Treasure Trove

A nice little collection by itself. :thumbup:
I admire your patience, knowing, that you own numerous beautifully made knives, that you already paid for, and having them sit UNOPENED in Elliott's house for month... I wouldnt be able to take it. ;)

Again: great stuff, thanks for sharing.

Peter
 
stockman242 said:
A nice little collection by itself. :thumbup:
I admire your patience, knowing, that you own numerous beautifully made knives, that you already paid for, and having them sit UNOPENED in Elliott's house for month... I wouldnt be able to take it. ;)

Again: great stuff, thanks for sharing.

Peter
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Peter, that's months! :eek:

(And how do you think I felt?!!? :p)
 
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Blues said:
Peter, that's months! :eek:

(And how do you think I felt?!!? :p)
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Elliott, I tried not to imagine being in your position ;).
Sittin' NEXT to these knives, not being able to ever fondle them...
I dont know how I would have handled the situation:D

Knowing, that you both were able to sit out these torments doesn't help my self esteem:p

Peter
 
neeman said:
When my courier opened the package from Elliott, she was watched by her very elderly parents.
Her mother asked who collects knives?
Her father went away and returned with a knife and said,
'This knife is the only thing I have from my Grandfather"
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That in itself is a very nice epilogue to the story. How cool. Once again people across generations are brought together over the love of knives. It could almost be a Jackknife story!

-- Sam
 
Thanks for sharing, that is one nice collection. Stories like this make this place very enjoyable.

thx - cpr

ps - Elliott, you da man. :thumbup:
 
I'm not surprised you find favour with that CASE yellow handled Pen-Knife:thumbup:

It's an overlooked knife and yet a really useful one,slim and discrete more people should look into it:D
 
Enjoy your treasures Neeman!
Nice going Elliott! :thumbup:
It just goes to show ya what wonderful people participate in this sub forum.
 
Neeman, you have most excellent taste.

Elliott, you are a friend of all knife lovers and a man of much restraint.
 
It is very difficult for a collector in Israel if he does not have friends in the US and Europe to back him up. Elliott, you're a good friend, and the way that these knives eventually arrived here makes their acquisition even better. It's one of those things about the knife collecting bug- you meet a very fine quality of people.

Customs here are a pain, and it's difficult to regard them as anything but arbitrary. The only solution is to have knives shipped to a US address and then brought over, which has it's own anxieties to deal with (lost or stolen luggage).

The knife culture is not understood by many here, and since the threat of suicide bombers require metal detectors just about everywhere, you get some pretty strange responses. Just the other day, a security guard noticed my Terry Davis 3-blade sowbelly on my belt. He asked to see it, and spent the next minute or two pressing the shield to make the knife open. (I am not making this up.) I had to show him that opening that knife was a two-handed operation. :D Man, did I get some strange looks.

I guess that Neeman is a pretty happy camper these days. Oil those babies up; the rainy season is coming.
 
Thanks for all the kind words folks but it was really no imposition at all and I was happy to do it for one of our own. (Well, resisting opening the boxes was a little trying. ;))

When I was packing them all up in one carton for shipping I kept trying to imagine Neeman's face when he got to open them. It must've been like all the nights of Hanukkah rolled into one! :p:cool:
 
Blues said:
Thanks for all the kind words folks but it was really no imposition at all and I was happy to do it for one of our own. (Well, resisting opening the boxes was a little trying. ;))

When I was packing them all up in one carton for shipping I kept trying to imagine Neeman's face when he got to open them. It must've been like all the nights of Hanukkah rolled into one! :p:cool:
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Elliott,
You could have opened them to look.
Had I know I would have told you to look!!!

Yes, I was one happy camper opening all the boxes.
Then the second time round to look more closely
And the third, and the ...

I have enough to keep me busy for a longggggggggg time!!!!



Guys and Gals,
Thanks for all your kind words.
 
neeman said:
Elliott,
You could have opened them to look.
Had I know I would have told you to look!!!
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Nah...There's something special about being the first one to open up a package before anyone else gets to enjoy it. I wanted you to have that little pleasure. :cool:
(But thank you for your thoughts on that, Neeman.:thumbup:)
 
Blues said:
When I was packing them all up in one carton for shipping I kept trying to imagine Neeman's face when he got to open them. It must've been like all the nights of Hanukkah rolled into one! :p:cool:
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Beats dreidel any day!
 
Absintheur said:
Beats dreidel any day!
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I'll have to agree. ;)

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The english knife is by a guy called Trevor Ablett it's nice to see our english knives being appreciated across the pond!
 
Nathan Gould said:
The english knife is by a guy called Trevor Ablett it's nice to see our english knives being appreciated across the pond!
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Nathan, I've had two. This one that I've sent to Neeman and a barlow that I sent to another good friend in Arkansas. (Originally got them through Littlemesters who were a pleasure to both communicate and deal with some years back.)
 
Blues said:
I'll have to agree. ;)

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You see that another thing I like about 3 1/4" stockmans.
You can put them on the table and spin them...

And send every one crazy as they loose their focus as they look at the knife spinning...:)
 
Of course the folks at Gerber have a different "spin" on the dreidel...lol...(forgive the pun)

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