Oct. 25th 1975, Found the Old Man's Hunting knives from the plane crash.

Thanks for sharing. It's hard to believe on such a site material of this nature would be shared amongst us. With that being said that's what makes this place the place it is IMHO. If not for your resurrection of this thread I may have never stumbled onto this incredible, testament of hardship as well as strength.
 
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Thanks for sharing. It's hard to believe on such a site material of this nature would be shared amongst us. With that being said that's what makes this place the place it is IMHO. If not for your resurrection of this thread I may have never stumbled onto this incredible, testament of hardship as well as strength.
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well said. agreed. :thumbup:
 
Thank you so much for this great post.... words cannot express the emotions stirred.

Once again....Thanks
 
Thank you very much for sharing this with us. I missed it when you posted it 5 years ago, so it was nice that you brought it back up. I would like to see some pictures to go along with the story if you have the extra time.

I am sorry for your loss at such a young age. Enjoy those memories you do have because I am sure they are great.


Thanks again,
John
 
Here are some pics I took this mornin'

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Here's a shot with my Case SBJ for size comparison, both the fixed blades were with him on the plane in his bag.

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Well said, its tough to lose a loved one in an accident. The hurt stays for a long time, but he died doing what he loved.
 
I can't imagine what you went through when you lost him.
On the other hand, I love his taste in knives.
 
Thank you for sharing your story.
The knife is a link to the past and more valuable than materials, condition, etc.
One moral to the story might be "you never know."
 
Thank you for your story. Your dad died 2 years plus a day before I was born, but I still feel for you. As another poster said- death is a funny thing. My dad died when I was 8 (27 years ago), and your description of coming home to the news is very close to mine. I've had 4 relatives die within a day of my birthday, and 3 other funerals on my birthday through the years, so it is interesting to me that your dad shares an anniversary with them (we also mark anniversaries of passing- beer for my dad, and fireworks for my mom). I have a butcher knife of my dads that I found last month, I can understand what it is like finding something like that. Thank you for sharing and may your day be filled with peaceful happy rememberance.
 
Well I stopped down the road to visit a buddy of mine who was there with me when I was deliverin' the letters with my mom, a friend who I've known since 2nd grade, we toasted my dad and his dad, and his wife and his sister and our friends and our families.

By the time we got done toastin all the friends and family who have passed we killed off a bottle of vodka and a half a bottle of cognac.

Drunk and emotional we hung on to each other like 2 drunken soldiers on leave tryin' to stumble back to base before Reveille.

Made it home, (2 miles down a country road) and fell asleep, it's was nice to remember with an old friend who was ther with me after, so feelin' better I'll put this behind me and get on with my life till next year around the same time.

Thanks for all your comments and support, I appreciate it, my thoughts and prayers go out to all you folks here on the forums, remember enjoy your family and friends, we can lose them so quickly, ya never wanna hafta to say, "If I only had more time I woulda told 'em...."

Peace all,
 
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Miss you Old Man, hope you're lookin' down and enjoyin' the show, hope you see your daughter in law and your grand daughter when you look down.

I love you and miss you, till we meet again. ;(

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Thanks so much for sharing that with us. It couldn't have been easy.
Great post and story.
 
I read this today for the first time. I dispute the old adage that it gets better with time. A loss such as yours is difficult and I could feel your loss in your story first posted in 2007.
You have some great memories of your father and I thank you for sharing. The sharing is therapeutic and I can certainly relate with the passing of my own father in 2014....but we had lost him two years earlier to Alzheimer's...he was 87. I was blessed to have many memories spent afield and I credit my love of the outdoors to him.
I bet there is one heck of a huntin' lodge in heaven.............and a whole lot of stories bein' told :D
 
Nice post. I'm sure you miss him a lot, even now.
Made me think of my Dad, whom I didn't appreciate nearly enough for many yrs after he was gone.
 
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Sorry for your loss, just read that for the first time. Your dad sounds like an interesting guy. I still have my dad, he's getting up there in age though. I hope he's around for awhile, I recently got him interested in knives, bought him a ww2 dagger that he opens his mail with .
 
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