Saved my house giveaway. winner chosen

Ted,
this is not an entry, but I wanted to thank you for your generosity, for your contribution to this forum, and give you my best wishes for your upcoming birthday.
I'm glad things are getting better for you. I have learned that, more often than not, when someone falls, it can be casualty, but when he rises up, it's alot about will and strength and faith (and not just for a bank doing you a favor).

Fausto
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I will enter! I feel for you my friend, it seems that things are taking 6 years for my family to recover from me breaking my legs, but giving up is too easy, have to make them work to take what is ours! Worrying about finances while we should be healing is never fun either- my insurance cut me off and refused to pay for my education like they were supposed to, so for my last half year of school my family was running on my wife's maternity leave- approx 1/4 of our regular combined take home. But the perseverance of the human spirit shows what good can happen if you are too stubborn to turn around.

My tattoos between each set of scars on my legs helped me to perservere and suck it up when I needed a self kick in the pants, as I knew many more people were fighting life just like we all do, and many have it much worse than I do/did :
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I'm glad that you kept fighting and now have a light in the tunnel. Keep up the good fight and enjoy the ones you love! Here are my reasons for not giving up!!
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This is not an entry but I wanted to say I'm happy to hear things have started turning around. Here's to more good fortune in your future:thumbup:
 
Thanks for all the kind words folks, I'm gonna be focusing on thinning out my collection of 300+ knives so I'll be hosting more giveaways and selling/trading more knives in the not too distant future.

One thing that helped keep me sane was BFC, and the Traditional forum. I spend a lot of time here because #1 it's free,(- the membership fee) and B, the atmosphere in the Traditional forums is very laid back and non judgemental.

It's like hanging out with a bunch of friends I grew up with, one met some amazing individuals here including makers, manufacturers, collectors and historians, I've learned so much in the last 13 years here that I can hold my own in conversations with any of the above mentioned gross of members.

Still even today I continue to learn and will continue to give back anything I've learned here to this fantastic community.

Thanks again folks and please feel free to enter the giveaway, even if you don't want this particular pattern you could always just pay it forward or pass it along. :)
 
the atmosphere in the Traditional forums is very laid back and non judgemental.

It's like hanging out with a bunch of friends I grew up with
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Yes. That is the environment that Gus and Elliott created. It's what Gary and I try to maintain.

Ted, I'm glad there is a lightening of the load for you.

And this is not an entry.
 
I agree. This is a great place to hide out and get away from the rest of the race. Patience in the battle is great need. I'm a recent Boker fan. Their bone is great & the wood looks to be as well. Please count me in. Keep in the battle!
 
I'll enter. I don't have a canoe in my collection.

I was digging through an old tool box of mine and found a Case Trapper that I got many years ago. It was in good shape, just a little discoloration on the blade and still reasonably sharp.

i always like reading your posts. It seems like you put quite a bit of thought into what you write.

Thanks, I hope to be reading your posts for many years to come.

Ric
 
Not an entry.

I'm glad things are looking up for you and good luck for the future.
 
Looks like about a half a dozen giveaways going on in the Traditional's forum today, what a great place filled with generous people.

Where else could ya find people giving away knives? Only at BFC.

A real Folksy place to hang your hat and put your feet up for awhile.

Oh yea a bump to bring this up to the front to give more members a chance who might have missed it.
 
Happy Birthday and congrats on the house! I would love to be entered and have no problem with helping on the shipping as I live in Canada...

Very nice gesture!
 
Not an entry, but only because I already have a wooden-handled canoe --with sentimental value besides -- and this beautiful Boker would surely compete with it for pocket time :)

Mercifully, most of what you've been through the last few years is beyond my experience. The exception is the weight loss -- I've been there, and so know how it feels to have about 10 years knocked off your subjective age when you get your body back and to have, as a bonus, a bunch of lingering health problems clear up. My heartfelt congratulations to you on that, and as they say, "May the best of your past be the worst of your future!"

--Mark
 
Just a little over 2 weeks to go, you have a pretty good chance if ya enter this one of winning.

Good luck.
 
I'm glad to hear that things are looking up for you. I agree with you that this is a great community. Even though I haven't been here in the traditionals sub forum very long, I feel like I am getting used to some of the great personalities that this place hosts.

Take care and thanks for the chance.
 
I'm in. Thanks for the chance.

Even more so, thanks for hope. It gives me great hope seeing how your situation turned out. We are struggling through the emotional roller coaster of my wife's debilitating illness. Some days she's in such extreme pain she can't get out of bed. It's hard to balance working the hours needed to pay the bills and being home to help keep the house up and take care of my family. I haven't worked less than 90 hours a week for three or four months.

I was working on changing things I didn't like about myself before your post, but when I read it, my outlook changed. It was like a light bulb came on. I realized I've not been the man or husband God intended me to be. I've let my wife carry burdens she should have never had to carry alone. I've not protected my family like I should have. Heck, I even posted the other day about wanting the new pony jack for Father's Day. I was so checked out I didn't realize that there was no way that could ever happen where we are right now financially.

All the signs were there. Looking back, I can see God was trying to tell me a long time ago, I was just too hard headed to listen and open my eyes.

But no more. Today we start climbing out of the hole I've allowed to be dug. We've been selling stuff all week, things I never thought I'd sell, including all of my small collection except the four or five knives that have deep sentimental value. I've realized that they are just things. My family is more important.

In short, I apologize for emotionally puking all over your giveaway thread. I just wanted you to understand how deeply your post affected me. I don't want you or anyone else to feel sorry for me, I allowed my situation to happen by not taking care of business I should have. But, like I said before, thank you for giving me hope that I can fix this, that I can dig us out. I'm going to pull up my big boy pants, put on my boots, and get to work.

Thanks for the giveaway, the hope, and the kick in the pants.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
One thing that helped keep me sane was BFC, and the Traditional forum. I spend a lot of time here because #1 it's free,(- the membership fee) and B, the atmosphere in the Traditional forums is very laid back and non judgemental.
It's like hanging out with a bunch of friends I grew up with, one met some amazing individuals here including makers, manufacturers, collectors and historians, I've learned so much in the last 13 years here that I can hold my own in conversations with any of the above mentioned gross of members.
Still even today I continue to learn and will continue to give back anything I've learned here to this fantastic community.
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BFC Traditional is a fantastic place. I always enjoy your posts Ted and it is people like you who make this space so special.

knarfeng said:
Yes. That is the environment that Gus and Elliott created. It's what Gary and I try to maintain.
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And a very fine job the two of you do.........I am sure that Gus and Elliot are very proud of the legacy they have created and how it is being maintained. Thank you for all you do here................
 
medicevans said:
I'm in. Thanks for the chance.

Even more so, thanks for hope. It gives me great hope seeing how your situation turned out. We are struggling through the emotional roller coaster of my wife's debilitating illness. Some days she's in such extreme pain she can't get out of bed. It's hard to balance working the hours needed to pay the bills and being home to help keep the house up and take care of my family. I haven't worked less than 90 hours a week for three or four months.

I was working on changing things I didn't like about myself before your post, but when I read it, my outlook changed. It was like a light bulb came on. I realized I've not been the man or husband God intended me to be. I've let my wife carry burdens she should have never had to carry alone. I've not protected my family like I should have. Heck, I even posted the other day about wanting the new pony jack for Father's Day. I was so checked out I didn't realize that there was no way that could ever happen where we are right now financially.

All the signs were there. Looking back, I can see God was trying to tell me a long time ago, I was just too hard headed to listen and open my eyes.

But no more. Today we start climbing out of the hole I've allowed to be dug. We've been selling stuff all week, things I never thought I'd sell, including all of my small collection except the four or five knives that have deep sentimental value. I've realized that they are just things. My family is more important.

In short, I apologize for emotionally puking all over your giveaway thread. I just wanted you to understand how deeply your post affected me. I don't want you or anyone else to feel sorry for me, I allowed my situation to happen by not taking care of business I should have. But, like I said before, thank you for giving me hope that I can fix this, that I can dig us out. I'm going to pull up my big boy pants, put on my boots, and get to work.

Thanks for the giveaway, the hope, and the kick in the pants.
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My Old Man used to tell me when I was a kid and would get frustrated when something didn't go my way or just plain seemed unattainable, "...ya need to have a long term goal with short term accomplishments," this way you'll always have direction with success along the way to keep you focused and encouraged.

Good to hear you've had an epiphany, remember each day that you get to wake up is another chance to do right by your life.

Good luck.
 
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Hope you're skating well now Kris :)

T. Erdelyi said:
Thanks again folks and please feel free to enter the giveaway, even if you don't want this particular pattern you could always just pay it forward or pass it along. :)
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Ted, you sent me a church-key a while back, and I'm still very pleased with it :)

knarfeng said:
Yes. That is the environment that Gus and Elliott created. It's what Gary and I try to maintain.
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:thumbup:
 
A little over a week to go, come on folks get in on this giveaway for a nice Boker Model 200 Canoe.

Bumped to give anyone who missed this to get in on it.
 
Ted, not an entry, but thanks for the giveaway, and I'm happy to hear things are on an upswing. :thumbup:
 
Bump this up again, 5 more days to go, I just polished the bolsters on the Boker and this is a great little knife, carries great because the single backspring yet it's a stout little tank of s knife at the same time.

So if ya qualify enter or if you've never owned a canoe pattern and would like a chance to own one just let me know in a post here and you'll be entered.

Good luck.
 
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