Can you SHOW us your first knife

[PB Wilson]

It was a birthday present from my uncle nearly 30 years ago. I still carry it every so often.

 

[HoosierQ]

I have all three. The very first one I don't have a picture of...I will rectify that. It is a simple Japenese made bait knife I got at a bait shop. I had been saving my pennies and I wanted to buy one of those Rapala fillet knives 'cause the price was right and it looked cool. My mother saw that and...well let's say I was sent to seek other alternatives...and found the bait knife. Very sharp.

These two I also still have. The "world famous" Sabre Original Bowie Knife (with replacement handle and store bought sheath) and my high school EDC, Sodbuster Jr.

 

[JTR357]

My first knife was a Case Canoe.Had it from the late 70's,til' it got lost in a move,somewhere in the late 80's.

Looked a lot like this one,without the etching on the blade.

 

[devinsdad]

I so wish I could. It was a Buck 110 that my dad gave me. Some POS broke in my truck and took it. I can only hope he cuts himself on it.

 

[zackfraser]

Here is my first. My brother and I both received one from Santa one year a long time ago. I think he still has his. I don't know much about it other then it is a red alox SAK and I know it's old because there is just a cross and not the cross in the shield logo for Victorinox. If anyone has more info, like year please let me know

Socom,

Your knife is a Victorinox Pioneer in Red Alox. Its the same basic design as their Soldier Model, but this one has a keyring. One interesting thing about this model is the drivers are not polished like the current offerings. You can still see the machine marks, also makes the driver a little easier to use in my opinion. Great knife you have there...one to pass down to the kids.

 

[s.c.]

Not counting cheap imports or SAKs, my first real knife was a Benchmade 722s. A wealthy family friend had just bought it and simply gave it to me after he saw my admiration for it.

I needed a knife for a minor task and he flicks it open and hands it to me. I look at it in awe, make my necessary cut, and then try to give back to him; but he says that I was the first person to ever cut anything with it and so it should belong to me. I tried to decline, but he insisted and went out to his car to give me the box. He had literally just bought it.

I was in shock at the price tag on the box (he paid full MSRP) and couldn't help but research online to learn more about the brand, still in disbelief that a pocket knife could cost so much. That is what ultimately led me here to bladeforums. It eventually led me to this collection and then some (that thread was created a while ago). I don't know if that Benchmade was a gift or a curse.

At the time, that knife was everything I had ever wanted in a knife, it was cool looking: it was a tanto blade, it had serrations, it flicked open...typical mall ninja requirements. Since then, I've realized that a partially serrated tanto is probably one of the worst blade configurations ever, but I could never sell or give away this knife.

 

[thejamppa]

I can't. I lost my first knife (scaled down Buck 110 copy ) at end of 80's when I was 6 or 7 in the woods... Then I got first Victorinox which I still have.

 

[Bill86]

My first actual knife is dead somewhere, it was a gerber folder and I had it "sharpened" by the idiots at a local hardware store so many times it couldn't cut skin it you stabbed yourself full force. But oh well I moved on and learned a few lessons, spend good money on a tool and it will take care of you forever, and never let anyone that doesn't sharpen knives for a profession or at least have a few years of professional sharpening behind them sharpen your knives. The $3 sharpen might seem like a good deal but man bench grinders + knives aren't win.