What knife started it all?

My Grandpa gave me an old Camillus stag handled stockman when I was pretty young. Not sure how young, but I wish I still had that one! Even though some idiot broke the main blade off, trying to pry open a locker(not me), I'll bet that knife is still cutting somewhere.
 
For many years a sak and a Schrade lb7 covered all my knife needs.Than one day at a gun show I saw one of those knives with the holes in the blade like I have started to see in gun mags.That was in the early '90s and the knife was a Delica.
 
I've dabbled in knives since I was a kid, so the first "true love" would have to be a yellow Camillus fish knife my Dad gave me when I was 7 or. Serious things started to happen after I bought a pre-production Benchmade 770. It was all over after I bought my first Ken Steigerwalt knife.
 
I guess it all started for me with a W49 Western Bowie my father gave to me. It was my first "real" knife. It gave me an appreciation for larger knives. Right about the same time I was into such movies as "Commando" and "Predator" and was familiar with the knives of Jack Crain. Luckily for me, I got to meet him and a couple years later had my very own Crain knife.
 
When I was a kid I took a cutco butcher knife from my kitchen. I was using it to chop tree limbs, and broke a chunk out of it, so I just put it back and pretended like nothing had happened. I'm sure my father knew I did it, cause there was pine sap on the blade, but he never pushed the issue.

I also remember having a small 3-blade craftsman with those really bad fake stag handles. I still have that one. My father also had one of those grohmann/russell canadian belt knives. I used to sneak it out of his dresser drawer and use it. Man, I liked that knife. I ended up losing it, however.

I lost quite a few knives early on, but eventually I got responsible with them. Now if I could just remember where I left my son...
 
The first serious knife I bought- apart from saks- was a usmc kabar in 1989 in Boulder/CO. Still one of my most cherished blades.
Then I had a hiatus for about 6 years. I rekindled my love for knives with a serrated spydie endura in 1995.

matthias
 
I always liked knives growing up but it was a Spy Endura combo edge that started it all for me(quality knives) and its been about 10 years of addiction now and includes not only tacticals but a love affair for quality slip joints and traditional pattern fixed blades.
 
The first knife that I can remember is a Roy Rogers pocket knife that my grandfather gave me when I was eight. It seems that I have carried a knife ever since so I guess that is the one that got me started.
 
up a Spyderco Endura fully serrated blade. Had it for about 8 years, but lost it sitting on a hunting trip. Still miss that sweet thang.
 
My first knife was an old all steel trapper, I think it was a Case, that had belonged to my grandpa. The large clip blade was broke off and the point on the small blade was broke as well. I whittled with it all the time, and then got a brand new craftsman stock knife with walnut scales for christmas. I learned to sharpen it and whittled with it until the rivets started to come loose.
After that it was a more like jumping off a cliff than a downhill slide. I started buying actual carving knives and tools, and a gerber multilock, then a spyderco delica....then....then :D
 
Benchmade Emerson CQC-7 for me as well.

Funny thing is that as I evolved I no longer like chisel grinds or tantos.
 
I guess all boys have a thing for knives. I always wanted one, but never knew what quality was. There was a teenager that used to hang out with me and my brothers, as sort of a mentor, and just a neat all-around kind of guy. He showed us a Balisong (with the Benchmade Butterfly) and introduced me to a "real" knife, and taught me respect for blades. It took another 10 years before I finally rediscovered quality on my own. A Beretta lockback, with thumbstud, and FRN handles, that at first looked cheap, but I grew to respect. Just last year, I ran into that same guy from my childhood (20 years later!) and I introduced him to MicroTech knives. I had to tell him that he was an inspiration and influence in my life, and that he meant a lot to a poor little boy who loved knives.

DD
 
a cheapie jaguar balisong for me. still got it to, not for physical value, more like mental value. we all have roots
 
I used to play with kitchen knives when I was a kid, too! Lost too many to count.
The one that started it for me was a Gerber Folding Sportsman II that I bought myself, in the early '80s. Carried through my high school and Army years, until it got swiped from my gym-locker. Replaced it with another FS-II!
 
Wasn`t allowed to have one before,
i bought my first one when 18 (still have it).
Had 3 or 4 the next 20Y,
but what started me into knives was the Spyderco Endura about 10Y ago!
Now i have 4 of them :D

and some others ;)
 
A Gerber LST. It was about the only affordable tactical knife when it came out. I put a lot of thought and research into it. That's what started the education. I couldn't carry a Mk II daily. Sold them off. :mad:
Now it's stuff like Ti M16's to add to the Benchmade CQC-7, Randall 14, Camp Tramp, Nimravus, carbon fiber M16-11F, yada, yada, yada.
My latest is a walnut stump to mount the anvil. I need a workshop.
 
My Boy Scout knife bought by dad when I got the uniform.

Always carried a SAK hiker once I went into the USMC and still have one in my pocket now for mundane chores during the day.

Thats a long time ago now.

Brownie
 
My first knife was some imitation Swiss Army pocket knife, which broke to hell in a year or two.
 
I don't totally recall what got me so hooked. I remember getting a cheapy "rambo" survival knife when I was 5 or 6. I played with and used that thing daily.
After that, I got a few cheapie folders here and there.
Then, I saw quality knives and bought a Spyderco, a few BMs, and some MTs.
But the knife that totally doomed me for life was my first Carson. It is a medium M4 with carbon fiber scales that I picked up from a friend online. It is still one of my favorite knives and the design and function is amazing. It was all down hill after that. I now own 7 Carsons and have sold at least that many more to pay for the ones I have as well as some of my guns. It's kind of funny that I don't remember much about the knives i had before this one, but my knife life has never been the same. And I don't expect it to be any time soon.

JR
 
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