According to our readership surveys, BLADE®’s the “Knife I Carry” monthly column is definitely a reader favorite. We ask subscribers and newsstand buyers to email or mail high-resolution .tifs or .jpegs of themselves holding their favorite knife, the one they carry daily or most often, and a short paragraph telling us why and what they like about it, or what cutting chores it excels at. Any story about the knife at all is fair game.

You can participate, too, and be entered in a drawing to win a free pocketknife. Here’s how:

Tell us what knife you carry. Add a little history or an anecdote. Try to include a photograph (if digital, at least 600 KB but no larger than 2 MB) of you with your knife. We will publish your comments in an upcoming “The Knife I Carry.” Your name will then be entered in a drawing to win a free, high-quality, name-brand pocketknife. Mail to: BLADE®, P.O. Box 789, Ooltewah, TN 37363-0789, or e-mail steve.shackleford@fwcommunity.com. If you send your entry by e-mail, please include your physical mailing address in case you win the pocketknife.