Your Most Prized Possession in your collection

I have hundreds of knives & I make knives almost everyday but without hesitation every time someone asks me what my favorite is tell them it is a knife carried by my great-great grandfather. It is an OVB Grandaddy Barlow with saw-bone handles and plenty of wear. I never knew the man but heard my mother speak often of him. From the moment it was placed in my hand by my uncle I was connected to the man and a different time.......Brian
 
Has to be a Case Trapper 1993 commemorative of the Hump Back Whale, only 500 made, this one is #322. The handles are of Blue Lapis Lazuli, gray howlite and white Serpentine, cut to form a Hump back whale. Never seen another in person, mind you, this is if i had to pick only one
 
The dearest one to my heart would have to be a small, 20 year old, Jim Sornberger fighter that my wife got me as an anniversay present.
 
Busse Steel Heart E that my wife got me for birthday/wedding present. Used the knife to cut the cake.
 
Right now, I would have to say the "crown jewel" of my collection has to be my Darrel Ralph EDC with Ti multi-colored scales, 420V 3.6 blade.

Not only does it represent the finest example of the knife makers art, but it also gave me the opportunity to meet Darrel and to attain an appreciation of this gentleman's depth and quality as a human being as well as an artisan of the incredible "tools" that we so revere around here.:) :)
 
My most prized would have to be my Grandfather's first year (1914) Marble's Woodcraft with leather handle and stag pommel. Funny how 85+ years of service, proper care and aging enhance a knife's beauty and character :)

I guess that makes my David Broadwell sub-hilt a distant second :eek:
 
That is a hard decision. But, it would have to be the set of Case Trappers that my brother, and mom gave me years ago. I keep these under lock and key.
 
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