Lost Knives

Oil Stone Guru. I'm Not. said:
EDITED: Glad you got your knives back.
Before some of us call others thieves. I got a few questions.
1. Were these lost or fell from your pack or were you robbed?
2. If you found a knife with no phone number or way to return to owner. Would you keep the knife or sell it?
Or leave it on the ground?
I get it sucks royally to lost those knives and I hope something comes up.
I just hate to think that if for example I found a knife on the ground and took it. I would be labeled a thief. Especially when there is no way to return it to the proper owner.
My suggestions to other members are as follows.
1. Write down some contact info and insert it in your sheath or carry case. Someone may be a good samaritan and return it.
2. Don't take more knives than you need. That way if this happens. You are only out of one or 2 knives instead of 4 or 5.
3. Carry budget knives if losing an expensive knife(S) is gonna bother you and put you in the hole financially.
I lost a Benchmade Griptillian my mother bought me 4 years ago in the woods.
I spent 5 hours looking for it and eventually stepped in a hornets nest and got stung 20 times.
I feel your pain and I hope somehow they get returned to you. I just have a bit of a beef with some posters calling people thieves.
Who find a knife or bag of pot or whatever laying on the ground with no way of knowing how to return it to the original owner.
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This is some very good advice, I will probably not take so many in the future and if I do bring them they'll be stuff I can replace easily. I will for sure put some contact info into the case if I bring that many, but again it'll be stuff that can be replaced easily.

Many years ago I did find an old Gerber buried in the mud in the middle of the woods and there was definitely no getting it back to its owner. This stuff happens and I guess it would be my responsibility to ensure if this happens again someone has a way to contact me.

I do also think I got very lucky.
 
Oil Stone Guru. I'm Not. said:
2. If you found a knife with no phone number or way to return to owner. Would you keep the knife or sell it?
Or leave it on the ground?
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Oil Stone Guru. I'm Not. said:
I just have a bit of a beef with some posters calling people thieves.
Who find a knife or bag of pot or whatever laying on the ground with no way of knowing how to return it to the original owner.
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There are laws regarding what to do with found property depending on it's value. Each jurisdiction is different. Here in California, if you find property worth $100 or more, the law gives you a "reasonable" amount of time to determine the rightful owner and return their property on your own. But if you cannot determine the owner, then you are required by law to turn the property over to the sheriffs department.

So just because you don't have any way of knowing who the owner is, doesn't mean you get to keep it, not legally anyways. If you keep it, the criminal justice system considers that to be theft. There is a simple recourse if you can't determine the owner, and it costs you nothing- turn the item over to the sheriff. That way, if by some chance the owner checks with the sheriffs department, the owner might get their lost property back. By turning the property in you get to stay on the right side of the law, and score some good karma.

I suggest that if anyone here ever finds an expensive knife, or any other expensive property, that they check their local "found property" laws. Or just turn it over to the sheriff.
 
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I am glad that you got them back. I did lose a Chris Reeves Unumzaan a couple years ago and it really stung as it was one that had a DOB certificate on my Birthday. While I never did recover it. I was able to get another one with the exact same date here on the exchange. I have learned my lesson and got a leather sheath to carry them in when out in the deep woods. I guess if anyone wants to go treasure hunting in the Ozarks they may have a nice surprise someday.
 
I had a small sebenza live in my couch for almost 2 Years :oops:
I checked behind the cushions but somehow missed. I was doing a deep dive another time in said couch and came up with it.
 
JBoone said:
I had a small sebenza live in my couch for almost 2 Years :oops:
I checked behind the cushions but somehow missed. I was doing a deep dive another time in said couch and came up with it.
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I had a gec beerscout in sunbrite live in my buddy's couch for like 6 months. Finding it was a sweet sweet moment. They need to pass legislation to keep them sofas in check
 
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