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lt632ret

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Well to steal a line from an old Johnny cash song ( just a few lyric changes ) "Like a fiend with his dope or a drunkard for his wine a man will have lust for the lure of a knife ".

I picked mine up the other day. However I had a little problem I had told Frank from the beginning that I wanted a knife no matter what. So I guess that gave me first call on the number. Still I did not think it fair to pluck old number one which I am sure would be most peoples first choice. So since last year Phil was good enough to present me with a prototype ( so engraved ) example of our first year 2005. Frank and I decided my number for 2006 would be 00 which is usually the prototype number Schrade used to use. I do not know how everyone will feel about this but that is what was done. Here is a pic of both knives ( sorry that the engraving is not clearer. ) However rest assured it is beautiful. Also you will especially enjoy the hand scrimming which was done, it is unlike the usual factory die printed versions it is deep, rich and especially vibrant. A lost art.

If you have not placed your order and want one of these I would suggest you let Frank know. Either way enjoy the picture. If you do decide to get one of these I believe you will be as happy with yours as I am with mine. Oh yes they come with a certificate of authenticity which in this case is not the run of the mill fluff and which because of Franks history and artistic ability will I feel it will increase its desirability and value in the future. LT
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Oh man I'm drooling, can't wait for mine to get here...

Glenn
 
Those are both special, for sure.
The one Frank has done is really special, as the scrim work is superb!...almost as "Dark as the Dungeon"...and great detail. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks for sharing the first one...Double Ought...:D

Bill
 
Same way I felt last year, LT... You are the senior member, the 'Big Kahuna', the head cheese... the Keeper of the Stone. We are like a knife club here and we now have tradition to keep up with. You'll always have the 00 or the prototype.

Mine 2006 is on order.

Can we get Herman Williams to do next years knife?

Phil
 
Now that I am the usually stoned, KAHUNA, head cheese. I thought considering my mechanical expertise that I would create next years knife I already have the prototype ( naturally an automatic. ie switchblade ) However it is operated by a switch which controls a spring and has a blade over 3 inchs long therefore it would not be considered legal by ebay standards. What do you think for next year. LT
 

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thats a super nice stockman Lt. Wish I had more money, just can't afford one at the moment, i'm dead broke. Those bushnell scopes are hard on the budget :(. oh well maybe in '07
 
An LT design...maybe some Herman Williams file work and guilloche (that's right boys, that's French)...and maybe Frank will scrim the bottom area under the ingeniously designed opening mechanism. That would be a real contrap...er, collaboration. Do you think we could get it done in Damascus?

Bill
 
Are you using a scope on a knife, I like the idea Muskie it goes along well with my proto automatic. Good hunting. Hey woofer wee wee and doo doo Mon Sewer. See I know french also. I also have had french fries which I guess makes me a con a sewer. A damascus wood blade a ha, another great innovation, I havent heard from Herman in years. Lt PS seems it tis a night to ramble on.
 
ya, LT ya gotta be able to aim them switchies precicely ;). Nah, the 30-06 busted the first scope so I was out that money, then I had to go and buy another that was twice the price of the first one, so there is a VERY large void in the wallet LOL
 
Don't worry there is always another knife. Good Hunting. LT PS always remember to shoot low they could be riding shetlands.
 
lt632ret said:
remember to shoot low they could be riding shetlands.
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Lewis Grizzard lives. I don't recall if he actually coined the phrase but that is where I originally got it from.
 
I got it from the other point man ( C.E.R.T correction emergency response team, ) marching next to me as we entered Sing Sing correctional facility to repatriot it from the inmates in the early eightys. I knew he had a good ( if somewhat twisted ) sense of humor as well as a deft touch with a baton however I had no idea that he could quote from an actual source, it is amazing, I guess he could read as well although to look at him you would not have thought it. Although the same could be said of me.

How about this one "Many man smoke but FU MAN CHEW". LT
 
Since you started this thread LT, I suppose a slight divergence to try and guess the answers to these famous quotations (musical, and otherwise) isn't really hijacking the thread so.....

Isn't the Fu Man Chew quote on the Days Work advertising in that other thread that Phil started about dispay ideas and tobacco stuff?????

No? Oh, OK then, maybe it was from the book "The Art of War"...or, that war movie "Spittoon."


Bill
 
Actually a quote from that knife guy that has forgotten more than everyone knows ( from the thread where it was noted that if all manufacturing goes abroad we will be growing rice in NY. ) You know the Ninja, Jedi, guy. LT
 
I was responsible for collecting and securing all the weapons found during this incident. I wonder why. Over 800 from B Block. Including store bought buck knives ect either smuggled in by employees or visitors or stolen from employees pockets picked ect. When we went in, I as point, was informed by the CERT commander that the dark black flooded area ( the floor of the block where we were entering was booby trapped. ) That they had taken the steel bar cell doors off and taken them to the forth tier to throw them down on us should we walk out from the covered walk area. They were also armed and in hiding throughout unlit block. He showed me a shredded two way radio and said keep an eye out for some more of these. Strangly after all the years I do not have one example of a prison shank ( vernacular for homemade knife) . I never kept one. We wore orange jump suits and the inmates called us the orange Crush. So some of us started wearing Orange crush ( soda pop ) patchs. We were only allowed to carry a knife which could be capable of cutting a man down should he be found hanging up. The actual knife was left to our decretion. I carried a automatic Italian stilleto about 14 inchs open ( er for this purpose.) (A simple case of descretion being the better part of valor) I wore steel cletes on my steel toed jump boots ( spit shined to perfection ) I actually lost one of those cletes somewhere while performing my duty I hope it left an INDELABLE impression on who ever er became its owner. Well ( not my words ) but as I used to tell my new officers years later it wasen't just a job it was an adventure.

All this in retrospect is really quite mundane to what our people in harms way are doing every day in the normal line of duty, my heart is with them, they are magnificent ( there is no other word ). LT
 
Great imagery, Rich. But look, if you wanted to find a job where you could use a knife, I'm sure you could have found something a little less perilous. :D

Thanks for the story.

Glenn
 
I just got notified from Frank that mine is on its way!! Man am I a happy camper. I'm sure you'll hear more from me when it arrives.
And yes LT you should always have the prototype.
Schrade Crazy
 
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