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Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:48 am
by MissouriGuerrilla
Hey folks,
It was March since I was last on here. M-a-n-y things happening in life and I just gave up on knife collecting as any budget to buy a knife, here and there, went out the window. Then, I was really bummed when SMKW stopped their mailbox catalog permanently. That was one of my tiny joys in life. Get their catalog and sit outside and thumb thru it page by page at a snail's pace.
Then a few weeks ago, my mother (who's 88) gave me something I never expected. My grandfather's little keep sake box that looks like a trunk. Inside were SIX pocket knives along with five watches (four wrist, one chain). I can't say that it reignited my fire for knives again, but....it certainly sparked it.
Anyway, I've missed being a regular at the FCD and I might just be stopping in more often. I might go ahead and post pics of the knives I have inherited from my grandfather, but time is precious right now. Wife and I are dealing with our 11 year old cat, Banjo, who has cancer and is almost a hospice patient (for lack of a better term.) We hope we can pull him from the jaws of death with one last vet appointment.
Wrapping up now. Hope I didnt go on too long. Hopefully, I can get back into the full swing of things.
Y'all take care!
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:05 am
by C-WADE7
Good to see you posting, and I hope things start looking up. If I could make a recommendation, get some books on knife collecting or history, the ones with lots of pictures, it will scratch the itch of seeing different knives and help keep your love of knives honed.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 3:29 am
by MissouriGuerrilla
Thanks C-WADE. I have been perusing the SMKW and Cutlery Corner websites and I haven't done that in awhile. I see that I have missed out on some unreal and awesome designs and styles.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:30 am
by bighomer
Good to see you back MG been missing you friend.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 11:11 am
by dlr110
I'm glad to see you back. That was a good suggestion Coley had about knife books. If you will send me a PM with your mailing address I'll get you started with my two knife books...
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:16 pm
by 1967redrider
Praying Banjo makes a quick recovery, pets are like family members.
Great idea about perusing reference books, and a great way to learn more about many different brands. I, too, miss the SMKW catalog for the perusing feature. More often than not, I didn't buy anything but enjoyed seeing what new knives had hit the market.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:11 pm
by MissouriGuerrilla
1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:16 pm
Praying Banjo makes a quick recovery, pets are like family members.
Great idea about perusing reference books, and a great way to learn more about many different brands. I, too, miss the SMKW catalog for the perusing feature. More often than not, I didn't buy anything but enjoyed seeing what new knives had hit the market.
Thanks, rr. We are fixing to take him to the vet in a little while where he will be "hospitalized," receiving fluids and given a thorough going over. He's been down a long road and we don't think he's ready to give up yet. Still got a lot of fight and spark left in him.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:25 pm
by MissouriGuerrilla
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:38 pm
by bighomer
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:07 pm
by MissouriGuerrilla
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:56 am
by Ripster
Agree with Big H ! It’s good to see your posts and desire to stay active in this forum . It’s a bunch of pretty decent folks. will keep you in my thoughts and prayers .
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:24 am
by MissouriGuerrilla
Ripster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:56 am
Agree with Big H ! It’s good to see your posts and desire to stay active in this forum . It’s a bunch of pretty decent folks. will keep you in my thoughts and prayers .
Thanks, Ripster. Today, we took Banjo to be cremated and picked out a wonderful wood box for his ashes. They will have mine and my wife's two nicknames for him on it. We had his body in a travel kennel I covered with two bath towels after his passing yesterday morning because our truck was in the shop and we had no way to get him to the cremation place. Naturally, death took over his appearance and features and we were glad to finally get him there so he wasn't in that state anymore. I hate to be graphic and detailed, but it's been a very hard and tragic 50 hours or so. We can't wait to have him back home and the final closure.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:40 pm
by MissouriGuerrilla
MissouriGuerrilla wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:48 am
Hey folks,
It was March since I was last on here. M-a-n-y things happening in life and I just gave up on knife collecting as any budget to buy a knife, here and there, went out the window. Then, I was really bummed when SMKW stopped their mailbox catalog permanently. That was one of my tiny joys in life. Get their catalog and sit outside and thumb thru it page by page at a snail's pace.
Then a few weeks ago, my mother (who's 88) gave me something I never expected. My grandfather's little keep sake box that looks like a trunk. Inside were SIX pocket knives along with five watches (four wrist, one chain). I can't say that it reignited my fire for knives again, but....it certainly sparked it.
Anyway, I've missed being a regular at the FCD and I might just be stopping in more often. I might go ahead and post pics of the knives I have inherited from my grandfather, but time is precious right now. Wife and I are dealing with our 11 year old cat, Banjo, who has cancer and is almost a hospice patient (for lack of a better term.) We hope we can pull him from the jaws of death with one last vet appointment.
Wrapping up now. Hope I didnt go on too long. Hopefully, I can get back into the full swing of things.
Y'all take care!
I was just out digging in the garage and decided to open one of my dad's little "miscellaneous" boxes I had put aside. Much to my delight and shock, he had a Union Pacific pocket knife that was underneath a bunch of cards and coasters. So not only do I have my grandfathers six knives I inherited, now I find a second knife of my dad's that I never knew existed! I promise I will try to get pics up of all these soon.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:34 pm
by bighomer
Meant to post my condolences on banjo a few days ago reckon it slipped my mind which happens more and more. Anyway I'm sorry for your loss.
Re: Answering Ripster and Bighomer's FCD call
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:23 pm
by MissouriGuerrilla
bighomer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:34 pm
Meant to post my condolences on banjo a few days ago reckon it slipped my mind which happens more and more. Anyway I'm sorry for your loss.
Thanks!
