Got a piece of history?

My Dad had two knives that were always by his side or on his person. One was a Kutmaster electricians knife which I remember seeing him use the most. He also had a Presto switchblade which in later years he used for scratching his back:eek: I got both of them when he passed away in 1999, cleaned them up, and enjoy having them as a remembrance;)
 
I have a lot of slipjoints to carry as part of my EDC, they probably outnumber my tacticals and lockers 4 to 1.

Historically the one knife that I have is a Case Green Pickbone Penknife from the 1920's I bought it at an estate sale for $3.

It started my collecting sickness.:(

Currently carrying a large Cammillus with black composite handles and high carbon steel blades, it's from about the 1940's.
 
I have 3 knives that are VERY special to me. One is a fixed blade that my grandfather made especially for me. He made the blade out of a file and he made the handle out of brass scrap that my father found and collected on the job as a pipeline surveyor. I remember handling this knife when I was 4 years old or so (carefully, with my father watching me every second) - it is absolutely priceless to me. The other 2 knives are barlow knives that my father carried. He gave them to me just recently. I have started carrying one of them simply because it is a very nice knife, and I'd like to add to it's history before I pass it on to my boy.
 
This was my Dad's knife that he carried int he S. Pacific during WW2. He had replaced the leather handles with plexiglass from a wreaked SBD. He also carried thiis knife during Korea when he was reactivated. In the mid 50's he gave the knife to my oldest sister. In 1966 my sisters husband took this knife to Vietnam. When he brought it home with him he had overwraped the plexiglass with parachute cord to fover the flash and replaced the belt loop on the sheath. I was given the knife in 1970 for my 12th birthday. I used it for many camping and hunting trips until I joined the Army in 1987. I carried the knife in the field, again replaceing the hanger, until my discharge in 1993. My Godson spent 16 months in Iraq doing helicopter recovery. He bought a new K-Bar form the PX to get the new style sheath, but the knife he carried was the same old one. As we speek one of my nephews who is a Navy SeaBee is caring the knife in Afganistan.

As far as I know this knofe has NEVER been used for anything other than a general utility knife. By that I mean I don't think it was ever used for fighting. But you have to admit that the Government sure got their moneys worth when they bought this knife in the 40's.
 
I got my grandfathers WWII Camillus USN knife a couple of years ago. He drove those land/amphibious vehicles. He dropped a platoon off on the beaches D-day.
 
Not my family but I was given a 100+ year old hand forged pig sticker knife by a gentleman in his 80's when we bought some farm stuff off of him. He said that his dad had forged it before he was born. I found it buried in the dust in his garage. That and a hand forged pitchfork from a different elderly gentleman are my links to history.
 
I keep the WWII Camillus M3 my brother gave me between the mattress and bedspring. It's still my favorite knife.
 
I have my father's first pocketknife. It's a small knife, with MOP handles. He gave it to me as my first knife, when I was a little kid; Cub Scout. When I was learning about knife safety & responsibility, I dropped it and chipped off a portion of one of the scales. Some day, I'll get somebody to rehandle it for me so I can pass it on to my future son (if & when).

Peace.
Alex.
 
Bob W said:
DOH! I didn't notice the date. Ren's come a long way in his computer literacy since then...

-Bob
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So have I. At one point I thought that deleting images and posts might cut down on the memory the forum was using up, back when we were having problems. Silly, yeah, but that's what I thought:rolleyes:
I think my original post was about knives that my great-grandfather had made, knives my grandfather left me, family history, along with items that were not personal, but from periods in time.
Think I'd mentioned, and maybe posted pics of a German dress saber that was handed down to me.
I recently discovered that my saber may be worth about $2000, so in the near future, it may be history in another sense...
 
A fan of custom made folders, I've managed to own just a few as they are expensive. This one, by a great maker who passed away some time ago, but was a model and mentor to many modern makers, is a favorite. The maker was a guy named Harvey MacBurnette.
 
Great stories behind all those knives. It's nice to see them passed down to people who appreciate them. I have my grandfather's kabar from WWII. He had the names of the islands that he visited stamped into the leather washers of the handle. My neighber gave me an old Italian stilleto that he picked up in Italy during WWII. Neither knife is in great shape but there is a lot of history to them.
 
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