Do you own a knife that is as old as you are?

[Slice-and-dice]

I have one that was made the year I was born- a Camillus Barlow. Care to share one you have that was manufactured around the year of your birth? Thank you, SnD

https://flic.kr/p/2oQvmra

 

[过年没吃饺子]

I was born in 1991. This phrobis cuk was produced in 1991, the same age as me.

 

[GmpaJim]

Do you own a knife that is as old as you are?
Yes I do…

 

[pvicenzi]

These are about 30 years older than me.

 

[353]

This is the "housewife knife". Made 1970-79.

1979 model myself, so it was probably made before me.

All norwegian households had one or more of these in the kitchen.

It's a great all round kitchen knife, but excels at cutting bread.

I think most of them are gone now, thanx to all the house wifes putting them into the dish washer and ruining the wood handle..

I was lucky and found a unused one a couple of years ago, think I paid 10$.

It's kind of nostalgic to me:

 

[Slice-and-dice]

This is the "housewife knife". Made 1970-79.

All norwegian households had one or more of these in the kitchen.

It's a great all round kitchen knife, but excels at cutting bread.

I think most of them are gone now, thanx to all the house wifes putting them into the dish washer and ruining the wood handle..

I was lucky and found a unused one a couple of years ago, think I paid 10$.

It's kind of nostalgic to me:

Beautiful knife and awesome back story, thanks for sharing.

 

[Slice-and-dice]

Beautiful knife and awesome back story, thanks for sharing.

Are you going to put anything on that handle to preserve the wood, or have you done so already?

 

[jlauffer]

Two oldest knives I have (that I know of). This L36K which is ~30 years older than me

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And this Trooper that is 8 years (to the day) younger

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ETA: Forgot about this German WWII bayonet my FIL gave me before he passed (the L36K was also his).

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[pholder]

Buck 110 , 1962

 

[Trawlerman]

Yes, (but just barely!). My Dad's WWll KaBar he carried in the Solomon Islands theater.

 

[Kettleman]

Yep. A 1949-64 Case medium stockman is at least 1 year older than me.

 

[maxjeg]

Twenty years older than me. In this version, it was produced from 1951 to 1958.

 

[353]

Are you going to put anything on that handle to preserve the wood, or have you done so already?

Mayby down the road, but for now it holds up well as long as no one puts it in the dishwasher!

 

[Alberta Ed]

I have a wood chisel from a great uncle that probably dates from the 1880s. No others, sadly.

 

[Steven65]

I was born before the invention of the knife!....................

I'm fairly sure a few of these pre-date me.

 

[Stelth]

I was made in 1967. AFAIK, none of my knives were made that year. This knife is about 20 years older than me.

 

[JC972]

I have a Case Copperhead from the year I was born, still in mint condition, and a whole bunch of other knives that are older than I am. Several Bucks that are around the same timeframe. Even more special to me is that I have the 6 blade Parker Japan Congress my grandpaw was carrying when I was born. It was in his pocket in the waiting room as I was making my arrival. Also have my mothers knife she had in her purse when I was born. I don’t know when either knife was made but I asked grandpaw when he got his Parker and he said he traded another knife for it at TVA sometime in the 1970’s and it was one of his favorites. Moms is a KaBar stockman. About the size of a Buck 301 but it has brass bolsters and wood handles. Both have stainless blades probably some sort of 440 I reckon.

 

[Slice-and-dice]

I have a Case Copperhead from the year I was born, still in mint condition, and a whole bunch of other knives that are older than I am. Several Bucks that are around the same timeframe. Even more special to me is that I have the 6 blade Parker Japan Congress my grandpaw was carrying when I was born. It was in his pocket in the waiting room as I was making my arrival. Also have my mothers knife she had in her purse when I was born. I don’t know when either knife was made but I asked grandpaw when he got his Parker and he said he traded another knife for it at TVA sometime in the 1970’s and it was one of his favorites. Moms is a KaBar stockman. About the size of a Buck 301 but it has brass bolsters and wood handles. Both have stainless blades probably some sort of 440 I reckon.

Cool story, thanks for sharing. Those are keepers!

 

[Sphinx3000]

I got a few that are older than me.
This Randall model 1-8" from the mid sixties is one of my favorites:

 

[Delgadonine]

Yes.

One that is older by atleast 25 years. Born a long time ago.

My Uncle earned it.

Fought a Gestapo during WWII.

A knife fight.

I won't provide a picture. I do not want to offend anyone and I don't feel like going to my bank vault.

I don't want to derail the thread explaining myself.