Mud Puppy,another 154cm blade,mudder handled knife.The smallest of the bunch.

It was the first of the 154CM knives from Scrap Yard, released at Blade '08. MPLEs aren't on the knives page because there weren't enough of them to ever be released as a store offering.

Numbers & Letters, The Next ScrapYard Offering

Note: the engraved numbering isn't as crisp as in the picture

I totally agree Myke!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Well that's a neat little knife, I really like that. Great looking!

THANKS SO MUCH for all the hard work and effort helping out all us dogs, Jim!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

YOU DA MAN!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I had hoped to take and post pictures of what I bought, and to figure out postage/insurance/tracking costs to pass along. However, I had a family matter to attend to -- no need to get bogged down in details, but you've got to help family when they need it, so that didn't get done.

For the folks who I need to ship to, I'll probably ask that you send payment first. I will require tracking, if for no other reason than to prove that I sent something: I would also strongly encourage insurance, although as long as I get the money up-front, that's your decision. Of course, you can't send payment until I determine how much shipping will be and let you know, so that ball's in my court.

I sent PMs to the MPLE JYDs and have given through the weekend to claim their numbers -- they're supposed to post in this thread so that people will know what's up. If any remain unclaimed on Monday, I'll start contacting Muk folks in the order that they were on my list.

OK, I finally got around to taking pictures of my recently purchased knives. I'll start with proxy blades:

Here are the MPLEs; my original intent was not for them to be proxies, but since Tom hooked me up with MPLEs at Blade '08, and these both had allocated JYDs and I couldn't fill Muk requests, I decided to offer them to those folks as described earlier:

We all know what a Dog Father looks like, but here's one for RAISIN-CAIN anyway:



I included one of my Deregulators in this picture of a Regulator LE for sumoj275:



darkaether went for a NMSFNO with hand-shaped handles and a SARsquatch, the dress code is basic black:

Nice pics and a great proxy. I must say I am liking the RegLE more and more.

Now for my own haul -- I went a bit overboard on Swamp Rat this show, but they had RMDs and HRLMs in Bama Clay (even if it is the new "rough" finish instead of the older type that was like Moss):



Since Eric and I were both going to be there, he was kind enough to hand deliver my Ratganza order, so while not actually "Knob Creek" knives, that's where I got them:


Plus five Swamp Wardens, 3 Tankers and 2 Moss


And here's a Tanker Gray Swamp Warden in hand:

My big knife for the night was a Competition Finished BWM -- it was so nice that I was tempted to buy three, but they only had one left at the show (somebody had been walking around with it and put it back on the table) and I already have six CG BWMs, I just bought it:



I also bought myself another Dog Father -- I sold one more than I'd intended to a while back, and this one will replace it. One of my Deregulators makes a second appearance (for scale) along with one of my two Urban Grudges and a Wiener Dog.


The Urban Grudge handles were a bit thicker than I'd anticipated, but they've grown on me -- it's a truly exquisite model that I'm very glad to have gotten in on. Here's a picture of it in-hand:



And last, but not least, the custom Vex (center) along with a standard green linen Vex from the late July 2009 Lardoganza (top) and a Dumpster Mutt (bottom). I loved the Vex with a thumb notch that Jeff Forbush got last Fall, and resolved that if I ever saw another, I'd grab it:

WOW! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> That's quite a haul Jim!!! I hope that folks quickly pay you for their proxied blades -- you must have spent a small fortune!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> And again, thanks for helping out so many fellow Dogs, including myself! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />