I was personally happy to see Joe come on as a new member of the Knifetalk Forums. New members/thoughts are always a good thing.

I am sorry though that personal comments about members have been posted. Scott (Dirty Water) started off on the ground floor and over the years worked his way up to where he is managing the everyday knife making of the shop, still doing given tasks in the knife making process, and devoting time to the given knife events around the country.

I think that you are missing one large point in this discussion. Mr GARY RANDALL makes the decisions on what he wants to sell, etc so complaining to Scott is misdirected I feel.

Scott has his opinion on the mods you have made, I have my opinion, others have theirs. You made the original post and clearly stated that it was a customized knife configuration. Not everyone likes a given customization, be it a knife, a bike, a car, a boat. Why don't we leave it at that.

Tom Vaught