Life & Death

Yesterday was my brother's funeral. He died early Monday morning, age 58, very unexpectedly. Death is often, for some reason, an unexpected event. We all know its coming from the day we are born but we manage to put the idea away in the back of our mind until...... He and I had become closer in the past few years and I would often go visit and

we'd discuss the same sort of things I talk about on here, political issues and about guns, knives, swords, etc. I inherited from him Dad's Vietnam and Korean service medals. With each successive death in the family I have inherited more of what once belonged to my dad. Not exactly the way I want it to happen. Now I am the last one in our small family and the things I have accumulated will be passed down to my daughter when it is my time.

I told my wife how can I start a revolution without my brother. LOL. We were co-conspirators the like of which this frivolous government worries about, and wastes time over, looking for monsters under their beds. We were from an Army family and raised to cherish freedom, honor America, and fight for liberty and the ideals this nation was founded on. Sometimes I wonder if the very idea of a "Volunteer" military didn't blur the lines between patriotism and mercenary pursuits. we used to discuss the changes we were seeing sweeping across this nation and the inevitable rise of the State over the rights of the individual. Well I guess he'll have to align himself now with the armies of a different Lord. I will miss him and all of those who knew him will too. He lived a laid-back life with his wife, children, two dogs and a coop full of chickens. Not the sort of immortal warrior you would expect if you were looking for a freedom fighter. No capes, no flying though the air, or fanfare, just a brother who died too soon. We are our brother's keeper. I'll miss you Kim. Kim on the left, me on the right.

New Things Coming

These photos are two of the knives we recently added to our collection.

I have several exciting knives in the wings for our collection and web site. What I need is to sell some of our fine modern fighting knives. These are listed on our fairbairn sykes webpage under the Introduction page. Check them out at this link. http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/fighting-knives-for-sale.html The new knives we have reserved for our collection are especially rare models and not inexpensive so if you are looking for a solid fighting knife for yourself or someone in the military check out those for sale page on our website. If it is for someone in the military we will reduce the price by 10% and a thank you for their service. We have enjoyed sharing our knives with you and being able to communicate with other collectors and owners of F-S knives. Many people have contacted us to share photos of thier knives and their stories. We have registered almost 24,000 visits to the site so far. I want to thank all of those visitors and especially those repeat visitors who keep coming back and checking out new material as we add it. Here are a few photos to entice you to come check our site out if you have not yet been there.

No Clowning Around

Can you believe that a rodeo clown has been banned for life and some people sent to sensitivity training because of a mask making fun of the president? Can you believe this is a topic of national proportions? Couldn't we talk about the clowns in washington, obamacare, benghazi, 400 missing SAM missiles the administation was sneaking to Syria. How about the IRS and NSA scandals, the leaks to the press and hollywood leading to the death of seal team six members, oh don't forget Fast & Furious? Aren't there bigger problems for the DOJ to tackle than clowning around with rodeo people? These are some of the most authentic people left in the USA, salt of the earth, honest to god Americans. More smoke and mirrors, more distractions, more bullshitting instead of bull roping and riding from a thin skinned man in the white house and his hangers-on. Lets talk about something of substance for a change and cut out the cheerleading and posturing coming from the Obama glee club. Since the left wants to make such a big deal out of this then I feel obligated to support them by posting the offensive picture so you can see how terrible it is. Well I was going to upload a photo but all of my attempts, including different photos, have failed due to the "server rejecting" my attempts. First time I ever experienced this. So you will have to go to the internet and find a photo for yourself.

Errant Angel?

Some people are calling Snowden a traitor and calling for his trial and death or incarceration. Others are calling him a hero. I am wondering what would make a young man knowingly ruin his future, his life, endanger his friends and relatives? What was so strong that he felt compelled to take the risk?

Maybe he is neither a traitor or a hero. We are all more informed and I believe safer for the sacrifices he made. His revelations were not life threatening to others, military personnel or diplomats. Unlike the outing of Seal Team Six for political capital, which led to the death of many members of that team. His leaks have made us cognizant of the war being waged against average Americans by their own fragile and paranoid government.

Maybe the skinny guy with geeky glasses and unruly hair, the man with a wisp of a beard, is an angel. Yeh what if he is a guardian angel sent to warn the American people? Would we know an angel if we bumped into one, would we listen to him?