father and/or grandfather's knife

got it when i was 13-14 (1984 therabouts) big honking knife, still have it and at least once a year ill carry it
Early 70's i think, funky staglon handle, but i think its cool:) pictures dont do justice to the nicks and dings and the hippy hippy shakes she developed (fixed it with a phone book and a mallet!)
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Parke1 said:
Pinnah, I have a mill knife that looks very much like what you posted, although with a longer blade. I haven't seen another posted on here in quite a while. Mine came out of the old BFGoodrich factory in Akron before it was shut down. Neat stuff!

Here's my grandpa's Schrade (on the left) along with the spear bladed version that I bought to carry. Grandpa's only comes out of the house on special occasions. This was his ONLY pocketknife for approximately 60 years!

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-Dan
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60 years??? Wow that's awesome! Hey when you get a chance can you post some more pics of your Grandpa's Schrade? I love these old well-used classics!
 
Hey Az, my grandpaw got that Case after he got back from WW2. Actually it was sometime in the fifties. He was the most humble man I ever knew. Very quiet but loved to joke! He died in 2000 at 86 years old. When he died we found several medals that he had received during the war. He had two Bronze Stars and few others. But he never talked about it. We grew up only a mile away from him. So we knew him well. He carried that knife until he died. He didn't own any other knives. My daddy gave it to me after he died.
Daddy's bought his knife in 1972. He used it constantly, from skinning deer to cleaning fish. He finally retired it when I got him a custom made trapper by a local guy here in our town.
 
Awesome life stories with those knives, is your grandpaw's a peanut kind or more like a texas jack?

sgbeskin said:
Hey Az, my grandpaw got that Case after he got back from WW2. Actually it was sometime in the fifties. He was the most humble man I ever knew. Very quiet but loved to joke! He died in 2000 at 86 years old. When he died we found several medals that he had received during the war. He had two Bronze Stars and few others. But he never talked about it. We grew up only a mile away from him. So we knew him well. He carried that knife until he died. He didn't own any other knives. My daddy gave it to me after he died.
Daddy's bought his knife in 1972. He used it constantly, from skinning deer to cleaning fish. He finally retired it when I got him a custom made trapper by a local guy here in our town.
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Edmundo,
It's more like a Texas jack only a little slimmer. Could be a hair longer. The numbers are long worn off.
 
sgbeskin said:
Hey Az, my grandpaw got that Case after he got back from WW2. Actually it was sometime in the fifties. He was the most humble man I ever knew. Very quiet but loved to joke! He died in 2000 at 86 years old. When he died we found several medals that he had received during the war. He had two Bronze Stars and few others. But he never talked about it. We grew up only a mile away from him. So we knew him well. He carried that knife until he died. He didn't own any other knives. My daddy gave it to me after he died.
Daddy's bought his knife in 1972. He used it constantly, from skinning deer to cleaning fish. He finally retired it when I got him a custom made trapper by a local guy here in our town.
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Wow thanks for sharing that, definitely a man I would have enjoyed meeting for sure. What a wonderful memento you now have of him - something very personal to have his EDC like that.

If you ever get a chance can you post up some close-ups of it from various angles? What a cool knife and knowing something of the man behind it makes it even more interesting.
 
My grandfather gave this 60's circa Ulster 58OT to my father many years ago (my grandfather passed in 1977). My Dad gave it to me a couple of years ago; I don't usually carry it, but because of this thread I carried it yesterday and will again today. OH

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all beatiful knives. I remember my grandfather carrying a little knife similar to a buck 55 but black an with a flat grind. My father had a Victorinox that came everywhere with him in the car, no real pocket knife otherwise though :( .
 
Sonnemann said:
Great-grandfather (Empire congress dated 1889)
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Those are incredible! Very cool that you have your Great Grandfather's EDC.

knarfeng said:
My father's daily carry.
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(barely)
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That is a stunning example of early swiss INOX. Very impressive for an old 'timey EDC. :thumbup:



This was my Grandpa's Ulster equal end jack knife. I found it in his retired horse barn in a tool chest a year or so after he passed away. It's definitely my favorite knife, although it doesn't leave the house too much.

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The last knife my grandfather carried was a Schrade LB5. My dad used to carry a Wenger (don't know the model but it's got pliers...) but now carries a Vic Classic almost exclusively.
 
I give part credit to my grandfather for getting me interested in knives. He once had a pretty nice collection that I ogled when I was a kid. Sadly thieves broke in one day and made off with his whole collection. After that time most of the knives he had were everyday users. My grandfather passed away a couple of months ago and is sorely missed. This little Old Timer stockman of his was passed along to me by my grandmother.

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Grandad's Western States folding hunter and dad's Buck 303 along with my mini EO collection and daily razor.

 
My grandpa isn't, and never really has been a knife person. But he does a ton of business in Germany, and he has a tendency to pick up cool things while he's there. One of those things is this.
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It's a Hubertus leverlock auto. He picked it up about 20 years ago, and used it a good deal. There are dents in the lever from activation, and the lever itself is cracked at one side, but it still works perfectly, and hasn't needed any replacement parts, despite the fact that he's kept in in a box in his closet for god knows how long (at least a year.) He gave it to me on my most recent visit, and I've restored it a bit since then. Here's a nice shot down the blade. You can kinda see the dents in the lever.
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Considering the circumstances, it's in pretty good condition.
 
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