What knife started it all for you?

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It can be either your first knife you owned, or the first knife you lusted after. My first real knife was a camoflage fiberglass handled Gerber lockback. I just found it the other day after 5 years of searching around the house. It's dull as a butter knife, but I still love it. My lust knife was a BM 975 SBT. I wanted that knife soooooooo bad when I was 18. I bought an AFCK instead though. Just couldn't get a 975 at the time. I even bought a Cqc7 Emerson last year, but I hated it. Just wasn't the same knife. Well years later I have graduated to Microtechs and the such, but I still had a hankering for a 975. Got one on the Forums a few days ago.A real purdy mint one. It's nice to be 18 again.
 
The first knife I can remember making my heart race was a 4-inch bladed Italian pushbutton that a friend sold me when I was 13. It was tougher than most with about a 3/16" thick, full grind, distal-tapered, non-stainless blade. It didn't have a useless false-edge, just a slight bevel. It took a wicked edge and survived being thrown. After I tuned it, it was fast as lighting. I still have it close to 40 years later.
 
Waaaaayyyyyyy back when I was a Cub Scout, I traded with a buddy for an old (back then) Kabar lockback with folding crossguards. It wasn't a great knife but it got me started until I found Bucks. I went though many Bucks and loved them all (still have most) then Spyderco, Benchmade and on and on until Sebenza, CR One Piece knives and Busse. Though the old Kabar was first, I would say it was the Bucks that sparked my interest. They still do.
 
I bought a Woodard Fighter at a gun show 3 yrs ago. Ive been hooked on autos ever since.
 
Hmm let's see..I think the knife that would started it for me was a Spyderco Worker that a friend of mine owned. I loved that knife and always wanted one. Then I bought a serrated Police model a year later. That was the sharpest knife I've ever seen out of the box, and have yet to find a knife to match it. Sadly I gave it to that same friend and he passed it on to his brother. Oh well, at least the legacy lives on...


BTW, if anyone has a mint Serrated Police model in Gin-1 steel, let me know. heh heh

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"A sharp mind is just as important as a sharp knife."

"Is that a knife in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" "Both;)"
 
I had a variety of decent knives over the years, but the one that really started me into more serious collecting was the BM 970S. It was BM's beautifully done rendition of the CQC7. It is, IMHO, still a modern classic.

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Dick
 
Hey Guys...

Ohhh Geez,,where to start...
Hmmmmm..

I think what started it for me was a knife (FB) I pulled out of a trailer of garbage headed for the dump when I was a kid.(still have it)

Then moved to a knock of USAF survival knife.(still have it)

Then onto a Gerber MKII...(still have it)

My most carried knife at that time,,probably at the age of 14-16 was an AG Russell Sting (all metal) (lost it)

After that it was an Al Mar Fang (lost it)

After that its a blurr,,probably several hundred by now. The majority of those in the last year and a half..

As I type this I'm looking at my desk and just what I can see without straining or lifting piles of papers theres a

Busse BM-E, Crawford necker, SAK, Leatherman Wave, Buck Tool, 26" ASP baton a CRK Aviator, Puma,Spydie Chinook, 4 custom Diottes and a Spydie Native..

Addicted ?? Who Me? Naaaa!
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BTW I should mention only 6 of those are mine..
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Eric...

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benchmade 975. that knife was big bad and ugly but i loved it. i eventualy got a MT socom to replace it, and that gave way to waved emersons, but if i could have it, id like a waved 4 inch CQC7.
 
I've always been interested in quality and function, but until recently I didn't know enough about knives to evaluate them effectively.

The knife that led to my education was a Kershaw Ken Onion Boa. I bought it because I liked the "speed safe" mechanism and I loved the integral guard. Once I started carrying it regularly it became obvious that this was a much better knife than anything I'd had before. It cut better, stayed sharp longer, and handled more comfortably and precisely. It was noticing the difference that got me interested in learning about steels, blade shapes, grinds, and all the rest.

Before my Boa came along I mostly stuck with Victorinox SAKs and various brands of multi-tool. Not bad, but this is better.
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--Bob Q
 
First reasonable knife I owned was a Gerber LST in 440a. The first knife I lusted after was a Gerber BMF (I still do...)

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Wayne.
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I cant even remember it myself, but my parents told me that when I was old enough to stand up and reach the kitchenknifes(the ones you eat with, not the sharp ones) I grabbed them and jammed them under the thresholds. Since then I´ve been addicted/fanatic. I´ve made 15 knives or so the last couple of years and I´m just about to order a MT LCC :-)
 
For me it started when I was 16 and I picked up a Victorinox Spartan. From there I picked up a Gerber LST which I carried for years until I saw the Benchmade Panther, which was my first liner lock folder. Inevitably, that lead me to the Benchmade CQC-7 and I've been hooked since.

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My grandpa's rosewood handled Robeson pocketknife. Always oiled and sharp as a razor and right there in his right pocket. When I was a kid and he was around, I couldn't WAIT for him to have to cut something, 'cause I knew he'd let me hold the knife for a moment or two afterwards, just to watch my eyes get as big as saucers. It was agony trying to be "cool" with it, but I was angling to prove to my mom that I was mature enough to get one of my own.
 
My Grandpa was a knifeknut too. He had several imperial and colonial brand knives of different types he had accumulated over the years. I was about seven when he gave me my first. I must have lost about 15 over the years like that. There was some nice ones I always wanted, but he wouldn't let me have. Eventually he passed on and now I have the whole collection. Funny how things work out, my oldest son (8) was clearing a brush pile on my grandparents land and he found an old imperial stockman.....

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Brian
The first knife was probably used to cut stuff.
 
The venerable Buck 110. Showed me there was more to utility knives than the Stanley box cutter!
 
The knife that started it all was a Buck Solitare. One blade, tactical and a pocket clip. I thought I wass the stuff and in the circle of people that I ran with at the time I guess, knife-wise, I was. Nothing like what I carry now though.
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I think for me what started the whole "knife thing" was my venture into the military. I joined the USAF right after high school and was immediately thrust into the world of knives and there magic. After a trip to the base exchange, I was enthralled by a SOG Tomcat that they had in sporting goods. That thing was HUGE!!! I had to have it and I still have it today. I have since graduated to a higher class of knives, but you can never forget your "first". But what topped it off was my Dad. I had lusted after a Randall #14 for about 1 1/2 years before I went to Saudi Arabia but never had the cash. Right before I left the States when he saw me off at the airport he handed me a package. Inside was this.......
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That's what sealed the deal for me and my passion for knives.

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Ken
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[This message has been edited by remster135 (edited 05-22-2001).]
 
The knife that started my true passion (my wife would say illness) was Brend blade featured in an old knife mag article on hog hunting. It was a gorgeous large knife, but I cannot remember the name. Anytime I see one of Brend's fixed blades it throws mt back to that time. Alas, I have yet to actually own one of Walter's fine blades. Who can save up $1000+ when there are some many great knives in the $200-$400 range
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Kevin
 
For me it was a Victorinox that I received as a gift from my uncle when I was about 14 years old. He got it from a company as a promotion gadget. I used an ordinary eraser to get rid of the company name. Best corkscrew I have ever had. It even held up better than the LaGouille that I gave to my former girlfriend. Too bad she kept my SAK when we broke up.

I have to get a new one sometime in the future.
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Great story remster135.

/Colinz
 
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