Knives with a Past......

Fireshaker

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Hi guys, its me again, just wanted to start a topic I thought would be interesting.

How many of you have a knife or knives passed down to you by your father? (mother) or has a past and is sentimental? Whats the story behind it?

I have an old survival knife that my father has given me, and his to him, and so forth. I've always tresured it beucase it was my first, and I thought it was unique becuase it had a fork, spoon, knife, and just about everything else you can imagine. And they are all full size as well. They even detatch! I would take a picture of it, but im not quite sure how to post an image or upload yet, but im workin on it!

Hope you enjoy the topic and reminiscing!!

-Hunter.
 
I have 3 knives left to me by my dad,(kinda), a Puma White Hunter, AN Edge, Bowie, and half a Western Camp Knife, let me explain, all three knives were with my dad when he was killed in a plane crash back in 75' the broken Western was on his belt and when the plane hit the ground the blade went into his hip and snapped of at the hilt:(
 
I too have a couple of knives left to me from both my Dad, and my Grandpa. They do have special places in the heart. I can look at them and in my minds eyes still see them in the hands of the men I loved and respected. My Grandpa's old "KeenKutter" pocket knife is well worn and shows many years of use. One of my favorites for sure. My Dad also left me his strait razor. He learned to shave with it and used it until Uncle Sam sent him to Korea. They gave him a 155 mm howitzer, but made him send his strait razor home! Figure that one out.
Over the years I had given my Dad knives as gifts for one occasion or another. Some got used, and some never did. I have them back now, and with two boys of my own hope they too get as much pleasure from them as I have.
 
my dad served in the 88th infantry 339th field artillery in italy in WW2, he was a forward observer.

he brought back a few guns, a LNIB '98 mauser, a P38 w/holster and spare mag he got from a german airborne captain who surrendered to him near the end of the war, and several lugers/barettas/walther PP/etc that were stolen on the way home, geez i wish i had those lugers.........

but one thing he left me is a SA dress dagger, 100%, even has the fob, which i understand is rare. i use it to open envelopes, lol, it sat in our closet for years. but it is pretty cool, double edge, got the nazi eagle on the handle, SA below that. he got it off of a dead german at the battle of monte cassino, why the guy woulda had a SA dress dagger, i cant tell you. we also used to have a hitler youth knife which was stolen from my dads car (along w/a shotgun, remington 22 rifle, and a navy arms navy model .36 revolver, in about '69 or '70, wish i had that also now. damn thieves, we never got any of that stuff back.......

but, certainly a knife w/history in my family....

happy 4th to all,

greg
 
A cheap "Roma" buttefly knife that my high school buddy sold me, because I could not find one I liked and was as nicely broken in as his was. He died of luekemia a few years later. It's the only bali I own, and I won't carry it or get rid of it.
 
Back in 1947, my grandfather, a farmer in Minnesota, got a job with Minneapolis Molene where he started to teach himself to be a machinist. This knife was one of his first projects.
 
I got my dad's Shrade Uncle henry that he bought like 20 sum years ago down in yellowknife...
 
My dad recently gave me his Navy knife from WWII. He never really discussed it (the knife or the Navy) so it's history is only a guess. It does look heavily used, though, and smells pretty bad.
 
From my mom i was given a Buck 501 stag handled. And from my dad a mid 50's Randall # 2.
guy
 
Here is my Dad's WWII era knife he carried while he was in the Navy.
(This is a M3)
He started me off when I was 4 and we have been giving each-other knives as gifts ever since. Very cool to still be father and son as sell as knife buddies.
 

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I have a small pocket knife that belonged to my Grandmother when she was a girl; it has her name on the handle.

I also have a Barlow knife that belonged to my Uncle. He must have used it a lot, and sharpened it a lot, too, because quite a bit of both blades has been ground down.

I never use either of these, but I'm glad to have them.
 
Not reallt a knife, but;

my nan's uncle was a carpenter from about 110 years ago... he had a hard black arkansas (SP?) stone for which he made a wooden case. it's about 100 years old.

I only discovered it about 2 years ago after going through many sharpening methods... it will put a more than scary sharp edge on anything. aparantly the quality of arkansas stones has declined ofer the last 50 - 80 years, and so i can only be thankful that io have this beauty.

Frank
 
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