The Narcissistic Campaigner!

No matter what your party affiliation get out and vote, BUT vote your conscience not party line. Our nation's future is in your hands. This may be the most important election in yor lifetime. I know it is in mine.



Here we go again, Obama back on the campaign trail. Actually he never got off the campaign train. He is already stumping for his 2012 election. Do you think he really cares about democrats or the poor, latinos, gays, or blacks? All he cares about is his and his minnions re-election. He proved that when he rammed through Obama-care using the "nuclear option" knowing the fallout that would hit the democratic party. I guess George "Sorrows" is gettin his monies worth. The worst terrorist threat of the year is unwinding and where is our fearless leader? He is in Ohio, Connecticut, Illinois, and everywhere except in the white house. While he is trying to save his agenda who is running the nation? Are you comfortable knowing that Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid and Janet Napolitano are keeping our nation safe?? Couldn't he at least pretend to care instead of being out cheerleading?

Stag & Steel

Sometimes the opportunity to own something very special comes along once or twice in a lifetime. It was that way with my purchase of an original Larry Harley Battle Bowie and later a Harley Battle Dagger. It was like that with an early Bagwell Bowie that I owned and traded off. (We all do dumb things in our lives, that was one of them.)

Not all knives are irreplaceable but any finely crafted handmade knife deserves our respect. In the past year I won the bidding on this lovely austere Howard Faucheaux Bowie (top knife). A crack ran the full length of the stag handle, caused by age and shrinkage. Probably this defect accounted for the anemic bidding. I mixed up epoxy, along with some coloring, and forced it down into the crack with a thin metal shim. Now I defy you to find the crack. The classic lines of Faucheaux’s knife define the Bowie knife of the late 1800s. The forged and flat ground nine-inch blade is hair shaving sharp. The heavy leather sheath is excellent quality, although left-handed. This is an elemental fighting knife, in both proportions and balance.
As luck would have it a Bill Bagwell bowie (bottom knife) came up on auction at a time when I had already committed monies to buying knives from other custom makers. If you do not already know, Bill Bagwell and his Bowies are legendary. I decided that I would do my utmost to add this knife to my collection. To say I am fortunate to have won the bidding on this knife would be an understatement.

Importantly, above and beyond any price paid, I think it is imperative that collectors recognize their responsibility and privilege when owning such irreplaceable items. This Bowie is unlike most of Bill’s big knives, being made, as the seller stated, in a distinctive “Sheffield Style.” The 8 ¾ inch long blade is extremely sharp and forged from a very thick (nearly 3/8") piece of steel. Despite the heavy stock he forged it from, the knife is well balanced and only slightly blade heavy. In the end I paid four times for the Bagwell what I paid for the Faucheaux Bowie. Is the Bagwell four times the knife? I seriously doubt it. The Faucheaux would serve just as admirably in a knife fight. When my wife asked why I paid so much, I just shrugged and pointed to the name stamped into the ricasso. It is hard to explain, but this is a Stradivarius among Bowies.

What's your carbon footprint?

Isn't anyone else upset that the man supposed to be running the country is running all over the USA spending your tax dollars to campaign for his buddies? He get a $400,000 salary, a $500,000 budget and is leaving a carbon footprint the size of texas flying his and Biden's 747s all over the US. This is an outrageous abuse of his office! Let the democrats stand on their voting record and see who wins the elections. Impeach the poser, this community organizer. In 2012 Tell him to get a real job!