasure! Seeing the tiny owl as I drive my Fit makes my heart smile even more. Congratulations, again and again, on Julia's arrival. Such a refined sense of style and accoutrements for a young'un.

http://www.random.org/

Oh, I know, but I so dislike choosing just one winner that I want to at least make the process personal somehow...? Random.org is effective, but impersonal.

But, just for you:

~ P.

Well, the kittens and marbles method seemed more effective, but since you were short on kittens I was just suggesting an alternate tool.

Amazing coincidence that it came up with the same number as the cards

We shan't discuss how many times I clicked "Generate" in order to achieve the foregone conclusion, nor mention how often certain other numbers repeated before the same....

Wonderful GA! The prize, the people, the pics!!
I just read the whole thing in one sitting, since my internet has been down for several days!
Generous of you Sarah, to give that useful (ahem), well designed knife away!

I just can't wait until you retire, so you can spend a lot more time around these parts!!

Charlie, your generosity has impacted and inspired me and others near and far, and you of course are instrumental in this current offering. Thank you for the opportunity to lift our hearts and eyes together-- and pocket some exquisite cutlery that more than stands up to the task(s) at hand.

If I can ever crack that "independently wealthy" thing, I'll be around more. Thank you for your kind words in the meantime.

And now, a beautiful knife featured in a "today's carry" thread-- it doesn't get better than this:

Proudly parading this precious present from Pertinux.

Thanks to all for the comments on yesterday's carry. Still blown away by the circumstances surrounding its transfer into my custody. Can't ever thank you enough, ~P.

I'm glad the knife hits the spot-- that's more than enough "thanks" for me.



Cheers, everyone.

~ P.

 

[pvicenzi]

Great thread. Congratulations to all that participated.

 

[Grateful]

This really is a great thread. Great way to spend an hour, or two. I am really glad to be a small part of this great bunch of folks. P, glad you enjoyed my photos. I really enjoy their content. Living where I do I regularly get to see Owls in the wild and always feel special and blessed for the experience. I love when they make eye contact.
I been working hard myself lately, think I might start looking around a little for one of those blue handled Case knives that you spoke of. I have probably earned it well maybe.

Jim

 

[Jack Black]

A very enjoyable read, brought a big smile to my face

 

[Campbellclanman]

Hey Jack - you are right my friend.

Sarah, a wonderfully warm Thread - thank you so much for.......... you!
You make Traditionals all that much better with your way cool style.

 

[buendia518]

I just took some more time reading through this thread; the family pictures are wonderful, thanks everyone for sharing.
Pertinux, taking the time to give individual responses is incredibly thoughtful.

 

[AFAustin]

Pertinux, taking the time to give individual responses is incredibly thoughtful.

I agree. This is true class.

Andrew

 

[pmew]

For the information of the masses, Sarah was prepared to go a long way to help me out with something at the start of the year and the classic was by way of a thank you, and the least I could do.

A little explanation is needed here.

As we all know, Sarah has promoted the GEC *25 or 'WLST' with abandon. I caught the bug. I first got a two blade spear barlow in green tractor bone, then searched high and low for an all steel single blade sheepsfoot jack in ebony, and shamelessly begged just about everyone who owns one to sell it to me (I'm very very sorry everybody, bad form I know), finally Blaine stepped up and offered to let me buy his. Then I saw on the exchange that someone was selling a two blade stag barlow with a clip main. I excitedly jumped on it, pleased to be the first to see it, but for a number of reasons couldn't organise the sale to go through. Sarah, graciously offered to act as proxy and take possession of said article before posting it on to the Isle of Lewis but in the end it all became a little bit too complicated and I conceded defeat. What a generous thing to offer to do though!
A while later, I was ordering some bits and pieces from an online store I use and noticed the blue alox classic and thought hmmm... I know someone who likes blue stuff, and they were offering a 'free engraving' service, so I went ahead and sent it as a thank you.

Fast forwarding a bit, and Sarah started this thread. A super read and great enjoyment was had by all who participated.

I then received a PM from Sarah saying "Oh, by the way...

(booby prize)
I've flung something across the Atlantic for you" - or words to that effect.

Fast forward to more recent replies in this thread and I read this...

For the information of the masses, Paul is worth extra measures.

...Sounds suspicious thinks I, but what happened next floored me. It really did. It rendered me utterly speechless. So please bare in mind what Sarah wrote at the end of her reply to me in this thread;

I've left your post mostly intact, as it captures-- and I have no doubt furthers, visibly or no-- so much of the goodness of heart and real-life action that can be known through interacting here.

A package arrived with a beautifully scripted note, coin...




...and this...





...Which we have seen many times before in the WLST thread, and was her own.

Paul

 

[black mamba]

Beautiful, Sarah and Paul. Better not let your spouses find out about this transatlantic love affair!

Further proof that this is the best forum on the planet, filled with wonderful folks. :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

Absolutely stunning 25 Paul, an exceptional knife, particularly with that back story :thumbup:

Generous to a fault P :thumbup:

 

[pmew]

Beautiful, Sarah and Paul. Better not let your spouses find out about this transatlantic love affair!

Further proof that this is the best forum on the planet, filled with wonderful folks. :thumbup:

I would have posted the same thing had it been you or any other member of our forum my friend

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Lovely thread and giveaway Pertinux. Here's a little something I thought you'd like.


My cat "The Ook" reading her favorite book.

and the obligatory knife content:


Commemorating those who fought for a "reasonable" work day