Look, some people may be suspicious b/c you are new but I'll let you in on the CS guy- that's Lynn Thompson. Be very careful what you say about him- he can kick your butt faster than Chuck Norris (more like 2 Chuck Norris' in one). He'll shove a spear up your butt, a tomahawk in your skull and then cut you up like a side of beef on a meathook- the whipping would be so profound that it might make it to a video. So you need to be careful of him, Jack Bauer wets himself at the mention of LT. Now you know.
wow, i will remember that one for sure lol, speak for yourself, lol. imho he's a dork and he couldnt whip my mommie..
i wont even go into anything about mclung, imho his rep is pretty well known to all anyway, if he told me the sun was gonna rise in the morning i would go check it out at 6AM.
i will say i have been checking out BF for probably 8 yrs now and i dont recall ever seeing another thread like this one, one that grew so fast with so many views/posts, must say its something else.
well to the gist of things, i would say mick lied about a lot of things, and thats wrong to lie about military experiences and i for one dont know why folks do that, low self esteem?? i know my father saw as much action in WW2 as most anyone and he rarely, if ever spoke of his experiences, which is imho how the great majority of vets act in this regard, so no its not right.
now is this all news to me?? of course not most/if not all of this has been floating around for yrs now, dont suppose its ever been gathered up all in one spot though before. but really not a lot of news here, at least not to me.
will i sell all my striders now?? no. will i buy more?? possibly. would i want combat training by mick? no. would i want to learn to grind knives from him?? yes.
but really, all in all, its not a biggie to me, i dont have a dog in this race, its up to mick to defend himself, not me, and he aint gonna come here and do that so forget that. this isnt a court of law anyway.
its kinda funny all the anti MS folks complain that MS's folks are "coming here to cause trouble" etc, they are just as spitefull and mean and single minded as the MS defenders, i have seen posts of folks saying incredibly rude things to ira, who imho doesnt deserve that, and others too. and bashing other forums, calling them names, i dont think any other forum unanimously agrees with anyone about anything, they are just as divided on this as BF is, ya all need to remember that we are all knife collectors and show everyone a little respect anyway. this whole thing makes me feel dirty. and sad.
but spark's info is pretty solid, i dont think much of it can be argued, he lied about it, and thats that.
whats the repercussions for SKI?? i hope nothing too bad, there are lots of good folks working there, but ya cant help but think this isnt good pub, irregardless of the old "any pub is good pub", this is not good pub. i am sure this will hurt them.
i must try and make the next show, it'll be interesting to see how all these varied folks are gonna do in public together because there is plenty of hurt feelings and anger to go around i bet..
another chapter in "the days of our knives" lol.
