Post by catfishon on Dec 14, 2007 13:41:57 GMT -5
1st read what he did . his name is wil milam . he posts on a traditional site i go to alot.
www.uscgalaska.com/go/doc/780/179949/
well the story really touched me and i sent him a knife i made. not a great knife or anything at the time i made it, as i'm still pretty new at making them. but now it's the best one i ever made! here is what he posted after recieving my gift. sure made my day!!!
TO EVERYONE, I have been overwhelmed today with emotion just a few hours ago. First, a little background. I posted a couple threads about a week or so ago. One titled "finally returning to forum" and the other "mt goat success". After receiving many extremely humbling responses I was flat out floored by what I received in the mail today. I opened a package sent to me by a man by the handle catfishon. Sorry John but I have to tell everyone on this forum of your humbling actions. In this package I received a letter along with a knife that he had made. I want to respect John's privacy as far as the content of the letter, but I will say I had a lump in my throat and had to pause while I was reading the letter due to the fact I had teared up and could not see the letter. I have received many awards and medals for my actions as a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard. None of those awards have had more meaning than the one I received a few hours ago. I could not begin to express in words how much his gift moved me or my thanks. However I want EVERYONE to know right now, THANK YOU JOHN!! I have never felt more proud to be doing what I am doing for a living than when I finished reading your letter. Sure I was proud when my father, wife, and daughters said they are proud of me. But heck, they are family, they have a biased opinion. You men and women on this forum don't even know me and yet you all have overwhelmed me. Then John just went over the top. Sorry if I embarrased you John. I promise next hunting season I will have that knife with me and I will send pics of the animal I skin with your knife. It would be my honor to do such. I leave tomorrow for the Bering Sea once again and will be gone til end of January or early Febuary. I will be in touch with you John in the future. May all of you here on this site have a safe and wonderful Christmas.
SINCERELY, Wil
thanks for looking and heres the knife
www.uscgalaska.com/go/doc/780/179949/
well the story really touched me and i sent him a knife i made. not a great knife or anything at the time i made it, as i'm still pretty new at making them. but now it's the best one i ever made! here is what he posted after recieving my gift. sure made my day!!!
TO EVERYONE, I have been overwhelmed today with emotion just a few hours ago. First, a little background. I posted a couple threads about a week or so ago. One titled "finally returning to forum" and the other "mt goat success". After receiving many extremely humbling responses I was flat out floored by what I received in the mail today. I opened a package sent to me by a man by the handle catfishon. Sorry John but I have to tell everyone on this forum of your humbling actions. In this package I received a letter along with a knife that he had made. I want to respect John's privacy as far as the content of the letter, but I will say I had a lump in my throat and had to pause while I was reading the letter due to the fact I had teared up and could not see the letter. I have received many awards and medals for my actions as a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard. None of those awards have had more meaning than the one I received a few hours ago. I could not begin to express in words how much his gift moved me or my thanks. However I want EVERYONE to know right now, THANK YOU JOHN!! I have never felt more proud to be doing what I am doing for a living than when I finished reading your letter. Sure I was proud when my father, wife, and daughters said they are proud of me. But heck, they are family, they have a biased opinion. You men and women on this forum don't even know me and yet you all have overwhelmed me. Then John just went over the top. Sorry if I embarrased you John. I promise next hunting season I will have that knife with me and I will send pics of the animal I skin with your knife. It would be my honor to do such. I leave tomorrow for the Bering Sea once again and will be gone til end of January or early Febuary. I will be in touch with you John in the future. May all of you here on this site have a safe and wonderful Christmas.
SINCERELY, Wil
thanks for looking and heres the knife
