Karl.
I met John at the 2001 or 2000 Blade Show - don't remember. He was working the Bose table. In the drawing I was able to purchase a Tony bullet knife and bought a Tony gents from John. Got on his email list and the rest is history. A few times thought I lost all of the pictures when my computer crashed but was able to retrieve them - should save them on CD.

Many times as an escape I'll browse the Bose file.

See that you are a fellow PA person.
Dave