how many forums tolerate me as a member, but this is the only one in which i participate with any regularity (albeit infrequently of late). i had been surfing for knives-for-sale information when i stumbled on ckd years ago and bought one from terry hearn. kept coming back 'til i ran out of money and decided to try making one. got hooked on the how-to info available in the forums and am still here.
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i find other forums largely a reiteration of each other with an emphasis on production and semi-production knives. many of them maintain a large number members because they never delete anyone - even the one shot troll! one thing i have always liked about ckd/knf is that newbies tend to take advice (like pls use the search button) and learn to do their homework. i have seen the same question in 3 different threads on the same page elsewhere.
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my 2c
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hooray for alex, et.al.
wayne