My Bestest Find Ever

Augie

Augie

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A little back ground, I graduated high school in 75, started working my junior year and have kept at it ever since. In the mid to late 70's I bought my first knife other than a Scout knife, a Buck 110.
I carried it at work, on the motorcycle and deer hunting in New Hampshire and then it sort of got left behind at the folks house. I have a couple brothers and a lot of stuff I left behind sort of disappeared either lost when the folks moved or appropriated by one of my brothers.
Of all the things I had when I was young, that Buck 110 was the thing I have wondered about the most.
Sunday I met up with my youngest brother and his 2 sons,my nephews, to shoot a charity sporting clays shoot, he went to open some flats of shells and pulled a Buck 110 out of his range bag, my one nephew asked him where he got the 110 and my brother looked at me and said it was my long lost 110.
I could not believe it, he right away offered it back to me and I accepted, I am thrilled to get this particular knife.
Nothing special, a Buck 110 2 dot but it means a lot to me, it is still in good shape and just needs an edge put back on it.
I guess for Christmas I'll get my brother a 110 to replace it and if its ok with him get one for each of my nephews.

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Congratulations Augie :thumbup:

Those siblings eh?! :rolleyes: ;)
 
That is a great story! For 40 years of neglect it looks pretty good:) I wish I could find some of my childhood knives...
 
It's great you got that one back! I wonder about some of the things from my youth too. I still have a bb gun from about 1974, my 1967 Schwinn Stingray, and most of my Hot Wheels collection, among other things.
 
Interesting - I graduated the same year from high school and also have a 2-dot Buck 110 I bought in 1979. Mine never left me, though. No brothers around to "borrow" it. Sitting in my desk drawer at home right now.
 
Nothing special you say, on the contrary , everything is special about this knife. For you it is part of your history. I wish i could find my first knife.

Mike
 
jc57 said:
Interesting - I graduated the same year from high school and also have a 2-dot Buck 110 I bought in 1979. Mine never left me, though. No brothers around to "borrow" it. Sitting in my desk drawer at home right now.
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Even more interesting John, my name is John also.

Thanks everyone, I am very happy to get this one back, I always wondered what happened to it.
 
"he right away offered it back to me and I accepted"

Haha. Best phrase I've read all day!! No reason to be shy about the reunion of two long-lost friends. :)
 
That is great, John. What a treasure to have returned! I think it's a great idea for you to buy them all 110s and continue the tradition into the next generation.

I still have my knife from high school (a few years ahead of you). It's a 1971 Case Sodbuster, Jr. that my dad made. He worked at Alcas where we lived in Olean, NY. It's a beat up old knife now, but it set me on the path.
 
That is a cool story.
I like how you are going to shout your brother and nephews a 110 for Xmas.
I'd love to know whatever became of my leather handled carbon steel Jap bowie that I bought for the princely sum of AUD$3.00 in about 79.
We all had one. We would would venture off into the bush with these things on our belts like some hunting party of big bwanas.
My parents have never moved house and I reckon it's still there somewhere. However trying to locate it amongst my Dads accumulated collection of tools and paraphenalia would be equivalent to spring cleaning the British Museum.:thumbup:
 
The kernel where it all started ....a past regret ...and a safe return...and a little thing called love

Great story, Augie!
 
Awesome story - glad it made it back to it's owner after all these years...

best

mqqn
 
Great story, Augie. I've been hoping my old Craftsman lockback will turn up sometime when I visit my folks. Not as full of stories as your Buck I'm sure, but still a sentimental knife.

clutchcarter said:
I still have a bb gun from about 1974, my 1967 Schwinn Stingray, and most of my Hot Wheels collection, among other things.
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Boy, I bet that's worth a pretty penny now! My mom remembers the Christmas that her and her 4 siblings all got different Stingrays - if only they'd hung onto them!
 
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