It took 16 weeks to go from none to one and it is great. Thank all of you for voting for my photo. This contest has made me get better and to look at the photos much closer than ever before. It was even more rewarding to have the first win when the competition was as good as this week. There are no losers in this group. This coming week I will be in the hospital and will not be able to enter the contest but as Arnold once said " I'll be back "-------------Thanks again--------Rade

Good job Rade. I enjoyed your photo and it is also the one I voted for this week.

I certainly hope your hospital visit is nothing serious and that everything gos well for you. Im sure I speak for all when I say that we look forward to your return.

Rade, I hope all goes well with your hospital stay.
I was very happy to vote for your pic this week. For the past several weeks your pics have been real close to getting my vote, it was just something about the composition that was a little off for me. You nailed it this week and there was some tough competition. It's makers like you that's the reason I keep coming back to this forum. You make some beautiful knives and they deserve to be shown in the best light, and for you to be able to do that for yourself benefits all of us that love knives and want to see great pictures of them. Thank you for all of your efforts.

Rade,
I hope all goes well for you. You will be in our prayers.
Congrats on the win, your picture stuck with me early and I knew it would be hard for someone to beat it.
Take care,
Mike

Rade,
Congratulations on the win. I really liked the pic. Our prayers will be with you while you're in the hospital.