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mckenny

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First off hello my name is Jon. I have always toted traditional pocket knives and loved them, but have never been a collector. I've had a few modern one hand open knives and never really loved them. My very first pocket knife was a Sabre 635 jack knife given to me when I was six by my father to use cutting asparagus along the Nebraska road sides.I carried that knife until high school when I found an Imperial Kamp King in the woods that lived in my pocket for two years. When I was a senior in high school my Grandfather gave me his Old Timer 108OT Junior. After he passed away I didn't want to loose or damage the old timer so I bought a cheap but surprisingly nice Remington import Stockman. After I lost that knife ( that I later found under the seat of the car) I bought a Buck 382 Trapper. Last week I picked up a Case peanut for three bucks at a hardware store and I must say the quality of that knife has sparked something. I have a new appreciation for a really quality knife.

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Hi Jon, a few things...
1) welcome to the forum!
2) You have a great and very typical American knife history there. Buck, Old Timer... I assume that there are millions out there who started with a shell handle jack like that, and I have the exact same Kamp King. I love it!
3) Where, oh where, is the hardware store that sells Peanuts for $3??? :D
 
Cory Hess said:
So, you still have every knife you've owned since you were 6? :eek:

Welcome to the forums, and congratulations for keeping track of all of those beauties. There is a whole cult dedicated to the peanut, since that one sparked your interest you might want to check out the thread dedicated to them.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/931548-Cult-of-the-peanut-members?highlight=peanut+cult
Click to expand...

Exactly my thoughts.

Another thing to check out when you get the time is jackknife's tales. The links are in a stickied thread at the top of this forum. After you read a few of those and the peanut thread you should be sufficiently addicted.

Welcome to the best place on the internet.

Chris
 
Hey, welcome Jon...no finer place on the net than here:thumbup:

Thanks for sharing your story and your knives, I really think your gonna like it here....great folks all around these parts;)
 
Welcome to The Porch Jon, and, again, well done on hanging onto all those knives! :) :thumbup:

Jack
 
Welcome Jon.

Congratulations on still having all your pocket knives.

I cannot say the same, I have lost lots of knives over the years :D :D
 
Welcome aboard Jon, nice line-up of old classics. That's cool you've managed to not lose any of them.

The yellow Peanut rules! :)

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Welcome aboard, mckenny! Looks like you have a nice collection going there. $3 peanuts, you say? Don't say where you found that, or the store will be leveled by a stampede of Traditional forum members! :eek:

Pull up a chair and stay a while. You won't find a better place online to spend an evening (or is that every evening?!?!).
 
Welcome, Jon, and thanks for sharing your history. I really enjoy the "testimonies" that folks sometimes post. I enjoyed your photo, too. Unlike some of the previous posters, I'm not so shocked that you have all of your knives. I have all but one of the knives I've ever owned, although when my interest in pocket knives re-awakened in January, I had to do a fairly intensive and lengthy search to actually find them all.

-GT
 
A hardware store in George Iowa. I saw an assortment of black plastic $5 pocket knives under the glass counter and peeking out from the bottom I saw a flash of yellow. I asked to see the yellow knives. Two Bear & Son yellow single blade peanuts and one Case. I asked how much because there were no prices on them. The gal said five bucks or if you buy all three $3 each. I would say it's a no brainer.
 
Nice score! You'd pay more than double that for just the peanut at the hardware store by me. :eek:
 
Welcome Jon. I have been collecting Case knives since I was around 9 or 10 (mid 70s). Im more of a Trapper guy but the Peanut is equally relevant.
I also have a Camp King. My first Case knife was an old Hawk Bill I used to scrape off the excess Soy bean out of the inside of Combine chutes.
 
Welcome to the porch John, be warned though these guys around here are the nicest, kindest most generous enablers to be found on the internet, if you hang around here very long your 6 traditional knives in a lifetime may very well grow to 60 easily.... they will be quality knives and you will enjoy each and every one until the next one comes down the pipe, you will enjoy each and everyone and have a fantastic time.
 
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