Your first "truly awesome" folder

Al Mar SERE 2000. Carried that for about 6 years straight before branching out.
 
My first knife, the one that instilled in me at an early age the comfort and familiarity of always having a knife in my pocket, was a tiny MOP-handled slipjoint, given to me by my father. It was his first knife when he was a boy, also.

My interest was really piqued when I bought a Gerber E-Z Out in the mid 90s as my first "quality" knife. Before that, my pockets were ordinarily occupied with stamped-bolster bait-shop barlow knives and knock-off SAKs.

After the E-Z Out came a Benchmade 710 (first gen., plain ol' 154CM), which to me was a huge expense at the time, and the rest is..... history.
 
This is going to seem a bit odd but I think it'd be between my Spyderco Tenacious and the Emerson Combat Karambit.

I love both for different reasons but since I had the Emerson Combat Karambit first, I guess that would be it.
 
I thought I'd hit the big time when I got my first spyderco Delica 3 back in the mid 1990's. Now I would say the Caly3 carbon fiber is "truly awesome" but the Delica still doesn't disappoint.
 
The first knife that I really enjoyed was the Benchmade 551. I had a couple of great knives before that, but the axis lock really had me excited about folders.
 
The first blade that got me hooked into Collecting and EDC a blade was the Benchmade Model 710 in D2 Steel..
 
The one that started me was the 110 I bought in 77,I could make that knife screaming sharp.I carried that one through a 4 year hitch in the Corps from 80 to 84.Then around 90 or 91,I got a serrated Spyderco police,and thought that was it.Anyway,it was that 110 that really got me hooked.
 
I can say this too, "My first truly awesome folder would be the Buck 110 I bought new in 1974." I bought my Buck 110 in 1974 aboard ship during a Westpac cruise to Vietnam in the ship's store.... in either 1973 or 1974. It took me awhile to loosen the knife up and to learn, but after a month or so I could "flip" the blade out by flipping my thumb alongside the blade. As far as I know, there were no "flippers" in the old days... (1970s)

The next folder I bought was a Kershaw Skyline that I bought for myself for Christmas, December 17, 2009..... LOL I must say this awesome, truly awesome folder has proven to spark a very keen interest in knives such as I've never had before. I just ordered a Blur from Kershawguy (last night) I'm so hooked..... ; ) (Ordered the 1670OD with CPM 154 steel)
 
Spyderco Hunter around 1982. Bought it at a store in Santa Monica calif. had that knife for 12 years until a cop took it away after a bar altercation.:eek:

That first purchase seemed real expensive to me and I must have gone into that store at least 5 different times and admired it before purchasing.
 
colubrid said:
That first purchase seemed real expensive to me and I must have gone into that store at least 5 different times and admired it before purchasing.
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Oh, how I know that feeling.

Off topic...Colubrid are you into Herpetoculture?
 
The knife that started it all for me was a Gerber folding sportsman I bought back in the mid-seventies. Spent a little over $50 bucks on it which was a small fortune for me at the time. Gerber, along with Puma made some of the best folders in the world at that time - It's a real shame but the knives they put out today are an absolute disgrace compared to what they produced in the 60's. 70's, and early 80's.

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buck ( camillus ) 301 stockman. but last year i bot a KABAR -USMC. i was overwhelmed by the actual hands-on feeling of the history behind this classic knife. paul
 
Mine was a CRKT M16 tanto. I have more expensive knifes now but I still think the ol' M16 is a great design. Flips open faster than anytthing else I own.
 
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