Do you still have your first knife?

As far as I remember, I am missing at least two Boy Scout knives, and an Imperial stockman. After those, I got a SAK during my teen years which I still have ;)
 
Yes I do, and I look at it just about everyday and still use it some, though I don't EDC is, as the sheath closure flap has worn so thin I'm afraid to lose it. It sits on my desk in its sheath on top of my Sharpmaker, never out of arm's reach.

It's a 1973 model Buck 110 that my grandfather gave me during the summer of 1987 when I was six years old. When I was little both my parents worked days and I'd spend summer days with either my dad's parents or my mom's mother. My grandfather's (dad's side) brother had a pond that was fed from a fairly large stream and freshly stocked with catfish, bass and a few others every year. My grandpa and I would go fishing every chance we'd get. One day, he said "a good fisherman always needs a good sharp knife," and he handed me this huge (for a six year old) brown leather sheath. At the time the knife was 14 years old, so the sheath showed some signs of wear, but the knife inside was perfect.

Over that summer, I wasn't allowed to take the knife home, and I coudl only use it when grandpa and I were fishing or working in his wood shop. He taught me to respect the knife and not to rely on the lock (even though it has never failed and locks as solidly as it did in 1973). He also taught me how to keep it sharp, no easy task for a six year old with 440C. When he was sure that I knew what I was doing, he let me take it home.

It's still like a razor. Since I got my Sharpmaker, it's the only knife that I still use benchstones on. Just doesn't seem right to sharpen it any other way. I've got a two dot 110 that I'm planning on sending in to Buck to get a new blade and sheath, and I'd first thought about getting a new sheath for the 73, but have since decided against it. I think this knife should stay in its original home as long as possible.

To this day he asks me abuot that knife. Last time I saw him a few months ago I had it on my belt just so he could see it. He's really an amazing man, WW2 vet served in Germany and the Pacific, is nearing 90 and still hunts and fishes every chance he gets. His only fault... he got me addicted to knives.

I don't remember the first knife I bought. I was taught my my dad and grandpa to only look for quality. It costs a little more but it's worth it. If you can't afford it, save some money and then get it. The only knock-offs I've ever bought were just for testing purposes... to see what it took to destroy a $5 knife (not a lot). I've bought a lot of Buck 110s, Kershaws, Camillus and Victorinox. I'm sure one of the first I bought for myself was some sort of SAK, and interestingly enough, the SAK bug has bitten me lately and I can't seem to get enough of them.
 
My first real knives were an Al Mar Eagle (recently sold, to fund a new Spyderco Kiwi), a Spyderco Hunter (returned to Spyderco Factory for sharpening, got a call that it failed a lock test, so I chose a new blue almite walker and byrd cara cara as replacements), and a Sog Winder II (traded recently for 2 brand new Case slipjoints), all bought in one catalog order.

So.. even though these knives were purchased almost 15 years ago (I forget the exact year).. I'm recently getting all new knives, because of them.

It's definately worthwhile, to spend a little more for quality knives, from quality companies.
 
I don't count the $3.00 bowie I bought at a hardware store when I was 10 yrs old... My first "real" knife was a Schrade (Walden) 25OT. I still have it and use it occasionally - still as good as the day I bought it although it's a little beat up.
 
Hmm, good question. My first knife was an Old Timer, 3-bladed slipjoint. It was a little pocket knife that I never really bonded with. I don't even know if I do or don't have it :rolleyes:

My first self-motivated and purchased knife is a Cold Steel SRK. I bought it 3 1/2 years ago and still have it; in fact, it's sitting in my day pack, as I type :) My first EDC was an old-style CS medium Voyager, fully serrated with a tanto point. It was given to me by a friend who got me into carrying a daily knife. I still have that folder and it's really special to me, both as my first EDC and as a gift from my friend. I don't carry it any more, but am thinking about trying to sharpen up its ridiculously dull serrations and give it some carry time, for old-time's sake :)
 
Nope, my first knife disappeared at a funeral. The name forgotten, but the memories of that thing come up from time to time. It's amazing what a knife can teach a kid, even if a lesson is learned when the knife was still in the pocket at the time.
 
Had a few folders before I got my 1st fixed blade. Don't have any of the folders but still have my 1st fixed blade from about 1960.
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Still have my first custom but my first knife is long gone sacrificed to the gods of let's see if this will stick in that tree.
 
First knife that I remember was a Victorinox SAK from my Stepfather. It was a great knife but at the time I really wanted a Buck 110. I ended up getting a Sear's brand lockblade that looked a lot like a Buck 110 with some allowance money. Eventually broke the lock on the Sear's knife. My first major knife investment was 1 of the original Bali-song's butterfly knives that had stag scale handles. Lost that to a cop during a routine traffic stop- still miss it. My next major purchase was a Cold Steel Recon Tanto - not the black bladed, rubber gripped 1's. Still have that.
 
I had a SAK or two that I lost. One was my first. I also had some cheap Pakistan junk that I tossed in the trash a long time ago. But I still do have some of my first knives - a SAK and Buck 110.
 
Clydetz said:
Had a few folders before I got my 1st fixed blade. Don't have any of the folders but still have my 1st fixed blade from about 1960.
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Not a huge difference from my first knife :)
Bought for me by my father when I was 11 years old in 1956. Envy of all my friends because it had a stag handle... and Roy Rogers had stag handled six guns. I still have this one, although the sheath is long gone.

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My first knife was given to my by my grandfather when I was six years old. It's a tiny purple two inch blade lockback. On one side of the plastic scales, it says "Christ is king" and on the other, it says "Unto you a saviour is born" Luke 2:11. The blade has Parker written on it, and has wings for the symbol. On the other side, Christmas `89 is engraved. I got into so much trouble with this knife when I was a kid. This definitely started my fascination with knives, however. My grandfather was a knife collector, and I inheirited half of his collection (my brother got the other half) when he died.

As I got older, I bought a three inch blade oldtimer style knife from Pakistan. I carried this knife for years and years. The blade is rusted now (I never could keep it from rusting...) and the lock failed me years ago. I keep it around for sentimental value.

My first serious knife was a vast step up. I saved for almost a year to buy a knife from the knife store at a huge out of town mall I went to every other year or so. I suppose I was in middle school. I bought a Buck 560C with titanium hilt. I still have it--interestingly, I've never used it before. It was too huge to carry in school, and too nice for hard work, so I kept it in reserve to show off to friends. That knife is is massively hardcore.
 
my first knife was from my grandfather when i was around five years old, its a casexx 3 blade pocket knife with red bone handles. my grandfathers had it for years before he gave it to me, blades are wore down quite a bit but i still have it 32 years later. i have never been without a knife since. :D
 
My first knife, Victorinox Tinker, walked off at a construction site. but I still have the one I got after it.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Sweet blade Steve, did you do the work?

I love the reduced scales. :cool:
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My friend and I did, yes. Started out as a normal black blade 806D2. Quite a transformation, huh?
 
I still have the SAK that my dad gave me when I was 4 or 5 years old.
However, I've always found the SAK difficult to open, so I never used it much. (My fingernails are never given the chance to grow out)
My first EDC was a Cold Steel Voyager, given to me by my dad about ten years later. I recently ground the tip round for use as a safety knife at summer camp. It's real ugly, But I still use it.
 
Ignoring Victorinox and several cheap fishing knives.

Eickhorn Slimcut

I my first would be an Eickhorn Slimcut with black kydex handle. I gave it to my wife a long time ago, and it vanished into her bag, only to be returned when I bought her own, CRKT knife.

It came back covered in, fluff, and what looked like some kind of eye makeup, from when she'd used the knife to sharpen some form of eye liner pencil, but none the worse for ware.
 
I stole my first knife :o ....from my dad :D He had a Wenger Esquire in his drawer that I liberated because it appealed to me when I was 5 and carried it around (even to kindergarden :) ). He eventually "officially" gave it to me (not that he ever really noticed its absence or that my lack of owning it had any ill effect on my intent on using it) when I started whining 4 years later about wanting a knife. I still have it, and it's still in fine condition. After he officially gave it to me, I started buying more knives: in one month I got a Victorinox Explorer, Classic, and 3-4 cheap knockoffs. In the 4th grade. What a weeeeiiiirdo.
 
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