Have you ever lost your favorite knife?

I've got another one.

When I was 11 years old I went to the beach with my family. I brought along my first fixed-blade, it was given to me by a friend. It was a cheap knife (I don't remember the brand, or if it even had one), it was around 7 or 8 inches long, clip/bowie style blade, black plastic handle slabs pinned to a full tang, and a thin metal guard.

I knew it was cheap, but it was still a treasure.

So I was at the beach, crawling along the rocks on the side of a jetty (a long wide line of rocks extending out into the water). I was chasing the crabs that live in the rocks, and the knife fell out of the ankle sheath I had made for the knife. The knife fell down in between the rocks near the water line.

I could see where the knife was down between the rocks, it was down in deep, but I could have reached in and grabbed it using about half the length of my arm. But the water was rough and big waves were crashing in against the rocks, and I didn't want to get swept out to see. I tried to get to the knife in between waves, but it was no use and I had to abandon it.

I don't know what's worse, losing a knife and not knowing where, or knowing exactly where your knife is and not being able to get to it.

I never did get back to that jetty. And I've often thought about that knife over the years, sitting down in the crevice of those rocks, slowly rusting away year after year (carbon steel blade). There's no way anyone else would have ever found it, and there's no way the water could have pulled it out, so it just sat there. I wonder if it's still there now. Maybe just a thin piece of rust with two pieces of plastic pinned to it.
 
socalknifecollector said:
I see a lot of "it just fell out of my pocket" type responses..including mine :mad:
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Ah, well, here's a different one I just remembered. My wife and I were visiting her great aunt in Virginia not long after our wedding. The aunt tells us when we settle into the little guest bedroom, "Remember to check for your things before you leave because anything you leave here is mine." I guess she decided long ago that it was too much trouble to hunt for things people said they'd lost and then mail them back. Sensible, when you consider her age.

Well, I left my Cold Steel Voyager there and I've never seen it again. She did warn me, though.

Zieg
 
Yup left one on the ground in the parking lot of the auto skills center at Ft. Drum after refitting the lower radiator hose on my CJ5.
 
One time I was about to go through security at an airport when I realized I had my favorite knife — a Puma lockback folder my brother had given to me for Christmas — in my pocket.

I had no time to mail it, so I reluctantly left it in a prominent place where someone else would at least find it and use it.

I felt sad about the loss, but was heartened by the notion that someone probably got to enjoy using it.

The other benefit to that experience is that I am now much more careful about where I store my knives when traveling.
 
Hey Zieg,
If you ever need another one, I go to the Cold Steel parking lot sale once in a while here in Ventura,California.
They are very close to me :-)
Dave

BTW, Full Flat Grind, I work for an airline and drive to work wearing my knife. I have to remember to take it off and leave it in the car before entering the tarmac.
 
I lost my first fixed blade my dad gave to me when I was throwing it. It was a cold steel pendelton lite hunter
 
I recently just moved out on my own.
I had/have WAY TOO MUCH junk.
Moving all of my stuff from my parents house was a chore.
I got the big/expensive stuff first. (Guns, favorite knives, etc)
Well there was one knife. It has no brand or anything, but my great great grandfather had it hand-made for him.
All hand carved wood with his name engraved in it.
The "knife guy" quality isn't so hot, but its very very old and he has long since passed.
So its irreplaceable.
Being that I obviously never carry it, I left it in its case until the very end.
I moved it out of the case and put it WHERE I KNEW WHERE IT WAS and carried on.
About a week later, it hit me that I never got it.
So I called my dad and had him check the case anyways.
Nope.
So I went the next night and checked where I put it.
Nope.
Now I'm getting worried.
I knew it hadn't been thrown away, but the big move meant there were full boxes and stuff all over.

My mom had put it in a backpack with a bunch if other stuff.
Glad I found it.
 
When I was still into Benchmades one of my first, a 942S disappeared. Fairly certain the pocket clip caught onto something and it was gone. One of the primary reasons I switched to folders without clips and either carry them in the pocket or in a belt pouch.

Last week I nearly tore the room apart and almost cut my hand off thinking I had lost my favorite Dozier folder (blue mammoth handles). Remembered about packing before I left home, called the house and they found it under my bed. Probably lost a year or two of life thinking it was gone.
 
I lost a 720 benchmade several years ago while 4wheel riding. Drinking, women, insulated coveralls, darkness on unfamiliar land and I woke up without a knife the next day.

Couple of years later it made its way back to me. I had my name on the handle and "blitzkrieg" under that. Got lucky
 
I lost my Benchmade 940-1 First Production. It was my favorite EDC and I often think of her. It sometimes feels like lost love. However; as we all know, there are plenty of fish in the sea. There is always something newer and more interesting that comes along. ;)
 
Yep. "Lost" my Spartan Akribis, but the reality is that it fell out of my pocket in my own yard and my lawn people walked away with it. I was sick that day and only went one place, and it was into my yard. I'm pretty bummed.
 
A long time ago, I lost a Kershaw Chive for about 2-3 months. I found it in the gasket of my washing machine, basking in a puddle of water. It only had a couple small spots of rust on the blade that rubbed off with Flitz.

A few weeks ago, I succesfully washed my IPod in the same washing machine. It's broken, and so is my heart without my music:(
 
Blues Bender said:
A long time ago, I lost a Kershaw Chive for about 2-3 months. I found it in the gasket of my washing machine, basking in a puddle of water. It only had a couple small spots of rust on the blade that rubbed off with Flitz.

A few weeks ago, I succesfully washed my IPod in the same washing machine. It's broken, and so is my heart without my music:(
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The difference between tools and toys
 
If a machete qualifies as a knife and being stolen by contractors qualifies as losing it, then I "lost" my favorite machete two years ago, along with the sheath I'd made for it. Still angry about that.
 
I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I lost mine. I'd surely be unable to ever forgive myself. I'm sorry to hear about those of you who did.
 
"Lost" my brand new Leatherman Wave I had in my wife's mini van way in the back of the console. When she came back from dealership after getting work done I went and checked. Yep, gone. This was behind CDs, tissue boxes,etc. they must have searched it over pretty good.
 
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