First knife Purchase

oldmanwilly said:
The first knife I remember buying was some little combination switchblade and lighter i got from some schuyster at a county fair when I was 10. I think I paid $10. It was a cheap POS, but it was the coolest thing ever. For a few weeks at least. I might actually still have it somewhere.
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Those county fairs and gun show boothsnare always the worst. Im always amazed by the ammount of vendors at the local rodeos trying to sell me add ons for my gutters. I always tell them the 80 mph wind days here create a self cleaning gutter effect.
 
I had a variety of hand me downs, etc., through my childhood, but the first knife I remember buying on my own was in the 1980s and was a small Old Timer from the local hardware store. Don’t remember the model but it was a small two-tone brownish-red synthetic handle with a single drop point blade. Prob not over 3in in length.
 
Honestly don't remember. But knowing me it was out of a jar at a hardware store or gas station.

I kind of remembered a jar of craftsman small stockman knives on the counter at sears paint section. I remember fat kevin Curry beating me up and it was on of the items I lost.

Years later I heard he set himself on fire putting shingles on a roof when he crossed power lines. I wonder if the knife was in his pocket.
 
Growing up in the 80’s, all my knives were given to me by my dad and they were all slip joints or lockback. With the exception of an Old Timer and Boker, they were all Case knives. The first knife I remember buying for myself was either a Boker Kalashnikov auto, Benchmade Griptilian, or Spyderco Delica. Those are definitely the first 3 I bought for myself but I can’t remember the exact order.
 
These are awesome stories.

I was 7 when I finally convinced my parents to buy me my first. Christmas 1991 was a good year. I don’t know how/why they thought it was a good idea, but I was super excited. Unfortunately, I no longer have it; lost it somewhere along the way. Though I currently do not own a Gerber, I still have a soft spot for them. I believe this is the exact model, if not, it’s very similar.


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I had a Boy Scout knife given to me by my parents and carried it through high school. The first knife I bought myself was a Gerber in 1983 after I graduated Navy boot camp. It was not expensive and I don'trememberthe model. It was similar to the one J Jabrni posted. The first expensive knife I bought was a Gerber Folding Hunter when I got to my ship in Little Creek VA. I paid almost $70 USD in 1984. I still have it and have retired it.
 
My first knife was some sort of imitation SAK with a fork and spoon, purchased while in the boy scouts. The next knife was fixed blade made by Western, Boulder,Co, my father bought two one for himself and one for me. I left mine with when I left home, sadly when he passed I found them one was very rusted and pitted and the other was beat up by a bad sharpening attempt by him. Still have the beat up in a drawer. What I consider as my first real knife purchase I did by myself was this Puma General, that I still have in my collection.
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The first knife that I can recall buying with my own money was an Old Timer medium stockman at K-Mart around 94-95. It's long gone, but the lessons learned from it are still fresh in my mind.
 
Landshark99 said:
My first knife was some sort of imitation SAK with a fork and spoon, purchased while in the boy scouts. The next knife was fixed blade made by Western, Boulder,Co, my father bought two one for himself and one for me. I left mine with when I left home, sadly when he passed I found them one was very rusted and pitted and the other was beat up by a bad sharpening attempt by him. Still have the beat up in a drawer. What I consider as my first real knife purchase I did by myself was this Puma General, that I still have in my collection.
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There is a chemical available at harbor freight that safely removes rust. A soak in water saturated with the cleaning agent bar keepers friend does the same thing.
 
David Mary said:
I think so.



I doubt it. I made an EDC size seax, as one of a number of options in a recent sale I posted. It is the only one that didn't sell. It's not quite the EDC cleaver style, but close I think. I know it's not folding, but I think I can still speak on the design itself.

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I claimed it for myself, and put it to work today. It's a fine wharncliffe for box making, but a standard wharncliffe blade would be a little more intuitive and natural for this task. I made this one not because I think the design is a leading design, but because I believe there is someone out there who might like this exact design over another. But since all the other knives sold first, it gave me a chance to dig into this one and see what more I can learn. And so far the design is serviceable, but again not my first choice for ... anything.

I'm using it with a fob by the way. All those knives went out with fobs (or technically, will go out, as Canada Post postponed their mail pickup in my neighbourhood due to snow), since it was what I had in mind when I first chose the size of the handle and blade.
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JJ_Colt45 said:
The 110 fit my hand rather well. It is quite hefty, but in the belt sheath they come with I never thought about it.
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The 110 is the first knife I bought in a store.

I remember buying an old scout knife at a yard sale. I was super excited about it, until I peeled the price sticker off and there was a Girls Scouts emblem hidden under it! I have no recollection what happened to it after that.

Back to the Buck 110. I always appreciated the heft, it is one heck of a striking weapon/tool. I’ve smashed through car windows and sheet rock with ease
 
The first knife I got was from a gunshow with my dad. It had to have been around 6 inches in blade length, a fixed blade. Leather wrapped handle, compass on the butt of the knife (the compass fell out eventually). Bowie style blade.

No idea what it was or what he paid for it, undoubtably it had to be some Pakistani made knife. No name on it.



Anyway, I lived in Oahu, Hawaii and I used it almost exclusively to kill large centipedes that got into the home. It was quite effective at the job, and centipedes appeared in the house more often than you would think. No idea what happened to that knife. I think I had to leave it behind in one of my many moves.
 
dmattaponi said:
I had a variety of hand me downs, etc., through my childhood, but the first knife I remember buying on my own was in the 1980s and was a small Old Timer from the local hardware store. Don’t remember the model but it was a small two-tone brownish-red synthetic handle with a single drop point blade. Prob not over 3in in length.
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I really wonder how we went from these and $40 jigged bone case mini trappers to every single blade locking knife being $300 now. Its crazy to think my case mini trapper for $40 has outlived 4 $200+ compression lock and flick hole knives that the warranty never seems to fix these days.
 
eveled said:
The 110 is the first knife I bought in a store.

I remember buying an old scout knife at a yard sale. I was super excited about it, until I peeled the price sticker off and there was a Girls Scouts emblem hidden under it! I have no recollection what happened to it after that.

Back to the Buck 110. I always appreciated the heft, it is one heck of a striking weapon/tool. I’ve smashed through car windows and sheet rock with ease
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You were really ahead of your time with your scouts of america there.
 
Jabrni said:
These are awesome stories.

I was 7 when I finally convinced my parents to buy me my first. Christmas 1991 was a good year. I don’t know how/why they thought it was a good idea, but I was super excited. Unfortunately, I no longer have it; lost it somewhere along the way. Though I currently do not own a Gerber, I still have a soft spot for them. I believe this is the exact model, if not, it’s very similar.


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I remember when they were the Gerber 400.
 
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