Order of KAI Official Hang Out; Part Deux - It's Enrico Palazzo!

sticktodrum said:
If you haven't already bought it, I'd recommend waiting to get an 0801.




Yeah...I know how you feel. Fortunately, I work in an office that doesn't care about knives or my toys. Got my own office, a cool boss, and I play with knives half the day. :D It's ironic considering I work in midtown Manhattan... I was playing with the 0600 last night until I pretty much went to sleep. My wife was a bit ill at ease because it's the biggest knife I've ever brought to bed. :)




Thank you sir.




I've gone through some instances like that. Lost loves, lost friends...it's just life. It gets easier as you get older, and sometimes you get back in touch with people. I lost touch with the first girl I ever fell in love with. She lives in Florida, met her when I lived there. It was rough for a long time, and then thanks to the Internet, we got back in touch. Lost touch again, but then found each other again. It's odd for younger people, but the Internet wasn't always around, and the reality of losing touch with important people was very much different than it is now. Anyway, there's often a way to reconnect with people one way or another, so I wouldn't let it eat you up.

Even if that's not the case, it's not good to dwell on lost friends when the landscape of new ones is such an encouraging thought. For that, I'll offer a small anecdote.

I had a best friend, same friend, for over ten years. We met freshman year of high school and were best friends since. We transferred high schools together, were in band together as drummers, did everything together. Knew everything about one another, and his family was my family since I grew up in a broken home. I wasn't the greatest friend, I usually forgot birthdays by a day or so (more a result of bad memory than anything else), and sometimes was just rude in my expression of my opinion. Apparently it became an unspoken problem for my friend, as two years ago, he essentially disappeared from my life. My wife and I were engaged, planned the wedding, and it was September of that year, 2011. He was my best man. That July, I forgot to call him on his birthday, since I was actually at the Invasion of Normandy paintball game filming the event with Manny. My friend disappeared for a couple of days, and then sent me an email that he didn't care to know me any longer. Blocked the phone numbers of me, my wife, my family, our friends.

Two months before my wedding, he decided to disappear. My wife was torn up, because he was her friend as well, and a friend of her mother. We all go way back. My wife's best friend was the only one who could contact him, and she went to see him to speak with him about it. Funny though, as he had always tried to sleep with this girl (wife's friend, maid of honor) in the past, that was pretty much the extent of his conversation with her. It was pretty disgusting, and that whole thing was just laid to rest. I haven't heard from or even seen him since, which is odd since we love close to one another and used to occupy all the same social areas...

But, I moved on, and the gent who should have been my best man then got the spot. A lapse in my judgment, admittedly. Moreover, Manny and I grew much closer as friends, and he's become the brother I never had. My family loves him, our families get along great, and we're integral parts of one another's lives in terms of friendship and council.

The future has some interesting twists in its plot, and more often than not, some very encouraging going on. Don't let lost opportunities and reminiscences get you down. Looking forward and taking life as it comes is a much better way of keeping your head up. A bit of a lesson to you young people in the audience.
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Love ya too sticky. You're the brother I never wante-....wait...what??? Nevermind.

Anyway, I work in demolition so I get to use knives, multitools, lights, etc. all day, e'r day.

Personally, I don't get down about anything really. I've never been that type. Things don't work out? Hey, that's life. I enjoy life too much to get stressed out or bent outta shape about stuff. High school was the worst period of my life, but even then I really didn't let it get to me. I spent 3 years trying to fit in, and senior year I decided that I wasn't going to see any of these people again, so why try to impress them? To hell with them I said to myself and senior year was the best time I spent in high school.

Things go wrong, and bad stuff happens. It's the nature of things.
 
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This is a favorite saying of mine; "lifes a bitch, cuz if it was a slut, itd be easy"


But ya, ive had screwy times with girls, there was this one (this happened last year) that i thoughtthings were going great, two weeks into it, i ask her to prom, she said yes, the next day i learn my best friend is dating her... Now she wont text ne for other complex reasons, and btw, most of my problems in this are do to my "friends" manipulation of her and me, im still not over it, im still hoping when i got to school next year i see they broke up, i only got to be close with this girl for 3 weeks, in those three weeks i had wrote her a valentine letter, which she recieved kindly and warmed up a lot to me for, now she wont talk to me, sorry if im ranting, marks story just reminded me of this.


Mark, do you know her last name? Or parents? I know its a stretch searching through phone books, but if u are really upset with it it wouldnt hurt :o
 
I'm feeling great! Carved up some wood I got from outside and made a little pile of something to clean up. Then...more videos!
 
Ok im cool headed now.... After thinking about it and fondling a tenacious i feel refreshed!


Anywho, new vids you say stick?
 
Congrats to Mario and Manny...pretty special deal more so with those serial #'s.

The 0600 has impressed my more than any other ZT limited edition knife to date. Because it is a LE knife I had to buy one as opposed to buying one because I found it irresistible like the 0777.

This piece just keeps growing on me more and more. Beautiful big and bad ass!!
 
Well great...apparently our blankets don't fit in our washer so we had to go to the laundry mat. *sigh* I'm sitting in a chair that is about to break. HELP ME.
 
So I was chatting with my grandma today. Basically I was telling her about some new knives I have gotten, because she takes interest in my hobbies when I drive over and visit. My grandfather is big into daggers and guns so she understands the addiction. Anyway I was telling her that I got two new Zero Tolerance knives. I proceeded to explain to her that they are a branch off Kershaw. Their parent company being KAI. She interjected saying "Kershaw makes really good knives." :). Any way I said their parent company KAI actually does scissors. She asked me "Is it spelled K-A-I?". I said yes, and she replied that she was pretty sure she had some of them. She is a hair dresser and buys high end scissors for her business. She probably has 10-15 pairs that cost over $100 some near $200 I think.

Next time I stop by her beauty salon I will see if I can get some pictures.
 
That's cool steely! Oh yeah...took this pic at my laundry mat.

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Hey Stick, did your 0801 have a bit of break in time? My lockbar is pretty stiff. So it isn't as smooth as my 0600. Or maybe that is what $200 dollars more is getting :D. Still totally happy, just wondering if I can speed it up.
 
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