This was already covered and credit given to Ron by me on page 1 of Knife Of The Week Tom. So take your well, well, well and, well...

Kevin

Thanks Mitchell, that clears it up for those that weren't around back then.

Rick,

I don't see what there is to clear up.




It is quite clear that the Knife of the Week Thread was originally started on a totally different forum by Ron Mathews and was continued on this forum (with credit given to Ron) by Kevin Lough and continued even further by Jesse Egnew (Non-Catalog Knives & Dealer Specials) It is also a fact that the thread for each model (Models #1 thru #27) was initiated by Kevin Lough.

That all seems pretty clear. What is the confusion?

The Knife of the Week Thread is a fantastic resource and many members have contributed but Ron, Kevin and Jesse (and possibly others) kept it going through the years. That doesn't seem too confusing.

Tom,
Since you asked, I have never had any confusion regarding the origin of this topic, I was there at the time. You summed up the appropriate attribution in your first sentence.
"It is quite clear that the Knife of the Week Thread was originally started on a totally different forum by Ron Mathews."
An idea is only "original" once. From Wikipedia: An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. I will confess that I'm not sure why taking credit for something is so important. Ralph Waldo Emerson said "The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it." I've never seen Ron ask for or take credit for the creation or success of the thread either here or on the other forum. I certainly don't speak for Ron but my guess is that he recognizes the success of this thread is directly attributable to the many members that take their time to photograph, edit, size and post images of their Randall knives.... it wouldn't be a thread without them.

Back on topic, here's a nice example with exceptional,shop supplied stag!

Rick
That is very nice stag, but unfortunately, the shop put the fingergrips on the wrong side

I hope to be posting my new Rick Bowles Special here before the end of the year with the finger grips on the "right side"

Peter

Peter,

I suggest that you append the following to your signature:

I have been quoted here (see below) but that quote was in error. The knife of the week was started by Ron Mathews and Sheldon Wickersham on our old Forum.

In any case, thank you to all on these great threads.

Please stop all this petty BS and talk about Randalls. Childish indeed are some of the posts. I do like the one about the dead horse though.

Regards,

Rhett

THE FOLLOWING IS WRONG: "This program was suggested and started by Kevin Lough. This program will be continually posted by Jess Egnew in the future. Thank you Kevin for the original idea and thank you Jesse for continuing same. Thanks also to Thomas Welch for his input to this project. --- Rhett Stidham"

Beautiful stag Rick and the fingergrips look perfect to me.