Hey guys, I know some like knife stories, some don't care. I'm the first group.
With Christmas coming up there was a need to get a rigger's knife for my father-in-law for Christmas (used camillus from the auction site), the best part of it was that it gave me a chance to remember my Buck Yachtsman and my grandfather. My grandmother bought me this knife for my birthday when I was somewhere around 14-15. She knew I loved knives and saw it at a thrift shop and bought it for me. This was back before the internet gave you the ability to find out anything you want to know. Nobody I talked to knew what the spike was for, until I showed it to my grandfather. He had served in the Navy during both WWII and Korea (USS Salt Lake City during WWII) and immediately knew what it was and explained it to me. He is also the one that gave me my first pocket knife (which I still have too) and taught me how to tie a bowline. He passed away a few years later. Since then other than looking at it once in a while it has sat in my sad, mostly empty, knife drawer in the garage. I had no idea that they were so well known now and so desirable, I was surprised at the prices they were fetching. (thus the Camillus for the FIL). This weekend I'm cleaning it up, oiling it and touching up the edge, I plan to put it into service too.
Merry Christmas!
Red
With Christmas coming up there was a need to get a rigger's knife for my father-in-law for Christmas (used camillus from the auction site), the best part of it was that it gave me a chance to remember my Buck Yachtsman and my grandfather. My grandmother bought me this knife for my birthday when I was somewhere around 14-15. She knew I loved knives and saw it at a thrift shop and bought it for me. This was back before the internet gave you the ability to find out anything you want to know. Nobody I talked to knew what the spike was for, until I showed it to my grandfather. He had served in the Navy during both WWII and Korea (USS Salt Lake City during WWII) and immediately knew what it was and explained it to me. He is also the one that gave me my first pocket knife (which I still have too) and taught me how to tie a bowline. He passed away a few years later. Since then other than looking at it once in a while it has sat in my sad, mostly empty, knife drawer in the garage. I had no idea that they were so well known now and so desirable, I was surprised at the prices they were fetching. (thus the Camillus for the FIL). This weekend I'm cleaning it up, oiling it and touching up the edge, I plan to put it into service too.
Merry Christmas!
Red
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