No, it's not Jason; I suppose that I may as well say that it's Jimmie Tolleson.

There's been back-and-forth communication, assurances followed by long periods of silence -- the deal turned into months of daily anger/frustration whenever I checked the mail. I thought that I knew him and could trust him, and I made a lot of allowances because of what he said his job is, but after a long enough time, everything came into doubt. I'm not the only person to have had trouble with him, although I really don't want to drag anyone else into my issue.

In a round-about sort of way, I wanted to explain a big part of why I've turned down several folks who contacted me about deals over the past several months; I'm planning to proxy for some (I suppose that buying something without intending to keep it it feels different than dipping into my collection -- it doesn't have to be logical; it just is what it is) but I haven't been interested in buying, selling, or trading knives with individuals for quite a while.