I was born at a very early age with nothing and still have most of it. I've lived under the last 13 presidents of the US and I love my country and detest politics. I have a grown son and daughter that I'm very proud of and 5 grandkids with the oldest starting her first year of college. I've had a variety of vocations and avocations with my training in engineering and my love in physics. I owned and operated a small steel fabricating company for 13 years and spent 5 years in the physics department of a local university before venturing into a recreational sport business for 6 years. I've been civically active most of my life and sat on everything from recreation commissions and school board to emergency preparedness director and founded and chaired a local development corporation for 8 years. I have regrets for things I've done and remorse for things I haven't. This all seems like a lot until I realize how long it took to do them but I still have time to screw up some more adventures.
As for knives, they have always been a tool in every aspect of life since childhood and I've used, lost, broken, set aside because they were special purpose or neat in some way and just plain wore out dozens of them. Now everything in the world has become "collectable" and I'm taking time to look at them rather than only what they can do and how well they do it. A few days of a short read-bout here and I've learned a lot and anticipate learning a lot more. Seems like a great bunch of knowledgeable folks and I hope to pick your brains and get to know you better.
to the site. 
" I have regrets for things I've done and remorse for things I haven't"
I may have to delete my profile and email address from this site and wipe my HD clean and start over, pretending I never came here. I'm NOT a collector and I DON'T WANT TO BE a collector! 
I think you guys put something in the pixels here that corrodes the brain and turn people into ………………………………. 'COLLECTORS'. 
