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Hello everyone,
Please check out the Center Cross Knifemaker's site. Go to this URL:
http://www.centercross.com/BobSky/stolen.htm
No spaces. When you read this, I hope you get as mad as I am. Gene Osborne could be the most decent man there is, in any profession. His life is dedicate to God first, his family second, and making the best knives possible third. I could easily write several pages telling you nice a person he is, and several more telling you about his wife, Pat, and his LARGE family, which goes from college aged to diaper aged (no doubt Pat has an express ticket straight to Heaven).
I know our world could be better, but I didnt need this demonstrated to me using Gene as an example. I guess if you want to make an example you use someone who will have the most effect of people.
One of he knives stolen has a small connection to me. I was lucky enough to come into some unfinished Bob_Sky blades. I gave them to Gene, who finished them to a level of quality that would please Bob Hajovsky very much. I kept one, Gene was going to keep another, and the third was to be donated for an auction to start a scholarship in Bobs name. There were a few of Bobs knives being auctioned for this purpose. The one for this auction finished by Gene was a chute knife. You can see it on the site shown about. It was stolen, so Gene gave the auction the knife he was going to keep.
This is a serious event. A maker like Gene, and so many like him we all are fans of, cant afford to have so many knives leave his shop without him getting paid for them. To loose a maker like Gene because he now has to come up with a way to replace the lost income of a thousand hours of work will hurt us all. There are too few makers as good as Gene Osborne.
If any collectors out there are looking for a knife to buy with some money burning a hole in their pocket, take a look at Genes web site. Dont buy a knife from him out of sympathy or pity, but because you want the very best made knife available for your money. That is exactly what you will get.
I post this without checking with Gene and Pat. I hope they dont get to mad at me. They have both done a lot for me and I want to do whatever I can to help them.
Oh yes, one other thing the knives stolen are pictured on Genes site. The quality of them is hard to believe absolutely fantastic. They easily rate with the best by any maker in the world. They tend to stand out when sitting on a table or thrown in with other, lesser knives. They have three small crosses on the blade, the center being a little bigger than the other two (guess why). If you see one let someone know about it. It would be nice to catch the thieves who did this. I know the odds of this arent great, but you never know.
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Please check out the Center Cross Knifemaker's site. Go to this URL:
http://www.centercross.com/BobSky/stolen.htm
No spaces. When you read this, I hope you get as mad as I am. Gene Osborne could be the most decent man there is, in any profession. His life is dedicate to God first, his family second, and making the best knives possible third. I could easily write several pages telling you nice a person he is, and several more telling you about his wife, Pat, and his LARGE family, which goes from college aged to diaper aged (no doubt Pat has an express ticket straight to Heaven).
I know our world could be better, but I didnt need this demonstrated to me using Gene as an example. I guess if you want to make an example you use someone who will have the most effect of people.
One of he knives stolen has a small connection to me. I was lucky enough to come into some unfinished Bob_Sky blades. I gave them to Gene, who finished them to a level of quality that would please Bob Hajovsky very much. I kept one, Gene was going to keep another, and the third was to be donated for an auction to start a scholarship in Bobs name. There were a few of Bobs knives being auctioned for this purpose. The one for this auction finished by Gene was a chute knife. You can see it on the site shown about. It was stolen, so Gene gave the auction the knife he was going to keep.
This is a serious event. A maker like Gene, and so many like him we all are fans of, cant afford to have so many knives leave his shop without him getting paid for them. To loose a maker like Gene because he now has to come up with a way to replace the lost income of a thousand hours of work will hurt us all. There are too few makers as good as Gene Osborne.
If any collectors out there are looking for a knife to buy with some money burning a hole in their pocket, take a look at Genes web site. Dont buy a knife from him out of sympathy or pity, but because you want the very best made knife available for your money. That is exactly what you will get.
I post this without checking with Gene and Pat. I hope they dont get to mad at me. They have both done a lot for me and I want to do whatever I can to help them.
Oh yes, one other thing the knives stolen are pictured on Genes site. The quality of them is hard to believe absolutely fantastic. They easily rate with the best by any maker in the world. They tend to stand out when sitting on a table or thrown in with other, lesser knives. They have three small crosses on the blade, the center being a little bigger than the other two (guess why). If you see one let someone know about it. It would be nice to catch the thieves who did this. I know the odds of this arent great, but you never know.
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