The (Long Delayed) round 9 (?) of mrknife's Epic, Never-Ending GAW/Swap Meet

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This is Round 9 of a creative GAW/Passaround/TravelingSwapMeet started by mrknife just over a year ago. http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/rye_a-you-have-the-conn-gaw-continues.1410482/

I opened the box up last night ~ it was very fun, like Christmas at Grandma's when I was a kid, and the gifts were coming so fast I barely had time to look at one before the next one was ready to be opened. I haven't really had a chance to go through all of them in detail yet, but I'm eyeing the little red shell handled Barlow pretty hard... I will go through some of my knives tonight and see what to pass along, and will edit this post with what I take and what I send along... Here are the knives I received:
(sorry for the poor photo, it was dark out when I got around to opening it)

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I've been trying to compile a list of past winners, what they took and what they gave, but it's been a daunting task with the new forum software that I'm now using for the first time. You'll just have to use your imagination or Google Fu ;)

I will enter the numbers of the contestants in a random number generator next Thursday, 7/20 to select a winner, and with any luck get the package mailed off on Friday the 21st.

Here are the rules from mrknife's original posting:

Doing another GAW but this one is a little different. I'd sort of like this to be more of a pass around/pay it forward.

Im going to put all of these in a box and ship to one winner. They may not like all the knives in there or they may. If they do, the giveaway ends there I suppose. But if they don't, I hope they swap the knife they want for a knife or knives they have in their collection that they'd like to pass on to some one else who may find it more enjoyable via a similar giveaway. It'll be on an honor system and I have faith in all of you It's a variety pack of knives in different costs, so I'm sure everyone will get something they enjoy and want to give a new home.

In order to be considered, please fulfill any of these conditions:
1. be a known member of the Porch (at least a decent amount of meaningful contribution via content or conversation)
2. have donated to the St.Judes Charities/or Bob (hang in there buddy, hope you are doing ok!)
3. have done any sort of giveaway


Just say "I'm in" to be added to the list.
If you want to tell us all which knives you're pining for and what you'd toss in the box as a replacement then have at it. It's a good way to keep the thread going and garner more interest.


The current list of entrants is:

1. BenHarris
2. RobertJ1
3. Faiaoga
4. kysteve
5. combatjiujitsu
7. Nature Boy
8. GASOUTHERNBOY
9. neal70
10. FelineGirl
11. Wurrwulf
12. r redden
13. r8shell
14. BladeCommander
15. Lesbaer1911
17. Tilley Knife
18. davek14
19. Ernie1980
20. TheWook
21. Tyler.Bachman
22. Henry Beige
23. Jolipapa
25. xxxxxxx
26. Netguy1999
27. Gotsteel
28. Jayday2727
29. TheDandyLion
30. JupiterPaladin
31. TheChunk91
32. AlwaysTomBoy
33. Fog2
34. t.willy
 
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Holy smokes, it seems like photobucket has gotten exponentially worse since I was last here - Sorry for the attachments, I will need to find a new photo sharing solution soonish...
I have re-attached the picture of all the knives I received. I took the red Baarlow, and swapped it out for a Frontier carbon steel single blade Stockman linerless knife with copper pins :)
 

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Lookin' good HeathH!! :cool::thumbsup::cool: Glad to see this "tradition" still has legs! :thumbsup:
Not an entry, since I was a previous winner.

- GT
 
Thanks Randy, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed all the little details of pocket knife collecting... hopefully that blue Farmer is still working out OK :)
 
Lookin' awesome... it's kind of a tough emotional realization to discover that maybe the perfect pocket knife is less than $50, huh? I've been carrying a Vic Sentinel for the last several weeks that I gave $6 for, and everything that I've needed to cut has gotten cut. You're much kinder to your Alox than I am, though! My general aging technique is an accidental trip through the washer and dryer. That will give it a really nice "pocket worn" look in a few minutes :(:D
 
Today's the day! I will pull a random number from random.org at around noon, MST today and post up the winner. If anyone else is interested in joining the GAW, now's the time!
 
Thanks again Heath. I am happy to see you posting again :thumbsup::cool:
Thanks Randy, I've definitely missed participating in the community, but being involved here does bring out aspects of me that I don't love in regard to free-time, productivity and money, but I will see if I can find a balance this time :)
 
BladeCommander has respectfully withdrawn from the GAW due to inactivity. Thanks again Bladecommander

Hitting the random number generator again, it's returned #10

Congrats FelineGirl! I will send you out a message and see if we can get you this box ASAP.

On further review, she hasn't logged in since 5/30 ~ I posted a message to her wall, I will give her two days to respond before drawing again. Anybody have other contact info for her?
 
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