Where are all the old forum members?

kbuzbee · #101

jujigatame wrote:Part of it comes from not owning or seeking to own as many knives as before. I've settled on a small stable of Spyders that covers my usage requirements

I keep thinking/saying I'm there.... but I'm not...

Sigh....

Ken

dbcad · #102

Thanks to all of the more senior members :) From you folks I have learned a great deal :)

Only a newb myself :o but hope to help pass on some of what I've been able to learn here.

Need to look into some older posts. They should provide some interesting perspective.

Still learning a little bit of something everyday :)

tortoise · #103

Last checked into this thread on Christmas day 2011. I'm still here. Member #33.

-And today my new serrated stainless Police arrived! I haven't had one of these in a long time and I bought this one with a specific purpose in mind.

I don't always say a lot, but I am still glad to be here! :D

java · #104

'sup, Tortuga??

Java checks in from time to time.

NASA keeps me busy testing and researchin' electro-chargy aero-spacey stuff. Fortunately Javascript works in the same branch I do and we can plot and talk Spydies when we need to. Might see how a Manix stands up to some 3-axis acceleration one of these days. I also keep regular contact with Samo and his wife, Michelle, and we are in the early planning stages to take a bicycle trip across the US in a couple-three years. (Of course we'll be packin' plenty o' Spydies)

java

*Cho* · #105

I mainly just lurk...

DCDesigns · #106

JD Spydo wrote:.

This global economic debacle we are all currently in has probably put many members into shelving or mothballing their hobby. I had to do that for a time back in 2010 myself and Thank GOD I overcame the problems and enjoy being back.

Can spending all your money really count as a hobby?

ozspyder · #107

Ooops :o

Sorry I haven't been around much lately.

Since having my 7th kid, the family, work and competitive pistol shooting has taken over. Compounding to that Australia's stupid knife importation laws has pretty much ruled out Spydies from coming into our brown land with any ease :mad:

This reminds me that I saw the Calendar comp is due very soon. I really should try to take a quick snapshot to see if I can get published again.

Hope to be around a bit more in the next few months and give some more of my silly points of view.

bh49 · #108

ozspyder wrote: Sorry I haven't been around much lately.
Since having my 7th kid, the family, work and competitive pistol shooting has taken over. Compounding to that Australia's stupid knife importation laws has pretty much ruled out Spydies from coming into our brown land with any ease :mad:

excuses, excuses..................
You live like a kind surrounded by your daughters. They are taking care of your sons and just relax :D
Daniel,
I am not surprised that you show up right after Sal mentioned possibility of Kopa Sprint :D
R

ozspyder · #109

Tony pointed me in the right direction back to Spydie heaven :)

Unfortunately what I write above is true. Not much time to indulge in my Spydie collecting nor photography of the ones I have. Will try to do a quick one to satisfy my own needs in the next week or two.

Hoping to spend more time here to get re-acquainted with news and the forumites. I really miss this bunch of nuts :p

Donut · #110

ozspyder wrote: Hoping to spend more time here to get re-acquainted with news and the forumites. I really miss this bunch of nuts :p

Hey now, who are you calling (do)nut?

Nice to see you around. :)

Rex G · #111

I still visit, sometimes!

I have become quite immersed in photography; my internet time is larely spent trying to learn about that. I still have my Civilians, Guntings, Yojimbos, and Ronins, plus a few more, so I rarely think of buying knives these days. Familiar knives become comfortable, and comforting. My elderly father-in-law lived with us for the last several years of his life, which restricted my freedom to travel until just recently, so I have not been to knife shows in a while.

I will try to drop in more often.

tortoise · #112

java wrote:'sup, Tortuga??

Java checks in from time to time.

NASA keeps me busy testing and researchin' electro-chargy aero-spacey stuff. Fortunately Javascript works in the same branch I do and we can plot and talk Spydies when we need to. Might see how a Manix stands up to some 3-axis acceleration one of these days. I also keep regular contact with Samo and his wife, Michelle, and we are in the early planning stages to take a bicycle trip across the US in a couple-three years. (Of course we'll be packin' plenty o' Spydies)

java

Hey, hey!!! Good to see one of the genuinely venerable members still around and well.

Rex G wrote:I still visit, sometimes!

... I still have my Civilians, Guntings, Yojimbos, and Ronins, plus a few more...

-Made me smile and think. Among the other Spyder-related things I still have is a "Gunting-scar."

Oh yeah. That one's a keeper.

Jimd · #113

You can never have too many knives, lol! There are some great people here, I miss posting on this forum. I don't come here exclusively for the knives; it's the people I love!

JD Spydo · #114

DCDesigns wrote:Can spending all your money really count as a hobby?

Well Brother it's not so much the spending of the money as it is exploring new products>> i.e. like checking out some of these newer blade steels, revisiting older models in new Sprint runs. However most any hobby is going to cost you something either in time or money or both. But this global recession we've all been in for the past 2 to 4 years has taken it's toll on many of us economically. I can tell you though that I've been doing a lot more trading of Spyders I've had for a while instead of buying a lot of new releases like I used to. And I've been looking for used Spyders and other premium knives in pawn shops, flea markets, garage sales and one's being discontinued at sporting goods store.>> yeah I won't deny that my hobby has changed in that respect but I'll probably never lose my love for it.

I sure hope the economic climate has been a lot better to some of you guys and gals than it has to myself in the past 4 years. But things are truly looking up on the horizon so my want list will continue to grow.

Dr. Snubnose · #115

Do you mean people who were once here and no longer are or are you talking about me...just members that are Old.......????...Doc :p

dialex · #116

java wrote:... Java checks in from time to time...

Our Dark Coffee Lord is back! Jamaica Blue Mountaineers rejoice!

Rex G · #117

tortoise, I, too have a scar from a Gunting, though not from using the ramp to deliberately open the knife. One time, I clipped it into my right front pocket, rather than my usual method of using a kydex sheath. Then, I forgot the Gunting, and reached into the pocket to grab something, and snagged the ramp on my way out of the pocket. Luckily, it was just a small cut, but deep, on my thumb.

In my earlier post, I forgot to mention my Dodo, which I carry regularly at work. It would probably horrify some collectors that I regularly use my Dodo to cut things! Of course, I bought it to use, before anyone would know they would become collectible. The beak-y tip is very handy for cutting fingerprint tape!

Rex G · #118

Dr. Snubnose, it is good to "see" you!

Dr. Snubnose · #119

AY REX!!!! Right back at ya.......Doc! :)

ceya · #120

We should have a Spyder symbol light (Batman but 16 million + CP) everybody could see it.

Hey Doc?

S/F,
CEYA!