Gone Gold Giveaway! WINNER IS KLINEH!

[silenthunterstudios]

I'm Gold again! Also, I picked up an elusive Cold Steel Ozark Hunter last week, the knife that brought me to Bladeforums.

Time for a giveaway to show my gratitude to all the great people here. I've been blessed to meet and become good friends with a great many people. I've also been blessed to become friends with a great many here through just the forums. I cannot begin to repay all of the knowledge shared here, or thank you enough for bearing with me when I ask 20000 questions.

Okay, on to the GAW. I have a well used but in good shape Boker large two blade jack. I'm out right now, I will post pics of it later. It's an oldun but goodun. The blade has been sharpened down a little. I will hold this until July 4th, and will choose the winner by a random number generator.

This is open to the regulars in Traditional. Your post # is your entry. I would like to see a pic of a knife that best shows your heritage. Doesn't have to be your ancestors home country, maybe a regional knife. If you're from a long line of cowpunchers or boat workers, let's see your stockmans or marlinspikes.

This is open to all members worldwide. However, if it gets lost once it leaves the USPS system, I am not responsible. Sorry but thems the breaks.

 

[combatjiujitsu]

My Grandfather carried one. My Dad Carries one. I carry one. About as heritage as I get. Thanks for the giveaway would love a shot at the Barlow.

 

[klineh]

I come from a line of aviators. My grandfather and father both carried SAKs of one sort or another. My first knife was a black Victorinox Spartan my dad brought home for me after a business trip to Switzerland (not sure what a 6 year old needs a corkscrew for! ). The original is long gone, probably buried out in the woods I used to tromp around in everyday. My replacement stays with me on my keyring at all times. It's the knife that began my fascination with slipjoints and cutlery in general. And 20 years later the corkscrew does get used every now and then

Thanks so much for the opportunity, I'm excited to see the pictures of what it is I'm entering a chance at (it sounds promising!)

Jon

 

[pipedreams308]

I come from a long line of hunters. My last name is Hunter, as a matter of fact. Thanks for the chance!

 

[waynorth]

Not an entry, but a thank you for continuing the tradition here! That's a nice old Jack knife!!

 

[knarfeng]

Not an entry.

This is as close as I could come to a knife that shows my heritage:

I come from a line of engineers.
My cousin and I are both aerospace engineers.
My uncle was an engineer for Colt.
Grandfather was a chemical engineer.
Great grandfather and his brother were surveyors for the Railroad in the middle of the 19th century.

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Not an entry

The only stockman I have and use

Mike

 

[pmew]

My family have spread far and wide and we have all gone in very different career directions. However, my grandparents on my mothers side spent their lives in Sheffield (when they were not working overseas) where my grandmother still lives today. She gave me this one when I was 10 and I could barely open the blades at the time. It is not THE first I ever received but one of them. It is the one I used most as a youngster and it has been abused shockingly. Yet it still looks remarkably fresh and anyone who has one will attest to how bomb proof they are.


Welcome back to Gold, thanks for the opportunity.
Paul

 

[SubSpace]

Thanks for the chance!

My heritage is the two blade jack. Grandpa grew up on a farm, the son of German immigrants. Later in life he became an archaeologist and lecturer, but he was also a soldier, a hunter, a craftsman. He built his own home. Made clocks in his spare time. And the Case was the only knife I ever saw him use.

 

[Jack Black]

Congratulations on regaining gold Dan

That's a lovely knife, and as you know two-blade Jacks are right up my street, but as I already have a two blade Jack (a GEC Boy's Knife no less) on its way to me from you - and as I wouldn't want to have you go through the stress of another long postal delay - this is not an entry my friend, you've been generous enough to me Thanks for another great act of kindness Dan, and good luck to everyone who enters :thumbup:

As a Sheffield lad (I know, bit of a surprise! ), I've no shortage of cutlery heritage to choose from, but I'm going to post up a pic of this 19th Century Abram Brooksbank - We've both seen better days!

 

[Coonskinner]

The rough looking Bowie in the picture was forged by my cousin from an old buggy spring found at the sight of my great grandpa's blacksmith shop.

My Granny remembers when he picked up that pair of buggy springs.

An old hobo driving a buggy pulled by an emaciated old horse was camped in their pasture, and the horse died.

She said the old horse died in the night, and the next morning he set the buggy on fire and walked away carrying a pack.

 

[Parke1]

From one Dan to another, congrats on the Gold upgrade and especially on finding your Ozark Hunter!

My heritage picture:

My Grandpa's one and only pocket knife for roughly 60 years is on the left, and the spear point version that I bought to carry is on the right. My dad carries a Case Peanut that I gifted him. My Grandpa and Dad both taught me to keep and use tools that are simple and effective.

Thanks for the chance, Dan. That Boker is a nice looking workhorse!
-Dan

 

[glennbad]

Thanks for the chance!

I would have to say the good old TL-29.





These were standard issue in the military, and with myself, my brother, and father having served in the USAF, and both my sisters served in the Army, we saw a lot of those TL-29's...

 

[Mink]

Well for me, this one was passed down from my father. A Buck 112 that he cut fingers grooves into. It had a shortened blade from where the tip had been broke before. I sent it to Buck for a fluff and buff with a blade replacement. Also had the sheath made for it.

I'm in.

 

[TLARbb]

This Schrade 34OT that belonged to my Dad represents my knife "roots" so to speak. My Dad and my uncle both carried Old Time stockman knives; I don't remember ever seeing one of them with a Case or Queen or any other brand. I don't carry this one much because I can't bear to think of losing it somehow; it's a bond between Dad and me.

Ed J

 

[triggahappy28]

I have a deer foot handled swinguard from my grandfathers grandmother! Buts its back home... and I wont be back for another 2 months or so

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Random.org says that the winner is...........................









Result: 3, that's klineh! Please send me your address, I will get this old gal shipped out to you tomorrow. Thanks everyone, I really like seeing the old knives, new knives, but most importantly, knives and patterns with some important deep family meaning to you.

 

[LeatherMan64]

Congrats dan and klineh!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Great giveaway. That equal end jack would be a great edition to any edc lineup.

Congrats to the winner!

 

[klineh]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I just came in from a peaceful evening cooking out over an open fire in the backyard to find out I've won this beauty! Glorious Independence Day indeed.

Thank you so much Dan! Can't wait, and I'll definitely put up some pics when it arrives!

Jon