Slipjoints just make better gifts

Quote: "(P.S. they are also better cutters in general)."
I assume you mean you give your dad only good knives. I think this is important. Don't gift away your 'junky' knives. A real gift is one which you like and would be happy to keep.
Giving a well made knife with shaving sharp blades may well help convert the giftee to one who appreciates knives more than they did. If the blades are dull and they don't know how to sharpen (most people), it will not get used and no appreciation for knives will result.
roland
 
I couldn't remember if this has been done yet so forgive me if so!

With the karma I see here so often the fine example of Jamie gifting to Carl, and Knifehead's generous giveaway with the others here especially made this come to mind!
Show or tell of your gifted traditionals. One of my best buddies Greg gifted these two to me the bottom one for Christmas 09 and the top one for a going away present!

Me and my knife buddy Greg developed our close friendship at work, and from there it progressed after we learned of our shared likes and especially of cutlery! We were soon going on knife store outings together! I would show him stores he didn't know of and vice verso. I even over nighted him at my folks home close to where he grew up in northern AL on one outing. He being an old stubborn headed AL boy like myself just made the bond of friendship that much better! Admittedly he is not that much into steels although he does know a little and I taught him some of my humble sharpening skills and of decent sharpening equipment. He can enjoy his good size knife collection even more now I believe. Greg is a big guy about 6' 2" and 250lbs. but his heart would fit better in someone three times his size! You can't put a price on great friends!

Traditionals are even more special when someone close or not gifts it out of the kindness of their heart....
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I have received two gifted knives on this forum, both from Ed J (TLARbb).

First was a Gerber Silver Knight which Ed gave me after reading that I had lost one which I had carried a long time.
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The second was from a Christmas giveaway which I won just a few weeks later, a Puma Stockman.
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Thanks again, Ed! :thumbup:
 
Giving away the Opinel right now...I like giving away new knives, but there is something about giving away a knife you have used and loved. Tough to beat that feeling. It's so personal. Especially if you've cut yourself like a nimrod with it. J/K, but you guys know what I mean. Giving a new knife just means you spent some money. Giving an old, used knife is giving a part of yourself away.
 
There's been a slip joint in the Christmas stockings of my two boys, every year, for many years. They are 24 and 27 now and still get a kick out of seeing what knife dad got them. I hope they continue the tradition.

Before my dad and my father in law passed away they were gifted knives too.
 
I have to agree. I've only given a few away to close friends and they use them all the time. They took the time to learn how to strop the knife and everything. A good Case knife and Schrade 8OT are great gifts in my experience.
 
Ten minutes ago I ordered a Case Russlock for my son's 17th birthday. I still have the Case Trapper my dad gave me for my 16th birthday many moons ago. Yes, giving a slipjoint is a great tradition.
 
I gave quite a few GECs for Christmas, some to non-knife people, at it was a great success. Some still talk about it occasionally, and I think I converted a few to start carrying regularly. It was important to select carefully the model, especially the size, according to individual tastes. Most expressed pleasant surprise at the gift. I'm planning to do it again a couple of years down the road.
 
:cool: So this morning I gifted a friend of mine with a LNIB Boker grey bone canoe. (It was new in box, except for the fact that I touched it up on the Sharpmaker before I gave it to him.) He kept saying he needed to get a knife, so I gave him one.

I warned him to be careful, as it is sharp. Oh, well- it'll truly be his when he does cut himself.:D
 
Ummm...asking this question in the traditional forum is going to pretty much guaranty a response of agreement. ;)

Howsoever, I usually give traditional patterns when I give knives. There have been exceptions. To a person who doesn't normally carry a knife, a traditional is usually more warmly accepted. To a person who already likes one handers, I give a one-hander.
 
I agree, and enjoy giving knives. I recently gave two sons on a cousin each a Case Trapper with yellow handles (15 and 10 years old). They like to hunt and fish, and I know they will enjoy them until they lose them.

I recently gave my son-in-law, who works on the RR and cuts wire with his knife if that is handy, a Kershaw Whirlwind. I also included several Rough Rider knives to use for wire cutting or loaning. He said they are too pretty to loan. He does have a fair number of Case and German knives, but does like the Rough Rider knives.

I may send him a SMR 710 also.

I have also given a lot of small flashlights, and they are always useful, particularly the small keychain lights which I use also.

Best,
Jerry
 
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