The CRK Anticipation Thread - Show Your 'Inbound's!

wtlj said:
My mistake I thought this was the anticipation thread for incoming purchases....well maybe LW will offer layaway for you?
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He might need a layaway if I were willing to turn that one loose. He'd have to pay the I-Don't-Wanna-Sell-It! tax! :D :D :D
 
I waited almost a day to spill the beans, just wanted to at least see it had shipped.... I must have had some real good Karma built up to get this, and for the price I did. :eek:

I've told of my small Maple 2010 Annual that was stolen before, happened when I had to leave AGH in a hurry while it was enroute. I was on my 4th tour in the sand, my second in AFG. The first one was cut short, too. My second tour as a contractor, too, I'd started collecting CRK's the year before during my first tour as a contractor. So 2012 rolls around, I'm stationed on a small somewhat remote base. I noticed a lump growing in a place where lumps don't belong. I showed it to the PA on base, she kept a close eye on it for a few days. She saw it was growing, and fast. she said get a biopsy ASAP. The weather was iffy, the regular chopper routes couldn't be counted on, so she called in a medevac to get me to Bagram.

The day before that beautiful Annual got there, from what I'm told. It was cancer, I spent the next year+ home getting treatment. :barf: But my package was seen by one person, who I just couldn't convince to get it sent back to the seller, or forwarded to me. Sure enough, it disappeared. :mad: It's bd enough that it was stolen, but no one there had any appreciation for my knives. That sucks even worse, because only 60 of these were made each year. The sting never quite went away, but something came up for sale that eases it just a bit. Almost as pretty, here's my Inbound!

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WOW LW! Such a story - thanks for your service! Glad you beat that F*&#in' cancer! Beautiful knife! with some extra sentiment....
 
Vaporstang said:
WOW LW! Such a story - thanks for your service! Glad you beat that F*&#in' cancer! Beautiful knife! with some extra sentiment....
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Thank you. Had to get a couple replacement body part to beat it, but that's life. ;)

I tried and tried to track down the first one, even still post the seller's pic of it once in a while in hopes it'll surface somewhere. The rest of the time I go back and forth between hoping someone who has it appreciates it, and hoping the thief cut the S*** out of himself with it. :mad:
 
One more thing......

Almost overshadowed by the small Annual, I also have this old style Mesquite Mnandi inbound. :cool:

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Received:
Large UG
Large Box Elder Basketweave Damascus
Large UG
Large Bocote
Large P

Done for awhile....lol
 
Lone_Wolfe said:
I waited almost a day to spill the beans, just wanted to at least see it had shipped.... I must have had some real good Karma built up to get this, and for the price I did. :eek:

I've told of my small Maple 2010 Annual that was stolen before, happened when I had to leave AGH in a hurry while it was enroute. I was on my 4th tour in the sand, my second in AFG. The first one was cut short, too. My second tour as a contractor, too, I'd started collecting CRK's the year before during my first tour as a contractor. So 2012 rolls around, I'm stationed on a small somewhat remote base. I noticed a lump growing in a place where lumps don't belong. I showed it to the PA on base, she kept a close eye on it for a few days. She saw it was growing, and fast. she said get a biopsy ASAP. The weather was iffy, the regular chopper routes couldn't be counted on, so she called in a medevac to get me to Bagram.

The day before that beautiful Annual got there, from what I'm told. It was cancer, I spent the next year+ home getting treatment. :barf: But my package was seen by one person, who I just couldn't convince to get it sent back to the seller, or forwarded to me. Sure enough, it disappeared. :mad: It's bd enough that it was stolen, but no one there had any appreciation for my knives. That sucks even worse, because only 60 of these were made each year. The sting never quite went away, but something came up for sale that eases it just a bit. Almost as pretty, here's my Inbound!

SmallMapleAnnual_zps0bt6fjzf.jpg
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Congratulations on finding this beautiful piece again. Even it might not be the same one that was stolen, she is still a beauty.

And I am glad you fought through and survived cancer. My mom is going through treatment rightnow and how I wish I was back home to help her through it too. Luckily my sister and younger brother is with her, so all is well.

Congratulations again! [emoji16]

Now I am on the hunt for a small 2010 to complete my set... [emoji16]
 
trial run, it took a while to save to photobucket, but I managed to get it posted finally:D
 
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Nice score on the P Ajack60
Good looking annual and mesquite LW
What an awesome Christmas list nyefmaker, let's see some pics!
 
Congratulations on the three year mark. I need to use stories like that to motivate me to live each day to the fullest.
 
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