Lost my Charlow yesterday...UPDATE, Thanks Parke1!!

Only in the TF&FB Site that we people jump in to help one another out way above and beyond the call.!**
Way to go Parke1 *
 
wolf-man-12 said:
Only in the TF&FB Site that we people jump in to help one another out way above and beyond the call.!**
Way to go Parke1 *
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Seriously, not to be an elitist but I don't think you'd see 5 or 6 guys offer to chip in within a couple hours for a new Benchmade on the tactical side of this forum.
 
Brisket said:
I hate losing stuff, knives in particular, and I've had my share of them disappear. Sorry that you are going through that and hope that it turns up. Maybe it will help to post up a sign in the park.

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PLEASE print and put this sign up. It is so great on so many levels. I especially appreciate the need of the red arrow to differentiate between the knife that was lost and the onions being offered as the reward, you can never be too careful.
Can you imagine knowing what a Charlow is and actually seeing this sign on a telephone pole. I would crash my car seeing it for the first time and then run to the park to look for it.
 
I lost a knife in around 1973, and I'm still gutted! :eek:

Sorry for your loss, hope your Charlow turns up, but well done to Dan and Duncan's posse for riding to the rescue in record time. Great stuff guys :thumbup:
 
Macchina said:
PLEASE print and put this sign up. It is so great on so many levels. I especially appreciate the need of the red arrow to differentiate between the knife that was lost and the onions being offered as the reward, you can never be too careful.
Can you imagine knowing what a Charlow is and actually seeing this sign on a telephone pole. I would crash my car seeing it for the first time and then run to the park to look for it.
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It would be quite the sight :D I rarely even come across other knife people though. The only other knife person I met was a guy who works at my local tackle shop. He was carrying a sebenza last I saw him and seems to be interested in more modern tactical designs. Perhaps he is a member of this forum, but I'd have to run into him again and ask.
 
Wow. Sorry for the loss but I'm sure the replacement will take on even more meaning to you as it's the product of such magnanimity and good will. Are you all this nice in real life? Lol just kiddin I'm sure you are.
 
Maybe we are getting ahead of ourselves ...
Is it safe to assumie that you have already interrogated your son (suspect #1)?
 
I feel for you, remember that help is just around the corner. After a significant loss like that it is common to feel displaced, lonely and angry. Do something with that. Don't stop coming to the fountain, time will heal your wounds, and perhaps the purchase of a new knife :D
 
I've lost more than one - some years ago and I still miss owning them. Hope it turns up, but that's a LONG shot! OH
 
I feel with you. My charlow has dissappeared twice on me. Lucky i found it every time. Once in the cinema and once in my car. My stomach turned and i had a terrible knot in it. Awful feeling having something lost.

I remember when my first cv peanut left me. I had carried it for a year. It was so nice and smooth. One day in the bus it got out and i noticed it too late. I hope whoever found her gave her a good home and shes not rusting in a ditch.
 
Jack Black said:
I lost a knife in around 1973, and I'm still gutted! :eek:

Sorry for your loss, hope your Charlow turns up, but well done to Dan and Duncan's posse for riding to the rescue in record time. Great stuff guys :thumbup:
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Great to see a happy ending here! On Tuesday morning I laid my Bose/Case dogleg jack down on the fender of my trailer and drove away. It had been my edc for 3 1/2 years. I won't be getting it back but I have come to terms with it and have even managed to purchase another one. It is funny how it can affect one; I couldn't go to sleep that night. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
In about 1967 my best friend lost a Ruana hunting knife in the hills. 40 years later I purchased another one for a considerable sum and presented it to him for Christmas. He sat down and started crying. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
 
I sure hate to hear that.

I can count on one hand the knives I have lost in 40 years, and I still regret every one of them.
 
tongueriver said:
Great to see a happy ending here! On Tuesday morning I laid my Bose/Case dogleg jack down on the fender of my trailer and drove away. It had been my edc for 3 1/2 years. I won't be getting it back but I have come to terms with it and have even managed to purchase another one. It is funny how it can affect one; I couldn't go to sleep that night. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
In about 1967 my best friend lost a Ruana hunting knife in the hills. 40 years later I purchased another one for a considerable sum and presented it to him for Christmas. He sat down and started crying. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
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Cool stories, tongueriver. My head answers your question with a yes, but my heart often disagrees. I try to live my life without regrets, but one of my few regrets is losing track of a "dressy" knife my parents gave me when I was a teenager. It was a slender little pen knife with fake pearl scales, and I only carried it for church on Sundays (and I can't think of a time I actually cut anything with it). I went off to college and that knife apparently didn't come with me; I have no clue what happened to it, but I sure wish I still had it!

Props to Dan for his amazing generosity! (And to the consortium that was planning a replacement knife for Flint Hills.)

-GT
 
If there is such consolation to be had, i remember when i lost my !5 boys knife (not equivalent, but just saying) and i was reminded of the day that i found a zippo in the forrest. The point of this is that i never forgot that day and was very greatful to find that zippo, and to this day i still have it. Hopefully someone will never forget the day that they found this beauty of a knife and maybe they will treasure it for the rest of their days.
 
tongueriver said:
Great to see a happy ending here! On Tuesday morning I laid my Bose/Case dogleg jack down on the fender of my trailer and drove away. It had been my edc for 3 1/2 years. I won't be getting it back but I have come to terms with it and have even managed to purchase another one. It is funny how it can affect one; I couldn't go to sleep that night. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
In about 1967 my best friend lost a Ruana hunting knife in the hills. 40 years later I purchased another one for a considerable sum and presented it to him for Christmas. He sat down and started crying. Just a knife, right? Hmmmm.
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Sorry to hear that you lost a knife too, but that's a nice gesture with your pal :thumbup:

With me, it wasn't just that my grandfather gave me the knife, and that he carried it during the war - I've lost things since that meant more to me - but I still can't figure out how I lost it! :confused:
 
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