8,000 posts! The Winners have been Chosen!!

Charlie, thank you for the incredibly generous giveaway.

Among many other reasons, I love good pocket knives in good ol' non-fancy carbon steel. It may rust, but it'll forgive you for it, and the patina that grows over time, the dots of "whoops" rust-turned-black, the scratches from screwed-up sharpenings and rough use. It sharpens very easily - I don't need any fancy, expensive sharpening systems, and I can get an edge on it like no one's business just using an Arkansas stone or two and some oil. Over the years, the blades shrink from repeated sharpenings, but they stay just as sharp, with a little love. The knife shows all who look at it, where it's been.
 
Great contest from a nice guy. What I like about traditional knives is the fact that people like Bob Loveless (his LoneWolf city knife) and Tony Bose (his tribal spear) can take a traditional concept and turn it into a "modern" knife. Although the design platform of a traditional knife is hundreds of years old, modern innovators still can use it to make something new.
 
congrats on the 8000!

I like traditional knives because that it's work for me. the many shape of the blades on the traditional help me a lot in my carving hobby, and the overall look give a more "friendly", less-intimidating feel to the non knife people, especially in my country where a knife is actually a big no-no to carry.

Thanks
Falah
 
Charlie,

While I do qualify, please do not consider this an entry.

Congratulations on the 8000th post, and thank you for your continued effort to educate us about about knives, the way they have and should be made.
 
Congratulations on 8,000 posts Charlie, and thank you for the knowledge and goodwill you share with us everyday. The forums are richer because of your participation here.

Those are some awesome knives you are giving away!

Seeing all the reasons folks have for their traditional knife passion is pretty cool. I've got 6 decades behind me and I've been a knifenut since my father gave me a Cub Scout knife, when I was 7. At one time or another I've carried about every kind of knife that was out there. My love for traditional knives, particularly slip joints, comes from my love of tradition.

So much of the richness in our lives comes from the traditions passed down through the generations. A slip joint knife was carried, and used frequently, by my grandfather and my father. Collecting and using these tools helps me maintain a strong and satisfying connection to my ancestors. I regularly gift both of my sons with slip joint knives, that I've carried, in the hope that they will continue the tradition. I firmly believe I was born with a knife loving gene.

This forum has really added to my appreciation and knowledge of traditional knives and you, Charlie, are one of our best contributors. Thanks again and please count me in on your drawing!:)
 
That is fantastic Charlie, both the 8K and the gifts. This is not an entry but I had to drop in and congratulate you.
Keep posting.
Mike
 
Not an entry.

Dang, I was just tryin to get over 100 posts a little while ago! I like mostly all knives, but I like traditionals specifically for the way they just seem to exude style and, well, "tradition." I think that the handle material has a lot to do with it, honestly. I prefer a knife with bone or stag over a knife with that new-fangled gee100 or whatever they call it...

Very generous give-away, I hope the winners enjoy those knives!
 
Hey Charlie,Congrats and thanks for your contributions and tremendous generosity.This has already been said i think,but i like traditionals for the huge variety they offer in design ,blade,and handle choices.Its as bad as potato chips for me.You cant have just one.In fact,im sitting here typing with 4 knives in 3 pockets!Two others are beside me on the table.I'm quite ill im afraid.( :
 
Thanks for the chance at a win, and congrats on your posts. I always enjoy reading them.

I for one am always amazed at the sheer number of U.S. manufacturers during the golden age of American cutlery. I think it's great that a handful of companies have survived, I wish it were more :( . Personally, it's great fun to find these brand names that, well, no one but a knife nut would know of, in out of the way places, and to follow that up, to learn about these old brands in newspapers like Knife World, and here in Traditional. I think the most fun I've had is reading about who used these knives, and who made them. Those men who took a gamble and came over on the boat from England and Germany leaving their good jobs in Sheffield and Solingen, and the men who bought "ONE" pocket knife for their job from upstart little companies.
 
Congratulations on the milestone Charlie! Those are quality posts too (well mostly ;))
I would be honored to take part in your most generous giveaway.

One thing I really like about the traditional knives (folding slipjoints in particular), is that almost any man (and a whole lot of women) has some connection to them, either personally or through memories of a their father, grandfather, uncle etc..
This Christmas I gifted a nice old Fight'n Rooster to my father in law. Long story short, it about brought a tear to his eye when the stag scales reminded him of a pocket knife his grandmother (that's right, grandmother) used to carry when he was just a boy. He had forgotten all about that until he saw the one I gave him. No iPad, or smart phone, or other modern marvel could have done that.
He was cutting open packages for his grandchildren with it that very day, and I am sure more than a few will remember that about him when they are older.
 
Thank you for your contributions around these parts Charlie and a most generous giveaway.

I think the thing I like most about Traditional knives are the connection they bring to the past. A simpler time, when craftsmen took pride in their products and worked a trade their whole life. Also, I get a sense of satisfaction in making and/or carrying a knife that my Grandfather would have been proud to own and carry.
 
One of my favorite knives is a 100 year old Union Knifeworks Cattle Knife with a repurposed blade I reground into a box cutter from a busted blade.

What I like about the older patterns and more traditional materials is the warmth, fit and personality they develop over time, not like the computer generated cookie cutter tacticals that all look alike currently floodin' the market.

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BTW, I'm in and thanks for the Giveaway Charlie. :)
 
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Very generous of you Charlie! :thumbup: And congrats on 8 LARGE :cool: I know I sure look forward to you input here at the "old school" forum.
The fire of your passion for HJ's is easy for all to see & whether you know it or not you have brought quite a few of us along in your journey. Me included. :D
Like has been said here a slipjoint reminds me of my youth when everyone carried a pocket knife, before the days of the tactical folder. But what really "speaks" to me is the engineering that goes into say a 3 blade 3 1/2" tool. Another aspect of a pocket knife that really hits something down deep is the jigging and contrast of old bone. Whether the knife has some honest wear or is still pristine that peachseed will get me every time. And I'm aware that you are on the"front line" in that regard as well!!
It has been a real pleasure for me to follow your journey and you certainly help make this forum what it is...GREAT!!

Dave
 
Thank you for this opportunity.

Thank you also for your posts and pictures which enhance our knowledge of Traditionals, getting manufacturers to make special knives is no mean feat either!

What I particularly like about Traditionals is the more you use them - with care- the better they become. Can't say that about most things.
 
Charlie, Thanks for the opportunity to own any of theses fine knives.
The appeal of traditional knives to me is the memories I have as a kid. I spent many many days sitting by the river fishing with my dad and his dad. My Dad gave me an Uncle Henry Trapper...and I have loved traditionals ever since.
 
I always say it...I have been lucky with GA's and contests in the past...but...BUT...no sane knife freak could pass this up. Congrats brother and thanks for the awesome chance.

Why I like traditional knives...they are warm. By which I mean that holding them makes you feel...well, connected. Modern knives feel like cold tools. Traditional knives feel like old friends. The kind you want to sit down with so you can share a few stories. It is the difference between a modern cathedral and that old country church with the smoothed out wood for kneeling on. History. Tradition. And carbon steel doesn't hurt. ;)
 
Old pocket knives make me think of the places they were sold in when they were made.

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I still hold out hope some day I might stumble across a really old place that has one left in stock for me.

Count me out on the give-a-way. I've won a couple times already. Thanks for all of it Charlie.
 
Charlie,

I first would like to thank you for your eight thousand posting
Here in the Tradition forum, we have been educated by your knowlage and your wit.
Tradition is the passing from those that know to those that do not know
Those that hold the gift of knowladge and grant it freely
It helps us meet the future when we understand our past
Thank you for your gift of your time and effort

Slipjoints are labor intensive, and there are no short cuts to good work
So they are traditional as they have been passed from hand to hand
As I hold a knife there has been some dedicated person making this knife
And because they cared I have a quaity knife
Craftsmanship is a valuable commodity, that is hard to place a price on.
But is becoming rarer and rarer, and is not something that can be collected
Only the result of their craftmanship

Therefore I would be honored to enter your giveaway
 
Congratulations on 8k and sweet giveaway, Waynorth. Thanks for the chance; I'd like to be in.

My favorite thing about traditional slipjoints is the time and attention it requires to open and close them in use. Slows things down for a second. It is a dedicated, if brief, action which connects the knife with each experience in my mind. It is how memories become associated with the tool -and it becomes more and more of a companion as time goes by. :cool:
 
I'm in and thank you!
I would say my favorite thing about one of my traditional's is the Case Damascus Whittler in Stag I have. I LOVE how the stag looks but also how smooth it feels. Almost silk like.
 
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