Critical Thoughts

As I contemplated a number of knife thoughts this morning over a cup of community coffee acquired at the NorthWalton Blvd Neighborhood Market, I recalled a particular knife I had lost for a second time about a year ago. That led me to considering the purchase of a replacement knife once I realized the re-found knife was likely lost for good. Of course, I also lost that knife, but fortunately, found it again. It's at my in-laws house where I lost it. Thankfully, the replacement knife and I will soon be re-united.

Before discovering that I'd left the replacement knife in eastern Missouri, I considered the various routes I might take in an effort to put a new daily cutting instrument in my pocket. It was then that I remembered the knife in this picture.

This Made in the USA Hogue was given to me by my good friend Major J. Richard Blickstead, who resides in the beautiful and eclectic city of Toronto, Ontario. Corresponding with his penchant for only the finest single barrel malt scotch, Cuban cigars, and cuff links, this knife is fittingly sold at an equally fine price. It's fun to have friends with discerning taste when it comes to gift giving; or should I say, gift receiving:)

Aware that if I carried the gift knife around in my pocket, it might eventually end up in the middle of a brush pile, inside an old raggedy stump, or somewhere at the bottom a of ravine, I decided to keep it  in a protected environment but where I could still use it from time to time. With that, I settled on stowing it in my leather tool pouch hanging safely in the barn. That way, there's almost no chance of loosing it, unless I also loose my tool belt.

As Nickademus might say, this seemed, overall, a satisfactory plan in my view. Which brings me to my point: Although I've never "officially" been in charge of running a think tank, this is probably how the think tank folks do it. They intentionally start thinking about something and continue thinking about it until they come up with a workable solution. Wow: that's nearly unbelievable! I may have to ask Kleitus to do some critical thinking on the subject of think tanks, which in my view should be more appropriately named "thought tanks".

Should any other earth-shattering findings arise in the area of thought, I'll keep you posted....