[Joel Whitmore]

It's nice to see some familiar faces here. Amy sent me an e-mail telling me about this forum and Patrick Hastings told me I outta come here. After watching the "other" forum fall from grace I was hesitant. So I have lurked for a while and started to get that old warm feeling again. I have not stopped collecting and studying swords, but I am a far more discriminating collector now than I was 5 years ago. Right now I am in the process of building displays, acquiring another A&A piece and working on a project with Patrick. After everything that's been going on in my life, it's nice to talk swords again with people who want to talk about swords; not just show off and crack off comments. Anyways, hello to you all and thanks to Nathan for starting this again.

Joel

[Patrick Kelly]

Hi Joel,

It's nice to see a lot of the old crew participating again.

Welcome aboard!