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anthony cheeseboro

anthony cheeseboro

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I came home today and found that apparently my Mnandi fell out of my car and was run over by a car and destroyed. The blade was broken, one wood insert broken, and the lock bent out of shape. The kicker is that I cannot believe how well I'm taking losing such an expensive production folder! Obviously my heart sank when I saw the broken Mnandi on the side of the road, but once I got over the shock, I just went inside my house. Although I thought that my Mnandi was a near perfect knife (it was the new S30V version with African Blackwood scales), I feel no need to replace it. I have other nice knives and two customs on order. I'm just surprised that losing this knife hasn't made me mad. Is it a sign that I have too many knives or does it mean that I'm well adjusted and my material posessions don't rule me? What do you guys think?
 
You guys might be wondering how it fell out of my car. The Mnandi apparently not quite in my pocket and I was drving at about 45-50 mph when I noticed that my door ajar light was on. I opened and reclosed the door and that must have been the knife (plus a hat and brush) feel out of the car. That's what I get for running late for an appointment.:(
 
the moral of the story, children?
Always carry valuable folders in your RIGHT pocket!

Sorry to hear about your Mnandi, it's one of my favorite fantasy knives. :(
 
The five stages of grief.

1. Denial "Nope, that wasn't my knife!"

2. Anger "How the bleep did that happen!?"

3. Bargining "If it can be fixed I'll never buy another knife again."

4. Depression. "oh jeez, my favorite edc is gone...waaaah"

5. Acceptance " oh well, now I can get that ___ ___ that I always wanted"


Not everyone goes through all of the stages or in this order. YMMV:D
 
:eek:

You must be THE calmest sentient creature in earth. I won't say in universe as it is so big but in our solar system - certainly.
 
Maybe you (or your mind) just realized that it was not such a perfect knife after all - since it did not survive the accident....

David
 
Anthony, Did you buy it with a credit card ? If you did did it have the loss protection on it? You could file a claim and get the money back.... Other than that maybe send it back to CRK for a repair estimate.... I have done worse ! Ever run a high dollar chainsaw over with a bobcat- twice after fixing it in between :eek:
 
You're a better man than I Gunga Din...
Hopefully when the truth kicks in there will be sufficient medication nearby.
Good Luck w/ the replacement.
 
I think David1967 has a point.If it was a Buck 110 it might have gotten scuffed up a bit but you would still have a knife.
 
Not to put too fine a point on it nor to rub salt in Anthony's wounds, but I have run over my StarMate a couple of times and it has done no more than to scuff the G-10 a bit. Now I have run over it with my old Ford Escort, built in 1986, and that may have something to do with it, as this was a relatively light car. But still, I should think that a good quality knife should withstand a accident such as that.
 
Don't worry about upsetting me. Talking about it is probably good for me. I suspect that the knife was run over multiple times between falling out of my pocket and me discovering that it was missing about four hours later. I guess I didn't make myself clear. I didn't realize that I had dropped the knife until I returned home and saw my hat 50 yards up the street. Knowing my street, a several big rigs ran over it while I was gone.
 
It means that you're well adjusted and your material posessions don't rule you.

I had a similar experience years ago when my HP palmtop was broken ... very broken! ... and I didn't know if I should replace it with another one, or a different model or brand, or just fall back on my laptop and let the decision make itself later.

But it was just a piece of equipment, no blood, no broken heart, so I never even flinched. I buried it in an old tool box, and it's still hidden there somewhere among the relics of my younger days ... :(

Seriously, if you do buy a new Mnandi just to replace it, the new one will always be ... a replacement. At this point, you should be buying knives because you really, really want the particular knife, not just to fill a hole in your collection -- which I know you are comfortable with rotating anyway.
 
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