Tell us about yourself!

[Doc Dan]

Hi Dominik,

Welcome to the forum. You had better hide your wallet and your credit card because the good people here will encourage you to spend your money. Ha ha ha ha. Just kidding. I hope that you have a good time here in this very civil place.

[Naperville]

65 year old man who has been told by many he looks like he's 40 to 45.

My mother just passed away, and I needed some quick cash so I applied to Amazon and was hired. Until I can land back in tech support this is the job I have. It should cover the incoming bills. Shoulders are screaming, they do not like this at all. The rest of the body is fine. I work 40 hours per week now.

Prepper. Kind of a knife collector, sold off $25k in knives. Saving the best 15 to 20.

Suffer from bibliomania or tsundoku...love books but cannot read them all cover to cover.

Lifelong athlete and martial artist. Trained as an athlete from 9 to 45. Lifted with body builders for years at Iowa State (got to 195lbs and 5% body fat), sailed and raced catamaran sailboats(16/18 Hobie Cats and 36 ft McGreggor), raced motorcycles(1980 Kaw GPZ 550 w $2500 into the motor, 2001 GSX-R750), long distance touring training and raced bicycles(still have my Serotta), compound archery with a Jennings using a release, golf, tennis, ice hockey traveling team for 8 years, reff'd ice hockey for 4 years, dabbled in 12 martial arts - 5 Filipino edged weapons arts, 3 gun shooting(sold all of my firearms in 1999).

BS in MIS, AAS Cisco Internetworking(CCNA), AS General, 2 courses short of AA in Architecture, tens of thousands in related tech support courses in networking, VMware, Linux, programming, and TCP/IP stack in Illinois and Silicon Valley.

Owned VHS/Beta video delivery service to homes. Owned webhosting and web development company 95 to 97.

Survived open heart surgery.

Married, had a baby(a webhosting co), divorced, almost married again....single and looking.

Believe that something created all matter from nothing. Jesus is my Pal. Evangelized the Bible to Chinese Triad Mafia members to get them to turn their life around.

[apollo]

35 years old. I have bin here since 2004.

I have a loving and amazing girlfriend for 10 years now.
My brother who i share my passion for knives with is also on this forum altough he more of a reader then a writer. He is perhaps even more passionate then me on knives and he is way smarter then me in every way aswel. He has always bin there for me no matter how dark the days have bin sometimes with my health struggles i wish i could help him as much as he helps me he really is a treasure of a man.

I also have 2 Spanish resque Greyhounds who i look upon and love as my children. The oldest one is my biggest buddy and he knows it , he even loves to make my Girlfriend jealous. The younger one is the funniest dog i have ever seen the sweeter then sweet and loving wacko as he is.

Now many will know me as a huge fan of Manixes and having a deep love especially for the 1gen Manix lockback models.
Besides those i also collect a bunch of other Spydies and have started to love customizing them for a few years now. As Spydies are the ultimate tool for me but they are somewhat improvable in the scale department.
I live in Europe in a country i dislike as its managed by total idiots.
I am a welder and i love my job deeply.

Besides that i used to love contest fishing still do but do not have time for it anymore the last decade.
I also love cars altough the love is only for combustion engined cars as i think EV’s look and sound like a childs toy and i also dislike automatic gearboxes as Manuals feel alive and bonding with the car. Because of that i am also a huge fan of the Topgear/Grand tour trio who i will miss in the future as they always make me laugh my *** off everytime i watch them on tv.

Guess that is it for now.

[Rezimus]

Probably a two decade lurker but finally joining. My life has been tied up around knives since I was probably 6. Collected them, used them, learned about them eventually made some, and generally just like to discuss them with others. Spyderco has long been my favorite brand since I got a tenacious back in 2012 and realized what I had been using (folder wise) just wasn't going to do. Now I have had many paramilitaries delicas Kapara Spydierchef.. and a few more.

I am a Federal grant writer by trade (it's what allows me to buy more Spydercos) but mostly enjoy testing/making Finnish style knives in my free time as well as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Neither hobby of which 99.9% of people I know in real life care much for. That's why I'm here I suppose ..some like minded individuals with steel on their mind.

[BobbyUSAF]

Hi everyone,

My name is Bobby. I like collecting Shamans, but I do have an assortment of other Spyderco knives. (Mil 2 Salt, Native 5, Spy27 Bodacious, and more) Im looking forward to picking up a Starmate!

I'm active-duty(for now, might switch over) USAF, and I use the OpFocus deal from time to time. I buy Sprint runs from another site. (authorized retailer)

I enjoy spending time at the gun range, playing video games and reading.

[Doc Dan]

Hi everyone,

My name is Bobby. I like collecting Shamans, but I do have an assortment of other Spyderco knives. (Mil 2 Salt, Native 5, Spy27 Bodacious, and more) Im looking forward to picking up a Starmate!

I'm active-duty(for now, might switch over) USAF, and I use the OpFocus deal from time to time. I buy Sprint runs from another site. (authorized retailer)

I enjoy spending time at the gun range, playing video games and reading.

Thanks for your service.
There are a lot of veterans on this forum (including me) and we all appreciate Spydercos.

[Pacu0420]

Hi everyone,

My name is Bobby. I like collecting Shamans, but I do have an assortment of other Spyderco knives. (Mil 2 Salt, Native 5, Spy27 Bodacious, and more) Im looking forward to picking up a Starmate!

I'm active-duty(for now, might switch over) USAF, and I use the OpFocus deal from time to time. I buy Sprint runs from another site. (authorized retailer)

I enjoy spending time at the gun range, playing video games and reading.

Thanks for your service.
There are a lot of veterans on this forum (including me) and we all appreciate Spydercos.

And thank you too. Didn't serve myself. I did try to join out of HS with my two best friends, I just didn't qualify because of a health condition.

[Ramonade]

This thread is so nice. Can't believe I've missed it for more than a year !

My name is Robin, I'm a school teacher (3 to 10 years old kids) and a fan of Spyderco for their knife making/designing philosophy. Performance (materials and geometry), ergos, usefulness....

My passion is knife making, I love to work very hard just for my work to "seem" to have been made by a machine, but have the pride to say I made it myself with only a few tools.
I'm also a big comic books fan, i love so many works but lately I've been reading all of Mignola's work again, and am in a Sean Murphy / Rick Remender phase.

Besides that, I've been a nerd for all my life, building computers, playing games and all (Haven't had time to do that in a few years but who counts). My favorite video games are Monster Hunter Freedom on the PSP (900+ hours to solo finish the game), everything FromSoftware and any good action adventure game that can be played solo (The witcher 3, for example).

I'm big into tons of stuffs, I'm sort of a master of none, learning things about as many topics as I can. I am curious about everything.

Example : I know how japanese traditional artisanal tea whiskers are made

[PM2Josh]

Hi, Josh here. I live in Northern Virginia. I like wildlife, birds, landscaping, knives, swords, weapons, fishing, astronomy, and boring nature \ space shows. I pretty much live a mundane life. But I get to enjoy family. And that's about all I can say for now.
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[Doc Dan]

Hi, Josh here. I live in Northern Virginia. I like wildlife, birds, landscaping, knives, swords, weapons, fishing, astronomy, and boring nature \ space shows. I pretty much live a mundane life. But I get to enjoy family. And that's about all I can say for now.
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Welcome to the forum. Looks like you have some fun interests.

[silver & black]

Hello, I'm new here. I've been a Cabinet maker/Furniture maker for 48 years. I have a lot of experience sharpening woodworking blades of all types.... not so much knife blades...lol. I look forward to learning the different steels, stones and techniques for sharpening knife blades. And...... I'm a big fan of Spyderco: so many different styles and steels.

[RustyIron]

Hello, I'm new here. I've been a Cabinet maker/Furniture maker for 48 years. I have a lot of experience sharpening woodworking blades of all types.... not so much knife blades...lol.

Welcome. That sounds like an interesting occupation.

[silver & black]

Hello, I'm new here. I've been a Cabinet maker/Furniture maker for 48 years. I have a lot of experience sharpening woodworking blades of all types.... not so much knife blades...lol.

Welcome. That sounds like an interesting occupation.

It has it's moments...lol. It's served me well over my life. I know a lot of guys/gals do it as a hobby, but it's a job when you do it for a living, like anything else.

[Doc Dan]

Glad you can join us. Cabinet making is an enviable skill.

[silver & black]

Glad you can join us. Cabinet making is an enviable skill.

Thank you Doc.

[Nuspyder7]

Hello all,
Figured I’d introduce myself in this section of the forum.
My name is Yulian, I am a 37 year old automotive technician with a wife and two beautiful children. My hobbies include cars, firearms and my most recent one which is… you guessed it knife collecting lol. Spydercos mainly of course I look forward to learning more about the different types of steels and hopefully add to my small collection!

[Pacu0420]

Hello all,
Figured I’d introduce myself in this section of the forum.
My name is Yulian, I am a 37 year old automotive technician with a wife and two beautiful children. My hobbies include cars, firearms and my most recent one which is… you guessed it knife collecting lol. Spydercos mainly of course I look forward to learning more about the different types of steels and hopefully add to my small collection!

Hello Yulian and welcome
You're in the right place if you want to learn about knife steel. There are many knowledgeable people here.

[Nuspyder7]

Hello all,
Figured I’d introduce myself in this section of the forum.
My name is Yulian, I am a 37 year old automotive technician with a wife and two beautiful children. My hobbies include cars, firearms and my most recent one which is… you guessed it knife collecting lol. Spydercos mainly of course I look forward to learning more about the different types of steels and hopefully add to my small collection!

Hello Yulian and welcome
You're in the right place if you want to learn about knife steel. There are many knowledgeable people here.

Thanks Pacu!
My father was a welder/fabricator and I learned enough from him to hold my own but I am definitely no pro or a metallurgist by any means. It’s amazing to me how some people can’t even tell the difference between steel, stainless or aluminum…
I’ve been reading through the edge-u-cation section on Spyderco’s website trying to remember chemistry in high school lol.
It’s pretty amazing how they use so many different elements in these new steels. That’s one of the reasons I joined after a couple weeks of lurking on the forum, seems like a knowledgeable group of folks who are considerate and respectful towards one another.
I’m looking forward to my time here!

[Pacu0420]

Hello all,
Figured I’d introduce myself in this section of the forum.
My name is Yulian, I am a 37 year old automotive technician with a wife and two beautiful children. My hobbies include cars, firearms and my most recent one which is… you guessed it knife collecting lol. Spydercos mainly of course I look forward to learning more about the different types of steels and hopefully add to my small collection!

Hello Yulian and welcome
You're in the right place if you want to learn about knife steel. There are many knowledgeable people here.

Thanks Pacu!
My father was a welder/fabricator and I learned enough from him to hold my own but I am definitely no pro or a metallurgist by any means. It’s amazing to me how some people can’t even tell the difference between steel, stainless or aluminum…
I’ve been reading through the edge-u-cation section on Spyderco’s website trying to remember chemistry in high school lol.
It’s pretty amazing how they use so many different elements in these new steels. That’s one of the reasons I joined after a couple weeks of lurking on the forum, seems like a knowledgeable group of folks who are considerate and respectful towards one another.
I’m looking forward to my time here!

Lol, learning about steel has become an interent of mine the last several years. Still feel like an idiot on the subject.

[Nuspyder7]

Hello all,
Figured I’d introduce myself in this section of the forum.
My name is Yulian, I am a 37 year old automotive technician with a wife and two beautiful children. My hobbies include cars, firearms and my most recent one which is… you guessed it knife collecting lol. Spydercos mainly of course I look forward to learning more about the different types of steels and hopefully add to my small collection!

Hello Yulian and welcome
You're in the right place if you want to learn about knife steel. There are many knowledgeable people here.

Thanks Pacu!
My father was a welder/fabricator and I learned enough from him to hold my own but I am definitely no pro or a metallurgist by any means. It’s amazing to me how some people can’t even tell the difference between steel, stainless or aluminum…
I’ve been reading through the edge-u-cation section on Spyderco’s website trying to remember chemistry in high school lol.
It’s pretty amazing how they use so many different elements in these new steels. That’s one of the reasons I joined after a couple weeks of lurking on the forum, seems like a knowledgeable group of folks who are considerate and respectful towards one another.
I’m looking forward to my time here!

Lol, learning about steel has become an interent of mine the last several years. Still feel like an idiot on the subject.

Haha!
Well don’t beat yourself up, if it’s any consolation I’m sure you know a great deal more than I do. All I know thus far is that knifes are sharp and pointy lol!