[Graybeard58]

Below is the text and photos that Steve sent to me to post.

Here are some pics to post. Can you send me an e-mail telling me how to do it. In the mean time can you post these. They are of our favorite hangout and the workers inside the coffee shop. I'd send more, but they will fill up your mailbox. Let me know

when these are posted and I will send more. Love Steve

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for posting the pics! Neat to see a window into life over there.

Continue to stay safe smaagee, we support your efforts over there!

ecurbh - we should add all these in the last day or two to the THH.net troop stuff...

[300winmag]

Well, I called the corporate offices of both CRKT and Smoky Mountain today. From the silence I got after explaining my case, I could tell there was an open-mouthed, blank expression on the other end of both calls.

BUT it was not all in vain. The woman at Smoky mentioned there were five knives left in stock. That's why I couldn't but 12. So I rushed to the site, ordered five, AND GOT THEM!!!!

Then, as a test, I tried to order ONE, and it came back "temporarily (yeah, right), out of stock". So at least I have the satisfaction of sqeezing out the last five knives from Smoky. That brings our total for that model to 146.

Other sites still carry that knife, but at a much higher price. I'll just have to keep an eye out for good prices for it, along with whatever "substitute standard" HHD knives we adopt.

[My back yard]

What a nice little place. Kinda looks like Mexico. And that is closer to home.