Old Friends Friday

I got this Mauser Officers Knife in 1982, and carried it for the best part of 10 years :) I still enjoy carrying it :thumbsup:

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screened porch said:
"No-one has ever escaped from Stalag 13!"
MIne's more subtle. Like Major Hoganheimer's alias.
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I don't know how long I've had this one, and never carried it much, there being smaller knives with more tools.
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Functional precision, very nice Jer.
Bob
 
screened porch said:
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I don't know how long I've had this one, and never carried it much, there being smaller knives with more tools.
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Here's a civilian version of Victorinox's GAK. Cool knife! :cool:
Like you Jer, I appreciate it's robust utility but since I live in an urban environment it is not often carried. Usually only pocketed on an occasional walk in the woods but I do count it as an Old Friend.

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redsparrow said:
Here's a civilian version of Victorinox's GAK. Cool knife! :cool:
Like you Jer, I appreciate it's robust utility but since I live in an urban environment it is not often carried. Usually only pocketed on an occasional walk in the woods but I do count it as an Old Friend.

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It's a good one to take to the farm when volunteering starts again. It'll turn a lot of heads.
 
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Yes, farms, fields, woods, camp settings etc are more suitable locations than where I reside.
Hey can I ask why farm volunteering is not currently occurring and what do you do there when it is?
 
redsparrow said:
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Yes, farms, fields, woods, camp settings etc are more suitable locations than where I reside.
Hey can I ask why farm volunteering is not currently occurring and what do you do there when it is?
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The beds are put to bed and there isn't anything to do except occasionally feed the chickens when the paid folk are away. We should be planting seed trays in the greenhouse pretty soon, though, what with spring being right around the corner.
It's an organic CSA attached to a farmstead property attached to a nature center. Last year I mostly battled entropy at the kitchen garden of the farmhouse. I like to let the ghosts know they're not forgotten.
 
screened porch said:
The beds are put to bed and there isn't anything to do except occasionally feed the chickens when the paid folk are away. We should be planting seed trays in the greenhouse pretty soon, though, what with spring being right around the corner.
It's an organic CSA attached to a farmstead property attached to a nature center. Last year I mostly battled entropy at the kitchen garden of the farmhouse. I like to let the ghosts know they're not forgotten.
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Sounds like an enjoyable experience, you should be gettin' busy soon.
Entropy- a battle in which we are all very much involved
 
screened porch said:
"No-one has ever escaped from Stalag 13!"
MIne's more subtle. Like Major Hoganheimer's alias.
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I don't know how long I've had this one, and never carried it much, there being smaller knives with more tools.
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Nice German Army Knife Jer :D :cool: I used to be able to buy them by the handful for peanuts, a decade or so back. Wish I'd bought more (I gave all the ones I had away) :thumbsup:
redsparrow said:
Here's a civilian version of Victorinox's GAK. Cool knife! :cool:
Like you Jer, I appreciate it's robust utility but since I live in an urban environment it is not often carried. Usually only pocketed on an occasional walk in the woods but I do count it as an Old Friend.

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Wasn't that called the Safari? The GAKs were made by a number of different firms, kind of wish I'd collected them now :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
Wasn't that called the Safari? The GAKs were made by a number of different firms, kind of wish I'd collected them now :thumbsup:
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Yes Jack, Vic's Trooper has been called Safari and Safari Trooper.
My preferred name is Safari. However, SAKWiki lists it as "The Victorinox Trooper (a.k.a. the Safari Trooper)", so I chose to use Trooper when posting here earlier. Guess any one of three names are correct.
Interesting that there were so many GAK makers. I'm just glad to have one Safari/Trooper made by Victorinox whatever it gets called. :)
 
redsparrow said:
Yes Jack, Vic's Trooper has been called Safari and Safari Trooper.
My preferred name is Safari. However, SAKWiki lists it as "The Victorinox Trooper (a.k.a. the Safari Trooper)", so I chose to use Trooper when posting here earlier. Guess any one of three names are correct.
Interesting that there were so many GAK makers. I'm just glad to have one Safari/Trooper made by Victorinox whatever it gets called. :)
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It's certainly confusing! 😁 scruffuk scruffuk bought a couple of those models, and contacted Victorinox to see if he buy saw-guards. They sent him a handful of them for free 🙂👍
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Any idea who TSR was?
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Not that I can think of Jer, it's weird that there was so many makers 👍
 
Jack Black said:
It's certainly confusing! 😁 scruffuk scruffuk bought a couple of those models, and contacted Victorinox to see if he buy saw-guards. They sent him a handful of them for free 🙂👍

Not that I can think of Jer, it's weird that there was so many makers 👍
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Google is flooded with Terzuola's survival Rescue knife for CRKT.
Whoever they were, they were competent.
 
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