AZTimT
The Stripetition Finish Guy
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Ok, I have never done one of these, but in celebration of a "special to me" moment of getting cyber-inducted with the piglet name of AZHAMT I am conducting my first giveaway.
Over the past few days I have come to realize that it is a bittersweet moment for me personally though. I have been blessed or helped by others in the past and so would like to help someone else to keep the good karma rolling. In full disclosure, other reasons are more personal but I will share it with you all. While my feedback looks good to the public, there are a few blemishes I must address before I go on. I learned first hand how bad "good credit" can be if the economy tanks last year so I no longer participate in the revolving debt system any more than I have to. I was so stressed out by it last summer that I kind of lost sight of myself on some things in my dealings with others, but life is better now and I have grown as an individual.
1. The only Busse I ever sold for a greedy profit was a blade just like the one I am giving away now. A little profit is fine, but there is definitely such a thing as too much.
I have felt bad ever since as even though it was a case of supply and demand, it wasn't HOG-like.
2. I also owe Eric an apology as I failed to come through on the only Swamprat order I ever placed with him due to messing up my email filters and by the time I figured it out it was canceled, which, when I received that notice I couldn't afford it anyway due to other commitments. I never replied to it because I was pretty embarrassed, but I know now that I should have as that is just an excuse. I am sorry Eric, you deserved better than that.
3. The other person who I fell through on was Charlie from LMIW. I was supposed to send him a couple blades for sheath fitting but failed to do so. He never said anything, but he could have and it would have been well deserved. Sorry to you as well, Charlie, I hope that I was not the cause of any delays.
So just like our greedy little pregnant goat, Binky here, I find myself wearing the "Bag of shame" until I do something to balance my conscience or I can never become a true HOG since there should be "No Regrets". Judge me if you must.
Now that these things are off my chest they will ever happen again, I promise. I want to be a benefit to the community and I didn't reveal this for any other reason than I feel it is the right thing to do.
So I bought this BOSS Jack no choil proto to give away once I received my induction. I thought that would not be until I could attend Blade some unknown date in the future, if ever, since I missed Blade 2010 while moving last year. Jerry & Amy-0 allowed me in sooner and I am thankful to be able to share this with you all. Now enough about me, let's make this about you!
It's been sharpened and reprofiled by someone else and stropped by me. While it is neither pristine nor Garth, Beef or Josh sharp, it will shave and slice paper.
This is not a random giveaway as I have a few criteria in order to make sure the recipient will use and enjoy this nice piece of INFI, hopefully, rather than just turn around and sell it.
I don't have a sheath for the knife currently, but I called my HOG mentor and friend, Dave Brown, who was more than willing to provide one, :thumbup: so this is actually a joint giveaway.
I may need the help of the HOGs in selecting the right person as this isn't just a random giveaway for a reason. I would like to help someone who can really put this user to work. I would prefer someone in the military either deploying soon or just starting out because I believe this knife is perfect for that application, but if we can't find someone like that that's ok too.
My criteria is as follows:
1. First and foremost, just be honest with me. If you are not, it will be on your conscience even if you think I don't know the truth. Also, if you are dishonest, sooner or later it will be found out. This isn't about money so I want the recipient to keep this knife and not sell it since it didn't cost them anything.
2. If you are in the military and on or have been given orders for deployment to anywhere considered a combat zone, including veterans who are no longer in, you are at the top of the list with someone deploying soon or just starting out in the military being the top candidate. I won't require them to prove it as I believe that part of being a Hog as I understand it is honesty and trust. On the other hand I am not going to reject it either if one wishes to do so since it may help one get used to the forum motto of "pics or it didn't happen". Also, I have no qualms about shipping a knife to an APO address as long as the blade length is acceptable by the recipient's command.
3. If you have 3 or less Bussekin knives and/or nothing in the 5-7" range at all, or circumstances in life have forced you down to below 3 then that works too. Life has it's ups and downs for everyone, this is about taking care of family.
4. I will probably talk to the top picks on the phone just so I can make this less impersonal than the internet, since I would much rather do this face to face, but I doubt that is possible.
5. Since I most likely will not be able to meet and shake the hand of the recipient, I have one request. All I ask in return is that the recipient post a picture of him/her self (face/name does not have to be included if privacy is an issue) with the knife in hand being used within a week of receiving it. A mini review of what you honestly think about the knife regardless of anyone else's feelings would be neat too, but that's optional. If you don't know how to post a pic I can walk you through how to do it or you can email it to me and I can edit/post it for you.
6. If you are interested or know someone you think should get this you can post a reply here or email me by clicking on my name and "send email to AZTimT"
7. I do reserve the right to pick the recipient based off of the help of others who post here in the Busse forum on at least a semi regular basis. This may take a little bit to find the right individual and that is fine. Maybe one of the HOG's who has been going through hard times? Help me out here, please.
Let's have fun and let the giveaway begin!!
Over the past few days I have come to realize that it is a bittersweet moment for me personally though. I have been blessed or helped by others in the past and so would like to help someone else to keep the good karma rolling. In full disclosure, other reasons are more personal but I will share it with you all. While my feedback looks good to the public, there are a few blemishes I must address before I go on. I learned first hand how bad "good credit" can be if the economy tanks last year so I no longer participate in the revolving debt system any more than I have to. I was so stressed out by it last summer that I kind of lost sight of myself on some things in my dealings with others, but life is better now and I have grown as an individual.
1. The only Busse I ever sold for a greedy profit was a blade just like the one I am giving away now. A little profit is fine, but there is definitely such a thing as too much.
I have felt bad ever since as even though it was a case of supply and demand, it wasn't HOG-like. 2. I also owe Eric an apology as I failed to come through on the only Swamprat order I ever placed with him due to messing up my email filters and by the time I figured it out it was canceled, which, when I received that notice I couldn't afford it anyway due to other commitments. I never replied to it because I was pretty embarrassed, but I know now that I should have as that is just an excuse. I am sorry Eric, you deserved better than that.
3. The other person who I fell through on was Charlie from LMIW. I was supposed to send him a couple blades for sheath fitting but failed to do so. He never said anything, but he could have and it would have been well deserved. Sorry to you as well, Charlie, I hope that I was not the cause of any delays.
So just like our greedy little pregnant goat, Binky here, I find myself wearing the "Bag of shame" until I do something to balance my conscience or I can never become a true HOG since there should be "No Regrets". Judge me if you must.
Now that these things are off my chest they will ever happen again, I promise. I want to be a benefit to the community and I didn't reveal this for any other reason than I feel it is the right thing to do.
So I bought this BOSS Jack no choil proto to give away once I received my induction. I thought that would not be until I could attend Blade some unknown date in the future, if ever, since I missed Blade 2010 while moving last year. Jerry & Amy-0 allowed me in sooner and I am thankful to be able to share this with you all. Now enough about me, let's make this about you!
It's been sharpened and reprofiled by someone else and stropped by me. While it is neither pristine nor Garth, Beef or Josh sharp, it will shave and slice paper.
This is not a random giveaway as I have a few criteria in order to make sure the recipient will use and enjoy this nice piece of INFI, hopefully, rather than just turn around and sell it.
I don't have a sheath for the knife currently, but I called my HOG mentor and friend, Dave Brown, who was more than willing to provide one, :thumbup: so this is actually a joint giveaway.
I may need the help of the HOGs in selecting the right person as this isn't just a random giveaway for a reason. I would like to help someone who can really put this user to work. I would prefer someone in the military either deploying soon or just starting out because I believe this knife is perfect for that application, but if we can't find someone like that that's ok too.
My criteria is as follows:
1. First and foremost, just be honest with me. If you are not, it will be on your conscience even if you think I don't know the truth. Also, if you are dishonest, sooner or later it will be found out. This isn't about money so I want the recipient to keep this knife and not sell it since it didn't cost them anything.
2. If you are in the military and on or have been given orders for deployment to anywhere considered a combat zone, including veterans who are no longer in, you are at the top of the list with someone deploying soon or just starting out in the military being the top candidate. I won't require them to prove it as I believe that part of being a Hog as I understand it is honesty and trust. On the other hand I am not going to reject it either if one wishes to do so since it may help one get used to the forum motto of "pics or it didn't happen".
Also, I have no qualms about shipping a knife to an APO address as long as the blade length is acceptable by the recipient's command.3. If you have 3 or less Bussekin knives and/or nothing in the 5-7" range at all, or circumstances in life have forced you down to below 3 then that works too. Life has it's ups and downs for everyone, this is about taking care of family.
4. I will probably talk to the top picks on the phone just so I can make this less impersonal than the internet, since I would much rather do this face to face, but I doubt that is possible.
5. Since I most likely will not be able to meet and shake the hand of the recipient, I have one request. All I ask in return is that the recipient post a picture of him/her self (face/name does not have to be included if privacy is an issue) with the knife in hand being used within a week of receiving it. A mini review of what you honestly think about the knife regardless of anyone else's feelings would be neat too, but that's optional. If you don't know how to post a pic I can walk you through how to do it or you can email it to me and I can edit/post it for you.
6. If you are interested or know someone you think should get this you can post a reply here or email me by clicking on my name and "send email to AZTimT"
7. I do reserve the right to pick the recipient based off of the help of others who post here in the Busse forum on at least a semi regular basis. This may take a little bit to find the right individual and that is fine. Maybe one of the HOG's who has been going through hard times?
Help me out here, please.Let's have fun and let the giveaway begin!!
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