Your most sentimental knives

For me it's an old, rusty Jim Bowie brand Stockman that my granddad gifted me when I was 15 or so and just getting into knives. It's well used but not abused. The story goes he purchased it off of a man while working on a pipeline job, the man peddled german knives to supplement his income according to my granddad. I was reading Knives Illustrated years ago and one of the authors/editors claimed he got started in the knife industry by peddling german made knives in his free time while on pipeline jobs. Coincidence ?
 
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This knife was made in 1964 and was carried by my Grandfather until he died in 1977. My Dad picked it up off his dresser and carried it until he was too sick to live by himself anymore. I'm terribly afraid I'll lose it, but I still drop it in my pocket and carry it from time to time just to feel a connection to them. It's the last knife I would ever part with.
 
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Like probably many on this forum, it's the Buck 110 for me. First knife I ever owned.
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Same here. Not my first knife. But the one that my dad gave me for Christmas when I was 15. When I shot my first deer it was a 6 point whitetail and I gut it with that same 110
 
My kershaw rainbow leek and a small Sebenza. Both gifted to me by my dad. The kershaw was just a "random" gift but I worked my a$$ off for a good year and a half for the Sebenza. They both get there fair share of pocket time too in case some of you were wondering.
 
As far as knives go, my most sentimental knife is probably not that valuable. It was my first custom, but it's a tiny wharnecliff made of O1. The raw steel is probably worth $2. Yet, it was the first thing I bought in the exchange here. It introduced me to custom knives, and got me hooked on quality knives. I've picked up a number of other neck knives since then, but it's routinely the one I wear when I want a neck knife.
 
My most sentimental knives are a set, consisting of 3, signed by the designer/producer & by the maker. I will make a display box or buy one & customize it, so i can gift them to my daughter some day (she is my outdoors partner).
 
A simple bootleg folder i "exchanged" from my grandpa with a higonokami.
Growing up watching him using this blade and i finally gathered enough balls to ask if i can keep it.
He was delighted to know this sharpy is going to good hands.
The FG paracord is made from a very special friend who remains a wonderful memory.
It's always inside my little box of wonder.
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Probably this knife, I have known this knife for nearly my whole life but only owned it this year. The hall marks place it out of Shefield England about 90 years ago, as far as I can figure out. I acquired it as part of an inheritance so it's going no where and means rather alot. :):thumbup:

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Daniel Fairly Havok X chopper that I designed and drew up. This was my first custom made-to-order knife.

I have my Dad's Buck 110 that he bought in 1985, I guess it's somewhat sentimental to me but he never used it and neither have I.
 
Sears Craftsman 5" lockback knife made by Schrade. It was my first good pocket knife. I carried it outdoors for 10+ years and it always did what I needed it to do. It's in the safe now, comfortably retired inside the original beat up leather sheath.
 
Dog paws Sebenza that I bought when I had to put my Labrador down. That dog meant a lot too me.
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Great thread.
My Willumsen Tuco. The first Tuco Mikkel made for me, he was not pleased with it, so he made me another. This is one special knife.
 
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BM910 Pre-production. It was given to me by my brother and is the knife that started me down this road. Funny things is that he's not really into knives. He has a few Benchmades, but they're simply tools that have been acquired over the years.
 
My tramontina "Amazonas" folder; it's the first knife I bought for myself so I guess it started me on this hobby... :thumbup: I still have it too, it's got lots of side to side as well as up and down blade play now from use and has been retired. It's funny to think this was the only knife I took with me years ago on a week long trip portage trip through the interior of Algonquin park; now, I'd be packing something a lot more substantial and better quality lol!

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Knives I've been gifted are pretty sentimental for me as well; I'd never sell or give them away either out of respect for the person who gifted them to me!

In this pic, the camillus PSK was a gift from an awesome forum member here:

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I was also gifted a JR sodbuster from the same guy, I can't say enough good things about him, but I'll always have these knives to remind me of his generosity! :)
 
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my most sentimental s my very first knife. its a Buck 110 and its been on some adventures that's for sure. it has all the marks and scars that you would expect from a novice knife guy who doesn't go easy on his tools. scratches down the entire length of the blade. chips out of the bevel that are too deep to be reprofiled out, dents in the brass bolsters from when I used it as an emergency hammer. but you can still tell its been taken care of in some regards, its polished, not a spot of rust and the only knife I can seem to get razor sharp consistently.
 
My SAK Tinker. I let my best friend (you know, the guy that eats at all the food at your house, calls your mom..MOM, borrows your clothes, takes your car and uses all the gas, etc) hold it the day before he deployed to Iraq for his second tour. Upon his return we were out celebrating and even though he was missing one & 1/2 fingers from shrapnel, I asked for my SAK. He gave it to me but the tweezers were missing. So after we finished fighting over the missing tweezers..we found another bar to get thrown out of. My best friend returned with my SAK though..and that's all that mattered :D
 
My Dad's 1964 Case Trapper that I got when he passed in 1988.

Also, my avatar knife make by Kerry Hamton. I had it made when my mother passed in 2009, and had her birth and death dates stamped on the inside of liner.
 
First Gen Benchmade AFCK that a dear friend gave to me that I carried while on active duty for many years until he gave me a BM Stryker. Retired the knife then and still have it and take it out occasionally to look at and reminisce.

Was also the knife that started "It" all for me (AFCK) great knife and a great friend who gifted it to me.
 
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Dog paws Sebenza that I bought when I had to put my Labrador down. That dog meant a lot too me.
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Ah man. That knife has got to be really special. I have a 14 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback and I can't even begin to imagine what it's going to be like to have to put him down. When I do, though, I think I'm going to buy a Dog Paw Sebbie, too.
 
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