I was wondering how every body caame to the yard.

mine has been a long journey. as a young man/boy I had my first sak and a scout knife. while working on the farm I noticed how usefull the extra features on my sak were so I continued to but one when I got paid. (2.50 an hour) I had a blue classic and soon bought a camper. a couple years later on the farm multitools were popular and I got my first leatherman and gerber. I quickly became found of the leatherman and sterted collecting those. I later went out of country with super tool and swiss champ for two years. not have room for toolsin my luggage thesebecame my only tools. I put together furniture cut boards for a bed and pruned with them. After that I bought and bought multitools. I decided to sell cheap knives at the swap meet and recieved with the merchandise a free cold steel DVD. this was my introduction to performance knives. I bought a ton of cold steel, k-bar, bk&t, entrek, Bark River, kershaw... finally I read a couple survival books was interested in the khuk he used. reading about survival knives on the internet and cliff stamp I realized cold steel was not the cream of the crop. I bought an HI khuk and a valiant golok. I thought i was done. I wanted a super tough knife but mission knives were to much and cliff turned me off to fehrman ( i did but a thru hiker). I heard busse was good but that was all I knew until on the HI cantina somebody asked what is the toughest knife. at least 8 out of 10 was BUSSE. so I found my way to the yard. and what a deal compared to other high end manufacturers.

now that I am here I have learned alot. I have really appreciated the experience of all as it has helped me. I got a few assisted knives after a thread here and I don't think I will ever stop carring at least one assisted knife or automatic as they are so convenient. I have learned how to care for and prevent rust better. I have learned the benefit of having a small fixed blade as opposed to just a folder and Dog Father. now it will be a folder, Dog Father and a falkniven f1 or fehrman hiker until I get a small busse. thanks for all the experience guys. I look forward to learning more about steel, knives, and life.