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Porch traditions come in many forms, and with Randy
glocktenman
posting his very generous annual giveaway thread, I figured it was time to post this year's YOUR Traditional Knife of the Year thread. It's been going on a lot of years now, so you older posters know the score. For everyone else, it's YOUR Traditional Knife of the Year, not THE Traditional Knife of the Year, and there can be only ONE, so if you can't choose, you don't have a KNIFE of the year. If you do, please tell us about it 
Here's the deal from last year's thread, with the year updated:
In 2024, if you’re lucky, you may have bought, found, or been given, an EXCEPTIONAL knife. Maybe it was a knife you didn’t think was going to be that special, but it has absolutely CHARMED you. Perhaps it was an inexpensive knife, which you picked up somewhere, slipped in your pocket, and then found you couldn’t stop carrying it. It must be a knife you have gotten on or since Christmas Day 2023. If you’ve come across a knife like that, perhaps you’d like to nominate it as YOUR knife of the year.
Now, it could be that you’ve been perfectly happy carrying the knife you bought or were given many years ago, a knife which has served you so well, why would you want to change? If that’s the case, good luck to you my friend, but that knife doesn’t qualify.
It could be that you’ve had lots of knives this year, and liked many of them, but none of them really stood out. Don’t worry, maybe something will come along next year, which will absolutely knock your socks off. You can tell us about that knife next year.
Also, and we always get a couple of these, you may be one of those indecisive folks who just can’t make your mind up. Maybe you have two, or three, or four knives you really like, and can’t decide which you like the best. If that applies to you, feel free to start another thread, because if ONE of those knives doesn’t stand out, it doesn’t deserve to be nominated for this one. By all means mention a number of knives, but in the end, YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE. If you can’t…on yer bike!
It gets worse, there’s no prize for this, and there’s no winner!
We’re just talking knives, and telling each other which single knife has made all the difference to us this year
So, we're not looking for the fanciest custom you picked up this year, we're looking for a knife that you've CARRIED, that has absolutely hogged your pocket in a way which may have taken you by surprise. Don't worry if you can't choose one, you're not being asked to choose your favourite child, just sit back and read the posts, and maybe you'll find a knife to nominate next year
This is supposed to be fun, so have a good think, and enjoy posting I hope that 2024 has been a good year for you, and that 2025 is equally kind
I'll post my own contribution in due course
Jack
glocktenman
posting his very generous annual giveaway thread, I figured it was time to post this year's YOUR Traditional Knife of the Year thread. It's been going on a lot of years now, so you older posters know the score. For everyone else, it's YOUR Traditional Knife of the Year, not THE Traditional Knife of the Year, and there can be only ONE, so if you can't choose, you don't have a KNIFE of the year. If you do, please tell us about it
Here's the deal from last year's thread, with the year updated:
In 2024, if you’re lucky, you may have bought, found, or been given, an EXCEPTIONAL knife. Maybe it was a knife you didn’t think was going to be that special, but it has absolutely CHARMED you. Perhaps it was an inexpensive knife, which you picked up somewhere, slipped in your pocket, and then found you couldn’t stop carrying it. It must be a knife you have gotten on or since Christmas Day 2023. If you’ve come across a knife like that, perhaps you’d like to nominate it as YOUR knife of the year.
Now, it could be that you’ve been perfectly happy carrying the knife you bought or were given many years ago, a knife which has served you so well, why would you want to change? If that’s the case, good luck to you my friend, but that knife doesn’t qualify.
It could be that you’ve had lots of knives this year, and liked many of them, but none of them really stood out. Don’t worry, maybe something will come along next year, which will absolutely knock your socks off. You can tell us about that knife next year.
Also, and we always get a couple of these, you may be one of those indecisive folks who just can’t make your mind up. Maybe you have two, or three, or four knives you really like, and can’t decide which you like the best. If that applies to you, feel free to start another thread, because if ONE of those knives doesn’t stand out, it doesn’t deserve to be nominated for this one. By all means mention a number of knives, but in the end, YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE. If you can’t…on yer bike!
It gets worse, there’s no prize for this, and there’s no winner!
We’re just talking knives, and telling each other which single knife has made all the difference to us this year So, we're not looking for the fanciest custom you picked up this year, we're looking for a knife that you've CARRIED, that has absolutely hogged your pocket in a way which may have taken you by surprise. Don't worry if you can't choose one, you're not being asked to choose your favourite child, just sit back and read the posts, and maybe you'll find a knife to nominate next year
This is supposed to be fun, so have a good think, and enjoy posting
I hope that 2024 has been a good year for you, and that 2025 is equally kind I'll post my own contribution in due course
Jack
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What an incredible knife to remember her 
