TRADITIONAL KNIFE GAW , The “MY TURN FOR A GAW” Part II

Leslie Tomville

Leslie Tomville

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I really enjoyed viewing the photographs posted in waverave waverave ‘s recent giveaway. It was touching to see the images of places, knives, and people that have special meaning to Forum members. I am not ready for it to end. So, I am going to offer up a second knife in an effort to continue his effort.

This giveaway is open to everyone. And those who entered in Darren’s earlier giveaway are welcome to try again here. The knife is a pre 2009 Dave Shirley era Muskrat with Italian jigged bone covers. It is a neat single spring knife that carries well and comes with the original packaging.

The only requirement is that you post at at least one photograph of a place that is special to you and makes you feel happy! Feel free to include special people, animals, knives, and yourself as well. Please specify that you are entering the contest in only one of your posts, but post as many images as you like. If you wish to post, but are not interested in the knife, just make that clear. All entries must be in by next Saturday night, September 8, and I will announce the winner Sunday morning.

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My special place is southern Africa. I have been fortunate to live and visit there on several occasions. There is no place else like it on Earth as far as I am concerned. It satisfies my soul.
 
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Awesome!!!
This a very generous GAW, Leslie, and those pictures from southern Africa look amazing. How cool!
I have been way too blessed lately with generosity and would like for someone else to have a chance at that beautiful knife but I am really looking forward to following this GAW. Good luck to everyone :)

I'll share another happy place since I posted. I don't get to that often anymore but fishing is one of my hobbies and surf fishing is more like a passion. I love fishing on the beach when the morning light comes and there really isn't anyone else around. The scenery can be magical sometimes and very, very peaceful. Here is a photo of me teaching my daughter how to cast...so it is a double-whammy happy place moment.
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Mt. Katahdin, Maine - The highest mountain in Maine. A sacred place to the Wabenaki people - from where the first rays of the sun strike the earth.

Though the Wabenaki chose not to hike this sacred mountain - I have (with respect and awe) hiked and biked and spent lovely days and nights in solitude there as well as lovely days and nights with friends. Actually, one is never alone on Katahdin or otherwise in nature.

Never alone on BF either. :thumbsup: :) I'm in please & thank you.

Ray

This scene - a watercolor by JAMES FITZGERALD (who in my estimation captures the majesty & moods of Mt. Katahdin in his paintings, with empathy and eloquence) Circa 1960 - entitled AUTUMN AT KATAHDIN
 
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Leslie, that is a beautiful knife, and I would very much like to be "IN". Although I've never been to Africa, as a hunter I share your affinity for the Dark Continent.
For my family, the Big Island of Hawaii is our magical place. We've been fortunate enough to visit there dozens of times with our daughters and grandchildren, and have covered almost the entire island while swimming, snorkeling, ATV touring, submarining, golfing, photographing, fishing and hunting. Here are a few of our photos.

Waikoloa Beach, Kona coast
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My wife, granddaughter and I posing in front of Akaka Falls
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Our granddaughter having a blast at the Waikoloa Beach resort pool
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Another granddaughter posing at the outlook over Waipi'o Valley.
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Mouflon/Black Hawaiian crossbreed taken on Mauna Loa @ 9,000 feet elevation
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Leslie, thank you for your generous GAW. I certainly am in!

I have lived in several states in the US and Mexico, and have visited a good number of countries and places, having enjoyed each and every one of them. To pick a favorite is no brainer; my heart and recurrent thoughts will always be linked to home, along the banks of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas (right where the US meets Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico), where it merges the intertwined history of two countries, two languages and multiple current and preceding cultures, including all those from my ancestors, both Native American and European.

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Oddly enough I'm going with this ol'thing. Short story version: I went through some hard times, made some stupid choices and ended up spending 2.5 years in a very bad place full of very bad men. A state run "gated community" if you will. I won't go into details but I made it through that. Was blessed to be taken in what was supposed to temporarily by the people I work for. I started to work for my boss and rent a home from her and her husband to. Eventually got my drivers license back. Basically lived on ramen noodles and on cheap. Putting back money, and eventually was blessed that things lined up and I bout this 97 f150 4x4 for $1,400. Its a beater but its MY beater, bought and paid for 100% by me. Makes me feel good every time I look at it and drive it. It gave me my independence back as up until I got it I had to ask people to take me somewhere, or schedule public transport(thank God this county runs a public transit) so yeah long short story to say this thing makes me happy.

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Wow! That knife is a stunner. I hear people talk a lot about liking the jigging on a given knife, but most jigging just looks like jigging to me. That Northwoods looks like art.

Of course I am in :)

My happy place lately has been Ona Beach in Oregon. It is a good beach for small kids since there is a creek/estuary that offers gentle water for the young 'uns:
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The dog likes it too :)
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I have been riding horses since I was six years old and have not stopped once in the past 50 years! They represent everything I love about nature and animals, and I could not live without them. I think that JD Ware makes knives today that cowboys and vaqueros in the 1800’s could have very easily slipped into their pockets or saddlebags.


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Incredible posts so far! Just what I was hoping for. Traditional pocket knives have brought us together, but it is obvious that our connections go much deeper.

Judging from the discussions I hear on the Porch, these strong bonds include the affection we have for our families, the natural world, and our numerous pets. Jeff black mamba black mamba and Darren waverave waverave have combined family and nature beautifully in their posts.

So have you abbydaddy abbydaddy , because I am going to assume that the dog and that little waif running on the beach are part of your family!

Ray RayseM RayseM , I always appreciate the philosophical depth of your comments, and This scene is definitely worth contemplation. chivaceae chivaceae , I would love to hear more about your adventures down on the rio grande. Are you a Johnny Rodriquez fan?

OLd_gUY OLd_gUY , in addition to having the greatest avatar, that photograph is one of the best I have seen. Thanks!

Misplaced Hillbilly Misplaced Hillbilly , I can completely understand how you feel about that truck. It has tons of character, as I believe you do. Your posts always convey a hell of a lot in just a few short sentences. You really should try to develop your stories and commit them to paper. I believe you have a talent for writing. Congratulations on your success.
 
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I think that JD Ware makes knives today that cowboys and vaqueros in the 1800’s could have very easily slipped into their pockets or saddlebags.

Misplaced Hillbilly Misplaced Hillbilly , I can completely understand how you feel about that truck. It has tons of character, as I believe you do. Your posts always convey a hell of a lot in just a few short sentences. You really should try to develop your stories and commit them to paper. I believe you have a talent for writing. Congratulations on your success.
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... or coastal woodworkers. I'm a huge fan of JD Ware - would love to have one of his knives in my pocket.

Misplaced Hillbilly, I completely agree :thumbsup:

Cheers, Ray
 
First off. This is not an entry. But I appreciate your generosity, Leslie. Great knife and great giveaway. But I am awed by the posts and want to participate.

This is my place. The daintree Forrest Queensland Australia. The culmination of my travels up the eastern coast and diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Aussies are some of my favorite people of the world. Can’t wair to go back, but not sure I ever will be able to. This was where I learned and saw that we must be conservative with what God has given us on this earth. Use it, as it was given us to use, but use it with respect due all of God’s creations. This was where my adult life journey began, leading to my wife and children and current place. Led me to be exactly where He wants me and I want to be.

Keep the great posts coming!

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Cedar Breaks Ranch, in South Dakota’s Cheyenne River breaks. This photo hardly does it justice as a “happy place”, but I spent some of the best days of my life in this country. The good photos are on defunct hard drives or stashed away on archival CDs or in envelopes of analog prints.

Ostensibly we were there to help with calving or to round up cattle for market, but the real purpose was to ride dirt bikes in the seemingly endless, heart-breakingly beautiful landscape, and to enjoy long weekends of red meat, rye whiskey, good cigars and camaraderie, none of which you see here. I guess you had to be there.

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My happy place is Charleston,SC. My wife and I wanted to go on a weekend get away a few years ago and Charleston was chosen. Ever since then I try to go a couple times a year ( its only a couple hours drive from North Florida) We love the food scene and awesome hospitality of the locals. I really enjoy Patriots Point which is a decommissioned WWII aircraft crarrier that has been turned into a musuem. Another great thing is the plantations and their beautiful gardens. Who knows maybe when the time finally comes I’ll retire there. “Im in” thank you for the chance!

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I’m in please and thank you for the chance. No you’re not seeing double, I just really like this photo. I was fortunate enough to be able to save up enough several years ago to take a trip to South Africa with a good friend. I talked it up so much that my daughters want to go so that’ll be a lot more saving!! I have thought about that hunt several times a week for the last six years so I guess that would be considered an extremely happy place.

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I was born and bred in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful places in the world. I have road through, hiked, camped , hunted and fished in them every since I can remember and I'm in my mid 60's now. As a younger man I road my motorcycle all over these mountains especially on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I have been to many places in this old world in my life but as the old cliché says "there's no place like home".
Thank you for the opportunity I'm in.


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Some of my best memories are of fishing and swimming and riding motorcycles/4 wheelers/3 wheelers at a lot on Twin Lakes in WA.

Fishing with my family, especially my Grandma and Grandpa. My boys go now, and are making more memories.

Here are some pics of my younger son.
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Thank you for the opportunity to win that lovely knife.
 
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