What's the best knife you've ever found?

I found a nice Western lock back folder lying in the grass at the order point of the Ramstein AFB Burger King back in 91. I've seen them asking 75 bucks for it at the knife shows around here.
 
Found a German knife with deer hoof handle. Funny thing, foung it in a fridge in some camping. No sheath and finally my puppy ate that yummy deer leg )))
easy come easy go (and it was like 15 years ago)
 
Cheap, broken, knockoff, chinese SAK, that had such weak spring the blade wouldn't even stay in the handle very well. Best knife I've ever found.
 
When I was six or seven (early 70's) I was walking to the grocery store with my mother. I climbed up on the fence at an old loading dock and looked down in the pit. There was a knife laying down at the bottom. I was all excited. I showed my Mom and asked her if I could have it. She said I could if it was a pocket knife, she probably felt that was a safe answer because the blade was out and it looked like a nice fixed blade kitchen knife. When I climbed down there IT WAS A FOLDER!!!! I danced about at my good fortune and how lucky I was.

I don't remember the maker, but it was a slipjoint that had some kind of black phenolic handle and no liners. It was about 3 1/2" to 4" long (closed) with a fairly thin boning type blade (straight point, not clip or drop point) I carried it around for a week and had to keep it in my pocket. Then we went to visit my grandfather. He made knives and also collected them. He sharpened it up and tested the edge (tool steel, not stainless) and proclaimed the steel to be very good. Hot dog, what a lucky kid! My grandfather had not told me it was a piece of junk.

A week later the knife "mysteriously" disappeared. I looked everywhere to no avail. I was crushed.

A few years ago my grandfather died. In his collection of hundreds of knives I found one that looks exactly like the knife I remember. Nobody even remembers me finding the knife now, but I think my parents decided that perhaps I was a bit young for the knife and (without my knowledge of course) gave it to my grandfather for safe keeping. It's a Case.

Other than that, I've never found anything worth keeping. A few Chinese knock offs that go out the window to the first homeless panhandler guy I see (which, here in Austin is every freaking corner).

On the other side of the equation, there's been some lucky sons-of-bitches that have found a few great blades that I've lost. A Gerber bowie that I left on the back bumper of my truck, a couple of SAK hikers, some Gerber folder at the bottom of Lake Travis, and, just a couple of weeks ago, a Benchmade Ritter Grip (damn! I'm still pissed about that one).
 
I've never found a knife, which is odd, considering how good I am at finding other things. The most interesting is a 1/3 carat brilliant-cut diamond that I got mounted for my wife for our 10th anniversary.

Other things on the found list: 14k gold bracelet, a few $20 bills, about a thousand 4-leaf clovers, 10 or so gold earings, lots of arrow heads, and flint tools, Peace dollar, and various other trinkets and baubles.

Yes, I do look down too much when out walking. It's a wonder I haven't walked into a tree, or in front of a bus.

I did find a Bear MGC damascus tanto butterfly knife for $5 at a garage sale once. Does that count?

DD
 
The only one I ever found was an original Leatherman PST about 12 years ago at a gas station.
 
I've found two knives.

One was at a golf course. It was some sort of Buck 110 copy (don't remember the brand), and it had been sharpened so many times it looked like an old kitchen knife, and the well rounded tip protruded when the knife was closed.

The other was some sort of plastic handled carbon steel fixed blade I found in the dirt outside of my grandmother's garage. Rather rusty, but it could be cleaned up quite well. There were also some rubber and leather washers on the handle, but they were kind of rotted. There were all sorts of shell casings, fired and unfired primers, and lead bullets in the dirt as well. The knife probably belonged to my grandfather or uncle.

Hard to say which one is better.
 
i just lost a unique graphic large sebbie, so i imagine the finder would take the prize in this thread.
 
Found? Found?!?!?! That would imply that I have some sort of luck. Now "LOST", that's another thing. Kershaw Random Task, and Black Leek still MIA after a year. (Lowering my head for one minute of silence.) :(
 
My Dad's old Kutmaster Barlow. But it was not lost so to speak. It was in the house and I found it in some things that have been stored for several years. I am cleaning it up now.
 
I've found three knives that I can think of... all of them in kitchen drawers of apartments that I was moving into!!! I've found two SAKs, one a "Soldier" model in great condition, another was a red handled SAK with eight tools, as well as a Henckels paring knife. Until recently, I wasn't a (folding) knife guy... the SAKs kept in the desk drawer, used only occasionally. But when I stumbled upon BladeForums and began developing an interest, I started carrying the red SAK, played around with the mousepad method of sharpening the SAKs as well as a couple of my kitchen knives, bought a Sharpmaker and finally stepped up to a Delica 4 and now a Caly 3!

Actually, I remember finding another one when I was a kid. It was a multi-tool, but it had "U.S." stamped into one side of the metal handle... almost like an "American Army Knife". Is there such a thing? I'm don't know where that is right now, but I'm sure it's somewhere!!
 
DainBramage said:
Actually, I remember finding another one when I was a kid. It was a multi-tool, but it had "U.S." stamped into one side of the metal handle... almost like an "American Army Knife". Is there such a thing? I'm don't know where that is right now, but I'm sure it's somewhere!!
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Possibly a demo knife, a Swiss army knockoff issued to GIs during and after WW II. "Demo" was a misnomer from the erroneous belief the knife was designed for use with explosives, but everyone called them that all the same. The stainless steel liners were also its scales, similar to the alox Soldier/SI. It is a tough little m-t, probably the most widely used of all military issue knives, produced with slight variations from several manufacturers, most famously Camillus.

If it fits the description, that's what you have. Here's hoping you find it.
 
best i ever lost was a kissing Crane stiletto when i was in school. paid over $50 back 15 years or so for it. guess thats whet happens when ya don't lock your locker. and inadvertently leave the knife in the inside pocket of your leather. also lost a bear cutlery gut hook with a stag handle and nickle bolsters. had it one day and left it on the bumper first day of buck about 12 years ago. man i lost alot of knives. i know this dosent really pertain to the thread but figured I'd share it with you
 
Found a Buck 110 in the mud at our deer dressing rack. I asked around but no one claimed it. It cleaned up to like new condition. I lost my first knife, an OT Stockman, when I was 9 years old in my parents front yard. I crawled around on my hands and knees for days searching for it. 24 years later during a bad drought in which all the grass died my mother found it. It is in pretty bad shape. If I can locate another with a broken handle but good blades and springs I may be able to resurect it. Oh yeah, and there is the Randall #7 I bought off of one of my Army buddies for 25 bucks. It was a laying in his trunk rusting and he had a girlfriend and no cash on hand. It wasn't actually "found" but a quite a find none the less.
 
Found a benchmade 710 in my mail box

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After I forked out 100+$ for it.

.No I never Find anything. Always the hard way.
 
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