Do you have a knife hero?

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Sal G. has made the knives that have had the most time in my pockets since I first picked up an Endura in 1992. I still carry an Endura but now it's in K390 and not G2/Gin 1. If you like high performance steel Spyderco has led the way by a large margin.
 
BladesmanUSA said:
For me my knife hero is Leroy Jethro Gibbs from the TV show NCIS. He has a set of rules one of which is rule #9 “Never go anywhere without a knife”
He uses a ZT301TS. I have the smaller ZT350
Anybody else have a knife hero?
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My big brother: He got me into knives at a young age and I owe it to him that I have the collection I do.
 
Alberta Ed said:
Jim Bowie. What vulnerable 10-year-old mind was not susceptible to the 1956-58 TV series (in B&W, of course... and you had to walk across the room to adjust the volume or change the channel... manually!)? I ruined at least one knife trying to throw it like he did 😢 .
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J.R.R. Tolkien's - Angrist, the knife that Beren used to cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown (by the dwarven smith who forged Narsil; Telchar of Nogrod)

also the Barrow Blades, found by the hobbits (later used against the Witch-King of Angmar)
 
Tony the Knife Man from At Home with Amy Sedaris

Here he is helping Amy in the kitchen. We've all noticed that cooking cutlery is all the rage these days.

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Andrew Demko for his excellent designs and innovative locks, Sal Glesser for his integrity and contributions to the knife community, and Larrin Thomas for sharing his extensive steel knowledge and creating MagnaCut. In fantasy world, I’d say Wolverine, although I’m not sure his claws could be considered knives.
 
1. My Grandpa Johnny. He gave me my first knife and taught me how to use it.
2. Sal G. If there was someone in the knife world I could sit down and have dinner with, it would be Sal.
3. MacGyver. I loved that show as a kid. Another reason I got into knives and SAK especially.
 
gazz98 said:
1. My Grandpa Johnny. He gave me my first knife and taught me how to use it.
2. Sal G. If there was someone in the knife world I could sit down and have dinner with, it would be Sal.
3. MacGyver. I loved that show as a kid. Another reason I got into knives and SAK especially.
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I was on a business trip to Denver a while ago. It might have been 12 or 14 years ago. My Swiss cheese memory doesn’t like to put date stamps on things.

We had a day to burn so coworker that lived in CO put up with all my touristy BS and we went to Evergreen (South Park) to visit the two famous bars there. The Little Bear and Cactus Jacks, Wyncoops in Denver, Red Rocks and a couple other places I just had to see.

On the way up we stopped at Spyderco in Golder and I visited the showroom. I had interacted with Sal Glesser Sal Glesser here but had no idea who he was. Honestly, I thought he was just someone that worked there so I asked someone there if Sal was around.

Sal came out and showed me around the place and a couple of the Randall Made knives as well as the new at the time Salt fixed blades. He was as cordial and as nice as could be.

I left after a few minutes happily knowing that I met a fellow Bladeforums member and got to see the showroom.

It was after the trip that I learned who I had been talking too.

I felt like Kevin in Home Alone 2 when he realized that he had been talking to Mr. Duncan himself in the toy store. Except I was in my 30’s and not 12 years olds 😁. Just as giddy though.

I’d happily sit down to dinner with him and cover the tab. 👍
 
I don't have a knife hero no but a couple of my favorite guys that I know in real life are Thomas W from Kershaw/ZT/Kai and Kershawguy. Thomas W is a really freakin cool guy. He's taken me into his office a couple of times and showed me his personal collection of all different types of Kershaw history. He even gave my old girlfriend two balisongs one day and gave her a lesson on how to flip them. A couple weeks later she was no joke flipping both at the same time, one in each hand! Haha.
 
Rupestris said:
I was on a business trip to Denver a while ago. It might have been 12 or 14 years ago. My Swiss cheese memory doesn’t like to put date stamps on things.

We had a day to burn so coworker that lived in CO put up with all my touristy BS and we went to Evergreen (South Park) to visit the two famous bars there. The Little Bear and Cactus Jacks, Wyncoops in Denver, Red Rocks and a couple other places I just had to see.

On the way up we stopped at Spyderco in Golder and I visited the showroom. I had interacted with Sal Glesser Sal Glesser here but had no idea who he was. Honestly, I thought he was just someone that worked there so I asked someone there if Sal was around.

Sal came out and showed me around the place and a couple of the Randall Made knives as well as the new at the time Salt fixed blades. He was as cordial and as nice as could be.

I left after a few minutes happily knowing that I met a fellow Bladeforums member and got to see the showroom.

It was after the trip that I learned who I had been talking too.

I felt like Kevin in Home Alone 2 when he realized that he had been talking to Mr. Duncan himself in the toy store. Except I was in my 30’s and not 12 years olds 😁. Just as giddy though.

I’d happily sit down to dinner with him and cover the tab. 👍
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Great story, sir! I got a good snort out of it.

I would echo the sentiments of many here regarding sal, and one day I will shake his hand.
 
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