Knives you will never part with?

RevDevil said:
I will never part with a knife that someone has gifted me, family, friends, etc. If someone thinks enough of me to give me a gift like that, I would never just sell it, it would seem wrong to me.
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Totally agree, Rev. Not only wouldn't I sell it, but I won't mod it either.

Great thread topic, CM. I'll have to give the rest of my blades some thought--way too many come to mind off the bat.
 
That would be my old Uncle Henry stockman that I bought in 1970. It's the first knife that I paid over $15 for & I carried it exclusively for over 30 years. Over the years, the main blade has been sharpened to the point where the tip rides above the stag handles when closed. It's retired now & will be handed down to my son.
 
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A gift from my fiancé, personalized and it's been in my pocket for some rather important events in my life since getting it. I'd probably sell every other knife I own before this one, if then.
 



This knife was carried by a friend of mine name Bill. Bill's family owned a large diary farm in Lime Kiln, Maryland, and Bill grew up on that farm. Durring WW2, they used some POW labor from a POW camp in the Hagerstown area, and one of the German POW's was an older man that had worked in the cutlery trade in Solingen, Germany. This was about 1943-44, and Bill was in his late teens at this time. Like most farms, there was a blacksmith shop on the farm and Bill was already making some knives at this point, and the German POW asked Bill if he would like to make a folder to fit in his pocket. This led to a teaching from the POW to Bill on how to make a folder. They used a piece of crowned stag Bill had, a small file and a piece of spring steel for the back spring. The Geerman POW was named Albert Wurtz, and Bill's full name was William F. Moran. Bill grew up t be a heck of a blade smith, but he carried this knife right up to the 1980's when fell in love with an original Bertram made Hen and Rooster stockman.

Bill gifted me this knife one day after we had been to an archery three-D event. I carry it now and then, treat it gently, and will have it until the day I die to remember an old friend. The well used Meerschaum pipe was Bill's favorite pipe and was in his effects when he passed away in 2006. That pipe and pocket knife both were carried by Bill for some 40 years. About 1/3 the knife blade width is missing from all those years of use and sharpening.
 
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As of now at least, the two that stand out the most for me would be my very first plain ol' black/satin S30V Paramilitary 2, just because it was my first higher quality knife.

The next would be my Doug Ritter M390/orange handled mini grip, since they're no longer made and I'm kind of in love with it, haha.

I could probably sell off the rest of my collection(save for my Norlund tomahawk) and try to get some newer/different blades, but those two I'd keep.
 
My Vallotton Sebenza...the knife has the same birthday as me, and my wife had Butch convert it to a D/A for my birthday a couple years after I got it (very sentimental, and very hard to find these days).






~Chip
 
My Camillus 1967 Cub Scout knife, recently restored by the artists at Rock USA Cutlery in Camillus NY. They have ties to the Camillus factory.

Although multi tools rather than knives, I wouldn't part with my 1996 Micra or my 2000 PST.

Everything else is potentially replaceable.
 
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I have a Les George VECP that I used to cut my 3rd child's umbilical cord. I will never get rid of it.

I also dont think I will ever part with my spyderco Militarys. They are just too perfect for me. It will take a seriously high performance design to top the Military
 
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Charlie Mike said:
If I've been given a knife but don't see myself ever using it, I'll give it to someone who will.
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That's what i do too. Ill usually use/wear it around them a couple times first to kind of let them know its appreciated.
But the only knife i will never get rid of is a Spyderco Harpy that my oldest brother gave me(my first knife). He gave my other brother one too at the same time, so its a cool momento of that brotherly relationship and of childhood.
And not to derail too far, but my grandfather's canteen from ww2 and a NNA mini revolver my family pitched in together for my 30th are the other things I'll hold on too.
Cool vid and kudos to D.R. company for the passion and commitment to people and not just the $.
 
jackknife said:



This knife was carried by a friend of mine name Bill. Bill's family owned a large diary farm in Lime Kiln, Maryland, and Bill grew up on that farm. Durring WW2, they used some POW labor from a POW camp in the Hagerstown area, and one of the German POW's was an older man that had worked in the cutlery trade in Solingen, Germany. This was about 1943-44, and Bill was in his late teens at this time. Like most farms, there was a blacksmith shop on the farm and Bill was already making some knives at this point, and the German POW asked Bill if he would like to make a folder to fit in his pocket. This led to a teaching from the POW to Bill on how to make a folder. They used a piece of crowned stag Bill had, a small file and a piece of spring steel for the back spring. The Geerman POW was named Albert Wurtz, and Bill's full name was William F. Moran. Bill grew up t be a heck of a blade smith, but he carried this knife right up to the 1980's when fell in love with an original Bertram made Hen and Rooster stockman.

Bill gifted me this knife one day after we had been to an archery three-D event. I carry it now and then, treat it gently, and will have it until the day I die to remember an old friend. The well used Meerschaum pipe was Bill's favorite pipe and was in his effects when he passed away in 2006. That pipe and pocket knife both were carried by Bill for some 40 years. About 1/3 the knife blade width is missing from all those years of use and sharpening.
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What a great story.
I firmly believe that a knife with a good story behind it is much more interesting than just a knife alone. Even a plain, basic folder with a story is more fun than a hi-tech modern work of art. At least to me.

I have my fathers M3 trench knife and his Western brand FB hunting knife. Both of those will be passed on to my daughter when I die.
 
Really, while I have knives with sentimental value, in extreme need, I imagine they would go first before major bills go unpaid.
 
There is one more, mainly because the chances of me ever getting another titanium turbine blade for Mecha to pound on slim to none... basically it's made of Unobtainium (GE's cracked out proprietary alloy, I heard from a little birdie that GE charges the gov't $10k apiece for these blades) ;)

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~Chip
 
Never been given a knife nor had one passed down, so, none of mine haven sentimental attachments. Can't really think of any I would not let loose given the right circumstance. I know which would be my last to get rid of though - my ZT 920 probably. None of my knives are anything super special though. Maybe someday one like that will come my way. don't even have a favorite to carry. Have not found it yet.
 
My beautiful, sweethearted wife bought me a serrated CRKT for father's day last year.

Me being a bit of a knife snob, and honest husband, I told her to take it back because I didn't like it. It was a nice flipper and I liked the overall design (fossil I think) but it didn't really suit my usual purchases and I wanted to replace the SAK that she had gifted me that I had lost. (Stolen)

She wasn't offended because I hinted that I wanted to replace the SAK. I ended up getting it and I lost it, and now on my third.

I should have kept the knife that she had given me for the sentiment. At the time I thought I was making the right decision cuz I didn't care for it.

Couple of knives I'd never part with..

Spyderco caly 3. It was my first knife, and the one that turned me into a knife nut.

Hinderer XM18 slicer. My first Hinderer, and the only one I kept. It was one of the the first big money knives I bought for myself.
 
I'll never part with this A.G. Russell that my wife purchased for me as a birthday present at Solvang Knives while on our honeymoon road trip:

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It's made in Seki City, and the fit and finish is phenomenal. But I haven't been able to track down any more information on it yet. It must be old because I've been religiously reading A.G. Russell's catalog since I was a kid (mid-90s) and have never seen this model before. You grip and rotate the checkered pivot to open and close the knife. The back side is identical to the front side (save for the blade stamp at the ricasso).

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Except knives gifted from someone like daddy or granddaddy or those of important anniversary memory, which I have maybe only one of, I do not see any of my knives that I cannot part with in the future. Sure, I like very much most of my current knives. But I can not guaranttee that remains the case 10 years away.
 
Knives you will never part with?
I hate cheep steel
I hate most stainless steel
I especially hate cheep stainless steel
I hate serrated edges
The only thing worse than a cheep steel blade that is stainless is
a cheep steel blade that is stainless AND serrated
I have given up carrying fixed blades I intend to use for food prep; tired of washing the sheaths out.

So . . . what is it ?
This one . . . no not the Cold Steel Mini Tuff Lite, great though it is. The one below it. My sandwich goop spreader.

It is a fixed blade that I use for food prep made of cheep, stainless steel that is serrated.
Ironical isn't it ?
 
I've been given and inherited many cool things. When my grandfather (father's side) left me his guns in his will, I was shocked. I was 17. Several have stories to them, one of which belonged to my great grandfather. I will never sell them.

His brother gave me a Wenger Nomad for my 8th birthday. I recently lost it, and am still devastated. They didn't make many nomads, and they are very hard to find.

I'm a very sentimental person, and gifts seriously.
 
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