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While many may not understand my fascination with Tom Mayo's TNT, I think some of those whom I have dealt and traded with here might.
It was never a secret that I was VERY fickle when it came to folders.I could never find one I was satisfied with for ANY length of time. I used to buy or trade for a custom or production folder, carry it a few weeks {if that long} and find something I did not like about it.
Sometimes I would grow tired of it because it just was not exactly what I was looking for. The problem was, I did not know exactly what I was looking for!!!
I wanted a folder I could use for food preperation in the kitchen that allowed for easy cleaning and minimal care. I wanted a knife I could use at work to cut heavy duty plastic strapping.I wanted a knife that I could use for whatever chore might be required on my numerous treks through the woods with my sons {even though I carry a fixed on the jaunts}.
Well,you get the idea, I wanted an all around folder. I had actually carried small custom fixed blades quite satisfactorily for a while,
but they are not allowed at work.
You can guess by the title of the thread what I am leading up to here. Although I have said it before, I LOVE TNT"S!!! Before the TNT I had been fairly satisfied with sebenzas. I still say they are the best production {or semi-production, whatever you choose} folder out there. But inevitably I would go through these as well. I still could not find my Holy Grail.I had really become quite dissillusioned by my own inability to feel satisfied. Then I saw on a thread about sebenzas where Tom Mayo liked them. He said he even took them on trade sometimes.It did not take me long to hit his site, and low and behold, he had a small TNT available!!!
I had just acquired my {5th, I think} sebenza. A new small lefty. Well, Tom took it on a partial trade and thus began my TNT addiction. I have owned Talonite and Stellite blades by other prominent makers, some with long waiting lists. I always come back to the TNT.
I know this really sounds strange { I am beginning to worry about myself!}, but there was a short time a while back that I had no TNT, and I realized that after acquiring another, that was one reason I felt so melancholy. Stupid hunh!
Well, thanks for indulging me here. I hope others feel the same satisfaction when carrying their perfect folder. I probably went through about 100 different folders in two years { this is the time from when I found BF until my first TNT}.
Contentment is a nice feeling. All too elusive for me B.T.{Before Tom}
I just felt like repeating my feelings on TNTs. Anyone have anything to add?
It was never a secret that I was VERY fickle when it came to folders.I could never find one I was satisfied with for ANY length of time. I used to buy or trade for a custom or production folder, carry it a few weeks {if that long} and find something I did not like about it.
Sometimes I would grow tired of it because it just was not exactly what I was looking for. The problem was, I did not know exactly what I was looking for!!!
I wanted a folder I could use for food preperation in the kitchen that allowed for easy cleaning and minimal care. I wanted a knife I could use at work to cut heavy duty plastic strapping.I wanted a knife that I could use for whatever chore might be required on my numerous treks through the woods with my sons {even though I carry a fixed on the jaunts}.
Well,you get the idea, I wanted an all around folder. I had actually carried small custom fixed blades quite satisfactorily for a while,
but they are not allowed at work.
You can guess by the title of the thread what I am leading up to here. Although I have said it before, I LOVE TNT"S!!! Before the TNT I had been fairly satisfied with sebenzas. I still say they are the best production {or semi-production, whatever you choose} folder out there. But inevitably I would go through these as well. I still could not find my Holy Grail.I had really become quite dissillusioned by my own inability to feel satisfied. Then I saw on a thread about sebenzas where Tom Mayo liked them. He said he even took them on trade sometimes.It did not take me long to hit his site, and low and behold, he had a small TNT available!!!
I had just acquired my {5th, I think} sebenza. A new small lefty. Well, Tom took it on a partial trade and thus began my TNT addiction. I have owned Talonite and Stellite blades by other prominent makers, some with long waiting lists. I always come back to the TNT.
I know this really sounds strange { I am beginning to worry about myself!}, but there was a short time a while back that I had no TNT, and I realized that after acquiring another, that was one reason I felt so melancholy. Stupid hunh!
Well, thanks for indulging me here. I hope others feel the same satisfaction when carrying their perfect folder. I probably went through about 100 different folders in two years { this is the time from when I found BF until my first TNT}.
Contentment is a nice feeling. All too elusive for me B.T.{Before Tom}
I just felt like repeating my feelings on TNTs. Anyone have anything to add?
) and Rinaldi who was second I think, also Kit Carson, Neil Blackwood, ...............
