silenthunterstudios
Slipjoint Addict
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My father has never really been much of a knife nut. He appreciates a well made gun, mostly revolvers, shotguns and lever action rifles. He was a woodsman when he was my age, and appreciates anything a mountain man or cowboy would have carried. He appreciates a good sharp carbon steel fixed blade, using an Old Hickory butcher knife to dress a deer my little brother got this season. He also has a Schrade Sharpfinger that he used for years hunting. Ever since I can remember, there was a Schrade penknife or two that sat on the dryer, waiting to be reclaimed by my father. My mother rescued quite a few knives and coins from the washing machine. I have found older Schrade knives here and there for him, with lighter pulls, which he appreciates, he's lost most of them except for a Schrade peanut I found for him. I got him a new Uncle Henry with a bail, the bail broke on him, but I think a lanyard may be just the ticket. It will still go through the washing machine but at least it will not end up in the lost socks dimension.
He never really cared for any of the one hand opener knives I showed him over the years. Any slipjoints and most fixed blades have garnered an appreciative look, a joke, maybe a roll of the eyes if I showed him too many at once. Only a few knives have really gotten him excited. Holidays or birthdays without receiving a knife as a gift have elicited "What, no knife?" ala the father on Christmas morning in the Christmas Story. "What, no ties?"
My relatives and my fathers friends that hunted with my father when they were younger always talk about how my father glided through the woods, silent, and really hunted. I look back on all of the information my father shared with me, much of which went over my head, but I appreciated what I learned. My little brother has become quite the woodsman too. Hunting, fishing, camping etc. I am not a woodsman by any means, but I love the outdoors and all in it, and that came from my father.
My friend Carl says it took him 50 years to understand that his old man was right about most things. I have a bad problem with accumulating knives. I have been trying to be good. My father got by on the right tool for the job. A small pocket knife, he is an upholsterer by trade, and his shears serve him well. He has not needed a fixed blade, except for wild game.
Don't tell him, but I'm guessing there are quite a few things I can learn from the old timer.
I am reminded of his favorite quote when I show him a new knife or gun though, I'll make it clean for this forum...
"If you're going to throw your money against the wall, throw it my way."
He never really cared for any of the one hand opener knives I showed him over the years. Any slipjoints and most fixed blades have garnered an appreciative look, a joke, maybe a roll of the eyes if I showed him too many at once. Only a few knives have really gotten him excited. Holidays or birthdays without receiving a knife as a gift have elicited "What, no knife?" ala the father on Christmas morning in the Christmas Story. "What, no ties?"
My relatives and my fathers friends that hunted with my father when they were younger always talk about how my father glided through the woods, silent, and really hunted. I look back on all of the information my father shared with me, much of which went over my head, but I appreciated what I learned. My little brother has become quite the woodsman too. Hunting, fishing, camping etc. I am not a woodsman by any means, but I love the outdoors and all in it, and that came from my father.
My friend Carl says it took him 50 years to understand that his old man was right about most things. I have a bad problem with accumulating knives. I have been trying to be good. My father got by on the right tool for the job. A small pocket knife, he is an upholsterer by trade, and his shears serve him well. He has not needed a fixed blade, except for wild game.
Don't tell him, but I'm guessing there are quite a few things I can learn from the old timer.
I am reminded of his favorite quote when I show him a new knife or gun though, I'll make it clean for this forum...
"If you're going to throw your money against the wall, throw it my way."
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