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The following is a response to Primble's thread: What's in a name? The road ends here - or not. (warning - a long post) which can be found here:
[url]http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1187004-What-s-in-a-name-The-road-ends-here-or-not-(warning-a-long-post)[/URL]
That thread's title begged the question whether or not the road had in fact ended. I can now very happily tell you that it didn't.
If you've read that thread and have now read this far, you're familiar with the backstory, but there was still another chapter that hadn't been written yet, so the following is the conclusion to that story.
I arrived home from work on Thursday afternoon, and found a USPS Priority package awaiting me. As I hadn't ordered anything, I was a bit confused, but then remembered that Primble had said that he was sending a coin to me and hinted that something else might accompany it. Upon inspection of the return shipping address, I was able to verify that the package was in fact from Primble. Now Primble had already thanked me quite sufficiently in the linked post, but upon opening the package, I found another very gracious thank you letter and a mint silver dollar (commemorating the 200th anniversary of the US Congress) which he sent for my 7 year old daughter.
I was quite taken and very moved by this gift. You see while Primble didn't have any way of knowing it at the time, the silver dollar he had sent for my daughter was even more special and poignant to me than he could've known, as my best friend and mentor had gifted a silver dollar to both of my twin sons when they were born 10 years ago. Sadly, my friend passed away just a few months before my daughter was born. So again, without knowing it, his generous and thoughtful gift completed a 'set' of silver dollars which I will present to each of my children when they are older along with a very heartfelt explanation of where the coins came from.
By this point, I had already been more than properly thanked, but Primble had yet another surprise for me in the familiar form of a PS and an additional bubble wrapped package. In his PS, Primble expressed his concern that I might now be running short on knives and went on to explain that he was including a small gift which would feel good in a watch pocket. I paused before unwrapping the bubble wrapped package to reread his letter again. That done, I finally opened the remaining package to find the following:
An absolutely pristine Case 6225 1/2 - circa 1970.
I was immediately floored by the amazing red bone scales and the quality and condition of the knife. It's taken me until now, however, to post this follow-up because I was having a difficult time taking a decent photo of it. As anyone who's seen Primble's posts knows, he's quite accomplished at capturing the beauty of his knives - unfortunately I'm not, so trust me when I say that the above picture doesn't begin to do this knife justice.
Beyond just the knife's intrinsic beauty though, I was very moved by the fact that Primble would send me such a thoughtful and meaningful gift. I use the word 'meaningful' because I have some idea how much it must have meant for him to send me such a wonderful knife from his collection. You see, I happen to know that Primble has a truly amazing collection of red bone Case knives - I've marveled many times at those knives in the 'Old Knives' thread. I've also seen him refer to that collection as his 'herd'. And a collection like that, I know, isn't amassed without a genuine passion and love for the knives, so for him to cull such a beautiful knife from his herd to send to me left me speechless.
I've already tried to express my thanks to him, but want to say again, "thank you Primble!"
P.S. - Oscar Wilde once wrote that "no good deed goes unpunished” which makes me think that Oscar should've hung around a better crowd - perhaps people that love traditional knives.
[url]http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1187004-What-s-in-a-name-The-road-ends-here-or-not-(warning-a-long-post)[/URL]
That thread's title begged the question whether or not the road had in fact ended. I can now very happily tell you that it didn't.
If you've read that thread and have now read this far, you're familiar with the backstory, but there was still another chapter that hadn't been written yet, so the following is the conclusion to that story.
I arrived home from work on Thursday afternoon, and found a USPS Priority package awaiting me. As I hadn't ordered anything, I was a bit confused, but then remembered that Primble had said that he was sending a coin to me and hinted that something else might accompany it. Upon inspection of the return shipping address, I was able to verify that the package was in fact from Primble. Now Primble had already thanked me quite sufficiently in the linked post, but upon opening the package, I found another very gracious thank you letter and a mint silver dollar (commemorating the 200th anniversary of the US Congress) which he sent for my 7 year old daughter.
I was quite taken and very moved by this gift. You see while Primble didn't have any way of knowing it at the time, the silver dollar he had sent for my daughter was even more special and poignant to me than he could've known, as my best friend and mentor had gifted a silver dollar to both of my twin sons when they were born 10 years ago. Sadly, my friend passed away just a few months before my daughter was born. So again, without knowing it, his generous and thoughtful gift completed a 'set' of silver dollars which I will present to each of my children when they are older along with a very heartfelt explanation of where the coins came from.
By this point, I had already been more than properly thanked, but Primble had yet another surprise for me in the familiar form of a PS and an additional bubble wrapped package. In his PS, Primble expressed his concern that I might now be running short on knives and went on to explain that he was including a small gift which would feel good in a watch pocket. I paused before unwrapping the bubble wrapped package to reread his letter again. That done, I finally opened the remaining package to find the following:
An absolutely pristine Case 6225 1/2 - circa 1970.
I was immediately floored by the amazing red bone scales and the quality and condition of the knife. It's taken me until now, however, to post this follow-up because I was having a difficult time taking a decent photo of it. As anyone who's seen Primble's posts knows, he's quite accomplished at capturing the beauty of his knives - unfortunately I'm not, so trust me when I say that the above picture doesn't begin to do this knife justice.
Beyond just the knife's intrinsic beauty though, I was very moved by the fact that Primble would send me such a thoughtful and meaningful gift. I use the word 'meaningful' because I have some idea how much it must have meant for him to send me such a wonderful knife from his collection. You see, I happen to know that Primble has a truly amazing collection of red bone Case knives - I've marveled many times at those knives in the 'Old Knives' thread. I've also seen him refer to that collection as his 'herd'. And a collection like that, I know, isn't amassed without a genuine passion and love for the knives, so for him to cull such a beautiful knife from his herd to send to me left me speechless.
I've already tried to express my thanks to him, but want to say again, "thank you Primble!"
P.S. - Oscar Wilde once wrote that "no good deed goes unpunished” which makes me think that Oscar should've hung around a better crowd - perhaps people that love traditional knives.
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