Mucho Gracias

I'm in, thanks for the GAW!

My "family" knife would have to be a fairly old Case jackknife my grandpa gave me for Christmas. He had used it some, but it's in excellent condition and rides in my poket every day. It also still has an intact tip unlike many of his other knives, he likes to get them broken off to use as a flathead screwdriver. :o
 
Well, it's been over 24 hours since this thread has been posted in, so I went ahead and drew a random number. It came up #11, so Steely_Gunz is our winner!! PM will be incoming shortly to get your shipping info. Congrats to Jake and thank you all for posting.
 
Good folks here! Great gesture with the GAW. Please do not include me as I'd like to give someone else the chance.
 
Cool GAW, Cory; thanks for your generosity! I'm surprised more folks weren't in for a chance at that classic 8 OT. :confused:

Congratulations, Jake; I hope you enjoy the Old Timer. I read your story about you, for dad, and your daughter again; super! I also noticed that you mentioned you dabbled in leatherwork. Maybe you could post pics of some of your stuff sometime. I love seeing the results of skills/talents people have here. (And I'm trying to get up the nerve to try to make myself a little sheath or belt pouch or something. Still might drive over to Tandy Leather this afternoon and look around at some of their tools. :))

- GT
 
Thank you so much for the contest, Cory. Truth be told, I wasn't even thinking about my post as an entry. I just get sentimental when it comes to stories and dads and their kids and the knives that bond them in even the most mundane of ways and start to babble. The fellas around the HI boards will attest that I am not one who is short on words when I get to rambling:o

I appreciate it, and will cherish the Old Timer. I find that I gravitate toward a three bladed work knife, and one of my EDC is a Stockman. A little TLC should clean the old Schrade up nicely:)

Who knows, maybe my little girl will end up with my Case or even this Old Timer one day. She's only 4 and a half and knows not to touch anything sharp, but I have been teaching her that if I say it is OK that she can go get me my pocket knife if I asked her to. Of course, it has to remain closed (she doesn't have the nails or finger strength to open any of my slippies anyway) and she can't touch it when it's open. However, I let her old my chestnut Stockman that my wife got me for Christmas, and her eyes lit up. She snapped out of her big grinning stupor and looked up at me with the most serious look, "Only when it's closed. I'm not going to touch anything sharp when it's open and can cut me." She nodded to herself then handed the knife back to me, but she watched me slide it into my watch pocket of my jeans.

It's funny how even the littlest grown up thing, like handing Dad his pocket knife, can be such a big deal to a kid.


But I digress: What I really wanted to say is that I am both warmed and humbled by the generosity of this Traditional forum. I tend to gravitate toward the Himalayan Import boards, but it is safe to say that you fine folks are cut from the same cloth as those great guys and gals. I am truly thankful. I WILL be paying the kindness given forward in the future once I find something suitable for a give away.

As for the leatherbending, I dabble just enough to be dangerous:) I certainly don't have the skill of some of talented people around BFC. However, you can get started for just a small investment. My late father in law actually bought me most of my first tools for Christmas about a decade ago. Just some groovers and punches and some needles and some rivets and some sheers. He probably spent $70 on all of it, but most of it I could do without even if it does make the work a tad easier. I say give it a try if a Tandy is nearby. They are generally really nice folks there with everything you need on hand to get started.

Thanks again for the contest:)
 
Great story about your daughter. My daughter has a similar interest in knives, though she's a little older at 7. She has a knife that's "hers". It's a little 18OT that she gets to use when we go camping or are sitting by a fire. She'll ask once in a while if she can see her knife and she'll just sit and fondle it closed for a minute or two. She also gets very excited whenever a package comes in the mail. "Is it a new knife, Papa? It's the right size for a new knife." She'll come see me when I'm working at my desk once in a while to count my knives. (That's where I keep my collection.) We've even used my knives to illustrate math problems. I think it's a great thing you're passing down to your daughter, the love and respect of sharp pokey things.
 
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Even though the GAW is officially over, I'm enjoying the "bonus" daughters and dads stories, Jake and Cory; thanks!

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As for the leatherbending, I dabble just enough to be dangerous:) I certainly don't have the skill of some of talented people around BFC. However, you can get started for just a small investment. My late father in law actually bought me most of my first tools for Christmas about a decade ago. Just some groovers and punches and some needles and some rivets and some sheers. He probably spent $70 on all of it, but most of it I could do without even if it does make the work a tad easier. I say give it a try if a Tandy is nearby. They are generally really nice folks there with everything you need on hand to get started.
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Thanks for the leather advice, Jake. My first project will probably be almost entirely hand-punched and hand-stitched or hand-laced, but I'll probably get some needles and thread or lacing (and hopefully some advice) at Tandy.

- GT
 
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