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Sorry to hear about your grandfather, but thankfully he's still alive.
mine went out installing a homemade flagpole in his front yard ( pretty fitting I guess that a man who fought for his country during ww2 would go out installing a pole so he could fly his countries flag ).
I ended up with the knife that was in his pocket, it was a worn out vic Classic but luckily I was able to simply put its yellow scales on a like new one.

Personally I see too much life left in those blades not to want it back in working order so it could go in my pocket if this was my grandfather's knife.
I think there are a few people who could get this knife going again for you so you could carry it sometimes, otherwise you could just display it and get a good condition used one to carry in honor of him.
 
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Trout Hound said:
This is a fantastic thread. I hope I have a grandson who will smuggle pocket knives into the nursing home for me someday!
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It's Montana, they are a lot more tolerant of certain things there:). If he wants to keep some booze they just put his name on it and lock it up in the medicine cabinet. When he wants a drink, he pushes a red button and they mix it up!
 
So I took some advice from you guys and picked up a user. The blades have a little color and some spots, and need some touching up on a stone but it's a solid knife.

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That's a nice stockman. Blades look all there. Really like those matchstriker pulls.--KV
 
Laying here laughing reading your story to my wife. Your Grandpop is an amazing guy. Lays dead on the floor for three days, on the third day, he rose from the dead, and now sits at the head of the table in the nursing home dining room.

I say if he wants a pistol, bring him one. Since he's mostly blind, he won't hit anybody anyway.

Probably.

So are you going to carry the replacement in his honor, and display the original? Or are you thinking of getting it repaired?
 
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What a great story. You need to get to work turning the Spey on that replacement Imperial into a Pen! OH
 
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Amir Fleschwund said:
Laying here laughing reading your story to my wife. Your Grandpop is an amazing guy. Lays dead on the floor for three days, on the third day, he rose from the dead, and now sits at the head of the table in the nursing home dining room.

I say if he wants a pistol, bring him one. Since he's mostly blind, he won't hit anybody anyway.

Probably.

So are you going to carry the replacement in his honor, and display the original? Or are you thinking of getting it repaired?
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There was another time, when he was 92 I think, that he almost bought the farm. He was headed to the little bar across the back alley from his house for a drink in January. He slipped on the ice and knocked himself out. He was out there long enough his body heat melted the ice and then he froze to the ground a bit. They hauled him into the hospital, which made him mad, but he came home the next day.

I wouldn't want to bet on him not being able to hit anything, or I definitely wouldn't want to take my chances!!;)

Old Hunter said:
What a great story. You need to get to work turning the Spey on that replacement Imperial into a Pen! OH
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I wouldn't even begin to guess how many years it took him to get it that way. Of course knowing him, he might have done it on purpose the first day he had it. He always said if something didn't work for you or fit you just right, make it how you want it.

I've been packing the replacement around a bit since I got it. Even tried using the match strike on it yesterday, but I don't think matches are made like they used to be, they wouldn't light. Been thinking about what to do with his. There's always the possibility it could end up getting buried with him....never know when you might need a good knife....
 
You need a “strike anywhere” match, safety matches won’t strike on a blade.
 
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