Show and Tell: Your Holiday Haul

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Wanna share what you got over Christmas? I figured I'd ask only now just to give it a few days to get used to them for a bit. They don't have to be knives, toys or gear. They don't have to be the most expensive or grand. Just the ones you feel BEST about.

I'll start (wish it was a knife though!); aside from some shirts and pair of jeans, I got a new cell phone: a Nokia 1650. Not the most sophisticated, top-of-the-line, feature-laden phone you could check you e-mail on or shoot pictures of scenery with. But it's simple to use with larger fonts than my old one and just handy enough. Won't get broken-up too much if I lose it too.

Also, two books, coincidentally BOTH medical: Wilderness 911 by Eric Weiss M.D. and my dear old dad getting me a used copy of Brady's Emergency Care 9th Ed. I was speechless and simply didn't know what to say to my dad who's just living on pension and savings. Guess that's why God made 'em eh? :D

So what'd you get?
 
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I got a new camelbak lobo. The rest was knives! Got a spyderco caly 3, benchmade morpho, cold steel counter tac 1, cold steel spike, a spyderco baliyo, and a new zippo. (I had to buy most of those for myself, except the caly 3).
 
Looks like nobody's open to sharing this time (maybe next year then?)

Anyways, thanks for sharing Tblock1! Dang! A good haul for you this year. Enjoy 'em!
 
I got some red packets from my grandparents and uncle, and a wallet and comic book from my girlfriend :)
 
Hey farmer! What comic was that may I ask? I grew-up with them!

Anyone else wanna chime in?
 
I got some insulated camo hunting coveralls. I hate being cold in a treestand. I got a meat slicer. Its not all that fancy but should work well for the little bit I will use it (why is it when meat is sliced thin it tastes different?). I got some ammo and long johns and some other little stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting.

The best was a handheld GPS from my girlfriend. Its a Garmin Colorado and a pretty darn neat gadget. At first I was a little disappointed with it but now that I got topo, coastal, and street navigation maps loaded on it, it is pretty kick butt. It will do anything a car GPS will do (except talk, thank God!) plus tons more. Sun and moon phase, rise and set, tide tables, feeding times plus a ton of other stuff. Pretty awesome!

No knives though. But everyone knows I'm anal when it comes to them so they don't even try and leave it up to me.

Ryan
 
Got a folder to hold sheet music, $25.00 gift cert to the local department store (purchased four boxes of American Eagle XM193 5.56mm cartriges).

Gave my wife a nice candle and chocolates

Gave my son a practice epee (fencing sword).


Dave
 
I bought myself all my loot this year.
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Sea Dweller
Magtech light
Pair of Tarani K-bits.... and waved em:D

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Buck/Hartsook
Jeff Hall Hellion

For my B-day (1-1-82), my mom is buying me a large black 5-11 pack :)

I got a Super cqc7bt, a couple waterproof notebooks, and a NovaTac 120EDC incoming.
 
Some Sandman graphic novels, Hellblazer, and Baby Blues :D I'm getting myself a Nintendo Wii with my Christmas money!
I'm too old for Christmas money...Hahaha my grandparents haven't realized that yet :P

Hey farmer! What comic was that may I ask? I grew-up with them!

Anyone else wanna chime in?
 
Gift cards to Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods and a local gun store.

Huge bag of beef jerky and and some roasted cashews.

$$$ I'm going to use towards a Kelty backpack.

All useful, practical gifts :)
 
My main hauls were Lodge Logic 12" cast iron skillet, a bottle of Elijah Craig 18, and a hip flask. Also a SAK Farmer that...somehow (not telling how)...wound up in my stocking.
 
The Elijah Craig 18 is damn good stuff!

I ended up with the entire series of The Wire on DVD. Pure win.
 
I got some pretty cool stuff
Spyderco Maddox
McKlein "the wider view" WRC Calender
drive day in a V8 supercar
3l Camelbak
 
I got:

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I also got a Joby gorilla pod SLR ZOOM for my DSLR and a 58mm marumi macro add on.
 
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I'm still into building my various cigar-box instruments, so I asked for tools. So far, I have 60.00 worth of Sears gift certificates, one of those cool "pull only" hand saws, a new jigsaw with a bunch of blades, woodworking clamps, and suchlike.
 
I got some pretty cool stuff
Spyderco Maddox
McKlein "the wider view" WRC Calender
drive day in a V8 supercar
3l Camelbak

Nice! At first I couldn't understand the Maddox design, but after some thought, it sort of dawned on me on how it could be of use, even for SD purposes!
 
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