Sneaky Daughter Surpises Old Dad; Please Show Your Christmas & Birthday Knives

[r8shell]

Happy Belated Birthday, GT! That's a nice Spanish knife, whatever its original origins. What matters is it came from your daughter. :thumbup:

Fun idea for a thread to see what folks are giving and getting. I got an early ChristmaHannuKwanzaKah present yesterday from a co-worker: It's not technically a knife, but it is a Japanese style caliper dividers/scribe tool.



In addition to knives, I really like old and interesting small tools. Particularly drafting tools.

 

[mrknife]

Happy Belated! my last knife for the year arrived today, a 14 TC barlow seconds from Barry in smooth bone! little christmas present to myself

 

[Ratbert]

I don't know if I'm gonna receive any knives but I am certainly giving some. I bought my Dad a Benchmade Griptilian. The handles are sand colored and the blade is the black coated sheepsfoot. I am still planning on getting my cousin a knife of some kind. I would have got my Grandfather a knife but I already gave him a GEC #82 Dixie Stockman in African Blackwood I believe it was. A shame I never took any pictures of it. He really loved it. He said he's never seen a knife so nice and my Grandfather dares not take it to work with him, he works knives really hard and so does my Dad. I hope my Dad likes his Griptilian. He doesn't have much use for a traditional pocket knife, my Grandfather is the one who likes those. I'm more in the middle. Enough of that tangent. Merry Christmas!

Jak3, I'm betting that your Dad will love that Griptilian! Those are great knives! I gave my Dad a Mini Griptilian several years ago for Christmas (black handle & combo blade) and he carried it hiking and backpacking.

Let us know how he likes your gift.

 

[Jak3]

I will, thank you!

 

[Llasi]

Llasi, I'm very impressed by your knowledge of folding knifes produced in Spain! In almost no time at all, you found Nieto and Salamandra models that certainly appear to be identical to the knives my daughter bought in Zamorano's shop. It's a little bit disappointing to me to discover that the knives are from regular production runs, instead of "practice knives" made by apprentices at the workshop, which is what my daughter and I had thought was the case based on conversations when we discovered the shop together 2 years ago. (And if my daughter, who doesn't have a lot of money, paid "hand made" prices for relatively inexpensive "mass produced" knives, I'd consider that to be wrong/unethical/shady. ) But the main thing is those knives represent a connection between my daughter and me, and serve as a physical reminder and memory-enhancer of our trip together to Toledo, and that's true regardless of the actual origin of the knives involved. (When I was in Spain, I looked at many Nieto and Salamandra knives in cuchillerias, but couldn't justify buying more souvenir knives than the ones I had already purchased; looks like now I have an example from each of those makers after all! I seem to recall a woman working in one knife shop explaining some kind of family relationship between the owners of Nieto and Salamandra; does that seem correct, Llasi?)

It is difficult for me to express myself in English. I apologize for any errors.
The market for cutlery (of all qualities) is in Albacete and its surroundings.
There they make most of the pieces that can be bought to touch up and sell with other brands.
Many of these pieces are made in small family factories that, afterwards, they sell to distributing companies
In Toledo, there are many sellers who take advantage to sell products to tourists.
Products that, nor are artisans, neither they are from Toledo.
In this case, probably, Zamorano has bought unmarked folders and has put his mark to sell, as a souvenir, to tourists.
In Toledo there are few true craftsmen and less are still those who sell directly to the street
Even occasionally they are Chinese and are sold as Spanish.
I do not intend to spoil the gift of your daughter, but I am disturbed by these deceptions.

 

[Rookie82]

Sounds good! What you clearly wanted didn't happen to be something from Tuna Valley, did it?? - GT

haha, You know me too well! Yep, hopefully something off my Tuna Valley wishlist I have hanging on the fridge.

 

[Jolipapa]

Llasi...
Even occasionally they are Chinese and are sold as Spanish.
...

Sometime they are sold (in Spain) as French but come also from China, see 108 Girodias and fake Laguioles.
:thumbdn:

 

[Old Hunter]

Happy 65th Birthday Gary and a Merry Christmas to all here on the Traditional Forum! Nice gift knives folks (and aren't all gift knives nice!) My best buddy from HS (and for the last 45 years now), and also an ARNG buddy for several years, took me to lunch yesterday and presented a very nice Benchmade rescue knife to me. Being it is modern knife I won't post a picture - but I sure appreciate that he still thinks enough of me to gift such a fine gift to me. OH

 

[herder]

Great story, daughter, and knife. Surely a birthday to remember.

 

[black mamba]

I got three knives for Christmas this year! Wooo Hooo!!!

A #72 Cody Scout Lockback in natural stag, a #74 Saddle Trapper in burnt stag, and an EvoGrip White Christmas special edition SAK.

 

[clutchcarter]

Here's my Christmas haul from the family. They're getting much better at this!

 

[Trout Hound]

Here's what Santa brought to my house.

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[Will Power]

My Christmas present to myself, is stuck in Chicago since 14th Dec....beginning to ask myself why they have to keep all the Europe bound knives for 2-3 weeks before letting them go? Maybe some Puritan there thinks I have too many knives!! :grumpy:

Well, maybe I'll get it for Orthodox Christmas...7th Jan..

Some great knives have been shown here though, I would've liked to have contributed....:thumbup:

 

[Ratbert]

I got three knives for Christmas this year! Wooo Hooo!!!

A #72 Cody Scout Lockback in natural stag, a #74 Saddle Trapper in burnt stag, and an EvoGrip White Christmas special edition SAK.

That Saddle Trapper is beautiful!!

 

[Danke42]

Sounds like some great kids on here!

Not a knife but my daughter made me a new scribe in shop class!

 

[Emspop]

Happy belated Birthday and Merry Christmas Gary. Wonder gift from your daughter!
Here's what my daughter surprised me with this morning, at 15 she earns all her money detasseling corn ( if you don't live in fly over country you won't know what that means) and relieving neighbors yards of dog poop so I know how hard she worked for this!

65'-69 Case medium stockman in natural stag...I love that kid!

Clay

 

[black mamba]

That Saddle Trapper is beautiful!!

Thanks, Ratbert, my wife has good taste!

 

[Old Engineer]

Received this Christmas


Harry

 

[Wurrwulf]

I'll post on the knife I received later on (Harry, I'll have to ask you some questions in regards to this).

This was the real show stopper for me this Christmas: an oak display/storage case with which my wife surprised me. It holds all of my knives comfortably, and the glass top allows me to show off my most beautiful knives. Please excuse the terrible cell phone pic. I'll grab some pictures with the real camera another day.

 

[Old Engineer]

I'll post on the knife I received later on (Harry, I'll have to ask you some questions in regards to this).

This was the real show stopper for me this Christmas: an oak display/storage case with which my wife surprised me. It holds all of my knives comfortably, and the glass top allows me to show off my most beautiful knives. Please excuse the terrible cell phone pic. I'll grab some pictures with the real camera another day.

Nice display case there Shawn ..
You can send me an E-Mail if you would prefer . Would not mind at all .

Harry