So, here's a quick tale of how I got to the yard:

I loves knives, that goes without saying, but even though I would like to spend all my pennies on new ones I have a family and as I'm sure most of you can understand that's just not realistic. So, if I'm going to spend my money I want it to be on knives I'm going to love forever and ever and have no buyers remorse.

So, like the rest of you, I try to do all the research I can; chat on the forums, watch youtube reviews and read the blade magazines. I go to knife shops and talk to custom knife makers and make friends with other knife enthusiasts about what's new, what's sweet and what's worth our time. I know what I want, and the unfortunate thing is I've never been able to find it.

Then, several months ago I stumbled across Scrapyard.


Holy. Crap.


These blades were exactly what I was looking for, and that was before I even read all the reviews and saw all the youtube videos and so forth. They kick so much patoot I knew I had to have one.

And that was the problem. I mean, what company makes it impossible to buy their products? I honestly was pissed off. It made me so frustrated that I said to myself, "screw this, if they make it so impossible to get one of their knives I'm not wasting my money on one."

But a few days later that DM or DF or YG got in my head and I couldn't help but scour ebay and the forums and I kept coming back to the site and SY store to no avail. I would get pissed again and forget about it for a few days...

This repeated for months!

AAAHHHHH!!! It drove me crazy! As frustrated as I was, I couldn't deny the awesomeness.

So last week I decided to check out the SY forum, just to see if I could find a clue as to why I couldn't get my hands on one.

(Pause for a bit: I know many, if not most of you have SY knives and maybe it's not as hard as I thought to find one, but still, this is what was going on, so please be forgiving, I've repented!)

I saw this post by Dan, and after reading... pooped my pants. I don't care if I have to wait a few weeks, just to know that I'm guaranteed the knife I want because I've pre-ordered it... I was so amazed.

I wanted to say I know I'm crazy for making a big deal about this, but then I thought, look who I'm talking to!

Anyway, I'm excited to be a part of the yard, and I'm sorry I was so impatient.

Dan, you guys do good work!

Ok, I'm done.

JYD #90 A man carries a knife everyday... even to church.