Congrats on the find buddy That is awlesome to find something like that I ran into a guy that had several SAKs like that once and was equally happy when I left Awlesome story and an awlesome knife to go with it
I feel so much envy for your flea markets and garage sales. I also feel envy for your day off today? Why is that?
Quote from: kkokkolis on November 11, 2016, 06:20:48 PMI feel so much envy for your flea markets and garage sales. I also feel envy for your day off today? Why is that?In memory of the ending of world war 1.(world war 1 ended the 11th of nov. 1918)We honor the people who died in the wars after 1914.Everyone gets a day off and there are some ceremonies you can witness. Especialy at war cemeterys, at the grave of the unknown soldier.
Quote from: Mechanickal on November 11, 2016, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: kkokkolis on November 11, 2016, 06:20:48 PMI feel so much envy for your flea markets and garage sales. I also feel envy for your day off today? Why is that?In memory of the ending of world war 1.(world war 1 ended the 11th of nov. 1918)We honor the people who died in the wars after 1914.Everyone gets a day off and there are some ceremonies you can witness. Especialy at war cemeterys, at the grave of the unknown soldier.November 11th is commonly called Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in a number of countries and Veterans' Day in the US. It was started by the King of England hosting a banquet in honor of the President of the France on the evening of November 10th, 1919, with an official observance at Buckingham Palace the next day (Nov 11th), a year after the war ended. In addition to Belgium, it's observed by France, UK, Canada, some additional Commonwealth countries, US, Poland (their Independence Day), and now Serbia for the past several years. Italy observes it a week earlier on November 4th. That is when their Armistice with Austria-Hungary took effect, ending WWI for them.It's a Federal Holiday in the US for federal, state and local government offices and employees, along with some public schools. Most businesses do not have the day off from work, though. In the US it honors all military veterans, living and dead, as Memorial Day in May honors the war dead, dating back to our Civil War in the 1860's (originally Decoration Day to decorate their graves).John
Quote from: jalind on November 12, 2016, 12:55:12 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on November 11, 2016, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: kkokkolis on November 11, 2016, 06:20:48 PMI feel so much envy for your flea markets and garage sales. I also feel envy for your day off today? Why is that?In memory of the ending of world war 1.(world war 1 ended the 11th of nov. 1918)We honor the people who died in the wars after 1914.Everyone gets a day off and there are some ceremonies you can witness. Especialy at war cemeterys, at the grave of the unknown soldier.November 11th is commonly called Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in a number of countries and Veterans' Day in the US. It was started by the King of England hosting a banquet in honor of the President of the France on the evening of November 10th, 1919, with an official observance at Buckingham Palace the next day (Nov 11th), a year after the war ended. In addition to Belgium, it's observed by France, UK, Canada, some additional Commonwealth countries, US, Poland (their Independence Day), and now Serbia for the past several years. Italy observes it a week earlier on November 4th. That is when their Armistice with Austria-Hungary took effect, ending WWI for them.It's a Federal Holiday in the US for federal, state and local government offices and employees, along with some public schools. Most businesses do not have the day off from work, though. In the US it honors all military veterans, living and dead, as Memorial Day in May honors the war dead, dating back to our Civil War in the 1860's (originally Decoration Day to decorate their graves).JohnIt's observed in the UK, but we don't get the day off work (not even state-employees) I've also never seen any good multitools or SAKs at our flea markets :-(
WOW nice one!