I was going to post to ask somee people to respect the thread starter, and the topc, especially one member who is a knife maker himself and there is nothing to stop him doing his own thread and topic. And knives used in slaughterhouses have nothing to do with a knife taken by a client on an African safari. Didn't get to making the post, always difficult to decide what is discussion and what is disruption.

If you continue the thread, I will cleam up all the off topic posts. I would like to see where your idea goes.

As for any deleted posts, nothing wrong with new threads on those topics.