New JYD

Let's all give a tail-wagging bark for our newest JYD ...Claudiasboris!!! Well done Brother!

Woohoo! Thanks PK!

welcome to the pack

Welcome to the porch! Congrats.

Welcome to the porch!

Welcome in the circle of wisdom!

Again gratz! I´ll get there - someday!

Welcome and congratulations!

C/b...that number looks real good in your sig-line!

Congrats on your JYD!!!

you may notice you grow a slightly thicker beard and have a bit more muscle tone. just a few of perks that come with being an official JYD!

Thanks all, it's great to be here! It's only taken three years to achieve, but some things are worth the work and the wait.

Right on Brother JYD! .......................

Congrats!

Congrats and good luck

MM

Congrats!

Congratulations Boris! Glad to have another International Dog in the mix!

NOW you just gotta get yourself an Avatar.

Welcome to the Porch. Stay away from my kibble.

Thanks brothers!

Hmm, an avatar. That's a good idea; I'll have to think on that!

Kibble?

Dog food.

Yes; like me, Todd likes his food! ..............................

Congrats and welcome!

Doh! Of course. Don't worry, I'll keep to my own biscuits. I have to admit to trying cat biscuits once. I didn't go back for more...

Thanks Renee!

Notice that Renee is a JYD as well?

COngrats!

Oh yeah!

Thanks Psyop!

Welcome to the porch!

Thanks Luck.

The view's much better from the porch!

Welcome Dog!

Welcome to the Porch!

Welcome to the porch! You will like the view from up here!

Thanks brothers! It's nice to be up here after 3 years as a pup! It may have taken some time, but it sure worth it!

And the best is yet to come...I hope!

That's right. Just waiting for the word from Dan!

Waiting, and waiting, and waiting......................

Congratulations. I know that i still have a loooooong way to go but I plan on making it! (some day)

Thanks adnj! Don't give up hope: I'm living proof that it can be done. Just head over to the Zombie Chat and post, post, post!

Actually, the Walking Zombie thread is not the right thread to do that in. The Run for the Porch thread is to be used for that.

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

Oh you're bad, you must therefore NOT own ANY locking blade knives in the UK.

No worries, man. We are here to help each other. (And throw a snide comment to Skunkhunter once in a while.)

Well, Skunkhunter deserves it...sometimes!

I must be real bad because I own quite a few. The problem is carrying them in public...

I thought locking blades were illegal in the UK?

Maybe they are (Or were) like switchbades here in Missouri. You could own them, but you couldn't carry them.

I have one - got it in 1967 - but I wouldn't carry it. Just not my style or choice for anything other than to have.

Many folders are just as fast to open as a switch and do not have to be locked when in the pocket.

I still prefer a thin, flat fixed blade for the pocket, although I am fairly quick with my CS X2 Voyager.

Locking blades are legal to own but not carry. Oddly, they seem to be more reviled by Authority than are fixed blades; a blade can be carried so long as one has "good reason" for doing so. However, good reason often depends on the judgement of ill-informed but well intentioned police officers. Locking folders are confiscated at the doors of official buildings if found. I lost a tiny Gerber LST this way when I took some students to the local magistrate's courts. My SAK was okay though.

The real illegal "weapons" are any kind of flick- or gravity knives, as well as push-daggers, knuckle duster knives and other such which are clearly designed for fighting. Unfortunately, the Authority often see locking blades as flick- and/or gravity knives. I fell foul of this when I tried to buy a Spyderco Manix II Moonglow and a Zero Tolerance folder from the US. According to customs they were gravity and flick-knives, both illegal and therefore destroyed. I can buy them quite legally from a couple of shops over here, but at much more cost.

I have a many more fixed blades than folders. Bizarrely, though, I have more locking folders than slip-joints or friction folders (both of which are legal EDC if under 3", so long as the police officer actually knows and understands the laws properly).

Rant over

Parliament in all it's infinite wisdom right.

Do folders with very little in the way of brain power

Should be do gooders

SURE bill, what ever you say.

how are this evening my Northern Friend?

The world is being ruined by "Do Gooders"! Usually the only good is for them!!!

Oops, wrong thread.

Oh to keep it in line, CONGRATULATIONS new JYD.