First Anniversary Stag Party - GAW

Congrats on the anniversary! My interest started as a young kid (early 90s) when my great uncle gave me a knockoff sak to whittle sticks at the hunting club he used to belong to. That continued in about 2004 when dad bought my brother and I buck 110s for hunting. The accumulation really started when I started college and had a few $ and the ability to shop for knives more easily.
 
Cory, I recall when I started seeing your posts here and I have read many of them. With that stated, what has been perfectly clear throughout the last year is that you have thoroughly educated yourself on traditional knives and have selflessly shared in many ways. This forum is better for having you. Thank you for your contributions.

I have been collecting for 30+ years.

Chris
 
Cory, congratulations on your upcoming 1 year anniversary. We have something in common, I also joined in July of 2014, but a little later in the month.
I am already making plans for a GAW to give back to this great place we all love! I always enjoy seeing your posts your comments and knives.
Thanks for your generosity and since I do not have an 89 pattern in my rotation I will gladly enter in to your drawing.
I have been collecting knives for over 40 years:D
 
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Thanx for the chance on you generous gaw. That is a pattern I've not seen before. I've been fiddlin with knives since before the 1st grade, which would be about 60 + yrs. I grew up in Texas so if you were lucky, you got a pocket knife to carry with you to school along with your school supplies in the fall.--KV
 
Cory Hess said:
I've been inspired by a recent act of kindness by member r8shell, and by my upcoming anniversary of becoming a member myself. I have gained so much by participating in this forum over the last year, not only in knowledge but also in friendships. I am constantly in awe of how easy it is for somebody like me to learn from the decades of experience that others have put into this hobby. I am so grateful to the veteran members that share their hard earned experience so freely. I just can't overstate how much that means to me. I've been involved in other hobbies where people guarded their secrets like old hermits and every tidbit was gained through personal experience. It makes all of this so much more enjoyable to have a group of great people that are so willing to answer questions and offer suggestions. I honestly don't think I'd be into knives like I am if it weren't for this group. I would have found a knife that I liked and moved on with my life. Thank you all so much.

On July the 1st I'll have been a member of this community for one year. I came here because I wanted to find a good pocket knife and I needed to do some research to know how to spot a good one in the sea of junk. I stuck around because I found a great community in the sea of junk that is the Internet. ...
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Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary, Cory! :thumbup::thumbup: I guess I never realized that you became a member only about 3 weeks before I did; you always seemed like one of the wise old veterans to me. :D You also always seemed VERY articulate compared to me, and I especially appreciate that gift of yours in reading your intro to this GAW. Your and my experiences here at the forum sound like they've been quite similar, and I really relate to the way you described yours. The kindness and sharing that occur here has been an astounding blessing to me!

I feel obligated to enter your GAW "for old times' sake"! :D You were the "host" of the first BF GAW I was eligible to enter, and it was the first such "contest" of any kind that I ever won in my life! So superstition dictates that I enter this one too. Besides that, I've been contemplating getting my first stag-handled knife, and one pattern I've seriously considered is a 2-blade toothpick. The Gambler you're giving away looks to me like a straightened-out pen knife version of a 2-blade toothpick jack (about 4" closed for each I think). So if not a "grail knife", it's at least close enough for me to give it a shot!

I've had the same knife (a Colonial Forest-Master) since 1960, and it was, for all intents and purposes, my ONLY knife until January of last year. Then I got interested in carrying a pocket knife again after usually carrying no knife for about 45 years. Today I worked on updating a little spreadsheet I keep for my knives, and was amazed to discover that in the past year and a half, I've accumulated over 70 knives! :eek: (Just yesterday I wrote that I thought I had 40-some. My estimation skills obviously need work.)

Thanks for running this generous GAW, Cory, and congrats again on your impending membership milestone. Good luck to all the entrants! :thumbup::thumbup:

- GT
 
Cory-I have been a member here for quite a while (2008), but only became more active after touring GEC's factory during the 2014 deer season. I had originally joined BF to try and find information regarding the Camillus made double lock back trappers. I bought a yellow jaket model from a pawnshop while in high school. It served me well for years to field dress and skin during successful hunts. I decided I needed a back up and thus my collecting began. I have a handful, each are different. When my grandfather passed, I got into collecting Western's. When I made the trip in 2014 I became engulfed in the passion for these knives.

Thanks for the opportunity!
 
Half/Stop said:
Cory, congratulations on your upcoming 1 year anniversary. We have something in common, I also joined in July of 2014, but a little later in the month.
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5K Qs said:
Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary, Cory! :thumbup::thumbup: I guess I never realized that you became a member only about 3 weeks before I did;
- GT
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We have the bestest newbies on the internet, here on the porch! :D

Cory Hess said:
......I am constantly in awe of how easy it is for somebody like me to learn from the decades of experience that others have put into this hobby. I am so grateful to the veteran members that share their hard earned experience so freely. I just can't overstate how much that means to me. I've been involved in other hobbies where people guarded their secrets like old hermits and every tidbit was gained through personal experience. It makes all of this so much more enjoyable to have a group of great people that are so willing to answer questions and offer suggestions. ...
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But you see, it isn't about being generous with knowledge, it's about finding someone to listen to us go on and on about the minutiae of our knives and their history. :D Most of my friends' eyes start to glaze over if I start discussing the difference between a sheepsfoot and a wharncliffe, for example.:p

Very nice of you to do this giveaway, and Not An Entry.
 
Thank you all for the kind comments. There are a lot of people posting here that I respect a great deal. At times I feel as though I'm a child attempting to join an adult's conversation. It's been very reaffirming to read the kind remarks, and to hear that I've contributed in some small way.

r8shell said:
But you see, it isn't about being generous with knowledge, it's about finding someone to listen to us go on and on about the minutiae of our knives and their history. :D Most of my friends' eyes start to glaze over if I start discussing the difference between a sheepsfoot and a wharncliffe, for example.:p
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This actually made me laugh out loud. This hit so close to home for me. It usually happens when my wife and I are driving and she'll show the slightest interest in a knife and the next thing I know it's ten minutes later and I realize I've been talking about knives the whole time. I'll look over and she'll be struggling so hard to stay involved, but that glazed look has washed over her face and I know that she's been somewhere else for a while now. It sure is nice to have a place to come and talk about knives without having to put somebody into a coma. :p
 
Cory Hess said:
This actually made me laugh out loud. This hit so close to home for me. It usually happens when my wife and I are driving and she'll show the slightest interest in a knife and the next thing I know it's ten minutes later and I realize I've been talking about knives the whole time. I'll look over and she'll be struggling so hard to stay involved, but that glazed look has washed over her face and I know that she's been somewhere else for a while now. It sure is nice to have a place to come and talk about knives without having to put somebody into a coma. :p
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My wife really appreciated this exchange. She tries hard, but she really doesn't care about knives. At all. Thankfully, there is Blade Forums.
 
Hi!

Very generous GAW. That knife is gorgeous! I'm a very recent member. I had lurked around the forum to look at the knives for some time now. Decided it was time to participate, too. Traditional folders and SAKs are my favourite knives. Most of my posts have been about them. You can say I'm a regular here, since almost half of my posts are here...

I've been "colecting" knives ever since I can remember. Always liked to have a small pocket knife to take care of small tasks or just to play with. I got into more seriously colecting in the last 4 or 5 years. Hey, a guy has to spend the money he saves from stopping smoking, right?

If I'm still to new to enter, that's ok. I intend to stick around and there will be other oportunities, I'm sure.


Cheers!
 
Cory Hess said:
Thank you all for the kind comments. There are a lot of people posting here that I respect a great deal. At times I feel as though I'm a child attempting to join an adult's conversation. It's been very reaffirming to read the kind remarks, and to hear that I've contributed in some small way.



This actually made me laugh out loud. This hit so close to home for me. It usually happens when my wife and I are driving and she'll show the slightest interest in a knife and the next thing I know it's ten minutes later and I realize I've been talking about knives the whole time. I'll look over and she'll be struggling so hard to stay involved, but that glazed look has washed over her face and I know that she's been somewhere else for a while now. It sure is nice to have a place to come and talk about knives without having to put somebody into a coma. :p
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YES this is crushingly and refreshingly true! :D:thumbup: As Rachel points out, most of our friends and connexions simply don't HAVE the flame, here in the Forum we are very much in your national motto 'e pluribus unum' But outside the Forum, it's a wilderness out there for those of us seeking knife enlightenment, or 'Knirvarna':cool:

Thanks and in appreciation, Will
 
Cory, I hope you enjoy your upcoming 1 year anniversary. Thank you for sharing with us over the past year.
I've been around for six decades, plus. Ones life and situations continue to change and evolve through life. So has my collecting of sharp objects. I've been really collecting for the last ten years. I have more disposable income now that I have raised my daughters.

Tom
 
Congrats on your 1 year anniversary Cory! I always enjoy your posts because they're actually substanative. I've been into the knife hobby for about 5-6 years. First, camp/bushcraft type stuff, then into Moderns & EDC, and then started in with traditionals only about a year and a half ago. I still enjoy them all. Thanks for doing this GAW and please count me in!
 
Wow what a great little knife!

I do a whole lot more lurkinf than posting around here but I have been collecting knives since I was about seven years old when I got my first Swiss Army knife, about 18 years ago. I have always been intrigued by them. My collection is much different than it was a couple of years ago. Sold off almost all of my moderns, keeping a few that either were not made anymore or had sentimental value of some kind. Pretty much have been carrying traditional exclusively for a couple of years nowm

Thanks for the opportunity!
 
Not sure if I qualify but that is a beautiful knife I got my first knife when I was 6 or 7 I don't consider myself a collector but I have owned many knives now I just own what I use.
 
Congrats on the 1 year! I am brand new user and after lurking about with interest in the "tactical" knife I sort of just, fell in love with a slip joint. Dunno how it happened, just woke up one morning and bought a Case Sod Buster in CV without a second thought. I've been collecting knives for about 3 months now, but I have a feeling I'm going to be adding some more Old Timey knives!
 
I agree, this is a great place to hang out. I would like to enter this, that's an awesome knife. I've been collecting traditionals for about 3 years, but have been given them by family my whole life.
 
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