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thought I'd share some knives given to me by my father, or grandfathers. none are valuable by good knife standards; to me they are still priceless for the stories behind them:
The one on the right, my dad let me get from an add in the back of a comic book. I had visions of a switch blade, throwing knife etc. When I got it, it was about 1/2" long! I learned a lesson about advertising then! I also threw this knife and damaged it, when dad saw it he took it away for punishment - not taking proper care of my knife!
This next group were all in a box my dad gave me at 8yrs old:
This, my dad's navy knife:
This, my dad's scout knife (full size utensils
)
This one he took fishing with him, jabbed it into a skate to kill it, and his wet hand slid down the blade; badly cutting tendons when he was a teen. he had to row back into shore and go to hospital; still can't close that hand fully:
a cool dagger:
a really unique blade:
a couple buck knockoffs dad bought me as a kid at flea markets:
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a rambo survival knife he got for me w/ kit in handle (my first KIT now that I think of it LOL); I had to have when first blood came out! I did a youtube video opening the matches for the first time recently; they were over 25 years old; check it out to see what happened!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtZ5omlEho
Grandfathers:
The one on the left was my mom's dad's pocket knife; the one on the right was my dad's dad's pocket knife. note the wear on the blade from years of sharpening. he tought me to sharpen a knife, measure w/ a ruler, tie most of the knots I use today, he made those make-shift sheaths you see in some of the pics for those fixed blades. God I wish he were here to meet my kids!
Thanks for looking!
The one on the right, my dad let me get from an add in the back of a comic book. I had visions of a switch blade, throwing knife etc. When I got it, it was about 1/2" long! I learned a lesson about advertising then! I also threw this knife and damaged it, when dad saw it he took it away for punishment - not taking proper care of my knife!
This next group were all in a box my dad gave me at 8yrs old:
This, my dad's navy knife:
This, my dad's scout knife (full size utensils
)
This one he took fishing with him, jabbed it into a skate to kill it, and his wet hand slid down the blade; badly cutting tendons when he was a teen. he had to row back into shore and go to hospital; still can't close that hand fully:
a cool dagger:
a really unique blade:
a couple buck knockoffs dad bought me as a kid at flea markets:
continued...
a rambo survival knife he got for me w/ kit in handle (my first KIT now that I think of it LOL); I had to have when first blood came out! I did a youtube video opening the matches for the first time recently; they were over 25 years old; check it out to see what happened!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtZ5omlEho
Grandfathers:
The one on the left was my mom's dad's pocket knife; the one on the right was my dad's dad's pocket knife. note the wear on the blade from years of sharpening. he tought me to sharpen a knife, measure w/ a ruler, tie most of the knots I use today, he made those make-shift sheaths you see in some of the pics for those fixed blades. God I wish he were here to meet my kids!
Thanks for looking!
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