Just curious

[Caleb]

I'm curious about the spyderco's users age.

personnally i am 16 and I had my first knives(Laguiole,Opinel)when i was 7 years old.I had my first lock knife (it was an buck 110 imitation)when i was 9.I had my first spyderco six month ago.And then I have 4 spydies.

[Toolin]

I am 19.

-Spyderco Endura SS plain
-Spyderco Delica FRN 50/50
-Marine Ka-Bar plain
-Victorinox Swiss Army

[copilotboy]

i'm 16

[J Smith]

I am 33,got my first spyderco 6 yrs ago.fast became my favorite. It was a ser. dragon fly. PE delica and 50/50 endura came soon after.I currently have 8 in my collection along with about 150 Cases I've been collecting scence I was about 8.

J Smith

[ruxton]

16

[sam the man..]

32 and going... Imma late bloomer when it comes to using Spydies... <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> My first folder is a Buck &quot;Selector&quot; <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

[vampyrewolf]

I'm 17, been using knives since I was 5.

Got my first knife from my grandfather, as he believed a man's gotta have/know how to use a knife.

I had about 3-4 since then till I found spyderco. I went on a 3week camp with cadets, recieving $180($60/week). I had $100 by the time I got home, and was determined to buy a good knife. I got the Delica, still EDC, back in August '99.

Since then I've bought 4 more, with 1 on order. I've dropped an order for a Calypso Jr lightweight with Cutting Edge(gives me 1-2 months to get cash built up).

-Plain Edge Delica, aug 99
-Ladybug, feb 01
-Serrated Cricket, tufram, mar 01
-40/60 Wegner jr, june 01
-Plain edge Dragonfly, SS, aug 01
(plain edge calypso jr lt, oct/nov 01)


We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare...

Edited by - vampyrewolf on 8/23/2001 10:30:29 AM

[Tightwad]

VampyreWolf.....You're grandpa was right. Every boy should own a pocket knife and learn
how to use it. It breaks my heart that the zero tolorance policy of most schools make it impossable
for boys growing up to have the fun I did by carrying / using a pocket knife everyday. I'm 55 and
each one of my 4 sons got a pocketknife for their 10th birthday. As a result they now know how &amp;
why to use it. Two now carry spydrco as do I. We know what a good quality knife they are. The
other two still carry the knife I gave them at 10.

[chinook]

Sexy Senior Se&#241;or

Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
(one of life's tragedies; this 18 yr old kid locked up in this 58 yr old body)

Got my first Worker at the county fair in 1984 butt really started pursuing these Spydies since I retired in 98. Over 20 of them now.
My nym is for the fish I chased up here before moving to where we vacationed for so many years. Now I hardly ever get to the river, butt just about to beat back Mother Nature from this acre and a quarter. Then I'll be free to chase the Steelhead and Salmon in the Rogue (only 4 miles aweay) and the ocean (2 miles)


Disguised as a responsible adult

[earthworm]

48.Couldn't say how long I've carried a pocketknife,but it's been so long I don't think about it:I just do it.Started my sons collection when they were 7 or so(Q's)&amp; somehow Santa usually leaves a knife in their sock*G*.Couldn't count the knives I've given as gifts;had to buy one friend 2 Delicas as the first one&quot;grew legs&quot;-?y'all ever have that happen?Respects.

[80L]

I'm 27. I've had knives ever since I was about 6 or 7. Got my first lockback at around 11 yrs old. I still have it...it was Buck knock-off hunting knife (brand was Sharp). First serrated blade was a Schrade (POS), and I just recently got my first Spydie. Before that my EDC was a Victornix Swiss Army Knife.

[Clay Kesting]

Darn it Chinook, I thought I was about the oldest here but I won't be 57 until October.

I've carried a pocket knife since I was a kid in the Scouts. However they've been SAK's until I discovered the internet and Spyderco. My eldest daughter got her first knife for her eighth birthday, a Wegner SAK with a locking blade. My second daughter will get one next birthday and my baby boy already has a Dragonfly <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>. I hope they will grow up appreciating knives as tools and knowing how to use them safely. Actually they already love knives, whenever I get a new one there's an argument about which one of them is going to inherit it <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow, in Australia it's tomorrow already.

[scolby]

I will be 40 next month.

First knife was either a Boy Scout Knife (don't know the manufacturer) or a Camillus Trapper with yellow delrin scales.

Got my first Spyderco in 1999. It was a Michael Walker Lightweight. Then I lost it and replaced it with a Walker Almite.

My current holding is 14 Spyderco knives, but another 6 or 7 have passed through my hands.

"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur

[Dav]

I've had 5 and a quarter birthdays.

Really <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Dav

[Sword and Shield]

Dav- So, by my reckoning, you would be 21 then? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> I've been carrying knives for a long time, ever since Cub Scouts, and can't imagine walking out of the house without one.

Scolby-unless that Scout knife is considerably older than you are, it's definitely a Camillus product. The only exception is the odd SAK/Scout knife, which have only been made since about '93. Post a description of it, especially the emblems and stamping, and I can tell you exactly how old it is.

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

Edited by - Sword and Shield on 8/23/2001 3:52:34 PM

[thorin hammer]

I am 20. I got my first Spydie about 2 years back, an Endura. I have been carrying a pocket knife since 11, and learned how to care for them in Boy Scouts. I decided I loved Spyderco products so much that I am determined to get them all... I have 12 right now and 3 on the way. And won't stop till I get em all!

Some laws permit, what honor dose not.

[yog]

Thank goodness some of the old times have begun replying, I was fealing ancient at 34 <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Carried a pocket knife for as long as I can remember, usually just non-brands or SAK's. Got my first &quot;proper&quot; folder about 5 years ago (Benchmade Leopard). At the time it was a Benchamde or a Spyderco. Got my first Spydie about about 6 month ago (Ladybug), since then I have bought a &quot;few&quot;.

[chinook]

Clay......

If you want, you can have the GHOF title.
I abdicate. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>


Disguised as a responsible adult

Edited by - Chinook on 8/23/2001 6:02:37 PM

[Alan2112]

By the grace of God, I'm now 38. I got my first knife when I was 7, an Imperial three plade med. Stockman, with stag delrin handles &amp; carbon blades(it was used &amp; old). I got my first Spyderco when I was 33, and we now have 6 counting our 204. RKBA!

[patogordo]

im 30 got my first victorinox for the boy scouts like 20 years ago and my first spyderco about 6 years ago

[cgjones]

I'll be 23 this November. I got my first knife at age 10(a SAK Tinker). Moved on to Leatherman, then finally saw the light in 1993 when I saw a guy in Australia using this funny looking knife. Finally bought one in 1996 for a trip to Europe I was taking. The only reason I waited until '96 was because my parents felt that my Leatherman was sufficent, which I couldn't really argue with because I wasn't old enough to buy one myself.

[Mancer]

Im 21

Had knives all my life, got my first when I was around 5, was never a knife freak though, not until I got my grey Matriarch, now Im hooked.

Seeya

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

[aero_student]

I'm 17 and got my first knife when I was 5. It was an oldtimer. I haven't got into knives until fairly recently. I was involved in martial arts for 6 years though. About 2 months ago i got a delica and am now up to 4 spydies plus a spydie santoku in the kitchen.

[GlockDoc]

53 next month. Guess I'm just a pup next to Clay and Chinook. Cut myself with a Purina Feed knife my granpa gave me when I was 5. When I was 12 or so my other granpa asked me to sharpen his knife. I didn't find out until years later that he was testing me. In his day anyone who couldn't sharpen a knife wasn't much good for anything.

[GlockDoc]

53 next month. Guess I'm just a pup next to Clay and Chinook. Cut myself with a Purina Feed knife my granpa gave me when I was 5. When I was 12 or so my other granpa asked me to sharpen his knife. I didn't find out until years later that he was testing me. In his day anyone who couldn't sharpen a knife wasn't much good for anything. First Spydie a Co-Pilot back in the eighties.

[olorin]

I'm 21, and I've been collecting knives since I was 17 I think. I had my first knife way before then (also got one from my grandpa - they are useful folks, aren't they <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>), but I really got into it after I got an air SOG in 97. In terms of spydies, I own Tim Wegner jr, Native Lightweight, Dragonfly Lightweight, and a Rookie. My Rookie's lock broke recently from too much use in the kitchen though <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

[dePaul]

Welcome to the forum olorin!

BTW, here comes another old timer <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
I am 45.

And it was indeed my grandfather who gave me the first knife; a tiny folder with a crappy blade steel (which bend almost emediately) and scales formed like a fish (a bass I think).

Spyderco Collectors Club Member #57

[Clay Kesting]

Chinook,

It's OK really, don't do anything rash <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

BTW what's a GHOF, I'm not sure that I want to be one anyway.

Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow, in Australia it's tomorrow already.

[Michael Janich]

I'm 38. Got my first daily carry knife, a Case slip joint, when I was about 11. My first &quot;tactical&quot; folder was at age 13 - a Gerber FSII equipped with a Flicket attachment for one-handed opening. That got me hooked on one-handed knives, making a love affair with Spyderco knives an inevitable event. I've never been the same since, nor have I ever been happier.



mike j

[charlie]

Too bad this is not a contest, with a Spyderco item as a prize, for the oldest Spyderco fan on this forum. I am 65, that's even older than Sal! Knives have always been an interest to me since I was old enough to hunt &amp; fish (around 9 years old, I think). My first favorite was a small fixed blade Trout &amp; Bird Knife by Western. Throughout the years knives have held an interest for me. The major brands that I have purchased and used include: Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, Buck, Gerber, Remmington , and Case. Mostly all are folders with a few Military and Survival as fixed blades. I discovered Spyderco thru a closeout sale in a SMKW catalog. I was impressed with the quality and started to learn more about the company and their products. Purchased the &quot;Spyderco Story&quot; book and liked the business policy and found out about all the models manufactured. I decided I would purchase Spyderco exclusively until I had most of the models that are readily available. Signed up for the Spyderco Collectors Club more than a year ago. I use my knives and vary my daily carry to give my knives a chance to perform and me to utilize the different models for my cutting needs.

Spyderco Collector # 047

[chinook]

Whew.....
Thanks Charlie
Takes a lot of the pressure off. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Clay-
GHOF = Grey Haired Old Fart
A term of endearment my daughter assured me!

Disguised as a responsible adult

[Dav]

Kudos to Sword and Shield for being _sharp_ enough to understand. Your right. :-)

Dav

[Clay Kesting]

LOL That's me all right Chinook <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Although, in my case it's more like a GBOF=Grey Bearded Old Fart

Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow, in Australia it's tomorrow already.

[ramlanrafie]

38.
can't remember exactly, but my first folder when i was in secondary school. tried to sharpened it till i got no blade.
interested with fixed blade till i found spyderco.

[Tom Percy]

46

Been carrying a knife since teens, and a Spyderco since about 88.

[Ashram]

I am 21. I have my first blade at 5 or 6, it was a stainless steel handled casexx. And i got my first spydie at about 14. It was a G-2 endura. I am very fond of both sydies and benchmades.

[Mike V.]

I'm 41. Had various cheap pocket knives while growing up. While in the USAF for 20 years I usually carried my trusty Buck folding hunter, a Leatherman, or a Gerber Multi-Plier. Just recently I got the Spyderco bug, and now 22 Spyderco's later I'm on the lookout for my next one.

Mike

[ftkinney]

i'm 28, and had a very small red platic handled folder like the kind you find in old craker jacks box when i was about 6. i got my first &quot;real&quot; knife when i was 9 or 10. i saved up for an uncle henry golden spike by schrade at the local walmart(i think it was on sale for $16.97), i still have that knife. i've had the same victornox tinker since i was 16. i just started getting spydercos for maybe 5 monthes now and i have one for each month.

FTK

[Gatekeeper]

Hi! My name is Gatekeeper. I've been addicted to sharp things since I was about 8 years old. I am 31 now and I deny having any sort of problem. Are you with me? Too many production knives over the years to keep track of. They have been mainly C.R.K.T., Benchmade, and Buck brands. Nearly 3 weeks ago, I bought my 1st Spydie (FRN Delica ATS-55 50/50). I'm absolutely ashamed that it took me this long to own a Spyderco product. There is only one problem. I've yet to decide which one to get next. Choice is the basis for all indecision.
THE GATEKEEPER

[Grim Reaper]

47. Seems like this easily puts me in the upper quartile.

My first knife was a mother-of-pearl handled, two-blade, no-name folder that I received for Christmas when I was about 8. My father also made a set of Arkansaas stones available, which I used until the long blade was practically worn down to a needle.

[Kahz]

I am 31, a girl (any more girls out there?) and I started collecting shiny pointy things since I was very, very young. My dad got me into it, he is a Samurai weapon expert (not me!) and loves knives, so it's in the genes.

I currently have most of my collection back in my native country, but I do carry a Wenger knife, a Buck knife, a Leatherman multitool, and a Spydie most of the time in case I need one or the other. Other less utilitarian knives I left back at my parents' house until I actually settle down in a place of my own.

BTW, next year I may move to Toronto, if you know of any good knife stores (not Internet), please let me know. I will be traveling there this year to check out the area and apartments, and I would also love to get familiarized with retailers for my favorite hobby, knife collecting. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Kahz

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Clarke's Third Law

[CopilotATS-55]

im 15 been carrying :spyder: since 2003 :)
first Spydie was the one in my avatar

[speyederlover]

I can't say how old I was when I got my first knife, but I know it was before I was nine. I've got about thirty or so spydies now and love all of them. I probably got my first on in 1994. I had just finished boot camp at Parris Island. It was a Delica CE FRN.

[STR]

I'm easily in the upper quartile also. Thats all I'm saying about my age. I will say this though. I've been a knife nut for as long as I can remember and I'd just about give away every knife I own and my first born too to be in my early 30s again.

STR

[speyederlover]

I guess I didn't answer the ? the first time sorry. 32.

[Texas guy]

Im 23

Been using knives since I was a Boy Scout, and I've only had a Spyderco for about six months.

[Delica_Nut]

35. 1st Spydie in 1989. Dozen now and counting.

[Childe Roland]

I'm 23. Got my first Spyderco at 13-an old Economy/Standard.Been using/carrying knives since I was about 5.

[Joe Wright]

Hi,

I'm Joe and I turned 62 this last summer. Been carrying a pocket knife since I was 9 years old. I have around 17 Spyderco's, around 375 Swiss Army knives (Vics) and heavens knows what else. Sitting here with three knives on my belt or in my pockets.

Hope to visit SFO in May when I go out for my youngest sister daughter's graduation in Colorado Springs.

Much as I like the Spyderco products, my longest EDC knife is the Victorinox Hiuntsman - now have #3 of that on my belt having worn out the previous two.

Cheers - Joe

[raven]

37, First Spydie (SS Delica SE) in '93'. I've carried a pocket knife since I was about 8. Passed down to me from my grandfather. It was (still have it) a Schrade. :cool:

God Bless :)


-raven-

[ruxton]

20, been using and abusing spyderco knives for about 5 years now.

[markg]

Wow some one dug this thread up! :)

40... First pocket knife was a Sears Craftsman Scout Knife...

First Spyderco was an Endura back in 1991, followed by a Co-Pilot.

[smcfalls13]

I'm 24 now, and have only been into Spyderco for about six months, but I've always loved knives since I was about 13 or so. My first knife was a Buck Nighthawk (Which I still have)

[flipe8]

33 pretty good years so far. I got my first Spyderco, a Delica FRN in 1996.Since then I have bought, sold and traded around 20 Spydies and at least that many other brands in my quest to find the perfect knife. About three months ago I came to the conclusion I could keep knives as opposed to getting rid of them to make room for new ones, thereby starting my "collection". Since that decision, I have picked up and kept 6 Spydies and am saving for my next one. First knife I remember was in grade 1 and it was a little two blade knife with Niagara Falls on the scales. That was taken away as soon as I got home from school one day when Mom found out from a friend's mom I had taken it to school and was cutting worms up at recess. Ahhhh....those were the days....

[SoCal Operator]

I'm seventeen next week, and like most of you, Scouting has heavily influenced my knife collecting, as well as my proficiancy and safety with the knives I use in the mountains and every day. I can't remember my first knife, but it was probably of the Swiss Army variety. My first :spyder: was a CE FRN Endura. Besides that, I'd just like to say that I'm glad to see so many younger knife collecters in the forum, as I think that people my age should know safe and responsible use of a knife as a tool.

Be prepared

[zenheretic]

I've had 5 and a quarter birthdays.

Really <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Dav
leap year victim

[Tank]

I'm just shy of 37, got my first spydie in 93 have have been carrying ever since.

[squad314]

I'm 36 (for eleven more days).It seems that I had a SAK for as long as I remember.My first locking folder was bought in '83 when I was working at summer camp.I'm not sure who made it,but it had a bear hunting scene in relief on the handle.I used it mostly for whittling,and spent a lot of time sharpening it.My first Spydie was last January and it was a Navigator SE.I EDC'd everyday since then,but in the past two months I got a D'Allara and a Delica black-blade PE.Whats next?...Sure like the looks of the ATR.

[Stasis]

I'm fifteen. I bought my first Spydie (SS Cricket PE) when I was thirteen. I was a late bloomer though, because it was only then that I started carrying a knife. I had a Case slipjoint before that, but I never carried it because I didn't like having to use two hands to open it. My dad has carried an SE Endura for as long as I can remember, so the only logical choice was to go Spyderco.

[Woody]

Well I am a ripe ol age of 46... Been loving Spydies since the early 80's... First one was an Economy/Standard... Since that time I have become the proud Papa of 32 more of them... :p Been around some sort of blade most of my life... Remember the first one I lost... To Mrs. Grant (the ol coot) my first grade teacher back in Aspen Colorado where I grew up till my early teans....

Later Spydie Bros....

Woody......

[spydutch]

I'm 39 now ( time flies when you're having fun :rolleyes: :D ).

I got my first real knife form my grandpa when I was about 10 years old. It was a Herder slipjoint.

I've carried only a SAK for years until last year November when I discovered Spyderco. Haven't carried anything else since. I have about 35 Spydies now.

[The Deacon]

60!
................

[catamount]

I'm 38. I've had various SAKs, pocket knives and multitools over my lifetime, but I only recently decided to look into "serious" knives. It didn't take long to realize that Spyderco epitomizes what I look for in a company and its products: quality, innovation, value for money, and integrity.

[redhawk44p]

I am 53. I got my first pocket knife at a novelty shop when I was 6 years old. I have carried every day since.

[TheKnifeCollector]

I am 38, sooon to be 39.I have carried/collected knives for 31, almost 32 years!!! I can not remember when I got my first Spyderco, or even what it was. But, I am hooked on Spydies!!

[pjrocco]

24...Got my first knife when I was 5... I used it for cutting up my sister's dolls.. :) I have had a knife on or around me since I was 7...

[mikewww]

60 too !!!!

[zenheretic]

36; I got my first knife when I was eight...an Oldtimer 3 bladed slipjoint...and I just realized that I don't know where it is even though I never lost it as a child. :eek: :(

[Dodge]

24 here. Got my first :spyder: 10 yrs ago. Endura PE w/ Frn clip..

[budman1950]

55. I started carrying a knife while I was in the Army, back in the day, way back. I've carried literally hundreds of knives over the years until the mid '90s when I "discovered" Spyderco. Now I only carry Spydies, at least one, every day. :D

[lerman]

i'm 16 and i hade my first knife when i was 9(a victorinox).

[ghostrider]

38.
Been carrying a knife off and on since I was around nine years old. Mostly SAK’s or Leatherman’s. Four years ago I bought a one-hander to carry every day and discovered how much I’d use it. The quest began and I started Spyderco ten months ago. Don’t know how many I have now. The quest for the perfect one seems endless.

[Crafft]

I'm 40!!!

Into knives from about the age of 7 or 8

Used to carry a SAK til 1995 than I bought my first serious knives. They were a couple of SOG winders (I and II). The little SOG winder was my EDC for almost 10 years... :eek: ..... til I discovered Spyderco this year :)

Now the majority of my knives are :spyder: s

[Gerard Breuker]

I am 2 weeks short of 44.
Always liked knives but I know now that I never had a real knife apart from a SAK until about 2 years ago. I believe I made up for it since.

[Senate]

I'll take the 27, thanks for the contest... :rolleyes: :D

[UK KEN]

Darn it Chinook, I thought I was about the oldest here but I won't be 57 until October.

<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow, in Australia it's tomorrow already.

......if you want to be the oldest you can have as many of my 47 years as you like to add to your own! :) :cool: :)

Cheers, Ken

[Goldtanker]

63 next month. Can't remember when I didn't carry a knife. We all had a pocket knife in grade school, and you could take them to grade school in those days.

Saw my first Spydie in a magazine advertisement in the late 80's. It was a Co-Pilot and I carried it on the job IWB weak side until I retired. Still have it - along with 25 others. :D

[kwakster]

My body is 40 years old, but i never grew past the age of 14.
Probably the reason why i now have about 30 Spyderco models, about 40 models of other brands, i like to tinker with them, sharpen them, and in general like to talk about them.
I also make a living selling knives on the internet, for me this is like getting paid for my hobby, it doesn't get any better than this, :D
Only problem with this job is that so many fine knives go through my hands and i keep finding it difficult to let them all go......
I also like this forum very much, it seems the only place where people like me can vent their thoughts without being seen as the village idiot. :p

[Nicky]

I will be 21 tomorow but I dont know for how long have been a knife lover but I know I've been carrying a knife daily for over 3 years now...

[s0rce]

I'm 19 and I have a Black Caly Jr. and a ZDP-189 Caly Jr. and I'm going to buy the S125V millie and ZDP Lum Chinese when they come out!.

[Rainy County]

I'm 12.I got my first knife,a small swiss army knife,when I was 4 and I found out about spyderco around 2 years ago.

[Tim8557]

58.....rekindled a lot of great memories as a kid. Saved my paper route money and convinced my Mom to let me buy a leather sheathed fixed blade when I was about 10. Many pocket knives over the years then kind of forgot about knives in general except kitchen knives. For the last 25 years, we have had the sharpest kitchen knives imagineable (contrary to most folks kitchen knives).

Discovered Spyderco a year ago and have:

Caly Jr ZDP (3)
Viele 2
Persian (2)
Mini Persian
KOPA in Micarta
and a Delica ZDP on Pre Order

Throw in a half dozen Benchmades, another half dozen Kershaws and a KaBar Dozier. Then of course there are a couple of Bucks.

Thank God there are no knife stores in Cinci or I would have a lot more. Kind of an obsessive type of person.

[Plowboy]

I'm 39 now ( time flies when you're having fun :rolleyes: :D ).

I got my first real knife form my grandpa when I was about 10 years old. It was a Herder slipjoint.

I've carried only a SAK for years until last year November when I discovered Spyderco. Haven't carried anything else since. I have about 35 Spydies now.

sypdutch,

So, you've 35 sypdies in only a year. Now, I'm really impressed with you. I've picked up only 10 in the past year. Keep it going and you've given me something to shoot for.

By the way, I'm in my early 40s.

Plowboy

[jaislandboy]

I'm 36.....my first knife was a Schrade Uncle Henry lockback in my teens...my first Spydie was a Delica w/integrated clip...and my next Spydie will be the ZDP Delica! :cool:

[Axlis]

24 here :)