I'm Proud of AAPK

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Re: I'm Proud of AAPK

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Great post!

I do hang out at a few other knife haunts (forums, facebook), but AAPK is the best place to find out info, let your hair down (if you have hair :D ), and just have a decent time. I don't think there is a more concentrated amount of vintage knife expertise anywhere else!
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dlr110 wrote:
Dinadan wrote:
dlr110 wrote: I have found all of you at AAPK so far to be very helpful to one another, respectful and you don’t cut someone
down just because they make a mistake or their information and knowledge doesn’t match yours. People at
AAPK recognize that there are people out there at many different levels in their knife collecting and their
personal knowledge. You good people teach, inform, share and make knife collecting something fun to do every day.

Thank you AAPK and I’m proud to be a member. :D
Great post, David! One of the things that I have always liked about AAPK is the way that members share their knowledge without condescension. I think that it is quite rare to find a place on the internet where folks with all levels of expertise interact with such courtesy. Malicious and disrespectful posts are pretty much non existent here, and I expect that is due to the example that Bryan and his moderators have set and enforced.
Thanks Mel!!!

David, You have captured my sentiments exactly about this forum. There is a certain level of respect that is expected here and I find that refreshing in this anonymous age of social media. Plus I have learned so much from so many. It is a nice place to be involved.
I agree w/ kj. Except I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut about those controversial topics. Another one I would add to that group of topics to avoid is what brand of car you like. Americans get inflamed over automobiles, at least in the Midwest where so many major car companies have had plants, they do. That and buying anything not made in the USA. Wow, does that get the blood up for some people!
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I find AAPK is much friendlier and welcoming than the "other" big knife collecting site, which tends to be much cliquier and all they ever do is post a "thumbs up" that they like your post instead of taking the time to engage in a discussion topic, especially if they don't recognize you as a regular member.

AAPK is the best knife discussion board bar none ::ds::
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I’m very late to the party, but for some reason, I never seen to get ‘below’ the Mostly True Stories.
I think I’ve was fortunate to find AAPK first in my knife journey. I was given a membership on another site, and do sometimes go there, but I think it’s far better that I had a bit of the newbie smoothed off first. At least I know a bolster from a bail by now!
AAPK is the most welcoming place I’ve ever been. Of course the sharing of info is great, but the off topic is just as important, for me. I have to stop by the First Cup Diner daily, even if it’s more like dinner time!
Thanks, fellas. A finer bunch of gentlemen I couldn’t hope to find!
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It changed my life, I can tell ya that !!! Finding AAPK bout
6 months before I retired was a God send....I just closed my
AAPK Clear Creek Knives store I operated for 13 1/2 years !!!
Opened up on AAPK 1--2-06, closed 5-15-19
Sure was beholding to Bryan for giving me a chance to sell a life time of knives...
Bitter sweet, but time to close that book and go on to another.

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Yep.. This is a KOOL place with KOOL people here!!! ::ds::
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D) All of the above

AAPK may be what the site is called, but the people make it what it is - the best darn knife site on the internet!!

David, thanks for sharing a great post.
To all you others, thanks for being AAPK!!
Take care and God bless,

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Steve Warden wrote: To all you others, thanks for being AAPK!!
My sentiments exactly Steve! ::tu::

There are topics, posted on AAPK concerning the administration of AAPK in which members have commented on how refreshing it is to find relaxed administrators/moderators that don't feel they have to hammer on everyone for every little thing.
My response to that is its the members of AAPK, their respect for one another and for new members that makes it possible to administer the site in such a relaxed, almost hands-off fashion. The less we have to correct someone in a forum, the better it is for everyone. The less we have to do is administrators the better, in my opinion.
We can have this relaxed hands-off approach because of our polite and respectful members who have an incredible wealth of knife knowledge stored in their heads and they are very free with sharing their knowledge.

So give yourselves a round of applause, because it is you folks, the members of AAPK, that in the final analysis that makes AAPK such a wonderful place to spend some time. ::clapping:: ::clapping::
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