Well, the shopping season is upon us, and while many folks (ok, let’s be realistic, most folks) will want electronics, household stuff or power tools, us knife enthusiasts are looking for that new knife under the tree when we get up on Christmas morning.

Personally, I would just love it if Santa could see his way clear to send me a new Spyderco Military, the last one I owned having grew legs on a recent hiking trip. However, I am a simple man.

If you could get any knife in the world for Christmas, which one would it be? Would it be a tactical folder?  A new pocket knife? A completely impractical fantasy sword?

My first Pocketknife was a Schrade Old Timer that had been handed down from my Grandfather. It was your standard 3 blade stockman, just like thousands of others, but to a 10 year old boy, it meant passage into manhood.

Well, that was before The Schrade company closed their doors after 100 years of being in business, and before the name was bought and slapped on cheap knives from China that bear little resemblance to the wonderful knives of our memories.