My First Giveaway-GEC Boy's Knife in Ebony

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Some of you who kmow me know I recently got my Dealer Level Membership here at Blade Forums. For my First Giveaway I'll be giving away a Tidioute Cutlery 151113STL Boy's Knife with Ebony Handle Scales. Single Clip Blade,New in the Tube. Here's the way it works.
1: For your entry to the giveaway, post a little something about you're first traditional pattern pocket knife. Who,What,When,that kind of stuff. Pleasent memories and any pix if available is what I'm looking for.
2: Your Post Number will be your entry number.
3: Giveway ends Wednesday, April 24 at 12 Midnight.
4: Winner to be selected by random number generator.
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Congratulations on getting a Dealer Level Membership and thanks for holding this Giveaway. My first traditional was a 70's era Case yellow 3318 stockman given to me by my Grandad. He told me he found it in his boat and that nobody claimed it. He died when I was 13 and I had the knife two or three years before he died so I was 10 or 11 when he gave it to me.
I carried it until I lost it in a drunken stupor sometime in my early 20's. I really wish I had it back.
Jim
 
My first traditional of my own (not my fathers) is my Ben Hogan Jigged Bone handle Tidioute. It's a little larger than I want in a edc traditional as I have pretty small hands. But the carbon steel is really fantastic for sharpening when you have as little skill as I do. Oddly enough I've been eying this exact knife, and other ebony handled patterns of this size.

So I'm in. Thanks for the generosity!
 
My first traditional was a Rough Rider Barlow with yellow scales and big brass bolsters.
I paid way too much for it at over 40$, an I thought it was an awesome knife.
I carried it around, yet was petrified to scratch or dent the bolsters and checked them periodically.
This was before I knew a lot about knives, and I sharpened it on a pull-through sharpener.....
I still have it, well, it was only 2 or 3 years ago when I got it.
The secondary bevels are a bit rough now.
I change back and forth between modern and traditional knives a lot, but like and enjoy both equally. :-)
Thanks for the chance!
 
my father gave me my first traditional when i was 9, it was a buck 110, and it locks up more solid than any other folder i have held. It looks almost as good as a brand new 110 almost two decades later. I dont carry it so much as i look at it\clean\oil it, so as to preserve its integrity!
Here it is with a new 110 for comparison (one on bottom is the old one)
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Thanks for the chance!!! i never had an ebony kuniva, and congrats on the level-up!:thumbup:
 
Congratulations on your new membership level, and good luck in your enterprise.

When I was about seven years old I found a small pocket knife laying in the grass where I was playing in a park. one end was separated and the spring was resting on the pivot pin beside the blade rather than on the tang. I guess the previous owner was prying with it and it came apart, so he just pitched it. I took the thing home, drove the pin out with a small hammer and a nail, then put it back together with part of an axle from one of my Matchbox cars. I carried that thing all the time for many years. I'm 55 now, and I still have it.

 
Ooh, that's a sweet knife Bob.
Thanks for the chance.
Probably my first traditional slipjoint was something I had as a kid.
Don't remember what it was, but I remember playing Mumbleypeg with my friends with it.
I only recently became interested in traditionals again.
The first I bought was a Queen Trapper, D2 and Cocobolo scales.
It was way to beautiful to use, so I sold it.
Been buying only knives I'll use lately.
Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful knife.
Lenny
 
Ooooooh, and ebony GEC Boy's knife is on my short list. Thanks for the chance.

My first traditional knife was a SAK Huntsman. I saved up my money and bought it for myself when I was 12. I edc'd that knife and used it hard until I was about 30. I still have it but it doesn't get used much anymore.

Recently it has come out of retirement to give my seven year old daughter knife use lessons under close supervision. I may give it to her when she seems ready.
 
My first traditional knife was a Schrade made Oldtimer serpentine stockman. A medium sized, if I remember correctly. I carried it everywhere.
It had the brown/reddish saw cut derelin handles.
Back then teachers at school did not care

It was stolen from my coat, hanging up, at school. In about 4th or 5th grade.


Times were different then. We had a school camp with cabins. I brought a short, thick, heavy machete. In 5th grade. One of the teachers, an old lady, ran up and shouted "I heard you brought a machete!" Being an honest kid, I simply replied "yes."

"Oh great, I forgot mine, can I borrow yours?" She asked.

Thinking it was a ploy to confiscate mine, without appearing uncool, I handed it over, simply hoping to get it back.

She took the knife (12 inch blade about .2" thick at the guard, and a nice distal taper to the carbon steel blade), and trotted off with it.

About an hour later, she came up to me. A basket of some sort of tubers in one hand and the large knife in the other. She handed itg back, and thanked me for the use.

That teacher had stories from expeditions all over the world. Albums and stories of jungles and deserts.

I had more than my share of great teachers like that!
 
Thanks for the giveaway Bob. I'm going to throw my hat in, that knife is a beauty.

My first slip joint was a French laguiole. At the time my EDC was a Spyderco Military. At the time I was still in school, so I thought it would be a good idea to carry another knife that was more sheeple friendly. I thought the laguiole a classy looking knife, so I grabbed one. It was a good choice. I never received any negative comments about that knife when I used it.

- Christian
 
I was given a basic SAK for boy scouts, but before that, had an Opinel (probably a #6) - All the kids in my family did, since mom used them with our lunches so we could cut bread, cheese, meat, etc. This, of course, back when such a thing wouldn't be confiscated and us expelled for bringing a weapon to school.

I probably got that Opinel from her when I was 8 or 9.

Congratulations on your Dealer status. Thanks for the opportunity at winning a nice little slipjoint to pass on to my son.
 
Heck of a nice gesture Bob :thumbup: Since I just purchased almost the same knife I will keep my name out of the hat for this one but thank you for your generosity and great customer service :)

While I know my first traditional was a SAK I dont really count it and dont remember enough about it to really tell anything of interest. My first traditional knife of memory is my Camillus Boyscout whittler. I purchased it my first year at summer camp and it traveled with me on every camping trip I went on in the Sierras as a kid until I left scouts around the age of 17. I used it to whittle handkerchief slides and tent pegs. Cut fishing line and make hot dog sticks. I used it for anything I could and remember fondling it constantly during those trips. I never carried one in my pocket daily as knives where already off limits in schools during the 90's. Somehow I strayed far away from those traditional roots and went down a more tactical path until sometime around a year ago when I was digging threw some boxes in the garage and came across my old scout knife :D

 
Not an entry-

I just wanted to say thanks for the generosity Bob, and thanks for supporting the forums. Beautiful knife, I love ebony on a pocketknife. :thumbup:
 
Very nice giveaway, that GEC is a beaut. The first traditional I can remember having would probably be this Sodbuster Jr.:

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It was ~5 years ago and I had only collected more modern knives until that Case caught my eye and carrying it is what convinced me how unnecessary a lot of modern materials/features are. A thin, sharp blade and a comfortable handle is all a great knife really needs.

Good luck to everyone!
 
My first traditional was a blue official Camillus Cub Scout knife over 20 years ago. I remember thinking I was one cool cat when I was whittling away with it. I wish I knew where that thing was.... probably going to look online now for a nice replacement.
 
First traditional was a Case Sodbuster Jr I got from my grandfather when I was 10, thing is at the bottom of a lake after my canoe rolled at a boy scout camp, Wish I still had it
 
I'm in.

My first traditional was this Uncle Henry serpentine stockman. Great little knife and as you can see it still resides with me. Been many years and I am lucky to remember yesterday.

Third one down in this pic:
 
Congrad! and thank you for the chance. I'd never had a traditional knife beside a SAK Boy Scout Pocket Pal. After slitting my left ring finger badly while cutting some heavy rope with it. I switched to EDC a Kershaw Black Out afterward and never looked back. Starting out with one that was ill fitted for the job scarred me good, that and the tinkling sensation that never go away 20+ year later. I love the look and feel of traditional knives, and recently bought an Opinel no 10. I'm ready for higher quality traditional knives.
 
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Well, my first traditional, and my first knife would be an old "Sabre" trapper knife that i found in a feild, not sure if it counts as i was "too young" and my mother took it, and hid it away only to be found several years later after i had purchased my first knife, which was a Camillus TL-29, which i still have and carry (probably not as frequent as i ought to though).
Thanks for the chance!

Scott
 
Not an entry - congrats on the dealer level, Bob!
And kudos for the GA - a real nice/desirable knife for someone!
 
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