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I just wanted to wish all the Dads out there Happy Fathers Day and I hope you receive some new goodies!
Also wanted to share a special story about my dad and knives:
My first knife was a official boy scout folder (even more vintage looking than the buck 110) with a large and small blade, screw driver/bottle opener, and a can opener combo folder with fake wood scales, gold rivets and boy scout logo inlay. I still have and cherish it! I had wanted a knife so bad for a while but I was pretty young and I was pretty reckless as a kid so my parents were not so hot on the idea, but when my I became a boy scout it became a necessity and I was allowed to get on. I remember the car ride up to the Boy Scout store excited as I ever could be and getting there on top of this old hill, running inside to see a gallery of knives for me to pick out. Talk about a kid in a candy store! My dad told I will help you find whatever one you like and we will get it. After he helped me look at them all and explained what they did I had a favorite but to no surprise for a CRK collector it was the most expensive one there, especially to me at the time. I remember looking up at my dad and asking him "Dad can I get it" with hopeful and nervous intent. I still remember to this day what he said. "Son every boy deserves a good knife, it is one of the most important tools you can own". I could not have been any happier, other than one the countless trips we made to NYC to see our beloved Yankees play. (Who are ripping it up right now!!).
I guess this explains where I got my whole infatuation with knives. My dad is still my hero and I basically copy catted his whole life adding in my own progressions, but it's truly special how one man as the power to set a whole life in motion. Anyway, that's how I got into knives I guess. As for my obsession with sharp things, I didn't learn that from my dad entirely but rather my grandpa who always always said "If it ain't sharp'n enough to kill you it ain't worth using" . So thank you to both men who have fueled a lifelong passion!
So I leave you with best wishes on your father's day and the question:
"how did you dad effect your knife collection?"
Also wanted to share a special story about my dad and knives:
My first knife was a official boy scout folder (even more vintage looking than the buck 110) with a large and small blade, screw driver/bottle opener, and a can opener combo folder with fake wood scales, gold rivets and boy scout logo inlay. I still have and cherish it! I had wanted a knife so bad for a while but I was pretty young and I was pretty reckless as a kid so my parents were not so hot on the idea, but when my I became a boy scout it became a necessity and I was allowed to get on. I remember the car ride up to the Boy Scout store excited as I ever could be and getting there on top of this old hill, running inside to see a gallery of knives for me to pick out. Talk about a kid in a candy store! My dad told I will help you find whatever one you like and we will get it. After he helped me look at them all and explained what they did I had a favorite but to no surprise for a CRK collector it was the most expensive one there, especially to me at the time. I remember looking up at my dad and asking him "Dad can I get it" with hopeful and nervous intent. I still remember to this day what he said. "Son every boy deserves a good knife, it is one of the most important tools you can own". I could not have been any happier, other than one the countless trips we made to NYC to see our beloved Yankees play. (Who are ripping it up right now!!).
I guess this explains where I got my whole infatuation with knives. My dad is still my hero and I basically copy catted his whole life adding in my own progressions, but it's truly special how one man as the power to set a whole life in motion. Anyway, that's how I got into knives I guess. As for my obsession with sharp things, I didn't learn that from my dad entirely but rather my grandpa who always always said "If it ain't sharp'n enough to kill you it ain't worth using" . So thank you to both men who have fueled a lifelong passion!
So I leave you with best wishes on your father's day and the question:
"how did you dad effect your knife collection?"
