Quote from: Wspeed on April 13, 2018, 01:29:40 PMMy first sak was the Swiss Champ that I bought 23 years ago and still have and useMy first LM was the Original Supertool that I bought 20 years ago and still have and use Nice pics Wspeed!
My first sak was the Swiss Champ that I bought 23 years ago and still have and useMy first LM was the Original Supertool that I bought 20 years ago and still have and use
My first SAK was an economy Spartan, purchased along with some Swiss chocolate with some left-over Swiss francs on my first trip to Switzerland. Long gone.My first multitool was a Gerber Legend Multi-plier. A Christmas gift from my Dad, and sitting in the car tool box.Gerber multitool on the right.
My first SAK was this Champion.I have collected knives since I was 8 years old, but I had never seen a real Swiss Army knife until I was in my 30's, and this is the first one I saw.I had only seen the cheap knock-offs of Swiss Army Knives before that.We had a MacDonald's Sales Center in town..it was a store that had one of everything displayed and then you told them which items you wanted and they brought them to you from the back store room.I saw the Champion on display and asked to look at it and was completely in awe of the quality of it and the number of tools it had and I bought it.....that started my SAK addiction....I ended up being a Victorinox dealer for a number of years.Click on the pictures for best picture
My first pocket knife that I got when I was five, was a small blue penknife in the shape of a limousine/elongated Bentley type thing. I can still remember the moment pretty clearly - I was sitting in the garden by the back door on a warm summers day when my Mum came out and just handed it to me with a smile - no explanation or anything. Turned out that her Father (my Grandad) gave it to her when she was little too as she was a bit of a tomboy and him being a professional soldier (15 years Pipe Major in the Cameron Highlanders) was quite proud of that as all his other daughters were into pink pretty things etc...I bought my first SAK when I was eleven or twelve from Tommy Beatty who'd know doubt nick'd it off some unfortunate smaller than him. It was a little old Vic Classic with a chipped blade, which I quickly put serrations on with one of my dad's files. I demonstrated it's sharpness for a mate at school by carving a massive chunk out of a work bench in science class (slightly more than I Intended to) and the little smurf made such a commotion that my act of vandalism was immediately discovered and I got the belt.... little smurf. Strangely, I was allowed to keep the knife... which I promptly lost.First multitool was an OG Wave that I bought soon after I started my first proper job after leaving Art School (yeah I know)... actually, it wasn't - it was a really nasty cheap unbranded knock-off smurfey PST type thing that I recognised as being really quite useful... which prompted me to get a proper one... which was the Wave.
Quote from: Fuzzbucket on April 15, 2018, 03:00:31 PMMy first pocket knife that I got when I was five, was a small blue penknife in the shape of a limousine/elongated Bentley type thing. I can still remember the moment pretty clearly - I was sitting in the garden by the back door on a warm summers day when my Mum came out and just handed it to me with a smile - no explanation or anything. Turned out that her Father (my Grandad) gave it to her when she was little too as she was a bit of a tomboy and him being a professional soldier (15 years Pipe Major in the Cameron Highlanders) was quite proud of that as all his other daughters were into pink pretty things etc...I bought my first SAK when I was eleven or twelve from Tommy Beatty who'd know doubt nick'd it off some unfortunate smaller than him. It was a little old Vic Classic with a chipped blade, which I quickly put serrations on with one of my dad's files. I demonstrated it's sharpness for a mate at school by carving a massive chunk out of a work bench in science class (slightly more than I Intended to) and the little smurf made such a commotion that my act of vandalism was immediately discovered and I got the belt.... little smurf. Strangely, I was allowed to keep the knife... which I promptly lost.First multitool was an OG Wave that I bought soon after I started my first proper job after leaving Art School (yeah I know)... actually, it wasn't - it was a really nasty cheap unbranded knock-off smurfey PST type thing that I recognised as being really quite useful... which prompted me to get a proper one... which was the Wave.Still have the Wave Fuzzy? Pics? I was given an OG Wave as a gift around '98-'99, which at the time I was carrying a SwissChamp, so I regifted it.
I used to work next to an electrical/plumbing store and the guys at work bought me a Gerber Multi-lite for my birthday. If they had just got me a knife I don't think I'd have started this whole mess, but they thought a tool might suit me better. That proved a jumpin off point where I got my first real tool the OG Wave, then the rest is history. Helping create this place and Grant helped fuel my fascination and addiction.
Quote from: David Bowen on April 15, 2018, 11:22:29 PMI used to work next to an electrical/plumbing store and the guys at work bought me a Gerber Multi-lite for my birthday. If they had just got me a knife I don't think I'd have started this whole mess, but they thought a tool might suit me better. That proved a jumpin off point where I got my first real tool the OG Wave, then the rest is history. Helping create this place and Grant helped fuel my fascination and addiction.And they call it 'an act of kindness'.......
First folding knife was a tiny little brass handled slip joint, with a blade somewhat less than 2 cm long, that I was given by a neighbour when I was 4 or 5.First 'SAK' was a very cheap, very badly made clone, probably bought while I was in Scouts at 11 or 12.First Victorinox was a Spartan I bought when I was working in a hardware shop when I was 14 or 15.First multitool was a Kick/Micra combo, given to me as a wedding present in 2008 by my colleagues.I still have all of them (except the Micra - I prefer the Style CS)
Quote from: VICMAN on April 14, 2018, 10:16:57 PMMy first SAK was this Champion.nice story and excellent first SAK My first SAK was an Outrider gifted by my father on a car trip to France when I was 11 (I think) . I lost it a few years later in another road trip first MT was a cheap ST Knockoff that I had for years, and first real brand Multitool that I bought myself was a Gerber MP800, lost this last August
My first SAK was this Champion.