Let's hear a Mudcat welcome for kwsawman - recruited on the Excellent Adventure trip. Ken accompanied me to Vixen's gathering in CT last week. He was instantly struck by Bill, Allan, Tiger, Vixen, and Tim and all the FOMS (friends of Mudcatters - in this case Tim & Vixen's). Ken has an amazing ability to make his gentle spirit flow out of both his Diston and Sandvik (Stradivarius model)saws. Anyway, I have told kw about the Mudcat for years, but it took only one face-to-face encounter to convince him that he should be part of our wonderful community.