Good deed for the day (or night), and, maybe, a magic knife

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I own a bar with a friend of mine. It's a modest place, small but popular, and a decent amount of folks come into and out of the place. Tonight my friend tells me, "Look what I found," and shows me a smaller leather pouch sheath with a knife in it. I take it in the back room and take a look, pull it out of the sheath--it's an OLD Schrade skinner, sharpened down to a curved razor an 1/8" from just behind the tip to midway down the blade and what looked like phenolic scales. It had a patina like your grandfather's ball peen hammer that lived in the shed for 40 years, mottled, gorgeous, untouched. First thing in my head was "somebody used this knife." My friend said he found it on the stairs down to our bar, I told him, "someone will be back for this."

Sure enough, a guy comes up to the bar and says his friend lost her knife, "Let me describe it to you."--I told him no need, went in the back room and grabbed it. When I came back, the girl who had lost it was waiting. She was almost crying and as I handed it to her, said, "You have no idea who gave me this...." I told her, "Yeah, I do, do him a favor and take care of it." I swear she clutched it to her heart and told me, "Thank you," and left. I felt good.

When I told her I knew who gave it to her, I wasn't lying. A man who loved that little girl very much gave her that knife, after using and caring for it for a very long time. I felt him when I unsheathed that knife--any sense of greed or desire for it disappeared, and I knew someone would be back for it and find it. I'm not a person who is given to lights of fancy, but it was as strong a feeling as I've ever had, and I'm glad I was a part of getting that knife back to the right person.
 
I would do the same. If I lost a knife dear to me I would also appreciate someone kind and honest enough to keep it and return it to me. :)
 
That Is Amazing.
I Loved Your Story.
Being A Woman Knife Lover Myself.
Very Heart Warming.

I Know If My Father, Grandfather, Or Great Grandfather, Or Even An Uncle Had Given Me An Old Knife, I Would Be Heartbroken If Anything Happened To It. And If Someone Kind Enough To Care Gave It Back To Me, I Would Be Very Appreciative And It Would Just Be Great.

I Never Met My Grandfather, And I Love Coins, Especially Old Coins.
After My Grandmother(I Didn't Know Her Very Well Either) Passed Away, The Kids And Their Wives Got To Go Through My Grandmothers Things. She Was A Pack Rat And Had Everything.

My Dad Came Along Two Binders And Some Loose Coins.. They Were My Grandfathers. He Had Loved And Collected Old Coins From Here And Different Places And Loved Them. I Had Never Known Him And I Had Something In Common. He Passed About 5 - 6 Years Before I Was Born.

Well, My Dad Took Them And Said He Was Going To Get Them Appraised And Sell Them....

I Begged Him For Months To Give Them To Me. I Wanted Them So Bad. To Have And Collect Until.. Maybe One Of My Children Or Grandchildren End Up With Them As I Get On In My Years. I Repeatedly Told Him That I Think Grandpa Would Want Me To Have Them Knowing I'm His Granddaughter And That I Loved What He Loved.

After Over 6 Months, My Dad Finally Gave Them To Me.
I Don't Really Add To The Collection Anymore.

But I Would Die Of A Broken Heart If Something Happened To Them.
Even Though My Grandfather And I Never Met... We're Connected. And That's A Special Thing That Could Never Be Replaced.
 
My grandfather was a machinist. He left a few tools, micrometers and such. And a pair of ordinary pliers with his name neatly etched on them. I got the plies, because I knew I would use them.

Years later, I realized my youngest cousin, who had been named after him, was grown up and worked for a while as an auto mechanic. Got together with him and told him I had something of his. And handed him the pliers. He realized where they came from right away. :)
 
Here a picture of the Barlow that my grandfather gave to me more than 20 years ago
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Great story, I hope I never loose this (I have carried it before)
Check out the recurve from his electric sharpener. I would always seem him using it, I guess this one got too worn and he replaced it.
 
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