Lawrence of Arabia's pocket knife.

All I know is, this has all the makings of a great jackknife story! Come on, Carl! :-)

-- Mark
 
Thanks for the post, Halfneck, very interesting. Next time I watch the movie for the upteempth time I will imagine that knife in Lawrence's (O'Toole's) pocket. :D
 
NoNameNomad said:
I second this motion.
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Yep, could be a good one, how some of the tools got broken, and how that knife ended up where it did.

Also, as I recall, over the years there have been a few conspiracy theories about how Lawrence died.
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the links fellers, very interesting. That knife has seen better days, but £300 for T E Lawrence's knife?! :eek:

When I was a kid, there was an old feller my dad knew, a great old guy who'd be right at home here. He'd been (ground crew) in the Royal Flying Corps, had loads of old guns and knives, made his own crossbows (my dad used to make him the tips for the quarrels), and rode a Brough Superior motorcycle, (the same as Lawrence died riding), with his wife, into his mid 80's. When the film Lawrence of Arabia opened in Sheffield, they borrowed the bike and had it up on a rotating plinth for a couple of weeks :)

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I not only sat on her once, but George let me start her up :)
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Are you pulling my leg Jack?
That's is so cool - you have lived an interesting Life Jack!

ps..... that is SUCH a cool looking bike!
 
I like the knife but lets not judge the man from his knife.If we met Lawrence in person we might have a different view!.
As a kid in Nottingham in the 1960s I remember "riding" one of these in our back yard . A Brough Superior.It was my grandfathers who was in the ground crew for Bader at Biggin Hill during the battle of Britain.
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meako said:
I like the knife but lets not judge the man from his knife.If we met Lawrence in person we might have a different view!.
As a kid in Nottingham in the 1960s I remember "riding" one of these in our back yard . A Brough Superior.It was my grandfathers who was in the ground crew for Bader at Biggin Hill during the battle of Britain.
CHECK THOSE PIPES!!
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I agree we might not like him, but it's more that a larger than life historical person is shown to be just that, a person, by having such a common every day item of his brought to light. Not a sword or a sidearm, or a set of medals or whatever, but the lowly pocket knife. It helps that it's the very item we love and collect:) It's like Abraham Lincoln. Lots of people like him, some don't, yet it's pretty cool to see he carried a pocket knife and be able to see the very one that he carried. And a congress pattern at that. a six blade congress knife. Just interesting to know what's in people's pockets. We like talking about pocket knives and "edc gear" sometimes, well, here's historical figure edc gear:D
 
Campbellclanman said:
Are you pulling my leg Jack?
That's is so cool - you have lived an interesting Life Jack!

ps..... that is SUCH a cool looking bike!
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George was certainly an interesting feller. I remember as a young kid him letting me fire off a percussion cap on his Civil War Colt, a replica I guess. He was a keen shooter all his life, both rifle and pistol, and in this case black powder.

He had a side-box on his bike, and would carry all sorts of stuff around in it. Him and his missus used to travel all over on it. She was also a fine woman, a keen swimmer and ballroom dancer into her 80's.

After George, 'or Chip', as his missus always called him, passed away. The bike, which George had owned for decades, was passed onto his son.

meako said:
I like the knife but lets not judge the man from his knife.If we met Lawrence in person we might have a different view!.
As a kid in Nottingham in the 1960s I remember "riding" one of these in our back yard . A Brough Superior.It was my grandfathers who was in the ground crew for Bader at Biggin Hill during the battle of Britain.
CHECK THOSE PIPES!!
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I hear what you're saying there Meako! :)That's amazing your grandfather also had one of those great bikes, they're like gold-dust today. Maybe it was a RFC/RAF thing :)
 
maybe jambiya was enough for Arabia and folder was more European carry :confused:

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If i may add another famous knife(and boots ;) )

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Fridtjof Nansen's boots and knife, used during the 1893–96 Fram expedition in the Arctic Sea
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the links fellers, very interesting. That knife has seen better days, but £300 for T E Lawrence's knife?! :eek:

When I was a kid, there was an old feller my dad knew, a great old guy who'd be right at home here. He'd been (ground crew) in the Royal Flying Corps, had loads of old guns and knives, made his own crossbows (my dad used to make him the tips for the quarrels), and rode a Brough Superior motorcycle, (the same as Lawrence died riding), with his wife, into his mid 80's. When the film Lawrence of Arabia opened in Sheffield, they borrowed the bike and had it up on a rotating plinth for a couple of weeks :)

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I not only sat on her once, but George let me start her up :)
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Heres some more interesting facts about T.E.Lawrence about whom one of my favourite movies is about.

http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-lawrence-of-arabia
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the links fellers, very interesting. That knife has seen better days, but £300 for T E Lawrence's knife?! :eek:

When I was a kid, there was an old feller my dad knew, a great old guy who'd be right at home here. He'd been (ground crew) in the Royal Flying Corps, had loads of old guns and knives, made his own crossbows (my dad used to make him the tips for the quarrels), and rode a Brough Superior motorcycle, (the same as Lawrence died riding), with his wife, into his mid 80's. When the film Lawrence of Arabia opened in Sheffield, they borrowed the bike and had it up on a rotating plinth for a couple of weeks :)

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I not only sat on her once, but George let me start her up :)
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Alpine SS, what a motorcycle! The JAP (or is it a Matchless?) engine is like a cathedral.
 
Very interesting to see the knife, but also what a fantastic looking bike! Thanks Jack, for sharing.:thumbup:
 
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