Just talked to Richard he gave me a call from the hospital, He's in good spirits even though he's in the hospital, I told him about this thread and told him that everybody was pulling for him and praying and wishing for him to have a speedy recovery, looks like he may be out of action for awhile, I'm not gonna go into details of his condition out of respect for Richard, I dunno if he wants to keep it private or not , either way It's not my place to post it up. He was watching "wicked Tuna" on the T.v. and we were both laughing and joking at the episode he was watching as I had seen it also. I will say this Richard might be down but I don't think he's out. He may be out of action for awhile though, Richard is a good friend and even though I have never met in person He has went above and beyond for me so many times I feel like I know him personally, We live aways away from each other but I told him if he would like me to relay a message to you guys that i would, just keep him in your thoughts and prayers, even though he's in good spirits he's no where near out of the woods yet folks. I will note I didn't mention knife sharpening to him I was concerned about his condition so if striderco says he said to keep shipping them then keep shipping them, As i said we didn't discuss that at all, only his condition and I told him I wanted a custom fixed blade made by him when he feels better.He said he would make it but gave no mention of time or when he would be able to do it.
