On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:31:12 +0200, "Eddie"
wrote:

Very nice work Tom... I like the look of it. so you collect bayonets and
daggers? nice hobby.
Eddie.

Thanks Eddie.

Yes, I do have a small collection of sharp edged tools Some, like the
black sheathed kukuri and the sword cane, belonged to my father,
others, like the Omani kanjar, I've picked up during my travels. The
"daggers" are actually Gerber combat knives, the earliest (and
ugliest) of which I carried in Vietnam in the late sixties. It's a
harmless hobby until someone gets mad.

The real purpose for the chest was to get the knives (all the drawers
are full of them) out of reach of my grandson, who's now at that age
where he can and will, try to touch anything that's shiny.

Regards.