Only a knife, but.....

Everyone was safe thanks, jus a little damp! We didn't have it as bad as Manila, but being that the house is aft about 1 ft above sea level and 10 ft from the high tide mark we're susceptible to any surges. We were in the middle of building a sea wall to protect the house, but the house got blown down by Yolanda so we're having to extend it to cover the new shack! I'm in Australia working at the moment so my wife is dealing with everything on her own. I should be able to pick some stuff up here - inexplicably the brother in law who stile the knives also took my Flitz, perhaps he's not that stupid after all!
a trip to Iloilo sounds like fun
Thanks so much for your kind offers of help. I'll be in touch.
 
Glad to hear everyone made it through safe and sound. Yeah, that storm surge is a killer for sure. Amazing to me that people here in Iloilo had no idea what a storm surge was, so during Yolanda nobody left their beach houses.

If your misses needs anything we would be happy to ship it to her, let LBC worry about having to get to her instead of her getting to them lol. If it's an emergency we would be happy to fly in and get it to her. I know what it's like being separated from your loved ones during a storm. I was in the US when Iloilo got hit by Yolanda. Luckily there was no damage to the city, not even flooding, but I was worried as could be.

I'm finally heading home in October. Quick family trip to Boracay in mid October and then back to the States for me. I have been here for 11 months and starting to really miss looking forward to a meal lol. I'm not big on Filipino food lol
 
Best of luck with the knives, recovering your home, and keeping civil around the thieving family member.
 
bear71 said:
As some wise men have told me over the last few days, they are only knives but it's hard not to be a little distressed...
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Well now it's a knife with a story. And a great one too, so if you can get it back to us we'll clean her up. At the very least you end up with a bushraptor. ;-)

Imrahil said:
Here is what Manila looked like.

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This picture is stunning to me. This is what I think about when I'm designing knives. What would I want to have on me in a situation like this?

willic said:
Jules,

I'm sorry for the bad news (plural). I hope this will be a lesson for your relative and a turning point! Keep the blades oiled until you have time to work on them, oxygen sure fuels that rust! I left an 01 (not Fiddleback) in a fishing pail years ago and it got rained on overnight. It was in a leather sheath. Pitting formed overnight, but it still is a user with dark patina, just three dimensional patina! LOL

Stay safe!
-Will
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Yeah, this is one of the benefits of kydex sheaths. I prefer leather too, but there are advantages sometimes. Like being underwater. :D


bear71 said:
- inexplicably the brother in law who stile the knives also took my Flitz, perhaps he's not that stupid after all!
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If your wife can coat it in anything oil or wax like that would be great. Like I said above, send it back when you get a chance and we'll clean it up and post photos of it all.

Glad to hear everybody was safe. That's the most important.
 
Thanks Ken, much appreciated. I stocked up on mineral oil last time I was there so Mrs Bear is applying liberally! I won't get back home until mid-November, I can assess everything then and hopefully get it to you.
 
Bamboo said:
This picture is stunning to me. This is what I think about when I'm designing knives. What would I want to have on me in a situation like this?
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So any chance of seeing more SS and less O1 for those of us who live in flood prone areas and spend lots of time in, and around, the ocean? Even when I am home in Texas I live on the coast and spend a lot of time in brackish swamps and bayous. I love your blades, and would love to take them with me everywhere, but 90% of the time they get left behind for something in SS. It seems like the people who do have some of your SS blades never want to let them go, and I can't blame them.
 
I'll clean any of them for u without the charge if u can send them in.
 
One picture from a friend who is in a SAR unit in Manila and another from a TV broadcast. This was a relocation area for the poor, the government forced them to move here because their last location was considered too dangerous.

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When I was there during Ondoy- family got knee deep water in house- I learned so much about planning for flooding. Interior walls were hollow block 4' up and outlets were high on the wall. Linoleum is not glued down- makes it easier to roll up, sanitize after the water recedes, clean and roll back down. Many people sitting alongside sidewalks with their belongings in a sack- when they saw us, they wanted to pose with us for pics!!! When I told them how sorry I was for their homes flooded, they just shrugged and said it happens.

We here is US have little idea what it is to live with the elements. We reshape the land, have water runoff planning for highways and developments. Not many people in Phils even have home insurance as the insurance companies are poorly regulated and will just go out of business in a disaster. I was impressed as the whole neighborhood rolled furniture and appliances out in to the street and began cleaning them to prevent bacteria and mold as well as cholera and typhoid risks.

One nephew stole Mother in laws cell phone. When his brother found out, he beat him and brought him back to the house to give it back. He still lowers his head when he comes to the house.

Hand tough Bear and good on you Imrahil!

Maybe one day when I get there we can meet up for some tooba and San Mig.

Bill
 
lmalterna said:
Hand tough Bear and good on you Imrahil!

Maybe one day when I get there we can meet up for some tooba and San Mig.

Bill
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Like I said, I know what it's like to have the woman you love in another country, where government assistance doesn't really exist, while something like this is happening and it's not a good feeling. People have to help each other here, because the one guarantee you have is that the government sure won't do it quickly or do a good job of it. After Yolanda it took the government over 2 months to show up to a friends town. We had already been running supplies in, rebuilding homes, and doing basic medical aid by the time the gov got there.

Give you an idea of how things are run here, when Japan flew food aid into the Philippines the government tried to tax Japan on imported goods and then swapped all of the name brand canned food for off brand cheap stuff. Any guess who might own every supermarket in the country? Yep, corrupt politicians and their friends. After that almost all donations to Yolanda were run through the US Military to get around the corruption and theft.

I have a spot for just about any Fiddlebacker (is that the term?), either here or in the US.
 
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