Post Your Christmas Gifts!

Materially, I didn't get get any knife- or wilderness-related stuff this year.

But, I did get the opportunity to spend the holidays with my parents and my sister at my folks' place in Collingwood, which means time in my workshop and time with family on the snowshoe trails, which is a great gift. Especially since I was able to leave the miserably rainy weather in Toronto for some decent snowfall here on Blue Mountain.

Spent two hours this morning out in my shop, enjoying a nice Cuban cigar while grinding a nessmuk-style knife, then hit the trails for a decent hike. Now I'm enjoying a glass of Innis & Gunn while checking Bladeforums. Life is good.

All the best to you gents.

j williams, hang in there. Your philosophical outlook is inspiring.

Cheers,

- Mike
 
Man Mike. That sounds incredible. I am happy for ya man. Cuban? Mmmmmm....

That is a "king of the world" type day bro.:thumbup:
 
This year was great - my brother's family came up from Florida (haven't seen them in a year or so). I received a nice portable hard drive for my laptop, and a couple of pairs of jeans, a 27oz kleen kanteen, and a extremely nice Zebralight h50-q5 headlight (2.6/13/66 lumens off of a single AA battery).

My kids now have enough stuff to make traversing the house perilous in the dark (thank goodness for the headlight :) )
 
gunknifenut said:
I guess these are from me, to me. I keep hearing that if you buy yourself a gift that you are an A-hole..
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Where did you hear that? What a load of crap! I ordered a knife from Bryan Breeden and I ended up buying a new monitor - the price was so good, I couldn't refuse (and this one is definitely on its way out - over 2 hours to fire up this time:(), so I guess there's 2 of us, Gene:rolleyes:

Doc
 
Good year.

Got me a 200 weight North face fleece
Laconico Folding nessie
Laconico EDC
150.00 gift card to basspro for a new rod and reel
The book Gonzo- the life and times of Hunter S Thompson
Fleece vest
Carhart pants

Ill post some pics of the blades later. Gonna eat with my troop now....

Not bad at all:D:thumbup:
 
Christmas was good this year:
BK11 Becker Necker
Woodcarving Book
Several blocks of wood
2 light my fire fire steels
32" flat screen TV
Bandsaw
scrollsaw
2 nailguns
mini air compressor
3 Nalgene Everyday Bottles
Stainless Steel Can w/ lid (to make into cook pot)
200' Type 1 paracord
Wii fit
Set of carving knives

It turned out pretty well considering all I aasked for was a carving knife

goat
 
A Pretty good read: Long-Distance Hiking: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail by Roland Mueser.

A Byrd Crossbill, and a SOG Agency. Thats about it.
 
I got several nice things. Spyderco Mini Manix, Blue Vic Farmer, a few Camelbak bottles, a couple of Light My Fire sporks, a Combat Knives book and notification today that my Scrapyard SOD LE shipped(present to myself).
 
My outdoorsy/sharp gifts are:

Gift Certificate to Gander Mountain
Road biking gear
Food Dehydrator
Rifle bag for my AR
Loose leaf tea from Teavana (awesome place for those that haven't been)
Nice Henckels Santoku for the kitchen

Better yet, I was able to go on a short day hike the day after Christmas.
 
Wow, fun post to read! My birthday and Christmas are a day apart so I got a double whammy of sorts. My brothers and I don't exchange for Christmas but they did get me b-day gifts.

From my wife I received:
  • A pair of tubbs snowshoes and a carrying backpack for them:thumbup:
  • Dark Knight DVD
  • A nice pair of Patagonia hikers:thumbup:
  • some booty :thumbup::thumbup:
Brother one got me:
  • Les Stroud's new book:thumbup:
Brother two:
  • Wine (can be drunk outside)
Neighbor to the right:
  • loot bag full of Target survival items (emergency blankets, ponchos, LED/compass/thermometer, hand and toe warmers)
Neighbor to the left:
  • EMS Gift card with which I got a 300 fleece jacket :thumbup:
My aunt:
  • B&N gift card with which I got Practicing Primitive and a CD from the group Elbow
TonyM got me:
  • a big ol magnesium firesteel:thumbup:
Close friend got me:
  • 2 pair wool socks
I got me:
  • Brian Andrews Bushcrafter :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
  • The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • one pair wool hiker socks
  • Stanley flat 20oz water bottle (five bucks on Amazon BTW)
 
I got a large Alice pack with frame, 4pr wool glove liners, M65 field jacket, 50.00 bucks, all from the Inlaws. My dad gave me a 4 wheeler battery, my mom gave me 50.00 bucks for buying sks ammo. My wife gave me BDU pants, the movie Cast Away, PJs, House shoes, Kershaw Storm II knife, Brick of 22 ammo, The movie Polar Express and Scrooge the 1930s version. Then I got sick with a Intestinal flu for the rest of Christmas. Im better now.
 
orrey45 said:
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You got that! That was one of the sweetest folders I have ever seen.
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Yep. Its the only custom slippy I own, and man it is gorgeous. I was lucky to score one from Ray.:thumbup: Even luckier to have my wife pay for it!:D:thumbup:

soccergod04 said:
Sweet haul, J! I've been meaning to pick up that book.
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Get it bro. Its very well wrote, with lots of interesting stories, and insights. I am enjoying it very much. I love the style of the book, wrote from the accounts of several people who knew him. Very cool read.

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longbow50 said:
A couple videos, new Breeden and a 20" barrel for the 870.
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Need to add a few I guess. My wifes mom ordered me a Nikon prostaff 3-9x40 scope for the .22, a Mountain sling for same, a supercell recoil pad for the 870, 11 boxes of mil. overrun 00 and several boxes of various slugs to run through the 870. Nice of her to take an interest in her son-in-law like that. :D
 
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