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Hi folks,
here again. to say thanks. The late summer season (it did last quite long around here
) has been a bit tough for me, but now Christmas is coming, the year will be over soon, I will be on long holidays, so even though the temperature here is going down, other things are going up. At least for me.
In my life, I learned gratefulness a bit later than I had to, but surely not too late. And this subforum is for me one of my safe havens where I always come back, be it for ten minutes a day, to find the same bunch of friends talking about something we all like, and relax. I've learned so much from you lately, and even if I didn't have much time for my knives (just last night, on my shift, I realized that even my Opinel is dull), I found out that the more I know about the world of traditional cutlery, the deeper my knives grow inside of me.
I take this as the essence of our passion (which is not different from others, I suppose): developing a bond that goes along with my education and knowledge of the matter. I don't own many knives, but the more I know about traditionals, the more I like them when I put them in and out of my pocket.
Some of you might remember about this picture:
I'm posting it cause I don't have any other picture of this knife (yes, even my knife photography skill training got less time than it deserved
), and I also assume that you all recognize the Buck 303.
This knife has been, for me, a way to discover something new. As I wrote many times, it has been my first Buck, first yellow delrin handled knife, first stockman, and so on. It educated me in many aspects, and I'm thankful to this little knife. Now, I feel its job here is done.
I've learned that Buck knives are great knives.
I've learned that, even though in the beginning it looked very weird to my eyes, I've come to really like yellow handles.
I've learned that the stockman pattern is not my cup of tea (no matter how well executed).
I've learned many other things, thank to this knife.
Now, I feel it's time to let it go. It did the job, and now it's time for it to move.
Not sure if this has anything to do with Christmas, with gratefulness, with friendship, or what else...but these are all good reasons to send this knife to someone else who, hopefully, will appreciate it as much as I do, and learn a lesson from it as well.
So if you're willing to try the essence of this knife, post here and get your chance. This will run for a week or so. You can post pictures, stories, anything you feel like posting ("my thread, my rules"), or just throw your hat in. Random choice with roll of dice.
Good luck everybody. And thank you for being a part of this
Fausto
here again. to say thanks. The late summer season (it did last quite long around here
) has been a bit tough for me, but now Christmas is coming, the year will be over soon, I will be on long holidays, so even though the temperature here is going down, other things are going up. At least for me.In my life, I learned gratefulness a bit later than I had to, but surely not too late. And this subforum is for me one of my safe havens where I always come back, be it for ten minutes a day, to find the same bunch of friends talking about something we all like, and relax. I've learned so much from you lately, and even if I didn't have much time for my knives (just last night, on my shift, I realized that even my Opinel is dull), I found out that the more I know about the world of traditional cutlery, the deeper my knives grow inside of me.
I take this as the essence of our passion (which is not different from others, I suppose): developing a bond that goes along with my education and knowledge of the matter. I don't own many knives, but the more I know about traditionals, the more I like them when I put them in and out of my pocket.
Some of you might remember about this picture:
I'm posting it cause I don't have any other picture of this knife (yes, even my knife photography skill training got less time than it deserved
), and I also assume that you all recognize the Buck 303.This knife has been, for me, a way to discover something new. As I wrote many times, it has been my first Buck, first yellow delrin handled knife, first stockman, and so on. It educated me in many aspects, and I'm thankful to this little knife. Now, I feel its job here is done.
I've learned that Buck knives are great knives.
I've learned that, even though in the beginning it looked very weird to my eyes, I've come to really like yellow handles.
I've learned that the stockman pattern is not my cup of tea (no matter how well executed).
I've learned many other things, thank to this knife.
Now, I feel it's time to let it go. It did the job, and now it's time for it to move.
Not sure if this has anything to do with Christmas, with gratefulness, with friendship, or what else...but these are all good reasons to send this knife to someone else who, hopefully, will appreciate it as much as I do, and learn a lesson from it as well.
So if you're willing to try the essence of this knife, post here and get your chance. This will run for a week or so. You can post pictures, stories, anything you feel like posting ("my thread, my rules"
), or just throw your hat in. Random choice with roll of dice.Good luck everybody. And thank you for being a part of this
Fausto
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) Please count me in! Very generous of ya, sir! :thumbup:
