Gentlemen, thank you, but I'm getting embarrassed here! Since the story has touched some of your hearts, lets try to keep this guy in our prayers if you would. I just know him as "Tim's Brother."

Some people, Military and otherwise couldn't make use of a good knife, or sharpen it when it got dull, or value it. I felt like this guy would really benefit. Some other guys - notsomuch.

I have been a chef for many ((30!!!) years, and it never ceases to amaze me the cooks and chefs that don't know anything about their most important tool - the knife. Knife geeks like us know EXACTLY what a Dog or Mutt can do (nearly everything) and just how valuable it can be!

My new Mutt is in my hand. The old one is doing the job it was designed for. Since it is convexed, I just took 5 seconds demonstrating how to strop it on his thigh with sandpaper and he is good to go.

I told my retired SEAL buddy (i swear I am not making him up) the story and he just shrugged. Said during WWII many people sent handguns and anything else they could to our fighting men. That kind of puts giving a guy one nice little knife in perspective. Nice thing to do? Sure. Sacrificial? Not really, just nice.