My Great Grandfather's Pocket Knife: The one that means the most.

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The knives and coin were my maternal granddads.
The scrigged bone (thats jigged and or scratted )is a William Rodgers,the ivorine is a no name Sheffield stainless an the coin is a George 2nd ha'penny from 1775- thats 241 years old -minted when the French and English were dooking it out for control of the Americas, Australia was yet to be colonised by the whitefellas. Interestingly this coin would have been legal tender up until decimalisation of the currency in 1971.
Both little knives are in pretty good nick for their age and they reside in a separate bow with my other grandads WW2 medals.
 
meako said:
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The knives and coin were my maternal granddads.
The scrigged bone (thats jigged and or scratted )is a William Rodgers,the ivorine is a no name Sheffield stainless an the coin is a George 2nd ha'penny from 1775- thats 241 years old -minted when the French and English were dooking it out for control of the Americas, Australia was yet to be colonised by the whitefellas. Interestingly this coin would have been legal tender up until decimalisation of the currency in 1971.
Both little knives are in pretty good nick for their age and they reside in a separate bow with my other grandads WW2 medals.
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'Jigged and scratted' that's fantastic!. Beautiful little knife, both equally valued in family history terms I would imagine. Great bit of history relating to the coin too. Evocative items indeed. Many thanks Meako. :thumbup:
 
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RickT57 said:
There are no words. Only this.. Those people lived thru Hell on earth. Bless em all
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Well said Rick. Apart from enduring great poverty, my great grandfather and grandfather fought in WW1 and WW2. Unfortunately my great grandfather's medals never made it to us, just the military pocket watch present in my picture above, which I also treasure. So while little is known of his contribution to the war he, like my grandad and so many others, would no doubt of suffered great hardship. We owe them all so much.
 
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Thanks everybody for your comments.

It's rewarding to see other old sweats that have been passed down to appreciative owners.:thumbup:

Regards, Will
 
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My grandpa gave me my first knife when I was about 8 or 9. It was a beautiful old stockman, wood handle, and the blades had an awesome patina...unfortunately being 8 or 9 I wasn't as responsible as I should have been and I lost it :( I recently began carrying a Case or Buck stockman every day.

My Grandpa passed yesterday, and I intend on carrying a stockman every single day and passing that on to my future sons and grandsons. He taught me so much and those old knives remind me of the treasures that generation holds in knowledge and experience. Keep these traditions alive! :)
 
meako said:
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The knives and coin were my maternal granddads.
The scrigged bone (thats jigged and or scratted )is a William Rodgers,the ivorine is a no name Sheffield stainless an the coin is a George 2nd ha'penny from 1775- thats 241 years old -minted when the French and English were dooking it out for control of the Americas, Australia was yet to be colonised by the whitefellas. Interestingly this coin would have been legal tender up until decimalisation of the currency in 1971.
Both little knives are in pretty good nick for their age and they reside in a separate bow with my other grandads WW2 medals.
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That jigged bone knife is especially beautiful! It's amazing to think someone spent their life making these, carving that bone, and fitting, grinding blades. Wonderful.
 
Sorry for your loss indyhammer :thumbup:
 
indyhammer said:
My grandpa gave me my first knife when I was about 8 or 9. It was a beautiful old stockman, wood handle, and the blades had an awesome patina...unfortunately being 8 or 9 I wasn't as responsible as I should have been and I lost it :( I recently began carrying a Case or Buck stockman every day.

My Grandpa passed yesterday, and I intend on carrying a stockman every single day and passing that on to my future sons and grandsons. He taught me so much and those old knives remind me of the treasures that generation holds in knowledge and experience. Keep these traditions alive! :)
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My sympathies, indyhammer. Sounds like you've planned a marvelous, ongoing tribute to a man who meant so much to you!

- GT
 
Best wishes and sincere condolences to yourself and your family indyhammer. It's great that you intend to honour your grandfather in this way. I'm sure future generations will appreciate it.
 
From what I've been able to determine, talking to his children who have not yet passed on, my paternal grand father (1911 - 1963) carried a white handled 2 blade Schrade penknife switchblade. I don't know if it was given to him, or if he bought it when he was in his teens.
As far as I can determine, he took it with him. My uncle said he put it in his dad's right front pocket, just before they closed the lid. It would be fitting if he did, since he carried it every day for most of his life.
 
I have both of my Grandfather's Knifes on my mom and dads sides of the family.
Moms Dads is a Old Timer 340 and his 8OT.
Dads Dad is a 1920's era Boker Tree Brand 3 blade stockman with jigged bone and 2 blades broken off in various lengths.
 
Here's my grandpa's sak classic that was in his pocket when he died, a cheap atco #12 made in Japan, and a 1943 10 reichspfennig that he brought back from the was after the battle of the bulge. he's had some other old coins from the war ( there's a 1 franc coin that I inleted into a piece of leather and use as a zipper pull )
And none of them are worth more than 5$ ( most worth 1-2$ )
 
afishhunter said:
From what I've been able to determine, talking to his children who have not yet passed on, my paternal grand father (1911 - 1963) carried a white handled 2 blade Schrade penknife switchblade. I don't know if it was given to him, or if he bought it when he was in his teens.
As far as I can determine, he took it with him. My uncle said he put it in his dad's right front pocket, just before they closed the lid. It would be fitting if he did, since he carried it every day for most of his life.
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My sister has my dad's switch blade, I'm still gunning for it....:thumbup:

Old thing ain't worth spit, it has cracked-busted stag scales, but I still want it......:D

Steve hope all is well, I had a good day fishing.:)
 
I missed out on my Grandpap's deer hunting knife (a slippy by the way), but a couple of Christmases ago, my Dad gave me his Grandfather's "deer woods" knife. That makes this knife, my Great Grandfather's.....I enjoyed it on a hunt this past season.

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Rockon75 said:
I missed out on my Grandpap's deer hunting knife (a slippy by the way), but a couple of Christmases ago, my Dad gave me his Grandfather's "deer woods" knife. That makes this knife, my Great Grandfather's.....I enjoyed it on a hunt this past season.

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Man those blades have quiet a bit of life left in them ( ie not over sharpened ) , that deep Nick is a real shame though.
Nice knife though, I hope it serves you well👍
 
My paternal grandfather was a knife collector, and I have several from him. The first one he gave to me in the 1970s was the pre-1964 Puma Hunter's friend on top in this picture:


Also in the 70s he gave me a buck caper and a Craftsman stockman (no pics, sorry). When he passed I inherited the following:

An Olson fixed blade:


An older Buck 301:


And a Case pen:


My grandfather was a big fan of Case. He was born in 1910 in Arizona territory, before AZ became a state. When he was 8 or 9 years old, he ordered a Case from the Sears Roebuck catalog. Unfortunately that knife is long gone - just after he got it he was showing it off to some kids in town and one of them ran off with it, and was not seen again (perhaps just passing through and took advantage of the situation).
 
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