Single most prized knife

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Hi, I'm not what I would call a knife guy. Have a couple of pocket knives like everyone, couple this and that and a tomahawk, so I am asking this question to all of the real knife guys. What is your single most prized knife, why, and of course pics please. Not talking about the one you would sell last because of utility, or whatever, just your prize.

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Ben
 
I have too many to list just one.
A Cattaraugus 225Q my dad carried in combat four years and brought back from WWII?
A Vietnam era Randall #1 I carried a few miles myself in green clothes & black boots?
A SAK I have had in my pocket since 1970?
Any number of custom knives I made myself?

Sorry, I can't name just one.

rc
 
Mine is my Randall #1. I got it back in 1988, when the wait list was only between 18 months and 2 years. I added some filework to the pommel and re-shaped the edge near the ricasso so that it won't cut you when you choke up on it.

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Mine is one I made that was in Blade magazine, I've sold all the rest but this one.

7" Super Camp with Giraffe Bone scales

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A good friend of ly fathers was a collecter. He gave me a ww2 japanese officers katatna. My most prized blade.
 
Sword - Edo period wakizashi.
Fixed - Perry Elder Fighter (1 of 3) that Perry tweaked for me
Folder - SAK soldier alox brought back from Switzerland by my former MIL
 
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No pics because I passed it to my son. My Dad's green handled Buck 105 that he bought in about 1950. Past that, I prize whatever I'm carrying when I need to cut something.
 
Have a couple EK knives, Buckmaster 184 (1st version) and a Pacific Cutlery Timba (pre Benchmade) that I like. I have some others but not sure which ONE is my most prized/favorite.
 
The "BoyScout pocket knife" my dad gave me 36 years ago when I was 7 years old. I still have it. I need to restore it as it was ignored for years and has some rust on it. I stopped carrying it when I was 30 because I started to worry about the sadness I would feel if I lost it. I went out a bought myself (I didn't want a gife from someone that might lead to sentimental value) a SwissArmy Tinkerer and have been carrying that or the slightly larger/more rugged versions for the past 13 years.
 
The "BoyScout pocket knife" my dad gave me 36 years ago when I was 7 years old. I still have it.
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This. Nothing measures up the sentimental value of a beloved trusty pocket knife given by a father to his son. I carry mine everyday.
 
At this point, probably a tie between the knife my friend Shane made for me, that I used in my last deployment to Afghanistan, and the Camp Defender I designed, made for me by another friend. You'll have to look for pics, but there are open threads on the CD.
 
My father's Schrade Old Timer Lumberjack with delrin handle, that I inherited when he passed away.

He had more expensive knives, I have more expensive knives, but that Schrade is the one carried by my dad since the late 1970's or early 1980's. Still solid, well-cared for, hand honed to hair popping sharpness, heavy patina from real use, it pretty much reflects the kind of man that he was.

There are probably a bazillion of them around, and I know that they aren't worth much monetarily, but that Schrade is the one that I most prize.
 
Tough one. When I start digging out my blades, the one that always makes me handle it fondly is a Randall No. 16 Special Fighter.
 
I am sort of split on this. The Gerber Mk1 I bought at Benning in 1966 is with it's third owner. I gave it to a young man who I helped train In an Explorer search and rescue Sherrifs post. It is now riding in a young ladys boot who has finished her rotary wing training at Rucker. I still have a stainless two blade pen knife my father owned. In 1949 when I was 3 his older brother was a major in the occupation of Germany. n the area my uncle was in they had a reputaion of making pocket knives. My uncle solicited funds from any who would listento get a factory going again. Dad and Mom scraped up $50, thinking they would rather help the Germans than fight them. About a year later I was told Dad got a knife in the mail and 50 shares in a West German factory. In 1956 Dad got an offer to buy back the shares. He sent them back with a letter of congratulations at no charge. They sent a thank you and a box of knives. These were given out in Dad's and Moms's family, me I was sent the original knife by Mom when Dad died. I was also sent Dad's sweet 16 Browning, and my Uncle's .410 double made by Brandt and Son, London. Last to come to me was Mom's Benjamin pump up in 22., and her Win 94 in 30-30.
The distribution and story on these items is in my will.

blindhari
 
The best knife I have now, is the Puma Hunter I bought back in 1965. It is still as sharp as the day I was shown how to sharpen it, by my Grandpa, truly razor sharp. Good German steel.
 
Strangely, it's this one:

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It isn't very sharp (my own fault), but I've had it for about 16 years, since I was around 10. I have absolutely no recollection of how I got it. I'm thinking I probably got it for a few bucks with my allowance. The only markings on it are on the opposite side of the blade: "Stainless" and under that, "China".

Obviously not a remarkable knife, but it put up with years of abuse, and lots of other knives I had at the same time didn't stand up to half as much punishment. It's the only "weapon" I carry, if you could even call it that, but I always have it with me.

Anyone know where I might have gotten it? I sure don't. Interesting note though: Two of my cousins have identical knives, and we all swear we got them around the same time. We didn't even live in the same state at the time, though.
 
Heirloom = Not For Sale

Not like I've ever [post=7413050]mentioned this one[/post] before or anything . . . :D

One year and two weeks from today I will have had [post=7507301]this knife[/post] for fifty (50) years. It's an Imperial. Nothing exceptional, other than its being the first knife I ever owned, given to me by my late father on my 12th birthday.

The "It's an Imperial" link above goes to a collection of photos of the knife.

Here are a couple I don't normally post, simply because of the poor quality:

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It's not the finest knife I own, and it's not at the top of my "live off the grid for two weeks" list, either.

But it is a knife that will go to one of my kids, or perhaps to a grandkid.

I have no illusions that anyone besides me will have my appreciation for it. Hey, it's just an old knife.

It is prized for what it represents more than what it actually is.

Now, if this were a different question, like "which of your knives is the one you use most?" then you'd get a different answer. Of course, thirty years ago, this same knife would have answered both questions.

 
No pics right now, but an old trapper pattern knife with carbon steel blades made in Pakistan. It has a metal plate bearing the name "GESCO" in the wood handle scales. It belonged to my maternal grandfather who left us way too early when he lost his battle with cancer.
 
The inexpensive gentleman's pocket knife that my daughter got me when my first grandchild was born engraved with: To Grandpa, Love Lily.

My first(of many) grandkid and a knife. I raised my daughters right.
 
I've got a decent collection, but there is no one knife I would be devastated if I lost.

The one I use the most is my Benchmade Barrage. It's been clipped to my pocket from the time I get dressed to the time I go to bed for the past several months. I'd be irritated if it was lost, but it's not irreplaceable.

I seriously slimmed down my blade collection earlier this year. I kept the ones I acquired in Iraq, and a few other select blades.

I haven't inherited many, or been gifted many either.

I'm starting some custom blades in my workshop/ garage, so we'll see how those turn out.
 
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Strangely, it's this one:

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It isn't very sharp (my own fault), but I've had it for about 16 years, since I was around 10. I have absolutely no recollection of how I got it. I'm thinking I probably got it for a few bucks with my allowance. The only markings on it are on the opposite side of the blade: "Stainless" and under that, "China".

Obviously not a remarkable knife, but it put up with years of abuse, and lots of other knives I had at the same time didn't stand up to half as much punishment. It's the only "weapon" I carry, if you could even call it that, but I always have it with me.

Anyone know where I might have gotten it? I sure don't. Interesting note though: Two of my cousins have identical knives, and we all swear we got them around the same time. We didn't even live in the same state at the time, though.
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I have the same model... don't know where I got it. Good utility knife. I leave it in my tool box.
 
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