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Just wanted to say hello to everybody, I have been nosing around here for a while and am overwhelmed at the amount of information on this site. I poked around for a while and decided I would get an account if I had any money in my paypal so I opened her up and there lying unused and forsaken was $25.01. I took at is a sign and I'm now a gold member.
I'm in the Air Force, going on 11 years. As my profile says I'm a Combat Arms Specialist. I teach weapons handling, BRM and ARM. I'm a M107 primary instructor to include all the voodoo math that goes along with shooting 1,500+ meters. I also, maintain and fix weapons when they get sick.
I don't really collect knives although I have quite a collection ranging from a swiss bayonet to several benchmades. I was planning on getting into knife making early this year but the AF had other plans and decided I should forgo my honeymoon (literally) and spend a while OCONUS, so when I get back I will start getting into knife making. I'm planning on attending the ABS Intro to Bladesmithing course when I get back and am already scanning for equipment. I pretty much have files and an angle grinder right now. I was planning on buying some basic stuff but again had to leave and found this site shortly after I deployed and overall am pretty thankful I found it before I got started. You guys have already saved me hours of frustration and probably several hundred dollars in the long run. I'm planning on a KMG grinder with a platen and 10" contact wheel. What do you guys think as my first grinder?
Lets see I wasn't planning on buying any knives but since I have been deployed I found Pohl Force and love them. I believe my next knife will be a BK9 because I don't own a Becker at all and after seeing that pretty much EVERYBODY has one on this sight I think I will see what the fuss is about.
Anyway, there is a little about me and I'm looking forward to continuing to find all the little nuggets of info that are on this site. It seems like everytime I log on I find something else that makes me think or go *facepalm "I should have thought of that". Let me say I know this site has been around for a long time and I'm coming LATE to the party but thank you guys for having this site and taking the time to put all this information out here.
I'm in the Air Force, going on 11 years. As my profile says I'm a Combat Arms Specialist. I teach weapons handling, BRM and ARM. I'm a M107 primary instructor to include all the voodoo math that goes along with shooting 1,500+ meters. I also, maintain and fix weapons when they get sick.
I don't really collect knives although I have quite a collection ranging from a swiss bayonet to several benchmades. I was planning on getting into knife making early this year but the AF had other plans and decided I should forgo my honeymoon (literally) and spend a while OCONUS, so when I get back I will start getting into knife making. I'm planning on attending the ABS Intro to Bladesmithing course when I get back and am already scanning for equipment. I pretty much have files and an angle grinder right now. I was planning on buying some basic stuff but again had to leave and found this site shortly after I deployed and overall am pretty thankful I found it before I got started. You guys have already saved me hours of frustration and probably several hundred dollars in the long run. I'm planning on a KMG grinder with a platen and 10" contact wheel. What do you guys think as my first grinder?
Lets see I wasn't planning on buying any knives but since I have been deployed I found Pohl Force and love them. I believe my next knife will be a BK9 because I don't own a Becker at all and after seeing that pretty much EVERYBODY has one on this sight I think I will see what the fuss is about.
Anyway, there is a little about me and I'm looking forward to continuing to find all the little nuggets of info that are on this site. It seems like everytime I log on I find something else that makes me think or go *facepalm "I should have thought of that". Let me say I know this site has been around for a long time and I'm coming LATE to the party but thank you guys for having this site and taking the time to put all this information out here.
