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I'm still up. I'll post some pics of my cubicle at work, if the )$#*&( phone ever stops ringing. This has NOT been a quiet night, or I would have freeped more.

Visited my oldest buddy today, we've known each other for 35 years now. He's a tech and knife geek, too. (Maybe that's why we've been like blood brothers for 35 years). I had him look at our two new candidate knives.

He said the Kershaw was well-made, but too hard to open. Rated it a B. Tryed the Schrade, and immediately rated it B+. Said it was nice and light, and opened easily with either hand. Suggested leaving the Kershaw only as a fallback item.

As a veteran (Riverine Nine, Mekong River, 1968), he has one of our HHD knives. Rates it as a solid "A", but says the Schrade is a real nice knife, too.

He works a helpdesk from his home, and said he'd try to schmooze Schrade into getting us a better deal, once he learns more about us from our Hobbit Hole site. If he can't get anywhere with the factory, he'll try the big distributors.

Okay, here are some shot of muh crib. The color might be a bit off, because my monitor has a weak red gun, and I can't tell if tweaking the colors makes things better or worse.

First is an overall view of my little fiefdom.

Next, My PC, trackball (the only thing that works with my carpal tunnel), and my trusty Palm Pilot. Speakers for playing MP3s on weekends, and a hugh cup of water, needed to keep the vocal cords from drying out.

Then a view of my phone and cordless headset device, my "bible" and note pad. Also, check out the concave rearview mirror in the upper right corner, so nobody can sneak up on me.

A hopefully temporary sign explaining to people what the little LED lightshow device means. When I'm talking on my headset with my back to visitors, I hope this gives them a clue that I'm ON THE PHONE!

Another one of the techs had the nerve to say I have too many gadgets!