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Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 9, 2015 at 13:13

It didn't cost me a penny, I traded two other knives for it. You can understand, can't you honey.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 10, 2015 at 19:31

I like that one Ken!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 13, 2015 at 18:32

We have a judge reviewing this today :)

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Calvin Don Rose on February 14, 2015 at 12:20

Hi Michael. I read your reply. I am convinced that you deserve a knife every now and then. I wish that the story you told was a true whopper. It sounds like we have some things in common. I did read a reply you had sent to me not to long ago. Tried to email you back but the attempt did not go through for one reason or another. If I remember right you to also talked about how much we have in common. I to suffer from chronic pain and was forced to retire at a young age of 48. I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that you may as myself does fight an ongoing battle with depression. I have found a little bit of happiness in my own little knife world. Collecting knifes for me started like this. A few summers back I was hanging out with my friend's Wes and Steve. Buddies from my old school days. Wes had offered to help me work on my car that summer day. After hanging out and getting our task done out of the blue Wes handed me a knife he had laying in his garage. Nothing was particularly special about the knife except that it was a gift given to me but a friend. In fact the knife was and still is missing a screw that holds a metal plate covering in place over the front bolster area. It is an assisted opening knife. Which at that time I had not seen or handled many if any of these kind of knifes.This was when knife makers had just starting incorporating this kind of technology into their products. After having this old kind of beat up knife in my possession for a couple of months this is when my knife hobby started up. All of a sudden I had an overwhelming urge to purchase myself a nice knife. Not just any knife would do my first one had to be a case knife. Which turned out to be a one bladed doctors knife.It caught my attention with this new type of handle material called corelyne (sorry I do not know how to spell this correctly). In fact the type of this handle material I ended up with is called Cats Eye. It is one of the more expensive knife's in my collection. I am sure you have knowledge of or perhaps even own a knife with this handle material yourself. The day I received this knife in the mail I was hooked. It was simply put just beautiful. Its one of only 250 made by case. The only way to identify the knife was by the scrolled bolsters on each end of the knife. Anyways to this day this knife is the most coveted knife that I own, and the rest is history. My wife is not happy at all with me spending our money on knifes. Mostly because of us being on a fixed income. She to is also disabled. I am always being pretty sneaky about it when I do get new knife for my collection. Well that enough of me rambling on for now. Its Valentines day and she is waiting patiently for me to come out to the living room and sit with her. I look forward to us exchanging more emails about our passion. Hand tough my friend. Oh call me Don. All family and friends do. Sincerely, Mr. Calvin Don Rose.

Michael A. Smith said:

To give a more serious answer to this question, this is what I told my partner. I was honest, I said, look, I'm homebound, I don't go to clubs or bars or the movies, I don't even get to go out to go shopping, I sit around the house 24/7, I sleep, eat, watch stuff on the internet and occasionally TV and I need distractions in my life and for me, it's collecting things. I've given up a lot of my collections to cut down on expenses. I used to subscribe to several monthly box clubs, I collected swords and daggers, I collected dragon sculptures, blue willow china, video games, dvds, electronics, etc etc etc... Currently I'm interested in collecting knives. You can't deny me the ability to have SOMETHING in my life that gives me joy. Most people in my position would be downright suicidal. I struggle every day to maintain my sanity. I live with chronic pain. If I DO go out of the house it's to the hospital, whether it's for a heart attack or to have a body part amputated, that's all I ever get out of the house for. Begrudging me my hobbies would be cruel if you ask me. I wish I could afford nicer knives but I'm on a severely fixed income. I can't really even afford to buy the knives that I do buy, but I need something. What can I do? I need to keep sane.

Feel free to donate your knives to the "Keep Mike Sane Fund" PM me for the address, send me any knives you think might make my life bearable. :) And remember, an Umnumzaan entitles you to a special e-hug! :)

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 14, 2015 at 15:24

Well our impartial judge took a look through these and gave me a winner.  Thank you all for being here with us, participating in these little contests.  I liked this one a lot, gave us a window into our collector friends and their passion for the hobby.  Congrats to Ms. Data and watch around the first of the month for the next one!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Fletcher on February 14, 2015 at 15:34

Congrat's Mr & Ms Data.  A most worthy justification : -)

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Permalink Reply by Michael A. Smith on February 14, 2015 at 16:02

I have to admit, I don't own any Case knives, or for that matter, many slip joint knives, the only one I think I own is the Spyderco Bug. Not that I'm averse to them, I just haven't had one catch my eye that I really had to have yet. I imagine in time I will though. All of my knives are locking folders or fixed blades. As I mentioned, the knife addiction got me due to having to downsize from collecting swords and daggers. I can't afford the nice customs and midtechs so I satisfy myself with production knives for now. Maybe one day I'll hit the lottery and can afford a Bodega or something. :)

Funny, my oldest sister used to be married to a Don Rose, I doubt you're the same Don, that would be too weird.

Regards,

Michael

Calvin Don Rose said:

Hi Michael. I read your reply. I am convinced that you deserve a knife every now and then. I wish that the story you told was a true whopper. It sounds like we have some things in common. I did read a reply you had sent to me not to long ago. Tried to email you back but the attempt did not go through for one reason or another. If I remember right you to also talked about how much we have in common. I to suffer from chronic pain and was forced to retire at a young age of 48. I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that you may as myself does fight an ongoing battle with depression. I have found a little bit of happiness in my own little knife world. Collecting knifes for me started like this. A few summers back I was hanging out with my friend's Wes and Steve. Buddies from my old school days. Wes had offered to help me work on my car that summer day. After hanging out and getting our task done out of the blue Wes handed me a knife he had laying in his garage. Nothing was particularly special about the knife except that it was a gift given to me but a friend. In fact the knife was and still is missing a screw that holds a metal plate covering in place over the front bolster area. It is an assisted opening knife. Which at that time I had not seen or handled many if any of these kind of knifes.This was when knife makers had just starting incorporating this kind of technology into their products. After having this old kind of beat up knife in my possession for a couple of months this is when my knife hobby started up. All of a sudden I had an overwhelming urge to purchase myself a nice knife. Not just any knife would do my first one had to be a case knife. Which turned out to be a one bladed doctors knife.It caught my attention with this new type of handle material called corelyne (sorry I do not know how to spell this correctly). In fact the type of this handle material I ended up with is called Cats Eye. It is one of the more expensive knife's in my collection. I am sure you have knowledge of or perhaps even own a knife with this handle material yourself. The day I received this knife in the mail I was hooked. It was simply put just beautiful. Its one of only 250 made by case. The only way to identify the knife was by the scrolled bolsters on each end of the knife. Anyways to this day this knife is the most coveted knife that I own, and the rest is history. My wife is not happy at all with me spending our money on knifes. Mostly because of us being on a fixed income. She to is also disabled. I am always being pretty sneaky about it when I do get new knife for my collection. Well that enough of me rambling on for now. Its Valentines day and she is waiting patiently for me to come out to the living room and sit with her. I look forward to us exchanging more emails about our passion. Hand tough my friend. Oh call me Don. All family and friends do. Sincerely, Mr. Calvin Don Rose.

Michael A. Smith said:

To give a more serious answer to this question, this is what I told my partner. I was honest, I said, look, I'm homebound, I don't go to clubs or bars or the movies, I don't even get to go out to go shopping, I sit around the house 24/7, I sleep, eat, watch stuff on the internet and occasionally TV and I need distractions in my life and for me, it's collecting things. I've given up a lot of my collections to cut down on expenses. I used to subscribe to several monthly box clubs, I collected swords and daggers, I collected dragon sculptures, blue willow china, video games, dvds, electronics, etc etc etc... Currently I'm interested in collecting knives. You can't deny me the ability to have SOMETHING in my life that gives me joy. Most people in my position would be downright suicidal. I struggle every day to maintain my sanity. I live with chronic pain. If I DO go out of the house it's to the hospital, whether it's for a heart attack or to have a body part amputated, that's all I ever get out of the house for. Begrudging me my hobbies would be cruel if you ask me. I wish I could afford nicer knives but I'm on a severely fixed income. I can't really even afford to buy the knives that I do buy, but I need something. What can I do? I need to keep sane.

Feel free to donate your knives to the "Keep Mike Sane Fund" PM me for the address, send me any knives you think might make my life bearable. :) And remember, an Umnumzaan entitles you to a special e-hug! :)

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 14, 2015 at 17:39

Hey! Congrats Data!

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 14, 2015 at 17:41

Congrats, Data.

Jan Carter said:

Well our impartial judge took a look through these and gave me a winner.  Thank you all for being here with us, participating in these little contests.  I liked this one a lot, gave us a window into our collector friends and their passion for the hobby.  Congrats to Ms. Data and watch around the first of the month for the next one!

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on February 14, 2015 at 17:54

Congratulations Data!

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Permalink Reply by Ms Data on February 15, 2015 at 10:25

WOW!!!  Thank you everyone!  And especially thank you to Terry and Jan.  I have never owned an Opinel before but I work with a bunch of French people and I can't wait to show it off to them.  I am so excited!!!   Thank you everyone!!!

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on February 15, 2015 at 12:59

Congratulations, Data!  And an Opinel is, as Kant would say, a "Ding an Sich," or a thing of itself.  I own a #8, & the blade is sharp, & the geometry is perfect for slicing.  And so light you forget you have it until you need it.  Again, congratulations!

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