Whats your most sentimental knife

Mcshank said:
Just curious as to what your most sentimental knife is and why... I can imagine a few of you have got some good stories to share.

Mine has to be my Spyderco Tenacious for the simple reason it was what got me into the knife hobby.
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My Grandpa Simons 1920,s Boker med jigged bone Stockman and my Grandpa Richardson 34OT.
 
This belonged to my grandfather, who passed away in 1992 a American blade Chattanooga TN. But the best I can find out it was made in Japan
 
Three come to mind. My grandfathers Mac V Sog knife he carried in Nam, Cambodia, and when stationed on Okinawa. My buck 119 which was my very first knife gifted to me by my father for my 16th Birthday and a Laguiole en Aubrac which was another birthday gift from my dad.

The Sog has been completely retired, 119 is my back up camping knife, and the Laguiole hasn't left my pocket all week.
 
Old ass trapper that belonged to my Grandfather. I EDC'd this for many years. At some point the scales fell off. I need to get one of the magicians in the traditional form to re-scale it for me.
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my 2nd zt452cf.
I bought one, loved it and then misplaced it. The knife was lost for over a year and my wife heard me complain about how I couldn't find it that entire time. Odd thing was I'm good at finding things. Its one of my talents so to speak and it was a joke that I couldn't find that knife. I eventually gave up on finding the knife after a long while.
After our son was born, my wife decided to get me the knife I lost as a gift. She didn't remember the exact model and had to do lots of research call my friends and checking out instagram pics to figure out which model it was. On fathers day I got a zt 0452cf engraved that says "hide and seek daddy" and ill love that knife forever.
My wife actually ended up finding my original zt0452ct it was in a place I swore I looked. I have both now and plan on keeping them forever.
 
I have had this Boy Scouts of America fixed blade made by Western since I was a kid and it is definitely my most sentimental knife. It was my father's before me and my grandfather's before that. I field dressed my first whitetail with it back in '94 when I was 16 years old and it did a few more after that. My father and my grandfather have also both used it as a hunting knife before I got it. It is well worn and has been sharpened a fair bit but is still a serviceable knife. As a young kid I did a lot of abusive things to it including throwing it quite a bit but thankfully it is still in good enough shape to keep, cherish and enjoy. It is however retired for sentimental reasons. I have no idea how old it is or what model it actually is but I do know that I will never part with it.

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Sniff! Probably my first Boy Scout knife, which I lost... then it was found by my sister in our neighbor's ground level window box, 30+ years later, totally rusted but still recognizable. My sister and BIL had just bought that house, next to the one we grew up in; I used to mow the neighbors' lawn and dropped the knife somehow.
 
Mine would be my Benchmade CLA. 2 years ago, my wife and I were in a gun shop/benchmade dealer picking up some ammo. I was looking at the knives and fell in love with the green and black CLA. I have wanted a benchmade since the first time I handled one, but would never let myself spend that much on a knife. I guess she saw the gleam in my eye. A few days later, her and my daughter drove over an hour away and surprised me with the knife. I couldn't believe she spent that much on a knife but I absolutely love it. I have carried it literally every day since. That knife sparked something in me and now I have the sickness. It's what brought me here. There will be more knives come and go, but I'll never part with my CLA!
 
i am lucky enough to make the acquaintance of several fine members of the porch over on the traditionals section and theyve all gifted me knives that i hold in high sentimental value. But one of my most sentimental knives is a two blade trapper I worked with my father to convert into a single blade trapper when I was about 12 or 13. It was junk pakistani made reindeer trapper but it began the interest in single blade trappers. the rest is history
 
Bearfaced -

Your BSA Western appears to be a G46-5 or an L46-5. The WW2 nickname for the model was "Baby Shark".

Yours would have been made between 1952, when Western dropped any reference to the double tang construction patent number and 1960/61, when the BSA changed official item markings from the First Class rank badge to the Tenderfoot badge.

When it was actually bought, only your grandfather knew.

Western started putting model numbers on the pile side ricasso (of non-BSA stamped knives) around 1955. The only BSA stamped knives with model numbers on the 1950s/1960s knives are the 1968-1976 knives where the model numbers were stamped into the guard. A pile side model number interfered with the BSA rank stamp.

The First Class stamp and the lack of patent reference gives us our earliest and latest possible dates. However, due to the BSA stamp which gives us our latest possible date, we can't determine if the knife was a G46-5 or an L46-5. The only difference between the 2 was an on paper designation, re: BSA knives.
 
lemonslush said:
my 2nd zt452cf.
I bought one, loved it and then misplaced it. The knife was lost for over a year and my wife heard me complain about how I couldn't find it that entire time. Odd thing was I'm good at finding things. Its one of my talents so to speak and it was a joke that I couldn't find that knife. I eventually gave up on finding the knife after a long while.
After our son was born, my wife decided to get me the knife I lost as a gift. She didn't remember the exact model and had to do lots of research call my friends and checking out instagram pics to figure out which model it was. On fathers day I got a zt 0452cf engraved that says "hide and seek daddy" and ill love that knife forever.
My wife actually ended up finding my original zt0452ct it was in a place I swore I looked. I have both now and plan on keeping them forever.
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Your wife is awesome
 
My most sentimental knife is my Benchmade stryker. Took it East coast to the California coast and up into Oregon on a 3 week road trip. Carried it every day. It also visited its original home, the Benchmade factory, and Blade HQ where it was ordered from in Utah. Its also now discontinued which makes it even cooler.
 
Hello folks...
My name is Randy, but they call me Sixx.
Spent the day surfing through bf's...

This is the first knife I ever owned...
I got it when I was around 6.
When we were in the town of
Jasper, Alberta.

The other side scale is gone.
That's ok...

I hope y'all find that lost one someday!
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Tasmaniac said:
I bought this four years ago to celebrate my first year of sobriety. I'll never let it go.

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THATS AWESOME Tasmaniac!!
Great user name!!
I'm a fellow quitter Tas!!

Great knife!
I had a hollow handled Chris Reeve knife...
And I sold it to a friend.
I was just texting him asking if
he would sell it back, he has two!

Nice to meet you Tas...
My name is Randy, aka Sixx.
 
6850 said:
THATS AWESOME Tasmaniac!!
Great user name!!
I'm a fellow quitter Tas!!

Great knife!
I had a hollow handled Chris Reeve knife...
And I sold it to a friend.
I was just texting him asking if
he would sell it back, he has two!

Nice to meet you Tas...
My name is Randy, aka Sixx.
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Nice to meet you as well, Randy! One day at a time, my friend. John
 
Excellent story and family!!
Thanks for posting this......put a big silly smile on my face!!
Joe

hd-bagger said:
Mine would be my Benchmade CLA. 2 years ago, my wife and I were in a gun shop/benchmade dealer picking up some ammo. I was looking at the knives and fell in love with the green and black CLA. I have wanted a benchmade since the first time I handled one, but would never let myself spend that much on a knife. I guess she saw the gleam in my eye. A few days later, her and my daughter drove over an hour away and surprised me with the knife. I couldn't believe she spent that much on a knife but I absolutely love it. I have carried it literally every day since. That knife sparked something in me and now I have the sickness. It's what brought me here. There will be more knives come and go, but I'll never part with my CLA!
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For my first Boy Scout camp, 45 years ago, my grandpa gave me his Kabar knife and army mess kit.. I felt like a rock star that day at the camp.
 
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