The one knife you will never sell

1st gen. Southard Tolk.
My first mid-tech, plus it was my dad's 18th birthday present to me.
 
I have a few that I will never sell one of which is my SnG CC z-wear 3/4 grind which is modified with a gunner blk. G10 scale-really like that configuration. It along with a SnG CC PD-1 flat grind modified with a Mr. H scale are my most carried knives
 
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My first real pocket knife.
 
1. knife I got from my grandfather right before he passed...an old 2.5 foot long Kris bladed Filipino short sword he brought home from WWII.
2. knife I got from my dad right before he passed...Schrade Scrimshaw with my initials on it.... a birthday gift to a young boy given in secret cause Mom would have never approved.
3. knife I bought with my wife on our honeymoon...Pacific Cutlery Bushmaster Model 150.... later that year its Kukri shaped blade felled our first Christmas tree...its felled 27 more since then.

Everything else is up for grabs, but those 3 I'm taking to the grave.
 
Either of My 2 Grandfather's pocket Knifes , Moms Dad's is a 1970's era Old Timer 340 and my Father's Dad is a 1920's era Boker small stockman.
 
"Never" is a long time. While there are knives that I probably won't get around to selling before my death, that's not by intent, just that I'm too lazy to deal with the trouble of selling them. There's not a single pocket knife I own that I wouldn't sell today if I could get what I paid for it or the current market value, whichever is higher.
 
I've still got my first knife...
Sheffield Jack knife with RCMP graphic.
I know I had it when I was six because my mom took it away from me
for pulling it in self defense.
She was the reason I pulled it, she was scared to walk past some guy in the parking lot.
43 years ago...
Maybe we are born to like knives...
 
The first knife I made and my first Sebenza. The Sebenza only since it was made on the day my daughter was born.
 
I wouldn't sell any of 'em if I would help it and I'd sell all of them if I needed. Now there are only a few irreplaceable blades I have and their value lies in the person it belonged to before me. The one thing I learned is without an emotional attachment all material things are replaceable. With that in mind the only knives I wouldn't get rid of are my Old Man's Buffalo Skinner and Grandfather's pruner/hawkbill both worth less than $50.
 
1. A 1970's-era Schrade that belonged to my dad. He was a foreman on a construction crew, and when he left the job in 1980 his crew had it engraved for him. Sweet knife, lots of sentimental value.
2. My EDC, a Swiss Army Knife that belonged to my wife's stepdad. I didn't know him well, but he was important to her. I've carried the knife in my pocket every day for over 15 years now.
 
This thread skews a bit toward what some would say are ... "lesser knives." Says to me there IS some sentimentality to the game of steel.

For me, it's probably the 4.75" handmade J. Martinni leuku (plain, birch handle) my parents picked up for me at his factory in Finland in the mid-60's when I was really too young for a knife. Apparently Mr. Martinni engraved the Nordic reindeer/sleigh caricature sketch that's on the blade and signed it and named the town his factory was in at the time. My most used outdoor knife over time.

The alternate would be my original '60's(?), maybe early '70's, Tekna dive/boot knife with its miracle factory sheath. The first ones were allegedly Seki City babies of some 400-type steel, and apparently I got a GOOD one where h/t is concerned. Great handle for paracord/leather wrap; I also wrapped the sheath to eliminate the 'open' design. Been with me nearly as much/as long as the leuku and carried in every conceivable configuration on every conceivable part of my body or clothing with that sheath. Man does it take to a strop.
 
So I'm kind of a new Spyderco convert but I don't see myself ever selling my 110V lightweight native. Of course, I said that about my Busse Ash and one custom Strider, but not any time soon, at least.

Probably will always keep My Winkler hunting knife and RMJ Shrike as well.
 
My Hoback A10 or my Ferrum Forge #2 Deuce. Never ever!! A10 has everything I need for farm and outdoor work or play! Great grind and the S90V heat treat is fantastic! There are probably five knives I would never sell, but if I could only own two knives, that would be them...plus one machete. :)

K390 Mac Wasil flipper isn't far behind.
 
colubrid said:
Wow congrats on finding that Sebenza!
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Thank you, 10 months after she was born it popped up on the exchange for under $300 for a large 21 with some light carry marks but little else to show for wear.
 
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