Lost my Folding Hunter.

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JM2

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This morning we were running a bit late for church. I switched pants, including moving my Case XX Folding Hunter and its sheath to the belt on the new britches. Sunday school started a bit late, so we weren't but a few minutes late after all.

After church, I went fishing at a pond up the road that I'm blessed to have permission to fish anytime I want. When I went to change lures, I reached for my belt knife, and it was gone! I used my Case 75 pattern Jumbo Stockman, but remained concerned at the lack of my 65 pattern Folding Hunter.

I figured that the knife had just slipped out of the sheath during the pants swap, which happened bedside. Occasionally, I have lost a knife, or my Leatherman tool, or my wallet, and found it by the bed. Well when I got home, it was the first place I looked. It wasn't there. So, I commenced to root through the covers, and still couldn't find it. I then proceeded to look through the car, to no avail.

Then, I saw a tupperware container in the back of the car that reminded me of the microwaved biscuits we had on the ride to church. The wife had asked me to make those, and instead of trying to rip the packages open via a pull tab corner, I used my belt knife like always. I immediately knew I'd left the knife laying on the kitchen table.

I went back in, and there she was. Whew!



I'd hate to lose this knife. I use it constantly throughout the day for small tasks from re-tying fishing lures to opening vittles.
 
Glad you found it.
I don't have a F.H. as fine as a red bone Case 65; just a offshore 2 blade Old Timer, offshore Marbles 2 blade, and a "D" Date code (1980) Western 062, which has been on my belt pretty much every day since I bought it last year.
The 062 was my 2024 KOTY ... tho TBH its margin of victory over the Western 742 Stockman I bought a month later was slight.
I would be devastated if any of my three Folding Hunters (or Stockmans) went A.W.O.L.
 
Glad you found it. Nice looking knife. I have a rosewood one that one of these days I will finally put on my belt.
 
Very similar to a story I hear from some of my customers. They're doing something at the tailgate of the truck, Use their knife n and set it down on the tailgate or the bumper and then all finished they drive off. I've heard that story many times.

Sure glad ya found your knife my friend!
 
Horsewright said:
Very similar to a story I hear from some of my customers. They're doing something at the tailgate of the truck, Use their knife n and set it down on the tailgate or the bumper and then all finished they drive off. I've heard that story many times.

Sure glad ya found your knife my friend!
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Absolutely!

Knife, phone, pipe wrenches!

I swear it's just the tailgates fault
 
Glad you found it, I have lost a Stag AC Lambsfoot that not only was it a nice knife, but a knife that held sentimental memories- still have not found it. I think maybe someone in on e of the shops I was working in may have picked it up, I'm still gutted!
 
1911bphil said:
Glad you found it after it went sight seeing. You need to get a spare and carry it on the other side so you always have one.
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I do have a spare Jumbo stockman, and a spare Leatheman PST, my other two constant companions. I haven't picked up a spare Folding Hunter yet.
 
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