BUCK KNIFE CONTEST WIN FREE SELECTOR best true story wins!

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WE HAVE A WINNER! read the last post to find out who!
FREE BUCK KNIFE CONTEST :eek:!!!
THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ANY GIFT KNIFE STORY!
yes i found that any gift knife story is a good one to read
so this open to any gift knife story!

Yes, a free knife if some one likes your story really well ..
This contest is open to any forum member!
The title of this story contest is : now
BEST KNIFE EVER GIVEN OR RECEIVED !

MUST be a true story of any Buck or any brand knife that you
or some one you know gave away or received-
Knife must have been a gift or gratis, new or used ..
(((""trades or lost or found knife stories.. can be posted but are not in contest "")))
What you say of that knife is up to you !
The story should explain the reason you think it is the best given knife story..

The prize is a buck selector with a skinner blade..
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The knife is lightly used.. but it is is a good knife :thumbup:..

I will be asking one of the folks there at Buck) to pick a fav
EDIT : the Bucks are rather busy at this time so my wife went through them
and she picked a winner ...

contest ends in mid September so get writing!

why? well..
This Buck forum has provided a lot of good moments in my life when i realy needed it so I want to pay it back;)

and my apologies to any i have upset..
ugh..Joe or CJ could you make this a sticky tell it is over?
 
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Christmas, I have had some Good ones in my time... I think it was Christmas of 2005, anyway my son and daughter-in law gave me the most beautiful clear handle 422 for Christmas... It was like the best gift ever... I didn't see it coming... I had know idea they had it... They know how much I love collecting Bucklite knives... I didn't even know that they made a Bucklite 422 in a clear handle... I was so overwhelm and surprised I couldn't even speak, talk or walk... I had instant tears in my eyes... I couldn't believe how unselfish and bighearted they were to give me or give up something so special and beautiful (well to me it is)... The thing is, they collect Buck knives too... So this is the best knife ever given to me by anyone and it means the most to me, even more then my favorite Bucklite 422OD that I bought about 25 years ago when they first came out...

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Clear handle 422... click 2 time on the pics to make them Bigger...

Clear handle 422...
 
sweet that some one would give a loved one
some thing they them selves would need..
sniff sniff... off to a good start!
 
in answer to an email ...

YES YOU CAN ENTER ONCE FOR EVERY KNIFE FREELY GIVEN OR RECIVED!
you can use names if you wish but
i think if it is not a famley member you might think to
clear it with them to use their name,
they may want gifts to have remained anonymous..

also in answer to the another email-

this contest was inspired by our friend
Flatlander
 
Dave, I know this guy who is giving another guy a knife for his collection just because he wants him to have it:) Your generosity is amazing.
 
When I was 14 or so, I was in the Boy Scouts. Upon receiving my awards and completing my first year, my mom thought it would be great to get me a knife that I was begging for. It was a Buck 110. When I opened the package, I was in awe that she actually bought it for me. She was always one of those overprotective types. I gave her the biggest hug I had ever given her.

After the hug I just stood there looking at the knife and admiring its beauty. I look up at my mom and I see her with her hand held out. She said, "Now let me have it back." I just stood there.

She took the knife from me and told me that I could get the knife back when I was older. Over 20 years later, she still has the knife and refuses to give it to me. She now uses it to open envelopes.

The day I moved out of the house at the age of 18, guess what I bought... a Buck. I blame my mom for my current hunger to buy knives.

Thanks mom!
 
When I was about 27 years old and managing parts stores I found need for the regular use of a knife. At that time I didnt have anything worthwile(lost the nice knives I had as a kid) and would break them cutting banding and so
forth. My mother questioned me what I would like for Christmas and I had immediately told her I needed a good knife. My father had died a couple years before:( and my mom was dating a new fella. As it turns out the new beau's brother was a knife dealer and they got a knife for me. It was a nice knife and ornate(not sure of brand) but clearly not a worker. At the risk of sounding ungratefull, I let mom know it probably wouldn't last with my use. She gladly took it and switched it for another. This one turned out to be a 500 Duke.:D:thumbup: Needless to say, it easily fit my needs and set me on the path to Buck Fever ever since.(Wife not so happy about that part:grumpy:) By the way, I then gladly gave my approval of her boyfriend and she ended up marrying him:)

Hope ya'all lke it.
Fritz
 
Dave,
Thanks alot for giving up another knife for our pleasure:thumbup:
I'd bribe ya but its contradictory to bribe a generous giver, plus I'm broke.:p
 
334dave said:
me also and Joe jest listed some i want real badly!
i am about to beg the wife for advance on knife money...
for next ....January and maybe my birth day in march!!
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That used to work when I was a kid..."if you get me this it can be by birthday and Christmas for the next 2 years"...hope it works for you.
 
biggerjon said:
.... I blame my mom for my current hunger to buy knives.Thanks mom!
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your mom may be a keeping that one to remember her young son by?:thumbup:
my dad had no use for "pig stickers"
an d would toss any i come home with..
he had one little splinter picker he kept

when i went to work at 15 and got a buck 110 for a work knife
he did not like it but did not toss it..
owned one ever since..
 
When I was 14 years old, our scoutmaster decided everyone should wear the full BSA uniform to our weekly scout meeting. So he decided to have a contest for 3 months, and we'd have uniform inspection every week. The more complete your uniform, the more points you scored. As time went on and everyone started wearing the uniform, the inspections became more difficult. He'd make sure our shirt, belt, and fly were lined up, he'd inspect how our patches were sewn on, check our finger nails, and make sure our hair was combed.

He told us the person with the most points at the end of contest would win a great prize. He wouldn't disclose the prize as he wanted all of us to be in suspense for the duration of the contest, but he made sure that we understood the prize would be like no other. During the contest he wouldn't disclose who was in the lead, but we knew there were four of us who were fairly close to being tied for first.

Our scoutmaster carried a Buck fixed blade that we all envied, but none of us could afford. On the night of the final inspection, he produced a new Buck Pathfinder. We were all in awe. The four of us were each hoping we'd win. My name was called as he announced the winner. I was so overcome with joy, and elated with my new prize! I became the envy of everyone in the troop.

I still own and cherish that knife, and it was the beginning of my knife obsession.

Both of my son's are Boy Scouts, and as a result of that knife, they too have started their own collections.

I will never forget that scoutmaster or my new Buck.
 
My story is just to split up the others, it wasn't Buck orriented. My Dad was great, I got one his old pocket knives at age 6, I promply decided to learn to throw it in the dirt like I was spearing the head of a deadly snake. It being summer and I being barefoot said knife promply went into foot between little and next to last toe. My lesson learned was don't throw knives bare footed and you can bleed a whole lot and not die......the latter came in the most handy latter in life.....300Bucks
 
great co ntest DAVE!My best story is a lost and then not found but a gift was given to me just the same,so i guess i can't post it?
 
In the 1980's I worked for the Lockheed Skunk Works. I worked in a materials lab developing and making special materials. My boss was an engineer named Dan who had been with the company for 35 years. He was a great guy and was one of the most practical people I've ever met. When any of the engineers in the lab had a problem with house, car, or you name it, we'd go talk it over with Dan. A lot of times he'd know how to go about fixing it. Even if he couldn't tell you the answer, he was great at helping you work it out. My father had recently died, and I suppose he became a father-figure to me.

So, back to Buck knives. One of the things we did in that lab was to make special sheets of material. We'd developed the process years before and they were usually made by Production, but some specific sizes were so difficult to make that we engineers made them ourselves in the lab. Right. Knife. The material was a rubber that we cast onto a plastic backing. The last step in making the material was to trim the excess rubber so that it did not extend beyond the backing. Dan and I often did this first thing in the morning. When other guys did this, they'd use a razor blade. Dan and I used our pocket knives. I used the spey blade on my Buck 303 and Dan used a blade on his pen knife. We did this for about four years, not every day, but maybe 3-5 days a month. Dan occasionally commented on how much you could get accomplished with just a pocket knife.

When Dan hit 62, he decided that enough was enough and it was time to retire. At that time I used to get catalogs from Smoky Mountain Knife Works. In the "Specials" section of the catalog I found a Buck 309 with stag scales. The 309 was about the size that Dan already carried, so I talked to my wife about it, then bought one for him. I gave it to him privately at his retirement luncheon. He looked at it and his eyes lit. He put it right in his pocket. I found out from his family later that he carried it the rest of his life. Great guy. Great engineer. Best boss I ever had.
 
RAZORBLADES said:
great co ntest DAVE!My best story is a lost and then not found but a gift was given to me just the same,so i guess i can't post it?
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heck yes! you got a gift buck so it is all good
we have had some found bucks which is luck
if you found one and returned it and it or another was given to you
then that is a given knife as is winning it as a prize..
this is all about the feelings you have from
a buck being given or recived and its importance to you ...
heck i give severa away every year.. i enjoy the responses
i give them away because of some thing some one said
as to supproting the froum and folks here ...
i cant recall his name but his question was ... pointed ... and a chalange
 
I'm not doing this for a prize; I merely want to share:

My dad had this Buck 110 from the 70's. He always talked about his "Buck knife," and I had no idea what that meant; I thought that was the type/style of knife, not the brand. Well a few years ago I got into cutlery, and I realized that Buck was a brand, and I became interested in the knife. I "understood" the knife. I saw that it had some play, and I saw that it had never been sharpened in the 30+ years he had it. So as a new cutlery lover, I busted out my stones and did the piece the justice it deserved. I wonder what the knife felt like to be sharp again after over thirty years :)
 
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