Stolen Bag Giveaway!

Amazed by the generosity of this web site, I gave away a knife (it hurt, I liked the knife very much) at my 100 and 500 posts. I have also given away a hand made strop plus 2 other knives. I gave my father in law a Kissing Crane Trapper that fell apart, and then I gave him a Case Swayback Gent in Chestnut bone. I have given my brother a couple of edc's (he has done the same for me). However, I have a friend, who now has a healthy appreciation and a need to carry one all day long because of my gift. It is for my friend, who I indoctrinated into knife loving, that I endlessly blog now in your post, to shamelessly apply for the give away knife.:D
 
Peace/Happiness...................the story........


I lost my Mom to cancer in November of my Jr. year in highschool. I have two younger brothers they were 12 (twins) at the time. Dad was lost without mom they had been married since they graduated highschool. After awhile seeing my dad lonely, I talked him into trying to go out again ie with a woman. Even though it killed me, i knew that my brothers and I didn't have the time or abilities to fill in so I knew that the only other way to see him happy would be to find love again. My brothers were fine with this at the time. My dad got serious and was married late in my Sr. Year. Which in a nutshell I made okay. This woman also had children two younger ones 5 and 9. My little brothers didn't always make things "easier" on anyone. Up until the time I moved out and started working on my own family I was the "mediator" if you will. My brothers went back and forth with whether or not they liked the new "family" members. I ended up being the only person who could smooth things out and make them understand things. Even though it hurt me to see my dad with another woman, i knew that this was the only way for him be happy. After mom died he got pretty self destructive, and i couldn't watch him deteriorate anymore. Little did I know that this role i put upon myself would follow me even after I had my own live. It's been 5 years since they got married, and i still find myself trying to smooth their relationships out. It kills my wife to watch me hurt so that others can be okay. But this is what i've always done.


CLIFFS: I've done what needed to be done to make others close to me happy regardless of how I felt. Even if something killed me inside and I hurt, I put it away just to tend to the flock. But that's what family does right?




Not sure if my posts is just a wall o'text full of ramblings, but sometimes things are hard to explain.
 
I gave away a Victorinox Locksmith knife on another forum a few weeks ago...nice knife but I never used it, thought I'd pass it along.
 
Thanks for the chance :thumpup:, the last thing have given away is a couple of home made bracelets. The last knife that I gave away was two Izulas in the same day, one went to a brother in law.
 
I have given away a very nice Dovo straight razor here on the forums (back at my 1000th post) and am presently giving away a Condor Bush Knife over on the W&SS subforum, the drawing for which I do tomorrow. I have gifted knives to countless friends, family, and acquaintances, and not a person I'm close to does not value a knife at this point.

Also at work I've cut deals for folks that were well below what I should probably do (don't want to get yelled at by the boss man!) for folks I thought genuinely needed the knife they were looking at (most often times EMTs and firefighters, etc. but lots of regular folk too!) but couldn't afford the piece that was best for them.
 
I feel vaugely uncomfortable blowing my own horn but a RAT 1 is sufficent incentive.
I shall parade a few selfless acts for my own gain.
(In other words: Irony noted :) )

I gave my best friend a bottle of Orange Spice Aromatic bitters for cocktails. It's my own secret recipe.
That stuff took months of R&D and maceration time. :)

I had one of those "paratrooper" knives (Pantographic knife). Another buddy of mine who shares my love of knives, flashlights etc always said how nifty it was whenever he saw my collection. So i gave it to him last time he was over.
He offered to pay for it, but i refused.
Selfless enough? :rolleyes: :D
 
Hi, I'm new!! :)

This is actually my first post here but I've lurked for maybe three weeks or so and decided to sign up tonight.

I have two knives, both Benchmade grips (mini and full size) but so far that's all that I have.

I'd like to learn about other knives (hence the reason I joined) so something that is different and has some meaning to the previous owner I promise to take care of.

I am a cyclist at heart, and I have given away in the past couple of months, a mountain bike to a woman who got hers stolen and it was her only transportation, one to a little girl who wanted one and her parents couldn't afford it at the time, and one to a friend who saw my bike and it brought back memories of his childhood. They were all used but they were happy with them.

I understand how something that someone does for another when they need it can feel, so I can appreciate how the gifts you were given can mean so much.

Because of that, and how they came to help you, I will respect that knife for what it meant to you .:)

Thanks for the generous offer you have provided.
 
Ok specificly not putting my hand up for the give away.
But lets see. Since FEB.
Gave an Elderly lady, my train ticket when I realised that the only way I was gunna make my appointment in the city was to drive due to track work delays, The lady had just been told by the bus driver that she had to walk up a double flight of stairs then 400meters to the train station and back to buy a ticket, but the bus "had" to leave in three minutes.
Gave my sisters boyfriend a Buck gents folder.
Gave the girl at work a Auscam patrol pack ( she needed it and I didn't)
Gave another bloke on the OZ knife forum a enviro fuel gel tin because he wanted some and the company has gone outta business.
Made a little PSK Compass pouch size for mate heading to deepest darkest SE Asia. ( forgot to get a pic before I handed it over.)
I've been given stuff to
"goes around comes around"
Carl
 
I gave a friend one of my paintings, it took about a 5months to paint.
He still has it right in the front entryway of his house.
RAT PACK #31
 
i already have that blade an dont need one,but ill give my story anyway me an my wife grew up in troubled homes,i was no boy scout got in trouble almost all my life,met my wife in highschool an married at 18 ,,19 years later she still by my side even aftr all the bull$hit,god blessed us with one child we always wanted more but she cant,so now we foster troubled kids for the past 7 years an try teach them the right way in life,,give them a chance out there,because when a child comes from notheing they have a high chance of being nothing,we make them go to school,play sports,i take them hunting,try an give them structure,(im still trying to learn that HA,HA,HA)even found some jobs for them when they turned 18,2 even joined the army an doing good.3 of my foster children that live on there own are beginer knife collectors.everyone calls are house the ronald mcdonald house...not all end in happy endings but we try.i wont lie its hard at times..so if you want to take a chance in life an need a challenge be a foster parent,there are so many children out there ,,an its never the childs fault,thanks for the chance to promote being a foster parent,,,aloha
 
A buddy of mine that lived out in the sticks in a small 12' long travel trailer without running water or electricity got pretty sick and was unable to work for a couple of months. He would harvest most of his food with bow or trap or he would fish. The money he made doing carpentry work bought him his other necessities and alcohol. He was having a hard time providing for himself so I would show up with cheap food (I did not have much money at the time.) once a week, hotdogs, beans, bologna, cheese, rice, canned chili, ect. enough to help him through the week. I did'nt give him money because I think he would have spent it on whiskey and beer. He was very thankful to me for helping out. I was hesitant to do it because I suffered also but it was the right thing to do and besides I did'nt die so it was not a big deal.
 
I bow to honor and acknowledge the selfless act of the rat pack giving not just material items, but Strength and solidarity to one of their own.
Possessions can be replaced but family and friendship cannot.
As someone once said “There is not enough money in the world to buy a friend, or pay for the loss of one”
 
Best thing I ever gave away I never lost:
I taught a kid to swim, when all teachers had given up on her.

Don't count me in though - I'm in Europe.

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RAT Pack #28
 
Just tonight I gave my neighbor a Buck 110. He is almost 40 years old and has never been hunting. We are planning a mountain goat hunt this fall and he didn't have a knife so I offered one I know will give him years of faithful service.
 
Some have already said it but I will reiterate, it does feel kind of shitty to "gloat"(for lack of a better word) about these selfless acts. However, it just goes to show you what kind of people we have on here and how awesome WE are. I have given away many things, and the motive most of the time was I had an extra I wasn't using all that much and I knew that person either couldn't afford to buy it, or would not put that much money towards it because they thought a cheaper product would "make due". I gave a surefire to a cop buddy who carried a cheap POS, I gave knives to 3 of my brothers and a couple buddies who all carried POS's. And my youngest brother has always been kind of a project for me, he is only 15 and there is a 10+ year difference between us. Growing up I was always the adventurous type but no one older to really teach me stuff I wanted to learn, my dad was a workaholic and boy scouts was usually all about merit badges. So needless to say I wasted what little money i had on crappy knives, equipment, and so on, because i didn't know any better. Well now I know A LOT more than I did and my dad is still a workaholic and I see my youngest brother doing the same thing I did. A while back I went camping with my brothers and dad, needless to say my brothers and I pretty much ran the show since my dad is not a big camper. Well I noticed a lot of the stuff my little brother had was crappy and cheap. Mainly because my parents didn't know any better or really care probably. So when we got back to my parents I took him shopping. One day was spent finding him a decent sleeping bag and compression sack, my mom thought I was crazy spending so much on him. well the next day we went looking for hiking boots, meanwhile we talked about what made gear good and where to look in the future. My mom was in another store while we went to look at boots and she walked in as we were walking up to the register she refused to let me buy them and paid for them. It seems like everytime we get together I end up giving him something else, last couple things were a kelty daypack, petzl headlamp and one of those swiss-tech keychains. i hate to see people suffer due to ignorance, now if they are just too lazy or cheap then that is their problem. keep it up everyone, oh and I plan to give my dad a glock 17 soon. It's pretty sad when a son teaches his dad how to shoot.
 
I went to a third world country with my church to help the people there fix up their church. Paint, and install new windows. (there weren't any) Then went into the mountains and helped build a camp for poor kids. They had the biggest spiders I ever saw in my life there ! I asked the natives if they were poisonous and the just gave me the thumb across the throat gesture !
The work we did was a very good experience. Every body should try to help out less fortunate human beings at some time in their life.
I just told this story to maybe inspire someone else.
I don't need the knife. I have more than enough.
Please give it to someone who who really needs it.
 
I love watches as much as knives. I give away watches all the time. I have dozens as that's my main "collecting" passion. I gave a black MTG G Shock to a friend who didn't have a watch. He wears it every day. I sure like seeing him enjoy it. By giving them away, who knows... I may start up another collector!

Its awesome to hear about this kind of giving. Nice to see there are still kind folks out there. Im sorry your gear was taken. Karma can be a bitch for thieves...
 
Dylside said:
For anyone who doesn't remember, earlier this year my gear bag that I carried with me every single day was stolen out of my wifes car. That day started off as the worst day I had in a really really long time.

I came into the RAT forum just to vent my hatred for theives and my sorrow for my loss of the bag and before I knew what happened, I had everyone and their mother sending me new gear to replace my stolen bag. You wouldn't believe the amount of gear that was sent to me. I could have started my own survival store with all this stuff. It was crazy. Not only did everything that got stolen get replaced, but I ended up with way more and better stuff than I started out with. A lot of the RAT guys jumped right in, some even forced their PSK supplies on me. lol. RAT Cutlery, along with a TON of RAT members supplied me to the teeth.

For a reminder of that time, here is a link to the thread in case anyone wants to see the incredible generosity and brotherhood (and sisterhood) that this group is capable of.
And here is a link to the PSK that the RAT family built for me. Tell me this shit isn't amazing.

One item that I have used EVERY SINGLE DAY since it was sent to me is my Rat Model 1 folder. MrCoffee sent it with a shipment of replacement gear. The day it showed up, I stuck it in my pocket. Literally, there hasn't been a day that's gone by (other than when I was on the cruise with my wife and couldn't have a knife) since then that this knife hasn't been with me and used. I have taken this thing to hell and back. Surprisingly, it has more than held up. The finish looks like shit, but the knife is still perfect.

A lot of people don't prefer this folder for many reasons, the company that made it, where it was produced, etc., but I found a great friend in this knife. I actually have two of them. TexasTonyDobbs sent me one as well.

Here is the giveaway. I'm going to pass on the Rat Model 1 folder that MrCoffee gave to me to someone new. This knife still has a lot of use left in it. I promise you that if you keep it sharp and give it a chance, it won't let you down. This knife has some SERIOUSLY good joojoo all over it. It's a good luck charm. The finish definitely shows its miles, but all that means to me is character. It still locks up solid, there's no blade play at all, and it takes an edge like no tomorrow. I'll send it out clean hair popping sharp. Now since not everyone who jumped in to help me out is a RAT PACK member (Whitty, you lazy non-posting bum!), this is open to everyone.

Rules:
Post ONLY ONE REPLY!
Name something you've given to someone else that was a completely selfless gesture.

At the end of the month (the 31st) I'll pick a post # at random.

The knife is the Ontario Rat Model 1 folder with black partially serrated blade. Well... it used to have a black blade. Most of the black is gone now.

GO!!!!!!:thumbup:
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i have the same knife and it kicks ass.. solid as a rock and sharp. love my knife.. question for ya, ever wear it in salt water?
 
Just bought & gave my father a Buck 405 sambar stag because he mentioned he liked the look of it. He has always been there for me and my kids, it was a small guesture of appreciation, that put a smile on both our faces.
 
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