Wait... Fixall has a website? Giveaway!!! - Winner(s) chosen!

The other day, I was thinking to myself "hey, what the heck is wood anyway?" (I know, I know...) and being a reasonable person, I did what any reasonable person would do: I asked ChatGPT "what the heck is wood anyway?"

Well, turns out it's a bunch of mostly cellulose, one of the strongest and least tasty complex carbohydrates, and lignan, which, as far as I understand, is like nature's polymer resin.

And that's where the trouble began, because upon learning this, I started to doubt that there was much of a difference between wood and Micarta at all - fibrous materials bonded together with a polymer - the biggest difference I guess is the manufacturer, and their level of experience, more so than what it is.

For me, that's a terribly troubling thought - that all of the trees out there are making some strange form of cellulose micarta as we speak and have been doing so for as long as anyone remembers. Yikes. Then I thought "wait a minute, if micarta is micarta, and wood is cellulose micarta, then what the heck is bone?" but decided the answer might be even more troubling and I just wasn't prepared to go down that rabbit hole.

Long story short, I decided that micarta, wood, and bone were far too emotionally complicated choices to have as a favorite handle material and decided to go with the simple and honest defensive protrusions found on animals all over the globe: antlers!

I'm in!

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Generous GAW and awesome website sir. Congrats on the accomplishment and here’s to many more years of growing business 🍻

I’ll have to enter for sbh06 sbh06 as well! Jeremy… 86, River Town, a nice wood; it’s like it’s made for you!

My favorite is probably ebony with this newly acquired red linen micarta as a close second (or tied).

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Hey Fixall Fixall , I checked out the site and subscribed - nice, clean layout and gorgeous offerings!

This might sound odd, but I came back to say that I appreciate seeing a wide variety of payment methods. I've encountered too many sites lately where the only payment method is PayPal -- inaccessible for the uncountable number of honest and law-abiding people, including myself, who have been permanently and unfairly banned from using the service.

A machinist friend of mine and I have been kicking around the idea of making some knives -- once we get a bit closer to making it a reality, your site will be my first stop!

I'll second RickHuf RickHuf in saying that those Redwood Burl blocks are stunning!
 
birdsbeaks said:
Hey Fixall Fixall , I checked out the site and subscribed - nice, clean layout and gorgeous offerings!

This might sound odd, but I came back to say that I appreciate seeing a wide variety of payment methods. I've encountered too many sites lately where the only payment method is PayPal -- inaccessible for the uncountable number of honest and law-abiding people, including myself, who have been permanently and unfairly banned from using the service.

A machinist friend of mine and I have been kicking around the idea of making some knives -- once we get a bit closer to making it a reality, your site will be my first stop!

I'll second RickHuf RickHuf in saying that those Redwood Burl blocks are stunning!
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Thanks! I still have a lot of work to do when it comes to the website, but it's getting there. :)

Yea! Offering as many forms of payment was something that was pretty important to me. I know that taxes and fees can be a frustrating affair for small businesses, but I think they are well worth the protection and benefits they bring.
 
Great GAW, Brian! Not an entry for me, but best of luck to everyone who has entered!

I’d be hard pressed to name a definitive favorite knife handle material, but this one is certainly one of my favorites.

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I’m going to lock this thread tonight before I go to bed. A winner will be chosen over the weekend, and I’ll likely announce it on Monday. 😀

There was a secret bonus to this giveaway…. Details to come on Monday. 😉
 
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Thank you for the very generous giveaway. I perused your site last night and was tempted, even though I’d hardly call myself even a hobbyist when it comes to knife modding/making.

That said…

This is a late entry but I seem to have slipped in under the wire! My favorite material overall is jigged bone and above is an example on one of my favorite knives.
 
Here's a last minute entry for sbh06 sbh06 !

I like stag and fancy acrylics the best probably. Good luck everyone, it has been fun to see all the entries!
 
Alright! We have a winner... Or I should say winners!

With a total of five entries, it will probably come as no surprise that the winner of the main giveaway is none other than sbh06 sbh06 ! Congrats, Jeremy! I cleared out my inbox awhile back, so if you shoot me your address again, I'll get this out asap! I'm also including a tin of Axe Wax for you to try. :D

Thanks for making BladeForums, and the Porch specifically, such a great place to hang out!



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This giveaway had a little bonus to it! I wanted to try to give back a little something extra to the people that give the most to the forum. All paying members with over 2,500 posts who posted a picture in the thread (and non-paying members with over 10,000 posts) were entered into another giveaway. :D

This giveaway is for a custom re-cover of one of your knives, by the esteemed glennbad glennbad with your choice of my material, paid for by me.

And the winner is: Chief Chief !

I have several dozen choices of material. Shoot me a message when you select the knife you want re-covered, and we'll work it out.


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Have a great week everyone!
 
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