Have you ever lost a knife from your pocket?

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I have a yellow peanut that was given to me by my wife and son a few years ago for my first father's day. Needless to say, this knife means a lot to me. I actually had a hard time making the decision to carry it at first, but I just really like being able to slip my hand in my pocket and feel it, no matter where I am, am think about my boy. Well, I was carrying it a few days ago, and had been out most of the day running errands and visiting family. Later that evening, while changing my clothes, I stuck my hand in my pocket, and my stomach immediately dropped.... I didn't feel my peanut. After tearing the house apart, and retracing my steps, it eventually turned up in my car. Thank God. So for now, she's back in the knife box until I get the nerve to carry her again. I can't imagine how I would have felt had it not turned up. So, have any of you guys had one slip out of you'd pocket, never to be found again?
 
I've had a few slip out but only at home. I noticed them right away, or soon after so it wasn't an issue.
 
I had the same exact thing happen to me a couple months ago. My chestnut cv peanut fell out of my front left pocket sometime when I was driving. After a while I finally decided to order a new one but wanted to take a final look before getting a new one and it was sitting there, right between the seat and armrest. Now I carry mine in my back left pocket and I've had good luck so far. *knock on wood*
 
My yellow cv peanut was lost in the couch for almost a month. Kept looking for it in the couch where i was almost positive it fell into then was looking elsewhere when it didnt show up. Finally got it out of the couch after we had to move it, apparently the knife was caught in some obscure area that i could not reach.
 
Yes. My buck Colt. I used to keep it in my back pocket of my jeans. One day I was out with a buddy in his jeep on some trails and it was lost forever.
 
Off the top of my head I can think of two that I have lost, 1st one of my all time favorites a Victorinox Director which is now discontinued, and my original Red Victorinox farmer, both bought for me by my mother in the early to mid '80's, I've replaced the Farmer, but not the Director as its discontinued.
 
Yep, lost my yellow nut. This is the second time, first time it was I missed places it and my mom found it, but haven't found it the second time. Just ordered a new one after seeing all these pictures of them made me really miss it.
 
Lost a Buck Pen Knife in the Ozarks on leave one time. Showed up two years later when my in-laws moved their couch and it fell out of the springs. Almost lost my brand new GEC Pearl LG+ Powderhorn yesterday - somehow it fell out of my pocket when I was in my favorite meditation booth (i.e. restroom stall at work) ... ran into a buddy and when I went to show him my new knife I realized it was gone. Quickly retrieved because I was only about 15' from the restroom entrance. Could have been problematic if someone else had found it and liked it - most HR departments frown on frisking co-workers. :D
 
Yep! Back in the day, I was drunk at a bar and lost my Red Endura.
It stinks losing a knife.
 
My Yellow peanut falls out all the time it seems. Most the time I notice it right away, but once I lost it for a couple weeks until I found it again under the seat of my fathers car from when we had traded cars for the day.
 
Look down between the drivers seat and the center console in your car....that's where I always find mine :D
 
yep, just lost my becker necker composite blade. I had it for a grand ol' 2 weeks and it was lost in tall grass next to my truck. Oh well, had to force myself to buy a 710 d2. I hate when that happens.
 
In 40 years of collectin' and well over 399 knives in that time, I've only lost 3 or 4, all the rest were MIA and eventually showed up,

Many were either in the car between the seats, in the furniture in the house or turned up in the laundry, of the ones that never turned up, 1 was an AG Russell One Hand Opener and the other a custom Slipjoint by one of our talented makers here on the forum.

If you misplace a knife never give up on it, as a side note, my truck, house and garage never get cleaner then when I misplace one of my knives.
 
Only one so far was a non-trad. It popped off my back pocket. That one was worth a penny or two and I gave up on back pocket carry after that. Since switching to slip joints I have not even come close to losing one. But I dont carry anything near as small as a 'nut.
 
I've lost three knives -- a Schatt & Morgan Harness Jack, a Kerry Hampton KHnutbuster, and a Bret Dowell swayback. The HJ I lost during a carpool ride, the KHnutbuster while commuting on the train, and the third during a party at my wife's cousin's ex-boyfriend's house. I consider myself very lucky as all three knives were quickly found. The HJ was found by my carpool's husband, the KHnutbuster by an honest lady who saw it and asked if I dropped a knife, and the swayback by my nephew. I no longer carry expensive knives or those with sentimental value when I'm wearing slacks. I save them for weekends and casual Fridays and carry other knives that wouldn't hurt as much to lose.

- Christian
 
Yup, lost my Nut once. I was opening a package in the truck and it fell out of my pocket after I returned it to it's place in said pocket. Ended up being in a small cranny in the seat that I never even knew existed.
 
Lost some as a boy, doing what boys do. None were worth much, so no big deal.

A few months ago my son lost the Kershaw Leek of mine that he had asked for and received. Fortunately, he is much more careful with his yeller peanut.

Turk88 said:
My yellow cv peanut was lost in the couch for almost a month. Kept looking for it in the couch where i was almost positive it fell into then was looking elsewhere when it didnt show up. Finally got it out of the couch after we had to move it, apparently the knife was caught in some obscure area that i could not reach.
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This reminds me of a story from childhood. My dad would come home from work and rest on the couch before dinner. He was always dropping pocket change in the couch. I found a coin or two once, and asked him if I could keep whatever I found. He said sure.

I dug down in all the crevices and came up with several dollars worth of change. He had no idea he had been losing so much pocket change.

I did notice after that he always emptied his pockets as soon as he came in the house, BEFORE reclining on the couch.
 
Yes,a Case 8 dot 6318 that was found later under the cushion in a chair,and a Buck 307 that finally wore a hole in the pocket and was found about a year later in the driveway after a rainstorm.It had laid in the dirt and was uncovered after a heavy rain.The backsprings had some corrosion that cleaned up with minor pitting remaining but those 440c blades had not rusted at all.I had a Victorinox climber fall out of a pouch attatched to the suspenders on my LBE on a patrol in the Sinai and was never found.
 
I've probably lost half a dozen knives over the last 50 years. IIRC, 3 went AWOL while on duty in my pocket.
 
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