Visiting SFO tomorrow!

Left Hand Path · #1

My wife and I are traveling to Colorado, and should be at the SFO tomorrow afternoon!

Looking forward to seeing the displays and checking out some of the newer knives I have not seen in person yet, as well as the SETO kitchen knives that they carry.

I had been getting prepared by checking out some of the videos and pictures from Mr Blonde, and others on youtube.
http://spydercollector.wordpress.com/spyderco-hq/

Knivesinedc · #2

Better not take your wallet in with you. It might be empty by the time you get out.

Clip · #3

Knivesinedc wrote:Better not take your wallet in with you. It might be empty by the time you get out.

Good idea, just carry credit cards and your pockets will have more room for knives.

Left Hand Path · #4

Clip wrote:Good idea, just carry credit cards and your pockets will have more room for knives.

Those are both potentially good strategies :D

Mr Blonde · #5

Have fun, you'll love it!

jmh58 · #6

Have Fun.. Wish I was going with ya!! Pics.... John

Pockets · #7

Jealous! Good luck keeping (some of) your money.

IG-88 · #8

Have fun! Lucky you :)

SpyderNut · #9

Have a great time at the SFO, Nick. I was fortunate enough to visit there with my family during our Colorado vacation this past July. To say that I acted like a "kid in a candy store" would be a grievous understatement. :o

Please take a few pics too if you get a chance!

araneae · #10

Hey Nick. Enjoy your trip, I hope to make it out there eventually myself. Maybe you will get lucky and run into Sal. Take some pics for us.

christopher · #11

I don't know for sure, but shouldn't your wife act as a governor to spending the kids college funds?

Left Hand Path · #12

araneae wrote:Hey Nick. Enjoy your trip, I hope to make it out there eventually myself. Maybe you will get lucky and run into Sal. Take some pics for us.

I have my pointy stretch with me for the trip!

I hope to post some pics and details after the trip-

The Mastiff · #13

I don't know for sure, but shouldn't your wife act as a governor to spending the kids college funds?

Dr. Mastiff thinks that children need to pay their own way through college so they learn responsibility, the value of money, and in general that they have only themselves to rely on. In fact they should have been fighting wolves by the time they were 12.

Heck, it was good for My Grandfathers generation. He had to walk twenty miles through 8 foot snow drifts during blizzards just to get to his one room school house every day in the winter and he was there on time! He didn't even have shoes. Just newspapers and vines to tie them with.

Wolves AND bears teamed up to ambush him and he was only 7.

That's what he said anyway.

If it was good for him why wouldn't it be good for our children.

I used to set up booby traps and run ambushes on my son by the time he was 10.

He turned out just fine! I think he did anyway. It's been a few years since he called so I know he's independent!

:)

Proud father!!

Mastiff

SpyderNut · #14

The Mastiff wrote:Dr. Mastiff thinks that children need to pay their own way through college so they learn responsibility, the value of money, and in general that they have only themselves to rely on. In fact they should have been fighting wolves by the time they were 12.

Heck, it was good for My Grandfathers generation. He had to walk twenty miles through 8 foot snow drifts during blizzards just to get to his one room school house every day in the winter and he was there on time! He didn't even have shoes. Just newspapers and vines to tie them with.

Wolves AND bears teamed up to ambush him and he was only 7.

That's what he said anyway.

If it was good for him why wouldn't it be good for our children.

I used to set up booby traps and run ambushes on my son by the time he was 10.

He turned out just fine! I think he did anyway. It's been a few years since he called so I know he's independent!

:)

Proud father!!

Mastiff

+1

By the way, I think thta my grandfather went to the same school as yours did. :p

Left Hand Path · #15

Some pictures from the SFO:

The usual Q and Native photos:

Golden-made display:

Big place:

Lots to look at:

Left Hand Path · #16

Cool stuff I would like to have in my house:

Older classic images-

Left Hand Path · #17

Impressive:

Just a few of the knives I handled:

This was the final 3 I chose 1 from:

Nice:

Challenger rental car upon arrival:

This is cool:

We stopped at the SFO a second time just before flying out and this was there:

Left Hand Path · #18

My purchase in the wild at Golden Gate Canyon state park right after the SFO visit (came prepared with a lanyard/fob from home):

My pointified Stretch from araneae came along for the trip:

Wife brought pink Native and D-fly:

We also visited Salida Cutlery shop - Nice place.
There is also Rocky Mountain Knife shop in Estes Park.
Kifaru and Mountainsmith are also in Golden.

Nice trip and a lot of good hiking.

jmh58 · #19

Great pics!! Colorado sure is a nice place!! Thanks for posting!! John

Ferris Wheels · #20

I love that modified stretch. I got one that I want to give the same treatment this winter. Thank you for sharing the photo's.