All About Pocket Knives

I thought about doing a knife giveaway when I hit 10,000 posts on AAPK but I was busy and just never got around to it. As of May 15th of this year I have been a member of AAPK for 10 years. I wanted to do a giveaway then, but that was less than a month before the OKCA show, and my busiest time of the year. It has taken me a few months to get caught up but in July I turned 65.

The knife for this giveaway is a customized Kershaw Wild Turkey model #4150. This knife has the KERSHAW/OREGON/USA tang stamp, which dates it to about 1985 or earlier. About 1986 Kai Cutlery, the company that made Kershaw knives in Seki Japan, purchased Kershaw Knife Company from Pete Kershaw. After Kai the company they made a few changes in the steel. When Pete own the company most of their knives were made with AUS 8-A steel; after Kai purchased the company they begin to make their pocketknives from AUS 6 steel and their survival knives and hunting knives were made of AUS 8-A steel. This information on the types of steel they were using is actually printed on the back of the 1986 catalog. The information on the earlier use of AUS 8-A in most all of their knives comes from a 1982 dealer price list.

I suppose I should note that this knife is one I customized. The original Kershaw Wild Turkey had rosewood handles, not stag.

This knife giveaway would be to celebrate my first 10,000 posts on AAPK, but I have exceeded that (13,800+), so it seems a bit silly to do this for 10,000 posts. It is still my 10th year as a member of AAPK and I also turned 65 this July (on Bastille Day). I am now officially a Senior Citizen! Where I live being a Senior Citizen means for just $5 I can get a cup of coffee! Such a deal!

Welcome to my 10th Anniversary/65th birthday/13,000 posts knife giveaway, or what ever you want to call it.

So sign up and good luck to y’all.


The only eligibility requirement for this giveaway is that you be a member of AAPK as of 12 o’clock noon Eastern time; August 4, 2016.

Simply click here and select a number between 0 and 1000.

You will have until the end of the day on September 3rd (11:59 P.M. Eastern) to pick a number after this time an official "Final List" of the entrants will be posted in this thread. The winner will be determined by the Illinois State Lottery evening pick three drawing on September 4th . The Individual closest to the selected number without going over will win. The Illinois lottery results can be found on the following website:

http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/Pick_3.html

You must be 18 years of age or older to play. The winner will be sent a PM after the drawing and will have 10 days to respond with your name and address, if you do not respond within the allotted time the knife will be given to the next closest winner on the list without going over.

...dale, that's a great-looking knife!!!...thanks for the chance to win it!!!........ ................

WOW, congrats my friend!! A pleasure to rub shoulders with you!

Awesome gift.....much respect!

....p. s., dale, congrats. on your 65th!!!.....if I can hang on a few more months, i'll be 80!!!............ ........

Semper Fi Marine. Congratulations on all that stuff and thanks for the opportunity to win that fine customized Kershaw.

Dale thanks for a chance to win one of your custom knives.

Grant

Wow Dale! Congrats, Happy Bithday too! This place wouldn't be he same without you.

That's an outstanding knife. Thanks for the opportunity!

Wow Dale, thats awsome. Congradulations on the ten years and the 10,000 post's. It's people like you that make this the best knife forum anywhere. I thank you for your patience and generosity with the knowledge that you share with everyone. I hope that God blesses you and everyone here at AAPK in this life and the next.


Monte

A great gesture, my friend . Got to thinking about the knife and thought since I already have one of your customized Kershaws I'd just lay low on this giveaway opportunity. But then I thought again and it came to me that this one is a little bit different than the one you gifted me when I had my knee replaced so I'm going to jump in too!
Folks, the one Dale presented me a couple years ago has a special place in my "accumulation" !
Semper Fi, my brother.
Treefarmer

Wow Dale, you're a generous old rascal.

Thanks for the chance to win a super nice knife with some of your fine custom work.

That is a beautifully customized knife, Dale. What a fine way to celebrate ten years!

Congrats Dale!

Nice work on this knife, I would like to have one you have customized

Congratulations Dale! Beautiful knife, thanks for the chance to win it.
Dan

Thank you for everything you for the knife community Dale, I'm proud to call you my left-coast friend! Very generous!

Very nice of you Dale. Also, thanks for all you do here on AAPK.

Beautiful stag, and very nicely done! Thanks Dale, for the generous offering, and for all the things you do for us on AAPK.
It's folks like you that help make it possible for the rest of us freeloaders to enjoy it here.

Ken

Ken you are correct, as it has been wearing on me. What can I do to help the AAPK financially. I know this has to cost someone. I haven't seen a place to make a contribution or otherwise. It would help my conscious if I could give back something in return for all the enjoyment and knowledge thats been shared with me.

You do your part Ken by posting on a regular basis. As I've said many times in the past, "Posts are the life's blood of any forum. Without posts this forum or any other would not exist.".

thanks for the chance at winning one of your custom knives! and thanks for all the informative posts! Terry

montemojo wrote:Ken you are correct, as it has been wearing on me. What can I do to help the AAPK financially. I know this has to cost someone. I haven't seen a place to make a contribution or otherwise. It would help my conscious if I could give back something in return for all the enjoyment and knowledge thats been shared with me.

You can contact Bryan, the owner of this site and let him know you'd like to make a contribution to AAPK. He does not solicit donations but I don't think that he would refuse one if offered.

Thanks Phil will do, I was also thinking maybe an AAPK auction with donated knives by concerned members. I dont know how that would work out. I was thinking about the PBS auction they have every year. I beleive it is a non profit organization. I think the AAPK would be similar.

Monte

Monte, did you notice you have a PM?

Thanks Jerry, I wrote the address down


Monte

Congrats on 10 years and 13K....thanks the chance on a super knife....best wishes....Herb

Very generous of you, Dale. And one beautiful knife. Thanks for a chance to own it.