Found My First Knife!

[Josh Feltman]

For a while now, I have been thinking about my first knife, a Buck model 303 cadet pocket knife that my dad got for me when I was five or six years old. I hadn't seen it in years, and figured it was gone forever. While visiting my parents yesterday, I asked if either of them had seen it laying around. They both said that they hadn't, but my dad mentioned that he had found an old beater pocketknife of mine while going through some boxes. Lo and behold, it turned out to be my old Buck, covered in unspeakable grime and filth-- my dad didn't even recognize that it was a Buck I couldn't open any of the blades, so I soaked it in WD-40. I figured it was pretty much ruined, but after soaking for a bit, most of the gunk wiped right off. When I got home, some soap and water, green 3M pads, and a little 600 grit sand paper took care of the rest. I sharpened it up on the sharpmaker, lubed it, and polished it up. Now it is almost as good as new. My collection sure feels more complete now that I have my first knife back.
--Josh

 

[shootist16]

That is great. I would love to see some pics if you can get some. I would love to be able to find some of my old childhood knives.

 

[Paul Work]

Congratulations! I wish I had my first knife. I do have a Colonial SAK knock off that I got for my 9th birthday.

Paul

 

[Mark J]

That's very cool! Congratulations on finding it and getting it restored to decent condition.

I sort of had the same experience the other day. My dad told me that he still had the knife my grandfather gave me when I was approx. 10 years old (my folks took it away from me so I wouldn't hurt myself ). Ends up he's been keeping it in his nightstand drawer all these years for "self defense." I told him he could keep it for now. However, I'm thinking that I'll maybe buy him a higher quality knife for his "self defense" purposes, and then maybe I can get mine back. Always scheming... .

- Mark

 

[Greg Covington]

I had a knife that I toted around daily when I was a kid. My grandfather gave it to me. My mother had found the knife when she was a teenager and gave it to him. He kept it in his tackle box for years.

I always admired it because it had a stacked leather handle and looked like it was a WWII knife. I fought many play battles with that knife on my side. Then one day it came up missing........

I had quite a few knives since then but to my surprise about 21 years later, a buddy of mine brought the knife to me. He had found it in his dad's garage. Luckily, I had written my name on the back of the sheath!

It now resides in my collection...ugly but loved. It is an old Sansouci, made in Sandusky, OH.

 

[Aphthartos]

My first knife was from K-Mart... Had nice shiny bolsters, a fake stag handle, and a 2 1/2 inch blade. My dad bought it for me when I was around 9 or 10. I loved it. I don't know what happened to it, but I'd like to find it.