So...1000 Posts Brusletto Knives Giveaway - Winner!

Jack Black

Jack Black

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So...Why are so many threads on Bladeforums started like this? Stop it please!

To get to the point; I posted my 1000th post sometime over the past few days and wanted to give a knife away to thank all my fellow members for the advice, help, and friendship I’ve had over the years, and just for participating in this great forum.

I’ve got a lot on at the moment - house renovation currently, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg - and for reasons I’ll explain at a later date, I don’t currently have access to all of my knives, only about half of them, but I’ve dug out a couple of interesting little knives that someone might want to win. They’re both made by the Norwegian company Brusletto (http://www.brusletto.no/index.php?sideID=59), and I’ve had them since the early 1990’s. Neither is in the current Brusletto catalogue, which may make them collectible, but I couldn’t say about that. The winner is welcome to have their pick of either.

First up is the classic Brusletto Tollekniv, which I wrote about in very amateurish prose, for the October 1992 issue of the UK magazine Survival & Outdoor Techniques, which I was trying to convert into a respectable and sensible outdoor publication. I think the Tollekniv was the first fixed-blade I wrote about, and it was in marked contrast to the cheap (and not so cheap) and nasty ‘Rambo’ knives the magazine often covered prior to then. The knife on offer is the same one that is pictured in the photos in the magazine.






The Fiske-Sprett is an unusual knife, and is specifically designed for gutting fish. Unfortunately, I only have a few of my published articles, but I’m fairly sure I did a short piece on it for the same publication as above. The blade is stainless (see the Brusletto site for details) and the handle looks like beech. It’s flat-ground and comes with a simple leather sheath. It’d be a pretty good knife for an angler (assuming they eat fish of course).




Both knives have been sat in the back of various drawers and cupboards for twenty years, and are in perfect condition. They have the original factory edges.

I’m happy to post either of these knives (your choice) anywhere if you win. I don’t mind if you choose to trade them, sell them, give them away, collect them, or use them. As long as you’re legally able to own the knife, it’s yours. One condition - that you send me a penny of your local currency by return.

It’s almost exactly 20 years ago since the article above was published. I’d like to know, if you were born then, what you were doing and, if it applies, what your EDC was. A good story or pics might help you win. I’ll ask one of the mods to kindly do the ‘random number generator’ thing, and the author of whichever post number is chosen picks the winner. One chance each.

Competition closes October 6th, which is my eldest daughter’s birthday.

Hope this is of interest, and thanks again everyone.

Jack

PS I have some Victorian English pennies set aside for friends who give me a knife. I'm going to raid my antique penny stash, so (if they want one) whoever picks the winning post will get one. Then they can either keep it or pass it on when, hopefully, they win a knife themselves, or are otherwise gifted one. Please read the conditions of entry carefully and make sure you fulfill them and good luck to everyone.
 
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Well, I'm not quite old enough to have been around then. But knowing my current habbits, I would probably have been hoarding Case and Buck knives. I'm slowly growing more attracted to the simpler and more elegant styles...

Or, who knows. Maybe I would own some of those two knives. They're quite nice looking too :)
 
I'm in, thanx for the chance! I was carrying my grandfathers small (~1" blade) Parker lockback with scrimshaw bone scales. It was given to me around that time and I cherrished it. I also had many other knives I edc then, mostly SAK's, but this one stands out. I still have it and do not carry it very often for fear of it slipping out of my pocket, as I don't even notice it in my pocket.


-Xander
 
I was definitely around then, in fact I had just moved to Ga. from Texas. I was carrying a yellow handled Schrade that I inherited from my grandfather. I can see him in my mind even today, cutting a plug of tobacco or cutting open whole pecans with it. I recently cleaned it up and polished the blades and gave it a good sharpening. I rotate it and a case for my EDC. I also have a Kershaw Tremor as a project toy for sharpening experimentation.

Omar
:rolleyes:
 
Totally cool. Like Grease said, I'm getting into simpler and more elegant designs too. I haven't bought a Mora yet, even there so inexpensive. If I win I'll make one of these my backpacking knives.
 
Thanks for the giveaway! 20 years ago I was 8 :D. At that time I was just starting up my Tae Kwon Do training to sculpt the building blocks of my mind and body. Fast forward to 2005 where I believe I first lit the ember of my current knife addiction, I bought myself a victorinox Alox soldier which I still carry today. I wish I would have started sooner, I would have a huge collection today.
 
Great stories (make sure you post something even if it's that you weren't born then - add pics if you can).

Good luck everyone.

Jack
 
I am in. Very nice article. I have Mora version of the red one and having a Brusletto would be a very nice collection addition. You're a good man!
 
Thanks for the giveaway, well the post date is Oct.'92 so I'd be about a month old, but like many others I have a penchant for traditionals. Lately my favorite that's popped up is a Northfield #33 in ebony.
 
I am in and thank you for the opportunity.

20 years ago, long after I was born, I was taller, better looking, and cursing the fact that my department at my large corporate employer was beginning to deploy computers to everyone. I could not stand them and at the time I had a severe allergic reaction to anything electronic and now I can't stay off the dam things. Back then I was doing the same thing I do today which is working as Project Manager at a very large telecom company. I also had less knives than I have today although I have always been a knife guy since I was 11 years old in the Boy Scouts. Now THAT was a long time ago. Much longer than 20 years ago.

My EDC back then would have been a Buck 110 that I still have to this day although I would only carry it in a briefcase at work. Although I work in an office setting everyone would always come to me being the "knife guy" whenever they needed to open a box or something. That is one reason I always keep to this day a couple of cheap knives to loan out for non knife people to abuse.

Happy Birthday to your daughter!
 
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Thank you for your generosity, I´m in :)

Twenty years ago, I was nine years old. At this time, I remember clearly, I got my very first knife, an SAK. My dad bought it for me in Switzerland. I took it with me everywhere. I still have this knife, it´s in my box where I store all my knives.
We built camps with the neighboor boys in the woods. I remember, that I was the king. I had a saw in my pocket to cut little bush-brackets for Bow & Arrow. For sure, poor things, but these are great memories of my childhood. :)
(We had no computer or even a mobile phone and no XBOX. It was great, a lot of free time in the bavarian woods....)
 
I was working for the USPS saving pennies for my up coming wedding. Carried a swiss army I got from sending in Marlboro miles. Still have the knife, and finally quit smoking. Still married to the same girl, and it's a good thing for this post. I was thinking about what I was doing 20 years ago and asked her how long we had been married. "Going on 20 years" she says. All I could think was, could you imagine if I missed this one?. Great post!
Anthony
 
Thanks, I'm in. Twenty years ago I was working for the man. Retired now. No edc then, pre knife knut days.
 
I just turned 22 last Saturday, so I would say that my EDC around the age of two most likely would have either been a shiv sharpened from a plastic spork against a wall or more likely a custom-made FFG, triple-locking, s30v 100% pure "play-doh" pocket knife.

I just moved into a new apartment, and unfortunately I am lacking any sharp fixed blades. Of course, when I go home for christmas break, I am already planning on catching me some white crappie for a small winter supper. Thanks for this generous giveaway.

Hope your daughter has a happy birthday. And I would probably make sure that SHE didn't want one of those knives for her birthday before you started sending them off to BFers. You know how girls are...
 
This is not an entry for the prize (I’ve got far too many knives as it is and others would make better use of the award). I’ve really enjoyed reading the comments and the opening post, so I figured it would only be right if I shared as well.


Twenty years ago I was a somewhat recent resident in the state of New Jersey; having moved here some 4-5 years prior. I was officially the territory manager for a soft drink company (covering several states – including New Jersey – and acting as the liaison between the company and our distributors) but spent most of my time as the manager of a company owned depot in New Jersey.

I was 31 at the time and had carried a pocket knife daily since I was a child. Growing up, on a farm, I usually carried a stockman and used them daily until they were lost and needed to be replaced. I don’t really recall the brands, but suspect most of them were probably Schrade or Old Timer’s (all had long been lost by the time I was 31).

Somewhere around 1979 or so, I bought the knife pictured below. I remember the day I bought it – I thought the knife was gorgeous and spent way more (on it) than I had ever spent on a knife before. I’m guessing I probably spent $20.00 (or so) on the knife and I figured for that kind of money it was probably the best knife a person could buy.








It was a Western brand lock-back and I carried it daily for at least 15 years; during which time it saw a lot of use, some of it bordering on the verge of abuse.

That little Western is beat up, a tad grungy and showing a few battle scars, but it still works to this day (although it doesn’t see any use now – it’s retired). I keep it sharp and safely put away in my desk: it is a memento now (it’s my oldest purchased knife that I still own) and it will go to my son when I die.

While not a daily carrier, the knife (pictured below) is my most cherished knife. I traded a friend for it back in the mid-seventies and that friend went to the Happy Hunting Grounds several years ago.









It is a P.A.L. brand and I was told that it first saw service back in World War II. I cannot substantiate that claim, nor do I have any reason to doubt the person who told me that (he traded the knife to me). The age is right and I know that brand did see use in that war… but that isn’t why I cherish the knife.

Under my stewardship this knife lived a very hard life – especially for the first 10 years or so. I beat on it, threw it into trees and cut stuff that shouldn’t be cut with a knife. At the time I just didn’t care if it broke or not, and figured the old knife wasn’t worth much anyway.

Some 25 years ago I put the knife aside and didn’t use it anymore; in fact I didn’t really think about it at all. Then my friend died – he was quite a bit older than I am – and things changed.

I decided not to clean it up – not that I care about the monetary value (it isn’t going anywhere) – because I think the knife has character as it is and that character means more to me than a pristine knife ever could. I see my friend in that knife, I see his father (the WWII vet) and I see my youth. And that is why this is my most cherished knife.
 
20 years ago I was 15 years old, just started high school. I was a total biology geek growing up on the farm, loved being in the woods and learning all I could in classes. Little did anybody know that I carried a knife inner waist band every day. Not because I was a badass, or I thought I would need to use it on anybody (school was grade five to twelve with barely over 300 people), but because I hated the hoplophobic attitude that knives were banned. Our grade 5 teacher carried a lockback openly on his belt, and there was no way I was going to let school legislation get in the way of my personal freedom. Not having exposure to what quality was, I carried a Pakistan made double edged dagger. The knife never left my side, and nobody ever knew it was there.

Shortly thereafter I found TK magazine, saw clipped knives, fell in love with a couple of knives called the Buck Nighthawk, and some Tracker knife by a guy named Beck or something.... Then I hit a Gerber River Shorty and an EZ Out, then a Junglee Sahara Je, then a double bladed Buck Crosslock and my modern knife collection began. I don't have many knives that I owned before then, some lost, some stolen, but the modern knife world was opened up to me and knife knowledge in general moved beside my biology knowledge in passion. Now I make knives, buy knives, use knives, and have my degree in Biology and diploma in Massage Therapy. Knives and biology are a daily part of my life- funny how things change and stay the same concurrently

Thank you got the giveaway, and even more so for sharing a piece of your life with us!
 
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This is not an entry for the prize (I’ve got far too many knives as it is and others would make better use of the award). I’ve really enjoyed reading the comments and the opening post, so I figured it would only be right if I shared as well...[Post massively abbreviated to save space - but please go back and read it if you haven't everyone]...I decided not to clean it up – not that I care about the monetary value (it isn’t going anywhere) – because I think the knife has character as it is and that character means more to me than a pristine knife ever could. I see my friend in that knife, I see his father (the WWII vet) and I see my youth. And that is why this is my most cherished knife.
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Wow, I think that might be the best post I've ever read on Bladeforums, it's certainly the most beautiful. Thanks so much for it my friend :)

Jack
 
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