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When you acquire a new (to you) knife, do you ever ask about the history of the knife up to that point?
I do every once in a while - usually prompted by the comfortable connection I've formed with the seller thru conversations or eMails. Sometimes just by the obvious look of the knife or age or whatever.
I won an auction for a knife today - It's a Craftsman 3-1/8" lockback with a drop point? blade and staglon sides. I think made by Camillus. Not especially old but I like the style. I had numerous eMails back and forth with the seller trying to get an auction changed to a Buy It Now. The seller was new at auctions and didn't know how and I've never sold and was no help. A real blind-leading-the blind situation!
So I asked the question about how she came to own the knife. I wasn't prepared for the the answer I got.
Julia (the seller) told me that the knife and a bunch of other sporting equipment had been left in the house by the prior owner.
Seems the prior owner's husband was a State Game Warden and had passed away in a truck crash. Story went like this:
Howie:
As this has been a special transaction, I'm wondering ..... Is there any story that goes with how you came to own this knife and where it came from prior to that?
Julia responded:
We bought a house from a lady that her husband had got killed when his
truck ran into a tree. He had been a LA State Game Warden. She left
so much of his things behind. There were some 50 odd rod and reels,
his badge, some rings, and some knives. You can believe this if you
want - he lives with us in that house! He's a very nice guy!
Howie:
Are you kiddin me?! Your house is haunted? or shall we say has an otherworldly presence?
Julia:
Lol! Yeah! He's like a blur in the side of your eyesight. My
husband has more dealings with him than me - they both like or liked
the same things - hunting and fishing! Things get moved and he finds
things for me sometimes. It's weird but not scarey!
Got any good stories you've heard about knives you've collected??
Howie
I do every once in a while - usually prompted by the comfortable connection I've formed with the seller thru conversations or eMails. Sometimes just by the obvious look of the knife or age or whatever.
I won an auction for a knife today - It's a Craftsman 3-1/8" lockback with a drop point? blade and staglon sides. I think made by Camillus. Not especially old but I like the style. I had numerous eMails back and forth with the seller trying to get an auction changed to a Buy It Now. The seller was new at auctions and didn't know how and I've never sold and was no help. A real blind-leading-the blind situation!
So I asked the question about how she came to own the knife. I wasn't prepared for the the answer I got.
Julia (the seller) told me that the knife and a bunch of other sporting equipment had been left in the house by the prior owner.
Seems the prior owner's husband was a State Game Warden and had passed away in a truck crash. Story went like this:
Howie:
As this has been a special transaction, I'm wondering ..... Is there any story that goes with how you came to own this knife and where it came from prior to that?
Julia responded:
We bought a house from a lady that her husband had got killed when his
truck ran into a tree. He had been a LA State Game Warden. She left
so much of his things behind. There were some 50 odd rod and reels,
his badge, some rings, and some knives. You can believe this if you
want - he lives with us in that house! He's a very nice guy!
Howie:
Are you kiddin me?! Your house is haunted? or shall we say has an otherworldly presence?
Julia:
Lol! Yeah! He's like a blur in the side of your eyesight. My
husband has more dealings with him than me - they both like or liked
the same things - hunting and fishing! Things get moved and he finds
things for me sometimes. It's weird but not scarey!
Got any good stories you've heard about knives you've collected??
Howie