Clint,

Thanks for the info on the Tecx.  Do you know if the decision has been made to force the existing Case Dealers to carry them?  I know it raised quite the chatter on the Case Forum when the announcement was made.  It is still the reason some of the old Case collectors are saying they will no longer buy from them.  Competition and breaking into a new line of knives is a logical reason to produce these in an offshore plant.  In my opinion they risk losing more of the traditional buyers if they place them in the independent  Case dealers that are asking not to carry them.

At that price point I know we will see them in Sears and Lowes (they carry Case anyway).  Will we see them in the mass market, like Walmart? 

Please keep us informed as you hear and see more on these and thanks again for always supporting the folks that work so hard both here and abroad to keep us safe

Jan...

This is why I commented about look over your shoulder Case here comes GEC.  Having knives made in China will seem like a traitorous move to some of the hardcore Case collectors.  These collectors will naturally gravitate to a cutlery like GEC.  Can't wait to get my first GEC.  I hope it is in the mail.

I talked to Chris last week and she said it would be going out this week

Jan...

This is great news.  Thanks.

So, it has been proposed that we make the ladies hour on the chat a reality.  What do you all think.  An all ladies char discussing knives?

Jan...

I think....from the Gentleman's side....it would be great.  I am always interested in what the ladies think about knives and such.  You never know when you might need help vanquishing the Black Furry Monster.

If chat worked better for me, I think it would be great!

Sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately I'm in a very different time-zone, though.

Hey Cuz....

Just set your alarm and get up very early or (alternative) stay up very....very late. LOL!

My 16 months old daughter might keep me up anyway. She doesn't always seem to get the fact that night-time are for sleeping!

Babies are the same every where.  I can still remember those days.

Linda I just checked and I think your time difference is not that off, we may be able to work around that

Getting your daughter to sleep nights?  Don't think I have ever found a way to reprogram that

That would be great! It's always fun chatting away with other knife maniacs.

Concerning my daughter, I shouldn't really complain. She might wake up now and then, but normally she falls asleep again rather quickly. My son on the other hand hardly ever sleept at that age. I walked around in a haze for two years, I was totally exhausted. Luckily, they grow out of it!

LOL, yes and then they become teenagers and never want to go to bed.

How old are they Linda?

I resemble that remark Jan.  When I was young, I never wanted to go to bed till I just passed out watching TV.  Now that I am older, I want to go to bed but pass out watching TV before I get the chance.

Our son are 10 years old and our daughter is 15 months.

WOW, Nice spread there.  A couple of years to sleep in between LOL.

Clint,

ROFL...Yep, thats me

Yeah, I know. People often take for granted that they have different fathers just because of the gap. My husband isn't too happy about that. When I was younger I wanted 4 kids and I wanted them to be close in age. Well, things dosen't always turn out as planned. But I still could have two more, I guess.

Funny, they always think different fathers but never ask about different mothers. LOL.  Be sure you leave enough time at the end to be husband and wife alone again.  We love it, even though we miss the kids

Just because today is St Pats, what would you think baout visiting here?

Pictures from the Leprechaun Museum - Opens In Time for St Patrick's Day

Based in the heart of Dublin city, in Eire, the National Leprechaun Museum is a national cultural entertainment centre that takes visitors deeper into Irish and Celtic culture to discover what really lies behind the well-known tales of Irish cultural iconography - leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold.

The National Leprechaun Museum is the first ever visitor attraction dedicated to Irish mythology and promises to open up a fun and magical world full of fascinating folklore and enchanting stories.

Visitors to the museum are encouraged to feel what it's like to journey deep beneath the rocks of the Giant's Causeway, open up their minds to the sights and stories of Ireland's mythical otherworld on a trip to fairy hill, experience what it's like to live in a leprechaun-sized world and journey to the end of the rainbow to see if the elusive crock of gold really exists.

The museum initially employs eight people. The museum's director and creator, Tom O'Rahilly informed Will and Guy that, 'The National Leprechaun Museum is a first; nothing like it exists anywhere else in the world. Irish culture is famous the world over - even Walt Disney came to Ireland to look for leprechauns.'

Opened March 2010: http://www.leprechaunmuseum.ie/

So, we have some new ladies on the site in the past few weeks and one is a knife maker.  I am trying to get her to introduce herself here with us

Happy Hoppy Day!

My newest...Perry Miller Era Tuna Valley Congress

http://www.bussecombat.com/home/index.shtml

OHIO KNIVES

Check out the general info section above.  Sue created this and we have been adding to it consistently.  It is some wonderful resource info.  

Yep Miss Jan, I have been reading some of Miss Sue's Knife History stories and I enjoy them. Thanks Miss Sue! For some reason most of the members of this group look so much nicer than some of the members of other groups...lol....Ya'll are doing a great job, ladies.

Looking forward to seeing some of the creative ladies at the Blade Show very soon

So How many of the folks here will be in attendance at the Blade show?  I want to set up an IKC meeting

Any tactical fans here?  Clint is asking for help on deciding what to place in his article

http://www.iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/you-choose-the-tactical...

I want to wish all the "Mothers" in this group and in our club, a very happy "Mothers Day". Bless ya'll....Ya'll have the most important job in the world!

We must ask ourselves, "Is it better to give a lady a fish, or to teach the lady to fish"? Well, I don't have to ask my mother, she wants it caught, clean and cooked just fine. I hope all the Mothers out there get what ever they want, I'm sure they all should get a fair reward.

Thank you Robert.  I would have loved to have gone fishing today

Great Miss Jan, I hope all the Mothers had a great day today. Bless Ya'll.

I had a wonderful relaxing Mothers Day.  Donnie direction to me when I took him breakfast was go have a day for yourself, you deserve it.  So I did just that, did all the girlie things I don't seem to get as much time to do as I would like 

Ladies and gentlemen,

Do you fish, you family fish?   There is a fishing photo contest going on and the first and second prizes are knives.

Jan the day to do what you want.  Nice.

Well back to work and making plans for the Blade Show.  Cant wait to see everyone

Got a new pretty in pink today :).  Will take some pics and post it soon

Until last year I had collected for almost 20 years without having owned a pink knife.  And I was pretty stubborn about it also.  Nothing about bubba gum pink ever enticed me.  Then Great Eastern came out with my fav whittler pattern in a pink shell and I broke my stride. Been in my pocketbook since.  This week I received a gift of it's replacement for an EDC.  This little Kershaw is outstanding.  assisted opening, it flies right out and locks up tight.  I really like that it has a lock for when you are carrying it to keep it from opening unless you mean it to.  So here is my newest EDC

so here is my question, how many of us carry a pink knife?

Jan....
I know of one.

dont carry one, but do own a couple bubblegum Case!....lol

Sue,

Share the pinks with us please?  Why not carry one?  Do you carry one of your mini coke bottles?

come on Sue, share a pink with me

did a sneak peek at Sue's Pinks in her Photos.  Nice toothpicks!

Spent a little time doing some research on my newest pattern love.  The reason the cotton sampler blade is shaped the way it is?  The cutout is so that the buyer could wrap up some of the cotton strands and rub them on a hard object (like a board) to test the strength of the strands

6 more days.  Atlanta and grandbabies here we come

Well, we have had a generous dealer supplies us with some items to give away at the IKC meet and greet.  If you will be in Atlanta come on by at 4pm on Friday.  We will be beside the GEC/Daniels booth in the food court area