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- Mar 4, 2014
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Just a quick intro and a howdy --
Middle-aged guy with a great family and too many hobbies.
Happened to be browsing the internet a month ago and thought it would be nice to have a gentleman's pocket knife. Google led me here.
After reading and thinking about the options, I bought a Buck 503. Great knife, easy/unobtrusive to carry, good-looking, sharp as heck. Thought that would be sufficient.
But no. Saw some great photos of Al Mar folders, and lo and behold one of those was delivered a few days later -- a Hawk with smoked MOP.
You'd think that would be enough to keep a guy happy, right? Wrong.
Soon I had a couple of GECs on the way. Absolutely blew me away with the quality.
So then I ordered a couple more GECs that were every bit as nice as the first two.
Someone posted a great shot of the Ka-bar Coppersmith barlow, so of course I had no choice but to order one. Very nice, but maybe too thick -- I seem to prefer single-blade folders.
Then I saw a pic on here of someone's Canal Street Half Moon collection -- wow! So I had to order a couple of those, they'll be delivered tomorrow.
Now I think I need an Moki in quince wood to keep the Al Mar company.
Oh, and I also have a couple more GECs on the way, did I mention that?
Fortunately this is all far less expensive that some of the other hobbies I've been bitten by -- watches, guns, fountain pens, etc.
Anyways, happy to be here and look forward to participating. And I will post pics soon -- that's part of the fun!
Dan
Middle-aged guy with a great family and too many hobbies.
Happened to be browsing the internet a month ago and thought it would be nice to have a gentleman's pocket knife. Google led me here.
After reading and thinking about the options, I bought a Buck 503. Great knife, easy/unobtrusive to carry, good-looking, sharp as heck. Thought that would be sufficient.
But no. Saw some great photos of Al Mar folders, and lo and behold one of those was delivered a few days later -- a Hawk with smoked MOP.
You'd think that would be enough to keep a guy happy, right? Wrong.
Soon I had a couple of GECs on the way. Absolutely blew me away with the quality.
So then I ordered a couple more GECs that were every bit as nice as the first two.
Someone posted a great shot of the Ka-bar Coppersmith barlow, so of course I had no choice but to order one. Very nice, but maybe too thick -- I seem to prefer single-blade folders.
Then I saw a pic on here of someone's Canal Street Half Moon collection -- wow! So I had to order a couple of those, they'll be delivered tomorrow.
Now I think I need an Moki in quince wood to keep the Al Mar company.
Oh, and I also have a couple more GECs on the way, did I mention that?
Fortunately this is all far less expensive that some of the other hobbies I've been bitten by -- watches, guns, fountain pens, etc.
Anyways, happy to be here and look forward to participating. And I will post pics soon -- that's part of the fun!
Dan
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Looking forward to your posts!
