new guy, whats your "priceless" knife

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seas165

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Hello everone im new here been reading for about a year thought it was time to make a thread so what is your priceless knife not most
expensive but most sentimental value to you and why. Mine is small two blade pen knife i got from my grandfather when i was in kindergarten. He got it from his wife during ww2. Sorry no pics yet gotta figure out how to post pics from my phone
 
To me my most priceless knife is my Case Chestnut bone Peanut, gifted to me by my newly born daughter via my wife over two years ago, I've carried it everyday without fail ever since.



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Ps I sent you a message about posting pics from your phone
 
I can honestly say that none of my knives are "priceless". The closest thing to "priceless" that I have from my parents is a coffee mug with my Mom's name on it. It reminds me of her when I see it and that is a good thing.

I came from a family that pretty much "just got by" and we would have one knife and use it until it broke, wore out, or lost. Replace and repeat. Only in the last 20 years have I obtained knives just for the sake of having the knife. Maybe my heirs may associate "priceless" to some of my poessessions in the future if they some how get passed on to those that are interested in something other than the "value". To date, all seem only interested in the monetary value as best I can tell. As a result, I doubt there will be anything handed down. When I hit age 70, I intend to start selling stuff off and be able to move into a smaller house.
 
My most valued knife was gifted to me by my wife and daughter on Father's Day.

 
I have a few that are very sentimental to me. The most priceless would be those given to me and my boys by my wife's Grandfather before he passed. A little Kabar jackknife with jigged Delrin scales is one of my favorites. Took me a while to get it cleaned up, but it's good for another generation or two now. My youngest boy used the single blade pen knife he was given to get his Whittling Chip in Cub Scouts. One day I need to post some pics of it so we can figure out who made it.

The most priceless knife I use to have was my Grandfather's Case whittler with stag scales. Fell out of my pocket at Carmel Beach while laying on a blanket with my girlfriend when I was 17. I'd give up most of the knives I own today to have that one back.
 
Mine would be the first 3 knives I ever made. They were identicle in every way, but each had initials engraved into them. 1 for my bro, 1 for my son (he was 8 months old when I made them last year) and 1 for me. A family knife set that began my venture in knife making.
 
Found a tackle box that was owned by my grandfather and found an old knife in there. That would be it. Doesn't have a name just says made in pakistan.1.5" blade very small. Not that old either.Wish there would have been one in there that I could use more often or older one could cherish more. But glad I found that one. Will use the lures in there. Old rapala's and stuff. Also will be getting a .32 Winchester Special rifle passed down to me someday so can't feel that bad wasn't a more substancial knife in there. It's a very nice gun.
 
None of mine are priceless. Other than a couple that were gifts, everything else was something I purchased new or used either on-line or at retail stores. I like some more than others, but they are all replaceable. Only one cost me over $100 and a handful few were over $80.
 
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I gave this knife to an old friend, who passed from this world not long after. His wife thought I should have it.
It is my most cherished keepsake.
 
I have several that are priceless to me. Some were carried and used knives of my Grandfathers and Great Grandfathers others were gifts from special people, parents, wife, kids etc.

They will never leave my possession until I leave this big old ball of dirt and then they will be passed down. I need to take a group picture of them. Well, i'll eventually get around to it.
 
My orig red Pioneer that I thought was lost in the wildfire. Finding that knife helped me to start focusing on what was left...not what was lost. :)

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This was my grandfather's craftsman carpenters knife. It's from the early 1960's. He used it to cut off a "chew" of tobacco and scrape grass from under his lawn mower. He died in 1969. Now I'm almost his age when he died.
 
My Case folder given to me by my dad in 1971 when I returned home from SE Asia. Still have it although my lab chewed up the original leather case.
 
Here's 3 that are pretty important to me.
The first is a Boker Copperhead that my dad carried and used for years. I took it off his bedroom dresser the day he died (with Mom's permission).

The second is an Ulster Old Timer that my dad bought for me from the "Prince Albert in a Can" offer sometime around 1964. I carried and used it for decades.

The third is Canal Street lock back in D2 that my wife surprised me with this past Christmas. She has always been ok with my knife accumulating, although like most women I don't think she really understood it. The fact that she gave me this knife kind of said that she "gets it".

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Like so many others have already said, my father's knife is the only knife I consider "priceless".
 
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