Hello from west Texas

OldGoat · Post by **OldGoat** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:59 pm

Hi all,

I am a new member to AAPK although I have been reading as a guest for several months now. This site is an amazing source of information and is clearly more friendly than other knife related sites. I know very little about knives or knife collections but I have a newly discovered obsession with acquiring both.

Hopefully my introduction and background won't be too awkward, but I find it far easier to speak extemporaneously about that which I know rather than to deliberate on what to write about myself without sounding too stuffy.

I live in Texas, I'm married, have no kids, and am semi-retired with the occasional consulting or tutoring gig. My educational background is in engineering and physics. The vast majority of my past employment has been in physics research and education, with a fair amount of semiconductor industry early on.

My interest in knife collecting lies primarily in a select few models of Schrade/Imperial/Ulster and their companion Sear's Craftsman versions. Hopefully I can constrain this interest to those few models before I wipe out my retirement funds. Unfortunately, though, I am beginning to view the expense as non-discresionary, like medical costs, so I may already be too late!

At any rate, I am pleased to become an official member of the AAPK community!

gino · Post by **gino** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:09 pm

Welcome OG, glad to have you here.

Classic Case · Post by **Classic Case** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:38 pm

to the site.

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:51 pm

Welcome OldGoat and a great big HOWDY from Kentucky

Jimbo · Post by **Jimbo** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:42 am

from Tn and AAPK

gmusic · Post by **gmusic** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:21 am

Welcome OldGoat.

Make yourself at home......................glad to have ya.

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:17 am

OldGoat

ABOARD!

Aimus Moses · Post by **Aimus Moses** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:53 am

Howdy and

to AAPK. Jump right in and enjoy yourself.

Aimus

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:23 am

Welcome OldGoat, please don't eat the site,,,,

MrBlister · Post by **MrBlister** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:03 am

Goat....Howdys from BROWNWOOD, TX...... and welcome to AAPK..
Come see us in chat

OldGoat · Post by **OldGoat** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:54 am

Thanks for the welcome y'all!

philco · Post by **philco** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:00 pm

to AAPK.

Glad you have joined us. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Phil

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