Most meaningful knife you own?

gamma_nyc said:
What knife means the most to you? Why?

This is my St. Michael the Archangel engraved Spartan Harsey.

Most meaningful because it reminds me that we all have a guardian angel; to ask their help avoiding the evil one.
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If I can just say Spartan is absolutely killing it in terms of very cool etches.
 
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These are my Dad’s things. The BoyScout Hatchet and knife were given to him by his uncle in the 50’s. He cherished those. The 2 blade hunting knife he used until he got his Buck 110, then he went back to it after he gave me his 110.

The USN MKI was the knife I most associate with him and is my most meaningful knife.

It was the knife that went on every camping trip, every hunting trip and lived on his night stand. Handy if something went bump in the night.

He liked it because the handle was longer than most and being flat grind it could slice an onion.
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I posted this before in another similar thread topic, but it is just as relevant here.

This is the very first knife I ever owned, given to me by my Dad when I was 7 or 8. That puts it right around 52 years ago.....I still have it, and I think of Dad every time I see it. My Dad's name was Wayne and I remember him telling me that I will always think of him when I use this knife because his name is right on the blade.

While it was my constant companion as a kid (I remember sleeping with it under my pillow, and those were also the days when no one blinked an eye at a kid with a pocket knife at school), I seldom carry it anymore. Now it is simply a treasured keepsake and provides memories of better, simpler times when I was a boy. This knife was the start of my journey down the rabbit hole.

Miss you, Dad.

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BlindMouse2of3 said:
The scales are coming loose. I need to contact buck to see if they can fix it without touching anything else.
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Yeah, if they couldn't tighten things up without replacing the scales, I'd tell them to let it alone.
I have a 110 that I bought sometime around '76 or so. I babied that thing for years, because it probably cost me 15 or 20 dollars, and that was alot of money for me back then. So mine fared pretty well. I have "a few" other knives now & the 110 hasn't seen any use for quite some time.

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These are my Dad’s things. The BoyScout Hatchet and knife were given to him by his uncle in the 50’s. He cherished those. The 2 blade hunting knife he used until he got his Buck 110, then he went back to it after he gave me his 110.

The USN MKI was the knife I most associate with him and is my most meaningful knife.

It was the knife that went on every camping trip, every hunting trip and lived on his night stand. Handy if something went bump in the night.

He liked it because the handle was longer than most and being flat grind it could slice an onion.
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It’s amazing the simple knives people used and got by with back in the day (and used them enough over and over to wear them out!)

If I used every knife I had, just until the factory edge was dull, I would be rotating through knives for over a year lol

We have it pretty good in 2022, being knife enthusiasts.

Edit: that fixed blade Bowie is awesome by the way!
 
tony281sc2 said:
It’s amazing the simple knives people used and got by with back in the day (and used them enough over and over to wear them out!)

If I used every knife I had, just until the factory edge was dull, I would be rotating through knives for over a year lol

We have it pretty good in 2022, being knife enthusiasts.

Edit: that fixed blade Bowie is awesome by the way!
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No m390….bearings…. Or lock that would stop a train.
 
Monofletch said:
No m390….bearings…. Or lock that would stop a train.
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With technology going the way it is, I wonder what the next big breakthrough in the knife world will be?
Is it here now, w/ Magnacut, the shark lock, and more brands than ever??!??!

The variety of steels, locks, blade shapes, sizes, brands, lockbar inserts , overtravel stops…..all that is just expected on a good knife these days.
Hell yeah we are spoiled !
 
tony281sc2 said:
It’s amazing the simple knives people used and got by with back in the day (and used them enough over and over to wear them out!)

If I used every knife I had, just until the factory edge was dull, I would be rotating through knives for over a year lol

We have it pretty good in 2022, being knife enthusiasts.

Edit: that fixed blade Bowie is awesome by the way!
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I've posted this before, but I bought this Uncle Henry stockman in 1970, and it rode in my pocket every single day for a good 30 years. It's worn out the RF pocket in many a pair of jeans. It's done just about everything, and there were very few times during everyday use that I needed something more. It's shown here with a newer one.
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JPD1998 said:
My mother bought me this knife a few years before she passed away.
She saw the knife in a counter display at a local hardware store and thought I'd like it.

It was special to me at the time, and even more so now.

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I've got a similar story...


My Mom started showing signs of early dementia in 2010. She really went downhill in 2012, after Dad passed. She had her biggest mental dip in early 2019, and is now well into her fourth year of full-blown Alzheimer's. She weighs about 90# soaking wet, can't pick-out Dad in any pic (*including their wedding photos), and is an absolute shadow of her former self.

Anyhoo, this is the last knife she bought for me...







It sits in storage, as I can't bring myself to carry/use it.
 
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