| Why is it that every time I go camping there is | | | | collection was from that company. He really had a |
| always that one guy - that guy who seems to | | | | knife for every situation and said he believed in |
| know everything about the outdoors and has the | | | | being prepared. He was a lot like a Boy Scout in |
| equipment to survive in any situation that doesn't | | | | that way... if, you know, Boy Scouts had an |
| involve nuclear fallout of some kind? (And even | | | | unhealthy fascination with cutlery. (On second |
| then you wonder.) They seem strangely | | | | thought, he was probably exactly like a Boy |
| attracted to sharp, shiny objects as well, which | | | | Scout.) |
| can be worrisome in the wrong person, but - let's | | | | As we all stood around wonder who the poor sap |
| face it - completely cool in others. | | | | was that would have to share a tent with this |
| The last time I went out on a weekend excursion | | | | guy, he started to give us a detailed rundown of |
| I was accompanied by about five other people. I | | | | his collection. Cold Steel fixed blade knives |
| knew most of them, and we were all well versed | | | | apparently come in a wide range of shapes and |
| in the outdoors, but not what you might call | | | | sizes. He chopped at a stump with a Bowie knifes, |
| "outdoorsy." That is, except for my brother's | | | | whittled down some sticks to a worryingly sharp |
| friend's cousin who joined us this weekend. Him | | | | point with a hunter knife, and impressed (or |
| and his case full of Cold Steel fixed blade knives. | | | | frightened) us all with his ability to stick a throwing |
| Have you ever seen that episode of "Lost" in | | | | knife in a tree from 40 feet away. |
| season one where the old guy with the bald head | | | | I suppose there is something about that kind of |
| first showed everyone his knife collection? This | | | | fascination that is catching. We may have all been |
| was a lot like that. The other four of us stood in | | | | worried, but we also couldn't help but be |
| amazement around the guy with the slightly | | | | impressed. I know for a fact that at least two of |
| distressing smile on his face and the extremely | | | | us went straight onto the Internet at our first |
| sharp objects in his case. | | | | opportunity to shop around for our own Cold |
| I had to admit, they looked pretty cool, and my | | | | Steel fixed blade knives. I mean, this way on the |
| brother's friend's cousin really did seem to know | | | | next trip I would get to be that guy who seems |
| what he was doing. He was clearly a die-hard fan | | | | to know everything about the outdoors and has |
| of Cold Steel fixed blade knives, since his whole | | | | the cutlery appropriate for any situation. |