Cutlery News Journal- a new addition to our family
As I shared with you in my last post- you know the one about the many branches of the tree trunk, my interest in bringing knife news and interesting tidbits to knife collectors has branched out. I have published a new weblog called Cutlery News Journal.
You guys have supported me greatly here at The News and I appreciate the encouragement expressed to me in this effort. One thing I have learned during that time is while I have a tremendous interest in all things related to elephant toenails, I have experienced a growing interest in knives and cutlery history on a broader scale.
The Cutlery News Journal will provide me an avenue to share with all collectors, of all types of knives, news relating to all of knife collecting. You know I have worked very hard to keep The News as toenail specific as possible. I have intentionally passed up on other topics in an effort to stay true to my original goal here at The News.
With that said, as of yesterday, CNJ was launched. It is still in its infancy and its content will take time to build up, as it has here at The News. I realize you may be asking if I intend to keep The News going, and the short answer is YES, but I also want to keep it as toenail relevant as possible, therefore, my goal is as I find toenail nuggets I will post them for us here. However, my more general cutlery related topics will be published at CNJ.
I have no other agendas than that. I truly believe, and especially as more and more collectors get tech savvy (as in get computers and learn to use them in their knife collecting hobby) a greater need will develop for bite-sized knife collecting news and information. If you want try going to a blog search engine and type in Knife or Cutlery and see what little is being written about our hobby. Also, I do not intent to build out a total website like ET.com, instead CNJ will be more of a article/post format, like here at The News.
Yes, we all treasure getting our monthly magazines, like Blade Magazine and Knife World, but there is a growing number of “information seekers” and folks wishing to be more engaged to the goings-on with our overall hobby that are seeking sites like CNJ. You also know the NKCA has cut its newsletter and other knife clubs may only publish theirs for part of a year.
I do expect to post a greater number of post at CNJ than here at The News. One reason is there is simply a broader amount of information. Again, I want to keep The News more specific to toenails than I have over the last few months and believe this addition of CNJ to our family of knife sites will help me accomplish this.
If you have any questions or ideas for either site, please don’t hesitate to shoot me an email. Again, I sincerely appreciate all the support you guys have given me over the last several years and hope you will continue to support me in this addition.
This is a brand new site with little content at this time, but I welcome you to come take a gander. www.cutlerynewsjournal.com
Scott King
August 25, 2008
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