We were told on 11-17-11 that a local boy, died in Afghanistan from an IED. I know this death is no different than thousands of others, and I mean NO DISRESPECT to anyone but it just hits home more when it happens to someone we know, even if only slightly.

Remember ALL those that have sacrificed, Military, Police, Fire, Medical and any of the other thousands of jobs that have claimed the lives of those that have tried to spare us from hardships, ranging from loss of freedom to loss of our creature comforts. So many things we take for granted.

The Outdoors and fieldcraft section is now at 23,374 up from yesterdays 23,366.

The Knives Forum section is now at 519,287 up from yesterdays 519,169.

The NNDC page count is now at 297 pages up from yesterdays 294.

The TOTAL Website post count is now at 547,238 up from yesterdays 547,112.

These increased numbers mean that we now need 202,762 posts to give Dan a 750K surprise by the opening Bell at Blade in Atlanta on June the 8th 2012.

And it MIGHT be a record, but there are THREE Scrapyard blades listed for sale now on the opening page, the 711, the 511 and the Scrapivore! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Thank You Dan! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />