Deltaboy1984
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From the Top the last made in the USA OT I bought
A Shrade Walden I got off the bay
My most favorite is my Grandpaws Boker he got back in the Depression with money from running a Trap line. It is the bottom knife of the 3.
Single most prized knife
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From the Top the last made in the USA OT I bought
A Shrade Walden I got off the bay
My most favorite is my Grandpaws Boker he got back in the Depression with money from running a Trap line. It is the bottom knife of the 3.
robinkevin
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This is my knife, there are many like it but this one is mine.
Actual picture not mine, but looks the same.
Actual picture not mine, but looks the same.
1KPerDay
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Beauty.
I've got three that hold alot of sentiment. Each was given to me as I departed from military outfits as thier 1st Sgt. One is an orange swithblade that aviators carryed. It has a hook for cutting 'chute chords and is engraved with "Good morning, 1st Sgt" Another is a Buck, 120 engraved with "Thanks, Shirt" and other is a Uncle Henry (Schrade), 2 inch lockback engrave with "Top, Pac". I can't say either has more value to me as these outfits were truely outstanding individuals who made BUFFS fly, drop bombs and kill people.
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sixgunner455
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Asking knife people to pick out their most prized blade is like asking a parent to pick out their favorite child. 
Some will be able to, but most won't say just one, even if there is one that is truly 'the one'.
Got this first one in Afghanistan about nine years ago. It's important - irreplaceable - as a memento, but it just sits in the safe and does nothing. I've never even cut anything with the old thing:
Three favorite pocket knives are next. The red one is a Vic Tinker. I bought it after I got out of basic, and carried it all over the world. I've used it on more continents than even I can believe. The scales are loose now, and the tip of the smaller screwdriver is a bit buggered from some stuff I had to do with it one time, but the blades are sharp and ready to go, and it rides around in my backpack most of the time. I got a Vic Soldier (the nice looking Alox one, not one of the funky new ones) that I carry more now, and semi-retired the Tinker, even though if I glued the scales down, it'd go for a lot longer before it was actually worn out.
The old scout knife I carried as a scout leader.
The blue Case I bought while I was on leave from the desert, so I could carry something pretty back there that was just designed to look nice and cut stuff.
This is a knife I got from my dad, and then carried all over the place. It's got a five inch blade - just long enough to be serious, but not so long as to be obnoxious and in the way. A good length for a knife you can actually use, but sharp and pointy, too.
Some will be able to, but most won't say just one, even if there is one that is truly 'the one'.Got this first one in Afghanistan about nine years ago. It's important - irreplaceable - as a memento, but it just sits in the safe and does nothing. I've never even cut anything with the old thing:
Three favorite pocket knives are next. The red one is a Vic Tinker. I bought it after I got out of basic, and carried it all over the world. I've used it on more continents than even I can believe. The scales are loose now, and the tip of the smaller screwdriver is a bit buggered from some stuff I had to do with it one time, but the blades are sharp and ready to go, and it rides around in my backpack most of the time. I got a Vic Soldier (the nice looking Alox one, not one of the funky new ones) that I carry more now, and semi-retired the Tinker, even though if I glued the scales down, it'd go for a lot longer before it was actually worn out.
The old scout knife I carried as a scout leader.
The blue Case I bought while I was on leave from the desert, so I could carry something pretty back there that was just designed to look nice and cut stuff.
This is a knife I got from my dad, and then carried all over the place. It's got a five inch blade - just long enough to be serious, but not so long as to be obnoxious and in the way. A good length for a knife you can actually use, but sharp and pointy, too.
JVoutilainen
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KodiakBeer,
Now that...
...is interesting.
I have considered making an ulu, but forging it out of modern steel just doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Therefore, I am searching for some old wrought iron for the project.
Now that...
...is interesting.
I have considered making an ulu, but forging it out of modern steel just doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Therefore, I am searching for some old wrought iron for the project.
ApacheCoTodd
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No question with me - it's the Parrish 8 inch Survivor in the center. When we graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course, a great many zipped down to Cumberland Knife and Gun to get or at least order an obligatory Randall if not - or in addition to - finding a Rolex and star sapphire ring. I ended up much more impressed with the Parrish and he was an approachable fella in his shop in N.C. Later, he traded me a sheath made to hold a leatherman tool instead of a useless stone and put on "pull the dot" fasteners so I could get it off my LBE without total disassembly of the web gear. Though heavy, it was a great field tool and an outstanding "barbeque knife" for impressing foreign troops - more important than it sounds! The Randall on the right is what I didn't buy until later and even then never used it and the Parrish "baby survivor" on the left is just a cool little companion knife.
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Gordon
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"an obligatory Randall if not - or in addition to - finding a Rolex and star sapphire ring."
That was going on in 1966 too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was going on in 1966 too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bozack
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My first knife was given to me for my seventh or eighth birthday by my brother and sister. It is an Ulster Boy scout knife.
My most prized knife that I bought is a D'Holder I bought at the New York Knife Show for $250.00. It is the one on the top left.
My most prized knife that I bought is a D'Holder I bought at the New York Knife Show for $250.00. It is the one on the top left.
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Maker = Phillip Patton
Blade is 16-5/8" long
Handle adds exactly 5" more
Blade is 300 layers of 1095/15n20 butterfly pattern damascus.
Blade is 2-1/8" at the widest
Guard is O1/L6 opposing twist. About 150 layers
Pommel is straight pattern 1084/15n20. I think about 350 layers.
Handle = desert ironwood burl
Spacers are silicon bronze with file work.
Yes it glows when orcs around
Blade is 16-5/8" long
Handle adds exactly 5" more
Blade is 300 layers of 1095/15n20 butterfly pattern damascus.
Blade is 2-1/8" at the widest
Guard is O1/L6 opposing twist. About 150 layers
Pommel is straight pattern 1084/15n20. I think about 350 layers.
Handle = desert ironwood burl
Spacers are silicon bronze with file work.
Yes it glows when orcs around
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JVoutilainen
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Uh oh...
I don't have a single most prized knife per say, but I suppose the ones I'm most fond of are the ones with memories attached to them. Say, my Buck 110 that I've used to field dress deer after successful and enjoyable hunts with family and friends. My EDC SAK which accompanies me everywhere and I've used during many fun, family experiences. My Case Stockman that my kids bought me when they were little with their own money, because they understood how much dad likes Case knives and the local hardware store carreis them.
That Patton is beautiful!
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MeridianBlades
Patton-Absolutely Awesome!!!
Patton-Absolutely Awesome!!!
Doug Add
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A little yellow two blade Schrade Walden 708Y that would be junk to most people is my most prized knife. I gave it to my grandfather for Christmas when I was 9 years old. He died rather unexpectedly (at age 60) less than a year later, and that following Christmas my grandmother gave it back to me.
I used to carry it, but nearly lost it to the TSA once when I forgot to put it in my checked bag on a flight home. So now it resides in a safe place in my bedroom.
I used to carry it, but nearly lost it to the TSA once when I forgot to put it in my checked bag on a flight home. So now it resides in a safe place in my bedroom.
Isaac's Grandpa
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My most prized ones are the Mora knives that my great-grandfather brought over from Sweden.
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This one would be a close 2nd.... Push dagger by Bob Appleby.
mic214
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Out of all of my knives, I would have to say my Randall 12-9 is my most single prized blade. I bought it for myself as a retirement present back in 2008.
This is from Randall's "Non-Catalog" line. It has a 9" carbon steel blade fashioned after their Model 14. The stag and leather grip is patterned after the Model 25. Mine has the brass hilt and end cap option. I also added a lanyard hole in the end cap and my initials etched in the blade.
I have packed it, on occasion, when out at the ranch "Checking fences":
This is from Randall's "Non-Catalog" line. It has a 9" carbon steel blade fashioned after their Model 14. The stag and leather grip is patterned after the Model 25. Mine has the brass hilt and end cap option. I also added a lanyard hole in the end cap and my initials etched in the blade.
I have packed it, on occasion, when out at the ranch "Checking fences":
KodiakBeer
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Well, sorry for the very late reply, but "authentic" ulu's are made of stone like this one I found in a river bed (the handle is added by me), the blade is slate.
The second picture is what is commonly seen in the late 1800's up to mid 1900's - the preferred blade is made from an old circular saw.
PowerG
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A Buck Pathfinder I got for Christmas in 1970.
krupparms
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In 1969 my family lost everything to hurricane Camille! We lost everything & the USAF did not help us get back on our feet! We were very short on money! So when my dad bought both my brother & I a Puma Hunters Pal. ( $25)! We thought we were rich, we were! My Mom &Dads love! Still have it, &would not sell it for anything! A great knife.I still use it, but just for hunting. It is my grandsons one day, but till then it is my favorite
Deltaboy1984
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Grandpaws 1930's Boker Tree Brand 3 blade pocket knife.
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