YOUR USER NAME
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Interesting thread. I hadn’t seen this one till now. When I joined I was told there were a lot of preachers or ex preachers on here. I pastored for 29 years part time and had a full time job that whole time so I worked 7 days a week. I’m retired from both now.
My user name came from a few things coming together. I use to love detailing my cars and I would use the phrase “bright n shiny” when I was done. When I bought my first knife collection, I spent months cleaning and shining every knife in that 462 piece collection. When it came time to sell it on Ebay, I had to choose a username and my wife thought up sharpnshinyknives. She claims that she is the sharp in Sharpnshinyknives, and I suppose that’s true. She has an IQ of 142, graduated 1st in her high school class and summa w/ a 4.0 grade average from college. She also went to the national spelling bee in Washington DC when she was in junior high, twice. She is tough to beat playing Scrabble, so when I win on occasion (very little occasion), I get to gloat a little.
She always says that I am the shiny in Sharpnshinyknives, that’s an obvious reference to my bald head. I think it’s a put down, but I’m not sharp enough to know for sure?
My user name came from a few things coming together. I use to love detailing my cars and I would use the phrase “bright n shiny” when I was done. When I bought my first knife collection, I spent months cleaning and shining every knife in that 462 piece collection. When it came time to sell it on Ebay, I had to choose a username and my wife thought up sharpnshinyknives. She claims that she is the sharp in Sharpnshinyknives, and I suppose that’s true. She has an IQ of 142, graduated 1st in her high school class and summa w/ a 4.0 grade average from college. She also went to the national spelling bee in Washington DC when she was in junior high, twice. She is tough to beat playing Scrabble, so when I win on occasion (very little occasion), I get to gloat a little.
She always says that I am the shiny in Sharpnshinyknives, that’s an obvious reference to my bald head. I think it’s a put down, but I’m not sharp enough to know for sure?
SSk Mark “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Ronald Reagan
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Good story! I wonder what it is about preacher's and knives? Gotta be a connection there somewhere!
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Well, Mark, I think it is pretty obvious that in someone as bright as your wife selecting you as her mate, that redounds to your credit.
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My wife came up with the name from a picture I drew in college.I took an art class and the project was to take an ordinary everyday item and draw a picture of it in an unusual or extraordinary setting.I had only been collecting knives for a year and what better item to draw but a pocketknife.Notice the Gnome Cut Co tang stamp.
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That's pretty cool.
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Take care and God bless,
Steve
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1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
Steve
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1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
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Interesting drawing. Hope you have kept in touch with your artistic side. Its a very nice skill to cultivate.
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Love the picture!!knifegnome wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:15 pm My wife came up with the name from a picture I drew in college.I took an art class and the project was to take an ordinary everyday item and draw a picture of it in an unusual or extraordinary setting.I had only been collecting knives for a year and what better item to draw but a pocketknife.Notice the Gnome Cut Co tang stamp.
David
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That is SOOOO KOOL!!!
John
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Gnome, nice story. Looks like you like Sunfish patterns.
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Thanks guys and yes I do like that pattern,only have a couple of them.
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Well I went into the Navy, Submarine Service Atlantic Fleet (Diesel Boats), in 1961 and marinaio means sailor in Italian hence marinaio61.
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Welcome to AAPK!marinaio61 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:04 am Well I went into the Navy, Submarine Service Atlantic Fleet (Diesel Boats), in 1961 and marinaio means sailor in Italian hence marinaio61.
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If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
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Well thought out " monicker ". Welcome aboard sailor. Enjoy your voyage. That's meant to be a salute.marinaio61 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:04 am Well I went into the Navy, Submarine Service Atlantic Fleet (Diesel Boats), in 1961 and marinaio means sailor in Italian hence marinaio61.
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Straw hats are what I started wearing to keep me shaded. I have since graduated to felt or palm.
Kevin
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I like the hat! Brand? Make? Model?
Sweet little side-arm, too.
Tell us a bit more about that here ---> https://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_ ... 21&t=25969
Take care and God bless,
Steve
TSgt USAF, Retired
1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
Steve
TSgt USAF, Retired
1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
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Thank you.Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:30 pm
I like the hat! Brand? Make? Model?
Sweet little side-arm, too.
Tell us a bit more about that here ---> https://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_ ... 21&t=25969
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I buy them flat brimmed and uncreased so I can crease them to the Fedora shape I prefer. Usually buy 3-4 at a time and replace themas they wear out. The two oldest stay at the back door. The oldest is my yard hat, next is my “meeting customers” hat and at the front door is the one with the hatband. I have a horsehair hatband that has graced maybe 10-12 hats.
And, I introduced that revolver in the thread as you requested.
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Kevin I like both the hat and the S&W.
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Thank you. In winter, I wear a felt hat of the same general size and shape. I usually start with a western hat,Stetson, Resistol, or similar a get the steamer going. It takes a while but they come out nice.
Kevin
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I've had a Bluegrass band called Windy Ridge since 1972. When I got my e-mail account, Windy Ridge was taken so I opted for Ridgegrass. WR is based in Maryland. There's another one somewhere else. I see them on You Tube but I don't know them at all or when they started. Windy Ridge was the road our first fiddle player, Jude Restivo, (a.k.a. Judd Hawkins) lived on. J.O'.
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It's a dadgummed shame ole T.J. ain't still suckin' air. Tom was a guitar plucker in a Bluegrass band down in the Covington KY area. Unfortunately we lost him to dementia a few years back. He was a great person and a heck of a guitar picker. You two would have gotten on just fine.Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:50 pm I've had a Bluegrass band called Windy Ridge since 1972. When I got my e-mail account, Windy Ridge was taken so I opted for Ridgegrass. WR is based in Maryland. There's another one somewhere else. I see them on You Tube but I don't know them at all or when they started. Windy Ridge was the road our first fiddle player, Jude Restivo, (a.k.a. Judd Hawkins) lived on. J.O'.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Sorry I missed him. J.O'.
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Yeah, me too. There weren't too many like T.J. made.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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I can't believe I never posted in this thread.
I do not have much imagination and David is my first name.
Just Plain sounds a trifle better than Poor Old I think.
I do not have much imagination and David is my first name.
Just Plain sounds a trifle better than Poor Old I think.
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I'm from Okoboji, IA, us locals just call the area Boji.
Was also the name of one of favorite dogs. Used various forms & numbers with it on forums for 20 years.
Was also the name of one of favorite dogs. Used various forms & numbers with it on forums for 20 years.
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