GAW time - Winner announced!

[mitch13]

Time for me to pass on some luck. I thought about what would appeal. So I went with Victorinox electrician great knife, still not that common in Australia. For those that have not had an Alox sak before the textured grip great for using.

To enter
Be a regular poster on the porch. Post a picture of 1 of your favourite user traditionals & tell us something about where you live. I always tell my kids I have friends around the world. I find it very interesting to learn about where you all live. If you don't want to share where you live just a picture is fine
I will assign you your post number for the draw.
It is 10.35am Thursday 20/10/22, as I will leave it open till Friday 28/10/22 lunch time my time.
Good luck.
I will start I live in a suburb of the city of Newcastle Australia. I actually live closer to Lake Macquarie, which is the biggest salt lake in the southern hemisphere 4 times the size of Sydney harbour so they reckon. About 25 minutes away from Newcastle beaches and harbour, although gentrified these days. Newcastle is 1 of the biggest coal ports in the world. Newcastle is known as the gateway to the Hunter Vallley about an hour away, which is known for Vineyards, mining & these days horse studs.

 

[CelloDan]

Great knife and generous GAW
Not an entry for me as I won the same knife 3 years ago in JohnDF gaw ( being nominated by Prester John )
I still remember how totally thrilled I was when my name came up on the draw

I live by the shores of the Saint Lawrence in eastern Ontario.
I love being close to the water
The mere thought of one day having to move away from the water’s edge gives me anxiety lol

The day I opened the GAW mail

Recent pic with my Pioneer X

 

[black mamba]

Great knife, but as I have several already not an entry. One of my favorite users is my 2020 Viper Bladeforums swayback, shown here with another well used Cadet.

We are in SW Florida, recent victims of hurricane Ian. Still cleaning up and dumping trash, but the end is now in sight.

 

[sf fanatic]

First, thanks for doing this! I to have one as well so this is not an entry. That being said, I live in the south western part of the city. Some call it the Ingelside others call it the Lakeview district. From my bedroom window you can see the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate (not the bridge but the entrance into San Francisco Bay which is what the bridge is named for) on a clear day. IMHO it is one of the most beautiful places to live in the world. Here’s a pic taken at sunset from my bedroom window.
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[redsparrow]

Generous GAW, great knife! Thanks for the opportunity to own one once again. Mine came up missing several months ago.

As one who enjoys walks in the woods I am fortunate to live near a large recreation area in Michigan. It encompasses over 21,000 acres (85 km 2) of forest, lakes and wetlands.

Frequent visits may be one of the best stress reliever.

 

[JM2]

I live in Kentucky. I’d appreciate a chance to win this. Thanks for the GAW. I had one when I was a kid and sliced my finger badly. I swapped it off sometime later and regretted it for 20 years now.

Here’s part of my front yard with Merle. You can see the rolling hills. I live in a holler. This is right side of the driveway.

https://imgur.com/SnTkFMa

Here is left of the drive but same vantage.

https://imgur.com/wdD086N

It looks secluded but there are neighbors all around except in the back. When the trees are bare you can see three houses about 250y away.


Here’s my favorite knife and a 4 leaf clover in my yard.

https://imgur.com/qMe01W0

 

[JM2]

First, thanks for doing this! I to have one as well so this is not an entry. That being said, I live in the south western part of the city. Some call it the Ingelside others call it the Lakeview district. From my bedroom window you can see the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate (not the bridge but the entrance into San Francisco Bay which is what the bridge is named for) on a clear day. IMHO it is one of the most beautiful places to live in the world. Here’s a pic taken at sunset from my bedroom window.
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Too many other folks to suit me. But I tell ya it’s a pretty view. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JM2]

Here’s what a razor sharp electrician (main blade) will do to a finger. I was about 14.

https://imgur.com/lTyH3Jh

 

[Ernie1980]

Not an entry- I have that excellent knife already!

I don’t have a single favorite knife,
but I went with one that gets picked up frequently because of its two carbon steel blades a light weight.


I live in a small Texas town between Houston and Austin. There are lots of cats in our neighborhood because someone down the street moved out a couple years back and left about 20!!!
We feed several of them, they are tame and my kids play with them. One of them decided to pose for a picture the other day! I have a seasonal garden, it is empty right now but will have a variety of veggies in the spring.
Here is my family- I had to piece together two pictures because I don’t have one of all of us!
I am the same way as you- I have friends all over the world thanks to our forum

 

[Let'er Buck]

I live in the mountain west region of the United States. Wyoming, Utah, Idaho region if you are familiar. Comparative to much of the rest of the nation this area has lower population numbers especially in non urbanized areas. For Wyoming specifically it is the 10th largest state in the nation at just under 100,000 square miles but it is lowest in population with about 580,000. Makes it a great place for raising livestock. Northern Utah has become very urbanized in the last several decades but there is still some great national parks and mountain ranges that you can get away to. Still a good amount of public land in all states I would argue but some would debate.

 

[AdamFuzzyballs]

Awesome knife and giveaway. I live on the Texas/ Arkansas border. It’s hot, humid, and right in the middle between multiple major cities hours on either side. Going into Arkansas, you’ll hit “mountains” (more like hills). Going into Texas, you’ll hit hundreds of miles of flat. Going south, you’ll hit swamps.

All of them full of mosquitoes

 

[abcdef]

I have several aloxes (plural/sp). Otherwise, I would definitely enter.

 

[abbydaddy]

I know that I should pass (I've had more than my share of good luck here), but I just find that SAK electrician too enticing. I'm in.

I live in the southern end of the Willamette Valley in Oregon. For thousands of years the Kalapuyan peoples (13 different languages/dialects) lived in the valley and they managed the landscape primarily through annual burning to produce an Oak Savanna/Prairie environment that provided an abundance of camas, acorns, and tarweed (Indian wheat). The Kalapuyans pushed back the Douglas Fir to the surrounding mountains, and managed almost all of the roughly 150-mile-long, 20-mile-wide, valley floor. Long before the Oregon Trail began bringing large numbers of white settlers to the Willamette Valley, waves of introduced disease swept into the valley. In the 1780s (after at least one major pandemic had already passed through), the first recorded population estimate for the Kalapuyans was roughly 16,000 (and that was a conservative guess). A catastrophic series of waves of Smallpox, Influenza, and other plagues devastated the valley, and by 1849, there were only 600 Kalapuya left in the Valley. When white settlers began coming into the Valley in large numbers in 1847 they found a mostly empty valley ready for the plow and prime pasturage. The settlers, understandably, thought that God had created this "wilderness" that was naturally primed for farming, never recognizing the fact that the entire landscape was managed. Today more than 95% of the Willamette Valley oak savanna is gone, and much of the valley floor and low hills have been reclaimed by Douglas fir forests. My father and I bought a small vineyard with a couple dozen acres of woodland, and we had the Douglas fir logged off to restore the oak woodlands. Historic aerial photographs show that as recently as the 1950s our part of the valley was still almost all oak savanna, and we still had extensive oak on our property, now we are doing our little bit to bring those old oak woodlands back.

All that text is just to say that if there was a heaven for me, it would look like the oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley in autumn:

And my favorite two traditional carries are right here:

 

[JTB_5]

Great giveaway! I have never owned the electrician SAK so it would be a treat to win. I live in the Florida panhandle. We have gorgeous beaches and lovely wildlife. The nearest larger city is Pensacola, which has been occupied by five different nations in its history and has two old naval forts and a naval air museum. But the beaches are the best, hands down. I like all my knives, but the best I own are made by Mike Moran. Thanks for the giveaway!

 

[cbach8tw]

Not an entry, but thanks for the opportunity, love seeing and hearing where people people live and some cool knives. live in Virginia, and we are near beaches, mountains, Shenandoah valley, parks all within two hours or so, and we can get to Maryland or Pennsylvania soon too. Just gets muggy in summer. My Alox Pioneer I use often, and now I have a Pioneer X thst needs some action, plus I use my Sabot knives too.

 

[Jack Black]

Great knife, one of my favourite SAKs A generous giveaway mate Not an entry from me please, just wanted to say thanks, and to wish others Good Luck

I was born in Sheffield in Yorkshire, England, but for the past 20 years, I've lived in Leeds, another Yorkshire city, about twice the size of Sheffield. I live in a friendly, multicultural, working-class area, in a house that was built by Sir Walter Scott, on a broad tree-lined avenue, rich in history, and with great neighbours. Despite not being far from the city, there is lots of wildlife here, and I can get out into the countryside very easily. Leeds is England's fourth largest city, a bit full of itself by Yorkshire standards, but there are plenty of down to earth folks too. Unlike Sheffield, it escaped heavy bombing during WW2, and since there's always been a lot of money here, the city has some beautiful architecture

 

[rishma]

Ah, a knife a long admired bit never pulled the trigger on. I am in! I lost my much used pioneer, which was a steady companion while doing the demo after hurricane Harvey flooded our house. I hope it was found by someone who appreciates it.

I have lived all over the USA, currently in Southern California. It’s a beautiful, but crowded area after getting used to more open spaces for years.

 

[waverave]

Great GAW This is not an entry but I felt compelled to say thank you and contribute because this is very similar to the first GAW I hosted here. It was something that allowed me to get to know the community and I always appreciated it. Also, one of the first gifts I received here was a Vic
I live out west in California in the epicenter of Silicon Valley. Googleland, Appletown, and Facebookville are all nearby I endure costs and hardships here that most other states don't provide. However, I remain here because it does provide me access to some of the most beautiful places on the planet. The Pacific coast, the redwood groves, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite...to name a few.


Lake Tahoe


El Capitan (way bigger than it looks)


Random cabin near Yosemite


Crabbing at Baker Beach


And endless miles of amazing roads (not the road in this photo though!)


Cheers!

 

[mitch13]

Great pics, Thankyou you for sharing.
hope to see more

 

[Henry Beige]

Not an entry. There is an Electrician in my pocket every day. A few months ago, I lost it (it happens). I tried the Swiss Army Seven as a replacement, to see how I would like the curved pruner blade. I liked the knife fine, but the three layers made it a bit of a lump in my pocket, so I went for another Electrician. Sure enough, about four days after the new knife came, my original Electrician surfaced, in the pocket of a coat I hadn’t worn for a while. So now I have a spare, which will probably end up in the hands of my grandson.

Thanks for a well-selected giveaway. The Electrician is a great knife.