Favorite knife for sentimental reasons

[KenOnion]

I got a knife from my dad when I was about 10 or 11 he gave it to me on my birthday that to this day is the knife I hold closest to my heart because of the story my dad told me about it.

It is an old German made fixed blade hunter clip point with stag handles and a silver lion head pommel. my dad said his dad gave it to him when he was a kid and it didn't have a sheath so my dad made one for it . he carried it for most of his child hood and when he was a teenager his dad died . Dad said this old knife was the only thing of any value his dad ever gave him and that he wanted me to have it. That story has stuck with me and to this day it is my most prised posession. ( aside from my wife and kids of course)


What about you ? Any similar experience ?

 

[Strider]

I have a SAK Tinkerer that my sister gave me about 30 years ago that I still carry to this day.
Bob

 

[JerryO]

I have a $10 Frost cutlery drop point pakkawood lock back, that I picked up in Study Butte, Texas about 15 years ago when I went visiting a friend who worked at the Big Bend National Park. We went canoeing down the Rio Grande for 3 days. Had to call in a helicopter to pick up a couple who got injured in one of the canyons. They had gone down the day before we did, and they were very lucky we went when we did, they might have been stuck there a while. This was pre cellular phone days, but my friend had a radio and called it in. Other than that little bit of excitment it was all BBQ with mesquite driftwood and lazin' in that Texas sun, also an infamous chili cookoff. I had a great time and whenever I see that knife it bring's me back to that trip.

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~ JerryO ~

 

[Brian_Turner]

I have a display with the knives of both of my grandfathers, my father, and my youngest brother. Anyone who knew them can tell immediately which belonged to whom...

 

[BARRY JONES]

My favorite has to be the only knife that my grandfather made. It is a large Bowie style knife. The blade was made from saw steel. The handle is part of the legbone of a cow with hardwood spacers. It has a brass double guard and a brass buttplate. What makes it even more valuable to me, aside from the fact that he made it, is that he made it without any powertools. The fit between the handle, guard, and spacers is flawless. It inspired me to make knives.

Barry

 

[tbark]

My most Valued Knife the one that money cant buy is a BOB SKY Bird & Trout when I got to the second show Bob was at we talked for a couple of hour's amd I ask him about trading one of My Folder's for this particular knife He nor I either one had a very good show so we joked and kidded around and made the show worth while we traded and it is avery valued part of my collection

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tbark