Looking for an obscure knife game

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lumpymike1

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Hi all,
Back when I was in Jr High, my math teacher and the science teacher played a game that I THOUGHT was mumblety peg on a camping trip in Yosemite. They had an old Case 3 bladed stockman, opened 2 blades all the way at either end, and had a 3rd open at right angles, and took turns flipping it, so it would catch in a stump. Points were added up and the game would continue. As I am doing a search now, it is not coming up under that name, so I was wondering if anyone knew it, and how it was played.
Not like I don't have enough opportunities to slice myself as it is, but I want to teach it to the kids. My wife needs more grey hair...

Thanks

Michael
 
I always thought mumblety peg was played by two people throwing a knife at their feet. Sort of like a game of chicken. I should add without actually hitting your foot, but coming close.

Although I like your version better...
 
JPD1998 said:
I always thought mumblety peg was played by two people throwing a knife at their feet. Sort of like a game of chicken. I should add without actually hitting your foot, but coming close.

Although I like your version better...
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That is how we played, and we 'learned' from my grandfather.:D
 
I've been seeing people talking about that game "stretch". that plain scares me...

Looks like I'll take everything I've read and make up my own then....

Thanks All

Michael
 
More importantly, what did your math teacher look like? Was she hot?
I had a couple of teachers that I would have given my left ..... to go "camping" with! :)
 
Perhaps I'm just having difficulty grasping exactly how this "game" is played, but am I the only one who thinks this isn't the best thing to be teaching to your children? To me, one would want to instil upon them the importance of knife safety and also the ideas of valuing and taking proper care of a knife. Tossing an open Case slip-joint at a stump doesn't strikes me as reinforcing any of those concepts. Just my opinion though. :(
 
Troop, the Math and science teachers were guys. The bio teacher there was hot, but she was in the girls dorm and this was long before the days of Mary Kay leturnu (sp) and Debora LaFave...

Padwan,

While you have a good point regarding saftey, I've been instilling knife saftey into the kids from a young age. In researching the game, it seems like MANY remember such games with fondness, and in so doing I am trying to instill some appreciation for and older, less restirced time.

Mike
 
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