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Recently,in the "What Trad. knife are you carrying ?" thread,a member posted pics of a Normark slipjoint with plastic scales.Gary Graley remarked on how he had one once.
Well,I had one too,as a boy,and a ways back I saw an identical one on the bay,so I bid & bought it,just so I could have one like I once had as a kid.
It has been sitting idle for a while.
As a kid,back then,a friend & I had got these from his dad who swiped them out of his brothers bait & tackle store for us.My friend made a leather sheath for his. I used to cut thier lawn,his father was a tugboat mate & was out of town during the week,he'd pay me in tackle from his brothers place.Every week I'd wait to see what he hi jacked for me,coming home on Friday,the stuff was worth more than any cash then.We had a good racket going on ,lol.
He had to get Jack stuff too,so it was not unbearable for him to see me only,getting the goods.It was mostly fishing tackle,but one time these Normark knives were in the loot,what a bonus!
Well,when I saw that Gary had one once,I said to myself ,"I should send this ("this" , being a duplicate of my knife in white,that I had,too) to Gary & let him make a sheath. I wanted to do this so I could give the knife & sheath to my Son Ryan.I thought it would be a good thing for him to have in his stash of knives.I told him this whole story,too.
This knife has a Sandvik ss blade & is a bit big for the pocket,one reason my friend Jack made a sheath for his,back then.He used to sharpen his just for the sake of sharpening it,I think he liked honing it,more than the knife itself,the blade became dis figured.I lost mine somewhere.
So Gary hooked me up.Lemme tell you,his leather is impeccable.Certainly this sheath outdoes this knife here.His attention to detail is over the top,what a great man to deal with & a gentleman.They don't make guys like him no more,just as the days of cutting the nieghbors lawn for barter,are long gone,too. Thanks Gary,get home soon.
-Vince
Pics of Ryan's set up.
Well,I had one too,as a boy,and a ways back I saw an identical one on the bay,so I bid & bought it,just so I could have one like I once had as a kid.
It has been sitting idle for a while.
As a kid,back then,a friend & I had got these from his dad who swiped them out of his brothers bait & tackle store for us.My friend made a leather sheath for his. I used to cut thier lawn,his father was a tugboat mate & was out of town during the week,he'd pay me in tackle from his brothers place.Every week I'd wait to see what he hi jacked for me,coming home on Friday,the stuff was worth more than any cash then.We had a good racket going on ,lol.
He had to get Jack stuff too,so it was not unbearable for him to see me only,getting the goods.It was mostly fishing tackle,but one time these Normark knives were in the loot,what a bonus!
Well,when I saw that Gary had one once,I said to myself ,"I should send this ("this" , being a duplicate of my knife in white,that I had,too) to Gary & let him make a sheath. I wanted to do this so I could give the knife & sheath to my Son Ryan.I thought it would be a good thing for him to have in his stash of knives.I told him this whole story,too.
This knife has a Sandvik ss blade & is a bit big for the pocket,one reason my friend Jack made a sheath for his,back then.He used to sharpen his just for the sake of sharpening it,I think he liked honing it,more than the knife itself,the blade became dis figured.I lost mine somewhere.
So Gary hooked me up.Lemme tell you,his leather is impeccable.Certainly this sheath outdoes this knife here.His attention to detail is over the top,what a great man to deal with & a gentleman.They don't make guys like him no more,just as the days of cutting the nieghbors lawn for barter,are long gone,too. Thanks Gary,get home soon.
-Vince
Pics of Ryan's set up.
:thumbup:
comfy grip and sharp blade, always a nice combination.