Winner see Post 50-GAW: Thank you for being such a great place

[swaybacksteve]

very nice GAW with a rarely seen gec knife. Thank you
My fav is the Case/Bose LC...the basis for many new custom made knives. It has the size that feels very comfortable in hand and a really good looking clip blade.

 

[neal70]

I have got to figure out how to upload photos from my iPhone! This is so frustrating 😎😁 my current fav is my Queen cattleman stockmen f (the hoofpick and punch setup) in birds eye maple. Good luck to all and thanks anyways😎😆🙄

 

[traumkommode]

Here's my new favorite - a #33 Conductor wearing American Elk. It's a supremely elegant knife, the action on the blades is terrific, and they're oh-so-slicey thin.

Thanks for the GAW!

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

Thanks for the awesome GAW! Here's my brand new favorite:

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Great GAW I'm in thanks. Here's my favorite for now

Mike

 

[deltaboy]

Rough Rider small Barlow . THANKS

 

[Corwyn_bv]

Thank you for the chance. I've been wanting to try a Sunfish for some time.

I'll put down two customs I was always sorry I didn't buy:

Victorinox 125 engraved by Montejano

Opinel 8 Rayskin handles

Why? Because they are gorgeous, unique examples of my favourite brands.

 

[abbydaddy]

I'm a sucker for a sunfish. I'm in.

My favorite traditional is my 2015 Traditional Forum knife

I love this knife both for the community that it represents, and for how useful it is. As much as I liked traditional knives, they really weren't something I carried daily until I got this one. It is a great little slicer, and lightweight. I still carry a modern daily, but now I also carry a traditional.

My daughter calls the 2015 knife "Daddy's special knife made out of wood" (she's 2 1/4). Every day she has me cut up an apple with it for her. The fact that this knife has become a part of a daily ritual for us makes it even more special.

 

[Jolipapa]

This one jumped to my mind. I have a lot of "prefered knives" including those I received, but this one stands out because it is a unique pattern, coming from a unique place. I sometime forget my Lag I received from family, but never my ancient barlow

 

[ConBon]

I think this is my current favorite, simply because it's not perfect but it works so well. It's a strange love story 5 years in the making, but here it is.

Oh and the opinel gets some glory too as it is awesome.

Great GAW, thabk you!

Connor

 

[rye_a]

I'm in! I am very fond of a lot of my knives for different reasons, but I really like the unique blue mammoth ivory on this one:

 

[Wilsonhome]

I'm in! I am very fond of a lot of my knives for different reasons, but I really like the unique blue mammoth ivory on this one:

I have never seen one with scales like that. Was it died (can you dye fossilized tusk?) or is that a natural coloration? It is really stunning.

 

[5K Qs]

Over the past couple of years i have gotten a lot of enjoyment out of reading threads and seeing pictures of all the beautiful knives everyone brings to the porch. I really appreciate this place and i want to give something back. So a GAW is in order. As an entry, please just post a picture of your favorite traditional along with the reason it's your favorite. ...

I definitely echo your sentiments about The Porch, Wilsonhome, and would like to enter your generous GAW! :thumbup::thumbup: Good luck to everyone who enters!

As many others have noted (either in this thread or in Randy Redden's GAW with the same "entry procedure"), it's difficult to identify a single favorite. But this is certainly ONE of my favorite knives: it's a Victorinox silver Alox Electrician.

Some of the reasons I like this knife so much:
1) It was the first knife a BF member just gave to me for no reason other than his generous and kind nature; thanks, gregc! :thumbup:
2) It was my introduction to Vic Alox knives, and ever since, I've had an incurable case of Alox Pox - I love the look and feel of the checkered aluminum handles.
3) My very first knife, that I got about 1960, was a scout knife, and this Electrician is really just an upgrade/extension of my first (and still most-used) knife.

- GT

 

[quattromori]

Thank you for your generosity. Please consider me in.
Well...just a few hours ago I finally got my new GEC 74 Mustang and I do like it very much

Fausto

 

[Zemapeli]

Joseph Allen and Sons Sheffield bowie. This knife has character and feels like jewelry in your hand. Love taking this knife out hiking. They make good bowies. Please count me in, thanks for the chance and gesture. :thumbup:

 

[Aias]

Thanks so much for the generosity--great GAW! Good luck to all.

This little one is 1 of 2 prototypes made by GEC; love the horse cut bone.

 

[Nature Boy]

Is there a better knife to cut up fruit with while a one year old is sitting on your lap?

Thank you, kindly, for the GAW!

 

[coffeemike]

Thank you for doing this. I also really enjoy seeing all the traditional knives, as I'm just starting to swing into it from modern knives.

Below is a picture of one of my favorites that is getting back into the pocket again. Bear with me.

This is a $3.87 Ozark Trail lockback from Walmart. Not a stitch of branding on it. Handle is "wood", blade is "metal (likely steel)". Decidedly made in China. F&F isn't perfect, but surprisingly good for that price point. Blade centered, lockup solid, etc. It feels surprisingly good in the hand, and can take a sharp edge.

Why am I talking about this here? I find it a modern interpretation of what a traditional pocket knife used to be, I think. Looking at the trads in this thread, I see a lot of GEC and variants, Queen, Northwoods, et cetera. Very capable, very well built, very beautiful knives that command a price somewhere between user and collector. (Customs are a whole different world.) But in reading things here on the Porch, I get a sense that 50-100 years back, a pocketknife was a very common tool, found at hardware stores, general stores, et cetera for not a lot of money. They were solid and dependable if at times rough around the edges.

That's what this knife is. It's solid, I can beat the heck out of it all day, it'll keep working. It's a tool, and aside from being a good shape for me, it isn't burdened with a history, legacy, harkening back to times of yore, and so on. It's inexpensive, easily replaced, unassuming, does a job well, and acquires character through use rather than being born with it.

(None of that stops me from planning my first "proper" traditional acquisition. Upgrading because I can is a good thing, too. )

 

[rye_a]

I have never seen one with scales like that. Was it died (can you dye fossilized tusk?) or is that a natural coloration? It is really stunning.

Thank you. Apparently it picked up the color from whatever minerals were in the soil it sat in for for thousands of years.

 

[redsparrow]

Wilsonhome, thanks for the generous GAW. I've so enjoyed the favorites others have already posted so I'd like to join in with the 2014 Forum knife. It has several features I prefer in a traditional knife; long pull, clip blade, stag, right size, end cap, well chosen shield etc. and it represents a group of very special and interesting people. Thanks for the opportunity, good luck to all.