2019 Memorial Scout Knife GAW

[lambertiana]

I'll enter on behalf of some of my new scouts. On the last campout I gave a knife to one of them, but there are several more who lack a decent knife.

 

[abbydaddy]

This is the best I've seen in a long time. I am in recovery myself and have been for a long time, and believe me i didn't get it the first time but when I did I was blessed with my son (my avatar). The passing of your brother is tragic but at least you know he was clean. Thanks for this giveaway. I'm gonna enter below for my son.

I'm in.

Thanks for entering, you are 5a.

I'm nominating my son because the way things are now I don't have the money for something like that for him. He deserves it cause hes the grestest thing to happen to me. Thanks for the GAW again.

And 6k.

I am sorry for the loss of your brother. This tradition is a outstanding way of honoring him. Thank you for the opportunity to enter into the GAW.

Thanks for entering, you are 6a.

I appreciate the chance to enter this. I'll enter on behalf of my son who just achieved his Eagle Rank. I'm pretty proud of that kid his Eagle project consisted reviewing 27,000 graves (yep I didn't accidentally add any extra zeros) in one of our local cemetaries and mapping out the graves of around 3000 veterans so that flags and wreaths can be placed on their graves at appropriate Holidays. He organized the project, ran it and spend hours and hours himself wandering the cemetary.

That is an amazing Eagle project! Thanks for entering, you are 7k (or did you want to be in for the case knife for your son?).

Great gesture to remember your brother. With all the crazy things I’ve done in my youth. I could have easily been in his place in that wreck.

I’m in. Thanks for the chance.

I’m in for my son. Who is very scout like but not a member yet. Again thanks. Ed

Thanks for entering, you are 7a and 8k.

I m in. I would like to keep the Case Scout knife for my scouting memories a long time ago.

Very sad about your brother and Charlie Mike.

Thanks for entering, you are 8a.

I would like to be in this for my 8 year old grandson, he’s having a difficult time dealing with his parents going through a separation. My wife and I are the stability in his life at this time taking him to scouts, archery and sports. He is very interested in my knives and is always wanting to see them. I have a small box with his knives in it, some small SAK’s and a small Schrade Trapper but nothing the quality of the Case, I control the knives because he is so proud of them that I can see him wanting to show them off and with today’s society I don’t need him to get in trouble for it. Please put myself in also.
Chuck

Thanks for entering, you are 9a and 9k. Separations are always hard. I'm glad you can be there for your grandson.

Sorry for your loss. I think what your doing is great. Very cool.
I would like to enter at a chance for a really decent kid. His name is Colton and he is from a single parent home. I gave him a small, single blade folder about 2 yrs ago when he was seven and I was surprised to find out from his mother that he carries it daily when not at school. He’s ready for something a little better and I’m sure he would love this.
Thanks for the chance.

Thanks for entering, you are 10k.

Well, I don’t know if changing my mind is allowed or not. If so, I’d like to enter for myself in the Adult knife GAW. This just adds to the competition

I’d also like to enter for the kids knife and if won would like it to go to @Triton for his son. That is an amazing and honorable project he did. Being a Veteran I am always appreciative of the support given by members of the community.

I’m in, thank you.

Changing your mind is absolutely allowed and welcomed! Thanks for entering, you are 11k and 10a.

abbydaddy I grew up with a big brother just like you. When he went into the Navy I felt like I had lost my best friend and looked forward to when he came home on leave but after getting out he battled with alcoholism for years till a my friends farther took him to AA one night. He gave the program his best shot after hitting rock bottom and he succeed and went to collage for chemical engineering and found a lovely wife in the state he moved to for first his real job. I was looking forward to him having some kids but unfortunately colon cancer had other plans for him. I'm sorry for your loss but i'm sure your brother like mine made up for missing time when he became sober and although it may have been a short time I'm sure it was time well spent. It's GAW's and story's like these that make you and this board a special place. God Bless and good luck all.

I am very sorry for your loss. I am glad your brother was able to get his life back on track before he passed. That has been, for me at least, some comfort when I miss my brother.

Thanks for entering, you are 11a.

Great tribute A-daddy I always tell people that our loved ones only physically leave the Earth but they are eternally present in our hearts and memories... your yearly tribute to your brother further reinforces that idea

Per my lengthy "confession" that I wrote a few weeks ago in Carl's Lounge, I mentioned my battles with the bottle and that my five year "born again" date was earlier this month. I would be totally honored to carry that Case scout knife... the red bone is amazing, what a beauty! Great that Case made such a heart felt gesture too

I have slowly been getting my wife's nephew into knife collecting (aka accumulating) and he would be a perfect fit for that Boker

So I will play along... put me down for an entry for both

Glad to have you entered. Thanks for entering, you are 12a and 12k.

Im in on this one. I have a boy in mind . His mother is our of his life. His father has been in and out of jail. He was raised mostly by his grandmother who has been bringing him to our church for years. Right before Christmas his grandmother passed away. Right now his father has him (though he has not been reliable in the past). There are a lot more details that I would not put on a public forum. I'm pretty concerned about this kid, and whether his dad can finally mature enough to keep himself out of jail.
I can PM op more details if he would like to know more about the kids history/ family issues.
Kids name is Cody.

For Cody's sake I hope things work out. That sounds very rough.

Thanks for entering, you are 13k.

I'll enter on behalf of some of my new scouts. On the last campout I gave a knife to one of them, but there are several more who lack a decent knife.

Thanks for entering, you are 14k.

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Well, my weekend bump certainly led to a lot of new entries. Thanks to everyone for entering, and thank you for sharing.

 

[abbydaddy]

I forgot to update this thread yesterday when the new knife from @willintheweeds arrived. Willintheweeds sent me a Bear and Son Cub Scout knife again this year for the GAW. Will made the same generous gesture last year, and I really appreciate it.

 

[chuck4570]

Great addition to the GAW, this is really generous of you and all that donated.

Thanks
Chuck

 

[abbydaddy]

Okay, one last bump for the weekend and I will draw on Monday

 

[kwick72]

Not interested in the giveaway. just wanted to say the knife community as a whole has a lot of good people in it, some we have lost and will be missed and hopefully all the new members will be just as good or better.

 

[abbydaddy]

Alright, a day late here, but time to get these knives drawn!

So, for the adult knife first. There are 12 entries and the random number generator says... 10!
So <scrolls back through the thread> oops, dangit, I made a mistake. The winner would have been 315 , but I realize that I forgot to give @TheEdge01 an entry. So I have to redraw. Sorry 315, I need to be fair.

So, for the adult knife first. There are _13_ entries and the random number generator says... 6
Congrats to @woodkrafter!

Now on to the kids drawing. Thanks to @willintheweeds, we have a Bear and Son Cub Scout knife as well as the Boker Magnum scout knife. So I will make two kids drawings. The winner of the first drawing will get to decide which knife they want.

There are 14 kids entries (unless I messed up again). So the first winner of the kids drawing is... 9
Congrats to chuck4570 ! You get the first pick.

The second winner of the kids drawing is... 12
Congrats @veitsi_poika!

Congrats to all the winners, and sorry for the confusion on the first drawing. I could just erase it, this isn't actually live, but I am going to leave it.

Contact me via pm with your shipping address and knife choice (if applicable).

Cheers,
Jon

 

[Prester John]

Alright, a day late here, but time to get these knives drawn!

So, for the adult knife first. There are 12 entries and the random number generator says... 10!
So <scrolls back through the thread> oops, dangit, I made a mistake. The winner would have been 315 , but I realize that I forgot to give @TheEdge01 an entry. So I have to redraw. Sorry 315, I need to be fair.

So, for the adult knife first. There are _13_ entries and the random number generator says... 6
Congrats to @woodkrafter!

Now on to the kids drawing. Thanks to @willintheweeds, we have a Bear and Son Cub Scout knife as well as the Boker Magnum scout knife. So I will make two kids drawings. The winner of the first drawing will get to decide which knife they want.

There are 14 kids entries (unless I messed up again). So the first winner of the kids drawing is... 9
Congrats to chuck4570 ! You get the first pick.

The second winner of the kids drawing is... 12
Congrats @veitsi_poika!

Congrats to all the winners, and sorry for the confusion on the first drawing. I could just erase it, this isn't actually live, but I am going to leave it.

Contact me via pm with your shipping address and knife choice (if applicable).

Cheers,
Jon

Congrats to the winners!
Thanks for the GAW--a good one.

 

[JTB_5]

Thanks Jon! Congrats to the winners!

 

[Kiteman72]

Great GAW! Thank you and a big congratulations to the winners!

 

[chuck4570]

abbydaddy thank you so much for this great GAW, I have sent you a PM with my mailing address, my grandson is so excited and can’t wait to see his choice.

Many thanks to you and Kudos
Chuck

 

[315]

Alright, a day late here, but time to get these knives drawn!

So, for the adult knife first. There are 12 entries and the random number generator says... 10!
So <scrolls back through the thread> oops, dangit, I made a mistake. The winner would have been 315 , but I realize that I forgot to give @TheEdge01 an entry. So I have to redraw. Sorry 315, I need to be fair.

So, for the adult knife first. There are _13_ entries and the random number generator says... 6
Congrats to @woodkrafter!



Cheers,
Jon

Jon, no need to be sorry at all!!! Glad to see everyone had the same chance and congratulations to all the winners.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

Congrats to the winners! This was a great GAW, and a great cause.
Special thanks to @willintheweeds for contributing, and for going way above and beyond. There will be some very happy kids because of all this. Thats a great thing.
Im pretty new to Bladeforums, and I expected the people here on the internet to be just awful. I was wrong. The vast majority of people here on the Porch have been really great, and this GAW really proves it.

 

[abbydaddy]

All right, so it has been a couple days and only one of the three winners (thank you chuck4570 ) has gotten back to me and I was planning to mail the knives today. If I don't hear from the other winners by 2pm Pacific time I will do a redraw for the Case and Boker knives.

 

[abbydaddy]

Okay, trying this again. Since there have been some behind the scenes gifts going out (not all or even mostly from me, this thread really brings out goodness and generosity in folks), the odds are even better now for everyone still in.

For the Case knife, the random number generator says... 10!

Congrats 315 ! Turns out the knife is going to you after all. Please message me your shipping info

For the Boker scout knife, the random number generator says... I won't post that one as it is a behind the scenes recipient. So second try goes to... another behind the scenes. Try number three goes to... another behind the scenes. Try number four goes to... 3!

Congratulations K Kiteman72 ! Please message me your shipping info

All right, that should just about wrap up this year's memorial GAW. Thanks to everyone that entered and thanks to the extraordinary generosity on display. Big thanks to @willintheweeds

 

[Kiteman72]

PM sent! Thanks so much, abbydaddy !

 

[Prester John]

Okay, trying this again. Since there have been some behind the scenes gifts going out (not all or even mostly from me, this thread really brings out goodness and generosity in folks), the odds are even better now for everyone still in.

For the Case knife, the random number generator says... 10!

Congrats 315 ! Turns out the knife is going to you after all. Please message me your shipping info

For the Boker scout knife, the random number generator says... I won't post that one as it is a behind the scenes recipient. So second try goes to... another behind the scenes. Try number three goes to... another behind the scenes. Try number four goes to... 3!

Congratulations K Kiteman72 ! Please message me your shipping info

All right, that should just about wrap up this year's memorial GAW. Thanks to everyone that entered and thanks to the extraordinary generosity on display. Big thanks to @willintheweeds

Congrats (again!) to the winners, and thanks, abbydaddy !

 

[315]

Wow! Thanks for the generous GAW. I’ll Treat it well and remember this is to honor your brothers memory. Thanks again!!

 

[Brhowser87]

Congratulations to the winners and thanks for the chance abbydaddy . I love seeing the good people do for one another.

 

[chuck4570]

abbydaddy we received the Bear and Son Cub Scout knife today, I just want to let you know that you made one little boy very happy. I will post pictures of the happy duo later.

Once again I want to thank you.
Chuck