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J.J. Smith III

Ballentine, SC

United States

User/Collector

Profile Information:

How did you hear about iKnifeCollector?: From a friend.
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline): Yes
How long have you collected knives?: 21- 25 years
Favorite Kind of Knives: Whittlers, especially CASE "Seahorse",
and the Great Eastern "Gippetto" Whittlers.
I also like other utilitarian frames and whatever appeals to me at the time.
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Uncle-Wiskers...JJ.../158838957461863
About Me: Married, father of 2 girls.
Grandfather to 3.5 grandchildren.
Retired State employee.
Certified "Smart Aleck".

"acutis quae sunt acuti deditus"
Interests: Sitting on my front porch, carving "Peach Pits", smoking a good cigar and watching the world go by.

Check out my page, on Facebook @ "Uncle Wiskers Carved Pits".
Other Hobbies: PSB and Rail Scanning.
Backyard bird feeding and bird watching.

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James R. Lucas

Thank you for the welcome

Dec 22, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

TOO MANY MEMBERS I CANT KEEP UP!!!! lol how you doing with it!!

Dec 22, 2009
Wayne Deese

Hey JJ, Thanks for the invite !!! I'll b keepin n touch !!! If you know anyone that has a Spyderco Tim Wegner, model no. C48GP, I would like to trade a Benchmade AFCK 800S. I am lookin for a user !!! Thanks

Dec 22, 2009
Eugene Coates Smith Jr

Thanks much for the warm welcome! Appreciate it!

Dec 22, 2009
Ralph Morel

JJ, Thanks and I'm glad to come aboard. Saw an ad in blade Magazine for iKC and thought I'd give it a shot. Hey, I bought a Case MOP Seahorse Whittler a few years ago in Nashville. Then I heard Case quit making them. One question, how do you carve a peach pit? Or is that a local joke?

Dec 22, 2009
Morrie Mayfield

Hi J.J.,
Thank you for the welcome!!!!!!!!! I sure like the idea of sitting on the
front porch (I can't carve, I would cut all my fingers off and I can't
smoke, I don't want to stunt my growth) and watching the world go by.
Morrie

Dec 22, 2009
Jason Hyman

Thank you for the welcome!

Dec 22, 2009
Chris North

Thanks for the welcome! When I get some free time I'll update my profile, but our baby twin girls are a handful right now! Cool carvings by the way!

Dec 23, 2009
Phil Bogdan

Hey Thanks. I look forward to visiting this site often. Great concept. Happy Holidays.

Dec 23, 2009
Chris North

Actually I'll have to buy three knives for all three girls!

Dec 23, 2009
Chris North

Thank you! I'm looking forward to sharing information on knives here at iKC.

Dec 23, 2009
Joe Bierly

thanks - anyone with a K-Bar logo is a friend of mine. Semper fi,

Dec 23, 2009
Randy, HHH Knives

Thanks JJ!
Jeff made it for me! He made me 3 LOL nice guy 4SURE!
Yea what a huge amout of new members. Its been all I can do to say hi and welcome them yesterday! LOL
I say the more the merrier! I really have enjoyed this site and the welcomes I got made me warm right up to the place. Including yours!
Have a great Christmas JJ!

Dec 23, 2009
Lee E. McDowell

Thanks for the welcom J.J. The weather is warmer in Surprise, AZ than your area.

Dec 23, 2009
Dave King

Thanks for the welcome, It looks very interesting so far. Have A Good One! Dave

Dec 23, 2009
Stan T

Glad to be here. Very cool to find a group of knife enthusiast.
Stan

Dec 23, 2009
Brian Davis

Thanks I think this is a awsome site

Dec 23, 2009
Frank Evans

Jj,

Thanks for your kind note and thoughts.... It's been tough lately.

Scott wrote me yesterday and asked if I could help welcome some of this new group. I counter 6 I think from SC. Two from Columbia.... I reference you to each one and said we wanted to try to get some kind of group together....

I did not get my sonn for Christmas for the third year but I have him next week. There is no justice in family court!

Thanks again....PS How was the knife show...did you see my frind tony foster?

Dec 25, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King

OK, JJ> you in charge. We're headed to the airport and then on to Colorado. I think things are settling down now but should continue in a steady growth pace.

Thanks for your Christmas wish. I'll be checking in along the way and at nite as I can.
Thanks.....and you have my cell if you need me :)

Dec 26, 2009
Mig Santos

Thanks for the welcome, J.J. Your photos are great, funny and refreshing. I haven't whittled anything since I was a kid, but you've given me a good hobby to look into. Thanks again, and hope you're enjoying the Christmas season.

Dec 26, 2009
Wayne Holmes

Thanks for the welcome J.J., I think it is going to be fun and very interesting.

Dec 27, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

hey J.J. how you like this....

Dec 27, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

Dec 27, 2009
Frank Evans

Check Jim PRather's seahorses

My Photobucket Links:
Seahorses:http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/Unclejim/Seahorsies/?start=all
More knives. Some I've made:
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/Unclejim/?start=all

Dec 28, 2009
Sanjay Khukuri

Hi JJ, Sanjay here from Khukuri House thanking you for your warm welcome to this great knife site. Nice to meet you.

Dec 30, 2009
Thorvan Patten JR.

Hey J.J. thanks for the e-mail I think this is a great site and I hope to meet a lot of people and learn some things about knives. I'm a collector but by no means an expert. I just know the knives I like and those are the ones I go for. I think right now I have about 30 Kershaws a bunch of Westerns some Case my collection covers a lot of makers. Bye for now THOR.

Dec 30, 2009
kage

Thanx alot..... Nice place, Good people, Great topics.

Dec 31, 2009
Terry D. Compton

Thank You

Dec 31, 2009
kage

JJ
Thanks again. Will check out the Member's Help section, even if I don't need to. It's easy to get settled in to something that feels comfortable.

kage

Dec 31, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Happy and safe New Year.

Dec 31, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

Dec 31, 2009
Michael D Sabol

he sure was good to me and the y sure are keepers!...you get any additives to your collection?!

Jan 1, 2010
Michael D Sabol

it's pretty good you know just alright...he's making me a better knife that we have been trying to find a design for

Jan 1, 2010
Johnny Stout

More than glad to help out all that I can J.J. Let me know if I can contribute in any way.

Johnny

Jan 1, 2010
Sanjay Khukuri

Hi JJ,
Thank you again for welcoming me. Yes its a great site and am loving it as home. Glad to hear you visited my site and liked my Khukuri Blades.

Sanjay........

Jan 3, 2010
In Memoriam
Scott King

So you got you some new knives for Christmas.....?

Jan 5, 2010
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

Jan 5, 2010
Steve Hooten

Thank you, J.J. Appreciate the welcome.

Steve

Jan 9, 2010
Ron James

Thanks,, going to try and get some pictures online soon,,,

Jan 9, 2010
Palmetto Cutlery Club

Thanks for the welcome. Your profile lists you as a member of a knife club. Which one? I do the newsletter for the Palmetto Cutlery Club in Greer. I joined this site to hopefully learn more about knife collecting/collectors and get news from other clubs for our newsletter. You may be interested in joining our club too. Membership is $10 a year. Visit our website to learn more about us. http://palmettocutleryclub.org/

Jan 9, 2010
dewey m. ingle

well jj seems like you have it all together down n southgackalacka, love your poetry ?

Jan 9, 2010
Jeff Henry

What's the name/model# of this Spyderco?

Jan 10, 2010
lee amer

hi glad to find this place,hi to you ,lee amer

Jan 11, 2010
Terry Waldele

Thanks for welcoming me io IKC. Your photos of your collection are excellent. What kind of software did you use to make the slideshow with the information attached to each photo. This is a great tool for knife collectors to inventory their collections for insurance purposes! Your peach pit carvings are amazing, expecialy considering how hard those pits are. Knice to hear from you.

Jan 11, 2010
Bud Smith

Thanks JJ, we try harder LOL...Bud

Jan 11, 2010
Phil Hostetler

Hi J.J.,
I'd love to be sittin' on the porch along with you just watchin' the world and birds go by. Thanks for the welcome. Everyone's been great. Joining was one of the best things i've done lately. Phil

Jan 12, 2010
Paul J Granger

Hi J.J.
Regarding paracord... Yes, I like the monkey fist quite a lot as well. They are useful and fun. One of my friends bought a boat last year. I recently presented him with a monkey fist for throwing line to dock. A lot of people don't realise that is what they are originally for.

I have been making a lot of them lately. Some people put nothing inside them. I always put something inside. For light duty, a wooden or plastic ball. For more heft, a ball bearing. Sometimes I make bigger ones with rope instead of para cord and a golf ball or a tennis ball core. Once I made one for a guy that wanted a large heavy one. So I put a slit in a tennis ball and filled it with BB's. That was a really HEAVY-DUTY monkey fist!

Jan 14, 2010
Steve wells

Hey JJ - well hunting season is over( 2 Does) and I am back in town. Thought I would drop a line to you and see how things are going. Thanks for all the cool and informative E-mails you have sent to me. I see you have bought a few more knives - looking good

Jan 14, 2010
Andy Voelkle "AxeMan"

Jan 15, 2010
Steve wells

Well JJ the RR's Look mighty fine. Old Captain Jeff got a eye full.

Jan 15, 2010

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