A deal with Reverend Harding.

Thanks jackknife, those very words were spoken to me from my dad and from me to my boys!

Great story---Thank You...

Paul
 
Great story with a fantastic life lesson. Thanks for penning this one for us!:thumbup:
 
jackknife said:
The guy who invented 'crock sticks' didn't come up with anything the old guys in Big Smith overalls didn't already know about.


This was an old trick of most of the old timers. There was no mystique or hype about sharpening up a knife back then, it was just sort of second nature to working men who may have needed to touch up a knife and they were not at home, and even if they were, there was no super miricle gizmos back then. Coffee cups, top edge of car windows, smooth side of a brick, the long shaft of a screwdriver to act as a steel, lots of ways to get that pocket knife cutting again.

They didn't obsess over it like we do now. Just used what was around, and went on with life.
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So true... Its a great idea to keep these old ways alive. It kinda fits right in with the knives that we all love.

Gotta say though, I've never heard of using the top edge of a window before.
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338375 said:
So true... Its a great idea to keep these old ways alive. It kinda fits right in with the knives that we all love.

Gotta say though, I've never heard of using the top edge of a window before.
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I actually tried the window edge thing last night. Worked like a charm. Sure beat having to pull out my sharpener or strop. Couple of passes over the window edge and I was good to go.
 
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I actually tried the window edge thing last night. Worked like a charm. Sure beat having to pull out my sharpener or strop. Couple of passes over the window edge and I was good to go.
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Good to know modern car windows will still work. I saw my dad do this with his Hudson Hornet, and to be honest, I last tried it on a 63 Ford Falcon and a 66 VW beatle. Niether car was old at the time.:o
 
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This was an old trick of most of the old timers. There was no mystique or hype about sharpening up a knife back then, it was just sort of second nature to working men who may have needed to touch up a knife and they were not at home, and even if they were, there was no super miricle gizmos back then. Coffee cups, top edge of car windows, smooth side of a brick, the long shaft of a screwdriver to act as a steel, lots of ways to get that pocket knife cutting again.

They didn't obsess over it like we do now. Just used what was around, and went on with life.
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Jackknife you are like brezze from the simple times that passed. I do some of this but for me its so nice that you puts words to this. I dont think that the oldtimer did know at what angle they put their edges but the made their knifes sharp nevertheless. Use proved for them what was good.

This is why I dont se just advantages with the new supersteels of high Rockwell. They are interesting but the ways to sharpen a knife in field gets limitid. I for sure dont want to soft steel but its nice if it can be sharpened on a cup or the strikerside of a box of matches, whatever is close. The plugs in the old plug system for electrisity in hosehold electric centrals was also good cheramic to use.

Bosse
 
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