WINNER ANNOUNCED... GAW - Who Wants to Have Some Fun?

veitsi_poika said:
Finalists

LIKERS POOL (Continental Cutlery)
1. JTB_5
2. JohnDF
3. Gevonovich
4. Ramrodmb
5. pjsjr

GUESSERS POOL (Wadsworth Congress)
1. 315
2. RedSparrow
3. ISKRA
4. btb01
5. Old Hunter

I will roll some dice at my work desk tomorrow morning and let everyone know the outcome! Thanks to everyone for playing along and enjoy your Labor Day U.S. folks ;) I'm going to take a break and have some steaks on the grill later :thumbsup:
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Thanks for the fabulous opportunity. Truth be told, I won"t be upset if I lose to any of those fine gentlemen.
 
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Fun giveaway, Kevin! I had a lot of fun trying to guess the member from the Buck forum.

I was scouring the 2018 forum knife threads and member's profiles for three days trying to figure out who it was. Thought I had it right twice but it was hidden deeper than I knew. Awesome challenge!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I did some brief research on the Continental knife that you're giving away. I had never heard of the brand and I was surprised to find that its roots might trace back to the original Northfield Knife Company and that Continental Cutlery only made knives for a few years. Neat stuff and a real treasure of a knife.
 
Railsplitter said:
Fun giveaway, Kevin! I had a lot of fun trying to guess the member from the Buck forum.

I was scouring the 2018 forum knife threads and member's profiles for three days trying to figure out who it was. Thought I had it right twice but it was hidden deeper than I knew. Awesome challenge!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I did some brief research on the Continental knife that you're giving away. I had never heard of the brand and I was surprised to find that its roots might trace back to the original Northfield Knife Company and that Continental Cutlery only made knives for a few years. Neat stuff and a real treasure of a knife.
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You are correct Railsplitter... Alfred Field & Co was one of the United States largest importers of knives around the turn of the 20th century. They brought in knives from hundreds of cutlers around England (Sheffield) and Germany (Solingen) and sorted them into groups by quality. The Continental Cutlery brand was their second most expensive line of knives behind their Joseph Rodgers & Sons imports, which is pretty good company to be in ;) A. Field & Co was the strongest opposition to the McKinley Tariffs that eventually passed in 1890; these tariffs were the beginning of the end for many importers and eventually A. Field & Co fell victim. The Continental Cutlery name is a bit hard to follow once it left Alfred Field, it may have ties to Robeson and Goins speculates that the name was part of Clark Brothers of Kansas City whom eventually bought Northfield Knife Company in 1919 and operated until 1929 when they declared bankruptcy. The actual path of Continental is unclear but they are a part of knife history nonetheless :):thumbsup: The knife is really awesome and whomever wins it will be impressed! :D

Ironically the AW Wadsworth knife was a product of the import craze as well and was an import brand from A Kastor & Bros, who was likely the largest importer at the time. A Kastor & Bros eventually changed their name to Camillus Cutlery Company in the early 1900s, I think we've all heard of them :D
 
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Campbellclanman said:
Kev
Brilliant idea- I have been waiting for a chance to run a giveaway when there was a break :eek: no chance so far - mine is a thank you giveaway.

Ok quite a few of my choices have gone - what about this important friend of ours @knowtracks

He has liked many of your posts.
Kev thank you - ever since you have joined us it’s been a whirlwind looking at all your Knives, and it’s been a pleasure having you join us.
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The pleasure has been mine Duncan ;) The Porch is my escape from the rigmarole of the work week and the fellowship from folks like yourself make the experience that much better:):thumbsup: I look forward to your GAW!
 
I ROLLED TWO DICE AT ONE TIME WITH THE CONTINENTAL KNIFE WINNER ON THE LEFT AND THE WADSWORTH WINNER ON THE RIGHT... THE WINNERS ARE:

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LIKERS POOL (Continental Cutlery)
1. JTB_5
2. JohnDF
3. Gevonovich
4. Ramrodmb
5. pjsjr

GUESSERS POOL (Wadsworth Congress)
1. 315
2. RedSparrow
3. ISKRA
4. btb01
5. Old Hunter

Congrats to @Gevonovich and @btb01 !!!

Barrett... please PM me your shipping info and I will get the Wadsworth Congress heading your way :):thumbsup:

Gevo... I don't think you can PM me so we will have to figure something out for you to get your shipping info to me so I can send you the Continental coke bottle :):thumbsup:
 
Thank you to everyone that participated... kudos to you for making it so fun!:D:thumbsup: I was a bit worried that I bit off more than I could chew and created a complicated monster but it thrills me to hear all the positive feedback on my first GAW :) Seeing all of the names that were "guessed" made me realize how reaching our community is and it really humbled me to see the amount of people that I have interacted with on an almost daily basis... thank you to all of the fellow Porch sitters and to those who peeked in from the Buck forum, I tip my hat to you :)

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OOOooohh that close! When I first saw the dice I thought I may have won my first GAW! Nope-still a perfect record.:)
Kevin, thanks for the fun, I appreciate your posts and will continue to 'like' them. I am honored to have been a part of your GAW!:thumbsup:
Barrett, congrats on the congress! Enjoy, my friend!
Gevo, I don't mind 'losing' to a man of your stature. :) I think the Continental will fit in nicely with some of your other old soldiers. Congrats!
 
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