Best Found/Free knives

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The best knife I ever found was on an old naval airport out in the boonies where we lived. It is a machete that was laying out on the pavement with no handle left on it. I took it home and cleaned it, used rags and duc tape to make a handle(I was only 12 and this was all I had on hand). After I cleaned it a little better and rubbed oil on it I notice it said Sheffied, England on it. It was a lot better find then the bomb my sister and I found. No detnator or I wouldn't be here. We found it with a shovel!
Anyone else find cool knives laying around?
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A guy I used to work with brought in a large Wade and Butcher sheath knife he found stuck in a tree while he was cutting fire wood. The thing was in remarkably good condition, I tried to get him to sell it, but I guess he knew a good thing when he saw it.
 
Best found/free knife on this end was a USMC marked KA-BAR found under the mattress of a house we rented when first married some 25+ yrs. ago. Last person there obviously put it there for 'security'...just forgot bout it. 'Found' a Randal #1 in a pawn shop bout 10 yrs. back....wasn't free though...had to part with 2 $20's to get my paws on it...course came with a sheath so I felt I got my $'s worth.
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yea I live for the deal...
 
The best free knife that I have ever received was a Benchmade 720BT which I won in an impromptu "guess the knife" contest here on BF put on by John at Cumberland Knives.

Once again, I thank you John for the knife and for supporting the BF.

Stay sharp,

Jim

 
Small CRKT Mirage plain edge that I won from Roger at Bayou Lafourche Knifeworks www.knifeworks.com during his last giveaway.

Sweet little knife it is!!!
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--The Raptor--

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To echo Jim, the best free knife was a CRKT CF M-16, courtesy of Cumberland Knives and John's "guess the knife and win it" contest. Thanks again.


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The best "free" knife that I know of is the Cold Steel Gunsite II Folder that some scum-bag stole out of my mailbox (package) last Friday (Nov. 3rd).
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Dann Fassnacht
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The only knife I won until recently was a Gerber EZ-Out from Roger at Bayou Lafourche Knife Works(www.knifeworks.com) Thanks again Roger. When the Spyderco Military I won here on Bladeforums shows up, well I guess I have a new favorite free knife.
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I found a LM Supertool under my refrigerator. Don't know how it got there, but it's in my pocket every day now
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The tip of the plain edge clip point blade is chipped, and it didn't come with a sheath, but other than that it was in like new condition.

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I found a nice Puma lockback in a cemetery, while visiting some family graves several years ago. Gave it to my father.
 
My best free knife is this figther by Bruce Bennett. It was a giveawayknife in Knives Illustrated. I´m very pleased with it
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I guess my favorite free knife would have to be my Odessa II, Designed by Eric Wong, made by Tom Mayo in Talonite provided by Tom Walz. I ended up putting this one under glass in a frame by itself. I'd be too tempted to use this knife if Ihadn't.

Jake
 
The best free knife I know of is the Randall Model 3 I gave my best friend as a going-away gift when he and his fiance' moved to France. It was my first Randall.

Best free knife I ever found was a Gerber EZ Out I found down at the school a couple of years ago. Found out later that it belonged to a buddy I coached soccer with, so I gave it back. Don't like Gerbers anymore anyway.......

AL

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A Klotzli, it got stolen from me about a year after. But...wow I liked that knife.
 
My best/only free knife is a 9" Talonite knife,designed by me, made by Steve Rollert and free thanks to Tom Walz. I haven`t had it yet though! Does that count?
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It is still in the design process, I hasten to add.

W.A.

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I guess I should add my good luck was followed by the bad(read stupid)luck of losing a throwing knife I had been carrying around. I was out tossing it at trees at a campsite out in the hills of Forks, Wa and I missed. No big deal, but the undergrowth is way thick. I never found it, & hope no one finds it with their foot first. I have lost other knives to theft also...
 
Ldyblade.......Yeah, I did that too. I was throwing at a tree along the banks of the Rogue River. Missed and lost the knife in the leaves. Luckily, I found the tree 2 years later while fishing, took another look, and found it!

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Let me start off by saying, I've given away a lot more knives than I own. Aside from knives as gifts from family and friends, I have received a lot of knives from the good folks here. I have a beautiful drop point hunter from Mike L6 Cooper and I just picked up an Arclite from Darrel Ralph for services rendered. My favorite was a gift from Sal Glesser of Spyderco, a Jess Horn C27 for an idea I gave him for his SpydieCard.

It's funny some of the guys at work, card carrying Sheeple all have mentioned to me they wouldn't mind a knife from me as a Christmas present. I like the idea of that.
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