Knife Loss

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Will Power

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Here's a touchy subject: Which knife have you lost or somebody has stolen that you miss a lot? A possibly painful memory...When I was a kid, some shite nicked an old British navy lock-knife off me, one with a marlin spike.since then I have been vigilant, and lucky!
 
Had my Gerber Guardian II pop of my web belt while going out to post once. Never saw the little fella again. Man, I loved that knife!
 
My first full-sized Victorinox SAK is the only knife that I consider to have been destroyed. It had some scratches on the blade, and I didn't understand how fine sandpaper would need to be to get a mirror finish. I'm sure you can see where this is going! I wore down the blade to something that resembles the blade on a Victorinox Classic. Bummer- I love that knife, but it's soo ugly now that I can't carry it.
 
A Cold Steel Black bear Classic replica knife that belonged to my brother. Stolen after he passed away.
 
My first spyderco delicia and a Kershaw with a titanium handle and ATS34 blade.
I still won't buy a Kershaw not because there is anything wrong with them but because of the bad feelings I associated with them.
 
in transit from iraq, a carbon CS peacemaker, an oldschool syperderco plain edged rescue, an issue camillus camp knife, my third victorinox tinker, and i think an old aus6 all stainless endura came up missing. I havent the faintest idea how, but theyre gone. Im pretty pissed about the deal too.
 
The only knife I've lost I miss greatly. It was the first expensive (at least for me) folding knife, as well as my first tactical. It was a Benchmade CQC-7. Got a good deal on it at the time for $105 which was a ton for me.

I lost it when I came back to TN to take care of and eventually bury my dying father. Not sure what happened, just noticed that it was gone and I'm not sure when or where.

Charles
 
Detroit PD swiped my Junglee folder back in the day. In all fairness, I was a little messed up, but I did not pull it out, show it off, brandish or in any other way incriminate it as a weapon. They took it none the less.

Was one hell of a working knife. Tough as all get out, took a nice razor edge and held it alright. Picked it up for $35 when it was fairly new to the market, they've come down to about $20 now. I've been tempted to replace it ever since.
 
I lost a Benchmade 710 out on a ranch I hang glide at. Well I am not able to just drive to this ranch alone (club rules) and look. It was at least 5 weeks before I was able to get back and look for it. Sure enough, I walked over to where I had broken down my glider and there it was, in some weeds. It was as good as new. It is still one of my favorite knives after 8 or so years.;)
 
My Dad gave me his old Camillus "Sailor knife" that he bought when he was in the Coast Guard , I had a party about 10-12 years ago and some jerkoff stole it.

I still wish the person who stole it to get bloody diarrhea and projectile vomiting for a week straight.

Revenge is beautiful. :thumbup:
 
A few years ago,I lost my Spyderco Native while rock climbing-not a great knife,but I used it alot-went back the next day to look for it and found it.The very next weekend at the same place,lost it again (under different circumstances) and never found it:grumpy:
 
I had my Camillus Heat out at work packaging some items, forgot to put it back in my pocket... 30 minutes later it had been swiped. There were only five guys on duty that night... makes it even worse as I considered them all friends (still do)... learned my lesson I guess.
 
Years ago my mom's Victorinox Huntsman was either lost or stolen. I'd give anything to have that knife back, especially now that she's gone.
 
Same as jthomas. I had a pocket knife that I was cutting some line with in the bosun hole (work room). I got called out to one of the moored boats for about 15 minutes. When I came back, my project was all there like I left it, minus my knife. Only 10 or so people on duty, and I consider every one of them a friend. Sad, makes you look at people a bit different.
 
I had a buck executive which I really enjoyed. I was riding the bus and I guess it slipped out of my pocket when i was sitting down. Not an expensive knife but I really liked it. Was the knife that really made me realize how useful it was having a pocket knife. Would love to have it back=(
 
I've lost two that made me sick, many years ago. The first was a Schrade 125OT one bladed folding hunter. It was my best knife at the time, and I left it under the hood of my Oldsmobile after replacing a radiator hose (had to cut the hose to length). Second one was a Puma brand small bowie styled knife of about 4-1/2'' in blade length, with stag handle. It wasn't an expensive knife back then, but would probably be pretty good value now. I loaned it to my sister, who was wanting a self defense knife when she went to some night college courses near some rough neighborhoods, and naturally she lost it and it's never seen again. Both of those were about twenty years ago.
 
About three months ago I had a douche roomate steal all the folders I kept in the house.
Skirmish
Military
2 Saks
Ti34
6 CRKTs of varying emotional involvment.

About three weeks ago I got them all back...except for my Tanto m16 which was my backpacking knife.
 
I Lost my first Sak on the archery range as a kid at boy scout camp, I remember seeing another scout showing a buddy a sak, and not realizing until later that he was probably mine. I also had two boy scout knives stolen from a gym locker at school. and lost a German paratrooper knife on a school bus trip. I diddnt attempt to claim that one as i would have probably been suspended or arrested for having it.


As an adult i have been luckier, I lost a gerber gator while geocaching and found it the next day, in a puddle, And i lost my first spyderco, but im pretty sure my brother took that one and lost it and just cant admit it yet. (its only been ten years now)
 
My Dad died from cancer when he was 61 years young. He golfed quite a bit. Before he got really sick some 2-3 years before his death he competed in a Coke-a-Cola golf tournament in Corinth Mississippi with his buddies. They didn't win but placed well. He won a Coke-A-Cola "Case' folding knife stamped and carved with the Coke Plants info in Corinth. He was very proud of that knife. His eyes sparkled when he showed it to me a couple of times, recalling the game day.Before he died about 3 months before, he gave me the blade. I cherished that blade for obvious reasons, but more over when he died my older brother by 8 years was given all his jewelry. His watch,rings and even his wallet. I was quiet, I would hold the knife sometimes when going through my jewelry box... and remember him giving it to me. His after shave scent,the smile in his eyes,his rough face when he would hug me tight when I left to come back North not knowing if he'd see me again.
I was cleaning the knife for the first time about a month ago when it disintegrated on me. The liners fell apart as if made from wood. It just fell apart in my hands.
I held it and wept.
I was able to fold it back together again and it sits on my blade shelf front and center.Still love that knife, but I feel as if I somehow let him down by aiding it to fall apart. I have not ever talked about this before. It still hurts.
Never lost a knife, but I can imagine how you all must feel after losing it completely. You all have my regrets.
Peace.
 
Well Prince of Peace,at least you have the parts of the knife and the spirit of your old man around them. You haven't let anybody down,keeping the parts and the memory is the mainthing!
 
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