Looking for a Pocketknife

Thanks for all of you help, Elliott! And I like the quote from "Lonesome Dove" in your signature line!

And Shebop, thank you, but really thank the young men and women here who are doing such fantastic work...they're the ones who are getting the job done! I'm just an old retired guy here helping out.

Ron
 
De nada, Ron. It was my pleasure.

As to the sig line, thanks. I really enjoyed the book and the characters in the four books making up the entire saga.

The line has a lot of personal meaning and it is reinforced for me daily by the kinds of people, friends and interactions I find myself surrounded by hereabouts. (Makers, users, collectors et al.)

I count myself very lucky as a result, and interestingly enough, much of that good vibe of late has emanated from the "lone star state". Go figure. ;) :cool:
 
Got one just like that one even tote it quite a bit especially on weekends. It IS a great knife (for a bunch of reasons!) ;).
 
I plan on carrying and using this one as well! I guess I'm not a "real" collector, as I like to use the knives in my little collection.

I'll check out those threads, Elliott...and it's nice to find someone else who reads and understands Latin! I am in agreement with your chosen interpretation of the Latin phrase. Too many times, folks take the most literal translation, and it loses the meaning of the original writer...much the same as in Spanish.

Ron
 
Ron53 said:
Too many times, folks take the most literal translation, and it loses the meaning of the original writer...much the same as in Spanish.

Ron
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That's always a danger in translating from another language.

I'm reminded of Don Quixote characterizing his horse, Rocinante as "el mejor caballo que come pan." (The best horse that eats bread. Obviously, loses something in the literal translation. ;))
 
I know what you mean! That Spanish phrase, which is an old one, in transliteration, means: "The best horse alive!" or "the best horse around"....or, in our modern lingo: "the best horse a guy could own!"

Ron
 
Ron53 said:
I know what you mean! That Spanish phrase, which is an old one, in transliteration, means: "The best horse alive!" or "the best horse around"....or, in our modern lingo: "the best horse a guy could own!"

Ron
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De acuerdo! :cool: :thumbup:
 
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