Another "Pass it on" Giveaway

Daniel Dorn

Daniel Dorn

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It's been about a year ago that I decided to take a different path and re-discover "old timey" knives. They were my first knives, and got me interested in the hobby 30 years ago. I spent a lot of time in the last decade.5 learning about the new and modern stuff, and got distracted by the biggest knives, brightest steels and coolest designs.

Then I stumbled into this forum and was intrigued by the overall feel of the community here. It was so different from all the others on this site, especially compared to Community and the subforums there. I found a gentlemen's hideout.

I've learned a lot here, and met some great people, and even won some beautiful knives. You all have helped me rediscover the knives of my youth, and I figured I'm long over-due to give something back.

I have a nice Carbon Case Trapper in Yellow that was gifted to me, and has sat unused (I had my own exact copy already from another gift). It's had some handling, and is without it's box (maybe I can dig it up), but should make a great user for someone. I don't know the exact year of manufacture, but it's around 2003 or so.

This giveaway is open to anyone. All you have to do is post a short description of: Why you became interested in traditional knives. Could be as short as two words: e.g. My Grandpa, or it could be an essay.

I'll let this go for about a week, or so, then do a random number generator to pic the post number. You can post multiple times, but each post must have a different story or comment of worth.

Thanks to all of you who make this forum such a great place to come and hang out.
 
Hi Daniel!

Thank you for the chance of that giveaway!

My interessts in traditional knives also started pretty early, but with the typical german patterns. Even the typical bavarian, for my homeland. In the age of nine (which has now nearly passed 20 years ago), my dad boght me a Jagdnicker. That´s a small fixed bladed knife with staghandles and without full-tang and all such things. I used it during my whole childhood for everything. I lost it somewhere, I think in the woods near my parents house. So I went along with an SAK, that I used for about 12 or 13 years. At the age of 23 I got a scout knife, made by F. Hartkopf, Solingen. I liked the wooden handles and the brass bolsters. That was my second I ever got, and I started getting up to them. About two or three years ago, I bought my first Case. It was a Mini Trapper in Amber Bone. The Hartkopf and the MT still are in my EDC rotation. With the Case I started looking for more typical american patterns. They are all great in shape and for their size really useful. I carry one (or more) every day! That´s a great hobby!

Thank you for listening/reading!

Kind regards
Andi
 
My intrest in traditional knives started when i was a kid because back then thats all there was was traditionals a addiction that some times hides but never goes away .
 
Thank you for the contest and the chance. I'll do just one post as I don't want to be a hog haha.

I became interested in traditionals because of my grandfather and father as well as the look. Ever since I can remember my grandfather has always had a traditional pocket knife in his pocket. On the other end, I can remember my father always having a traditional fixed blade when we went out hunting. There is also just something about the traditional style really appeals to me. I am especially fond of traditional fixed blades but I have quite a few traditional folders as well.
 
Daniel,
This is NOT an entry, but I did want to say "thanks" for your generosity. Like the knives we love to share, use, and talk about, this sub-forum is indeed a great little place here on BFC.

And I will add my .02 for why I became interested in traditional knives just to keep my post at least mildly interesting. Basically, for me, they harken back to a simpler time, a time when people who carried and used their traditional knives used them for a lot of things without the benefit of super steels, advanced bearing systems, etc. Those knives were always "good enough" for them, so why shouldn't they be good enough in modern society as well. Too, I think those knives and their uses were occasionally the topic of conversation amongst folks. Sadly, you don't see that any more these days. Instead, the topic of conversation is more likely about the latest episode of "Glee" or some other such silliness while simultaneously texting one's friends and trying to do one's homework. Me? I'll take whittling on a stick down by the pond with a good buddy any day.
 
When I first went to summer camp as a kid (11 years old) my Dad gave me a Coast lockback (I still have it), wood scales, after a couple of years with that I switched to SAKs for a long time, then in the last couple of years I got more into knives, but with the restrictive knife laws in NYC I revisited the knives of my youth, I still generally use more modern knives, but the more traditional knives have been a major part of my collection.

Thanks so much for the Chance

Just a pic of a favorite of mine, Scagel Fruitport in Pre-Ban Elephant Ivory

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Although I have bought more modern knives in the last two years, when it comes to working on the truck or doing everyday tasks I don't look for my big honkin' Spyderco folder whose tip won't fit in the place where I'm cutting. I pick up one of my Case slimline trappers, my Dad's old TL-29 or my Schrade 24OTX. they just work better most of the time. Thanks for the opportunity... I love those yellow trappers. They are my favorites.
 
I got interested in knives because of my heritage. I was born in a small town in russia that was built around a foundry. They made weapons there during the russian revolution and still continue to make steel there today. The town is Zlatoust, you can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatoust
 
I'd like to participate. Thanks for the give-away, and even though I haven't been on BF as long as you have, I also consider the Traditional forum one of the most friendly.

I've always been interested in traditional knives. It started with my first knife ten years ago (and still my favorite), the Buck 110. It is just a beauty. Then I found an old SAK in my grandmother's drawer, and loved the multi-functions of it. A couple years ago I stumbled upon my grandfather's old Case mini stockman. It just evokes certain responses from my mind that I can't get from one-hand openers or 5" blades. Although I don't have a Case knife that I can call my own yet, I want to have a Case like my grandfather did, so that MY grandson may find it one day looking through my cigar boxes full of mementos. He hopefully will find the same joy I did in a well used Case... trapper, hopefully haha. Or that stinkin SBJ chestnut everyone is talkin about on here. Very nice give-away thanks.
 
Thank you Daniel, for your generosity. I guess my interest also began with my grandfather. He always had a small pocketknife, and since I wanted to be like him in every way imaginable, I wanted a knife of my own. He died when I was just 10 (if living he would celebrate his 100th birthday next week), but even after all these years without him, he is still probably one of the best friends I have ever had.
 
Thanks for the chance!
I find that traditional knives seem less aggressive than the usual knives these days. They are also very pretty :D
 
My first knife was a traditional.
I got it before grade school.

It was what my Grandfather carried (also my grandmother too, she is an avid fisherman, and out doors fan.....we just celebrated her 97th B day this weekend, and she still fishes, and lives alone).

It was stolen in the 4th grade, and instead of replacing it with another traditional, I got a locking folder from That lead to more locking knives, daggers, big expensive choppers, throwing knives, Tactical folders, and swords.

I only just recently (middle of 2011) came back into the fold, and started focusing on traditionals again.


My dad, after asking him, found an old two blade barlow that my Grandfather owned. I remember seeing it as a child! I fixed it by getting rid of the blade wiggle (though I did not mess with the patina), I just touched the edges with some 1000 grit, then my strop, and it is hair popping sharp. I bought my father a nice traditional this year for Christmas (Tideoute Barlow, with Bocote handles) So I guess it has come full circle.
 
Great giveaway, thanks for the chance.

My story is one that I think a lot of folks will relate to. My first knife was a slipjoint, a Schrade 34OT stockman. I was seven years old and in love with the dang thing, even after I broke the tip off of the clip blade. I used it for whittling, mostly, making pointy sticks, miniature canoes, and--believe it or not--wooden knives. I lost the stockman after just a few years, as kids will do.

I flirted with knives through my younger years, then finally got back into them in high school. Like a lot of us, I bought a lot of "tactical" looking knives that I thought would be useful for self-defense or some other hypothetical scenario. None of them seemed to fit just right, however, and I was left with a feeling of needing more, or maybe just something different.

Then one day I was browsing around in an antique store near my home. On a small shelf in the back I found a knife, and it triggered memories that had long lain dormant in the back of my mind. It was an old, beat-up 34OT that someone had abused and sold for cheap. I bought it for ten dollars and took it home to clean it up. That was enough for me. I got rid of my tactical knives with their unnecessary locks and gaudy looks, and started hunting used slippies to carry. I have many now, but it all started (twice, you might say) with an Old Timer stockman. I feel that I've come full circle, to a more mature place in my knife ownership. I don't own anything flashy, but rather the understated, reserved, and ever-so-gentlemanly slipjoint styles that I have come to know and love. I feel like I've finally come home.

Frosty
 
This is not an Entry.

Way to go with the giveaway though David. :thumbup:
The Case Yellow Trapper is a knife that should forever be remembered among knife collectors as one of the greatest combinations ever.
I used one for a while and I really did enjoy it, the love faded a bit, but there is a lot to admire about that knife. There is just something about those yellow scales that speak to the soul and thats why I collect knives.

I started out as a non knife guy, I didn't pay any attention to them, what were they worth besides cutting something. But, one day everything clicked and I realized what knives really are, I learned how much soul is in a good carbon blade and some old stag horn handles. I learned the people I loved and admired all carried different knife styles and I learned why. Different strokes for different folks, that why some of us get by with a little peanut, while others go with a buck 110 everyday.

Nothing slows down a day and puts things into prospective life a good slipjoint.
 
I'll hop on board here for a chance. I, like Legion12 above, became interested in traditional knives back when I was in late elementary school. My first pocket knife of my own was a medium size Tree brand stockman my grandfather bought for me at the Sunnybanks, VA general store when I was about 12. It was a stockman because that what he carried and what my dad carried and I wanted one like theirs. The love of traditional knives never goes away if you start out that way; you may, like I, venture into a different area, but "I have returned to the knife of my childhood....".

Ed J
 
Thanks for the Giveaway Daniel. I have yet to own a Case, and a carbon at that.

I always remember messin around with knives. Guess that growing up the one knife that is "THE" traditional knife was my favorite. The common carbon steel butcher knife. We had a bunch of them in the kitchen drawer, but there was one I'd use to play Dan'l Boone or Davy Crockett with. That is what they used back in those times and they're still near and dear to my heart. I probably have 40 butchers and look for them everywhere I go. Most don't like them cuz they turn that color but that is the charm for me.

Pat
 
Thanks Daniel for the opportunity.

I became interested in traditional knives due to their wide array of handles, blades and shapes. I have collected a few types but am partial to 'Case' knives. I have some of theirs ranging from the peanut up to the elephant toenail.

Thanks again!
Mark

:)
 
Started using them in scouts. Dad always carries one. Now I do too. Thanks for the chance.
 
You said we could post more than once. My grandfather's pocketknife got me hooked, so I began stopping in James Hardware on my way to the grocery store for my mom (it was two doors down in the same block and I had to walk right past it to get to the grocery). I bet she thought it strange that 10 minute trip to the store always took me half an hour!

I went in just to stare at the knives displayed in the glass case. I have no idea how many times I walked in there dreaming of one day walking out with my own knife. Well, I finally saved enough allowance and lawn mowing money to purchase an inexpensive (didn't seem like that at the time, though!) plastic scaled Barlow. I still have it today, but it hasn't been used for years.
 
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