Happy birthday to our dear friend

Johnny,

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Johnny,

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too! It is great to have friends like you! Don't eat too much turkey this week or you won't be able to keep up with all of those critters you are hunting for. Have a great day!!!

Johnny,

God Bless you and the family on this Thanksgiving and every day.  Give our hugs to all.  Your friendship IS one of the things we are thankful for this year.

Thanks Johnny, Iv been enjoying your knives and great pictures .  Im new to GEC but quickly became a fan.  Thanks Herb 

Johnny,  You must have picked up your club knife in person.  Can't wait to see them in person.

700 miles (more or less) to my house.  Guess I'm gonna have to wait a day or 2.

(Ain't gonna like it though.)

   Thanks for the welcome Johnny,I really enjoy looking at your great GEC collection.Looking forward to sharing with you and the rest of the members on the GEC forum.      Terry

Hey Thanks Caleb! I really like this place, lotta great folks here have already been very welcoming

Great slideshow Caleb!

Great collection of knives and excellent photography. Cheers!

   Thank you Johnny.    Terry

Hey bro, thanks for the comopliments on my knife reviews!! I did join GEC and as I write this I am formulating my review for the 721112 jigged brazilian cheery wood model.  Ooompah!! Steel sahlute brother!

Thanks Johnny- I'll do that.  We both seem to appreciate fine, basic cutlery although I was surprised that you don't seem to like stockmans? I've carried a '98 Buck Stockman 301 for so many years, I can't remember? I always liked having the versatility of 3 different blade designs. It's always been a mainstay tool for me. I'll send you a photo of my current one along with my earliest which goes back to the '70's. Even bought a 2002 for my 44 year old son because I find it so practical a tool.

I've owned a Case Stockman and although I like Case products very much, it just didn't hold up to the rigors of sailing life when I spent a couple years sailing from Florida, down through the islands to Venezuela & back. I went back to my trusty old Buck.

Yes Johnny, I agree. The 301 is a working man's tool and that is why I have always depended on their durability. It certainly isn't as pretty a collectors item, to me. Frankly, I liked my original 301 better. Oh the abuse I've given both but I liked the slimmer blades and case of the 1st one and it still held up just as well. I know not why? They are completely different blades upon close inspection.

I've always admitted that Case XX & others make a prettier knife but Buck is built like a Mack truck. Even though I really love my Randall Model 5 with that gorgeous stag handle, I still think my knife of choice might be my '02 Buck Special 119. That was the model Al Buck (Founder) made so many of and distributed to our troops during WWII. It would be a toss up if I had to choose.  

Also, that looks like Appalachian hill country. Is it? I love that region. Climbed Clingman's Dome in East Tenn. with my son and cousin back in '79. By the way, you have a beautiful collection of GEC-s and others there.

Johnny if your refering to the small folding lockback in stag, that would be a Buck Prince 503. Substanstially higher in price due to the stag handles I presume? I bought it from ePrague through eBay and really like it for it's trim blade size  (only 2 1/2") and it light weight.

I've never heard that those early Buck knives were ever produced by Schrade? Maybe that's why the significant difference in those two models? Frankly, if the early "Buck" Stockman were made by another mfg., I liked the early one better.

The stag Canal Street Swell Center Jack (next to my Northfield) with the Dr.'s butt is an absoulutely beautiful knife (an A.G. Russell exclusive, ltd. to 200 pieces) but it IS also quite thick and heavy for my tastes. This is probably why I favor my first Buck Stockman?

By the way, I'm giving consideration to retiring my '98 Stockman for my Northfield in Plum. Only troubly is I'm not afraid to add some more scratches to my old Buck as where I hate to mar up my Northfield with inevitable scratches and sharpening marks. Sort of like getting that first ding in a new car? Decisions-decisions? I've contacted Gary Norton of Northwest Knives to see what else GEC-Northfield has come out with? They have some nice stag handles but I'm tiring of stag and would like seeing something in colored handles.

You added the pics by using the normal [IMG] tags right? It does look like doing that makes an external link. I was just able to link directly to my pics on photobucket by using the image button when adding a comment and then using the direct link instead of one with tags.

Trand, either way you add them is perfect.   If you choose from my computer, it will show the pic here, if you go with URL, you can use the link.  We appreciate your sharing with us

Yes Johnny, I am indeed a AAPK member. Thanks for the warm welcome. I love this knife collecting thing . Ryan Daniels talked me into joining so I thought I would enjoy it and already it looks awesome   Den

Yes I have made Queen the last several years. I just set up at Dover over the weekend and Lewisburgh Pa last week. Were you there

Yes I am sure we seen each other there. Where do you live . I live in Youngsville Pa up by Warren Pa. What is the Great Eastern gathering like??

Well its been nice talking to ya and I am sure we will talk soon. Did you see the Queen Switch I just posted in my pics. Its for sale if you know of anyone.  Den

Hey Johnny, whats "hun" reladed?

Thanks Johnny.  Looking forward to more of a "user" orientated group.  As I age I'm looking for more home related weapons.

Nice Knives! and great to be friends with you also Johnny-my pleasure to post in the IKC Arsenal-looking forward to more discussion!

I have every confidence that you will do very well with the arsenal Johnny.  It is a good fit and I think you will enjoy it also

Thanks,Johnny.  No knives today except for the one at the resteraunt.  Hope to find something special, this weekend, at the knife show.

johnny great 2 see ya bro!  the collection is looking purdy!-pete

Johnny, I think you might be mad at old Pawpaw about the disagreement I had with your good friend and knife dealer the other day. I want you to know, I had no intentions of saying something bad about knife dealers or him personally. I was trying to warn about bad dealers in general and that we must not trust everyone until we get to know them. I am old and very disable, I also speak in broken cajun english, that you have to understand I have trouble wording my conversations on here. Sometimes one word, one way or the other, makes my meaning all wrong. Well please, lets not let ole Pawpaws mistake ruin our friendship...Good Buddy.

Thanks Caleb! Much Appreciated! And a Happy and Safe Independence Day to you and your family!

Bob

Hey good buddy, I was wondering if you could help us with a standard formular of feild testing knives. I know you use a knife alot so you may beable to help. In the group a Sharper Review, you will see what Hog and I are trying to come up with. Thanks, let me know what you think.

Thanks for the welcome, Johnny!  I'm happy to be here.  ;)

Thanks Johnny, my pleasure to be with the group

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Johnny!!! Have a really great day, my friend!!!

Terrific knives and really good photos. A real pleasure to discover !

thanks for sharing Johnny.

Thanks for your great comment my friend.

Yes, I know the GEPPETTO IKC... beautiful !!!