James, I too would wish to end this as friends, I guess I tend to joke around a bit, and I didn't mean to offend
you, Ki, maybe, but only because I felt, as others do/did that he had been insulting, but I do feel badly that your well intentioned post turned into what it did, felt that way right up until you said I was an armchair commando.
So, rather than us take "shots" at each other (literally, or figuritively)
let's part as fellow knife lovers and friends, and, should you ever come my way, we'll go get a beer or 2, or 3, and maybe hit the range (before the beer), where I'll try to convince you the Glock is superior to the 1911...
(I have a stainless Kimber that I like very much too.
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