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Another newbie saying hello..........
on: March 29, 2013, 03:25:43 AM
Evening all:
  Found out about this site on AAPK All About Pocket Knives and decided to check it out.I guess there are several members there who are active on here also.
  Name is Ray Smith and I'm a 69 year old semi-retired sign artist/pinstriper currently living in Southeast Michigan.Been collecting knives since I was 10 and still have my 1st knife. Besides knives,I also collect guns;vintage wrist watches;scale model station wagons and own a couple of vintage Pontiac Safari wagons.Married forever and have 3 kids;4 grandkids and 2 great grandkids.
  Looking forward to perusing the forum and talking with fellow members.


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #1 on: March 29, 2013, 03:36:10 AM
Hi Ray   :salute:


so what's yer first knife?

also welcome  :cheers:
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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #2 on: March 29, 2013, 04:08:55 AM
Welcome to the forum! I also want to see your first knife! I'm jealous, I lost mine. :facepalm:
« Last Edit: March 29, 2013, 04:13:05 AM by Nhoj »


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Reply #3 on: March 29, 2013, 04:55:12 AM
Thank you for the welcome! My first knife was a Utica Sportsman fixed blade(although the Utica name was not marked on it)that I purchased with my grandfather's blessing at the age of ten. He had to OK it with the man who ran the hardware store.
I kept it in the drawer of a small table in my room(my grandparents raised me)and when I went into the Navy in 1964 it was still there.My grandfather died while I was in and when I finally returned home the house had been sold and my possessions scattered who knows where.
When my mother died in 1987 I was cleaning out her apartment and came across the table and inside the drawer were not only my knife but two pocket knives my grandfather owned! They weren't anything valuable(two Kamp King utility knives)but to me they are priceless. They will be passed on to my youngest son and eventually to his son.
Anyway here is a pic of the knives.


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #4 on: March 29, 2013, 05:13:26 AM
Welcome aboard Ray, lol I must admit, I had a little laugh when I read your first post. At first I did a quick speed read, and the first thing I cough was 69, so I back tracked and it said your 69, fine, but then when starting off I read AARP rather then AAPK, :rofl: lol sorry I just fig everyone would get a kick out of it.. Anyway, welcome from another SE Mi member, JR
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As I sit on my Crapper Throne in the Reading Room and explode on the Commode, thinking, how my flush beat John’s and Jerry’s pair? Jack’s had to run for the Water Closet yet ended up tripping on a Can bowing and hitting his Head on the Porcelain God! 🚽


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Reply #5 on: March 29, 2013, 05:19:24 AM
Howdy from Texas Ray!¡!
Dear Leatherman......................
 

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Reply #6 on: March 29, 2013, 05:49:23 AM
Anyway, welcome from another SE Mi member, JR
Thank you sir.Where in SE Michigan are you? I live in Tecumseh right over by Meyers Airport.


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #7 on: March 29, 2013, 06:42:14 AM
Hi Ray ! Welcome to the forums! :cheers:  Ever been assigned to the Subic base in the Philippines?


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #8 on: March 29, 2013, 10:25:58 AM
Hi Ray,good to have you here :salute:
There is no beginning,or ending,and for this we are thankful,cos now is hard enough to understand!


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #9 on: March 29, 2013, 10:36:52 AM
Howdy from the UK Ray from another noob  :salute:.
- Or was I too preoccupied with other thoughts, like: if toast always lands jam side down, and a cat always lands on its feet, what happens when you strap a piece of toast, jam side up, to the back of a cat?


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #10 on: March 29, 2013, 02:54:24 PM
Welcome to MTO Ray :cheers:
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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #11 on: March 29, 2013, 02:55:58 PM
Anyway, welcome from another SE Mi member, JR
Thank you sir.Where in SE Michigan are you? I live in Tecumseh right over by Meyers Airport.
I'm right below Southgate, JR
"The-Mad-Plumbarian" The Punisher Of Pipes!!! JR
As I sit on my Crapper Throne in the Reading Room and explode on the Commode, thinking, how my flush beat John’s and Jerry’s pair? Jack’s had to run for the Water Closet yet ended up tripping on a Can bowing and hitting his Head on the Porcelain God! 🚽


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #12 on: March 31, 2013, 09:18:42 AM
G'day & welcome Ray  :D :D

Brilliant story about your first knife & terrific to have 2 of your grandfather's pocket knives as well  8) 8).

Ray did you use a knife when your were in the navy  :think: :think:

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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #13 on: March 31, 2013, 05:41:10 PM
Good to have you here Ray..  :tu:


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Reply #14 on: March 31, 2013, 06:17:52 PM
Welcome! :cheers:
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 "A Knifeless man is a lifeless man" old Faroese proverb.


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Re: Another newbie saying hello..........
Reply #15 on: April 01, 2013, 07:51:33 AM
Howdy Ray!
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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