First knife I ever bought myself, I was 11 years old and we lived near a neighborhood store. I saw an Old Timer Sharpfinger in the case, and I had to have it. I asked the store owner if I could work and earn it, I pumped gas on the weekends for two months to buy it. $21 for the Old Timer, but I spent a lot of my earnings on drinks and chips till I learned that you had to save most of your money, not a little of it