Old Friends Friday

paulhilborn said:
This (Our) Duncan's and My two blade Pen behind the Spear is back with me:thumbup:

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Love the old Tortoise Boker Jack:thumbup:
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Thanks Paul, it's been lonesome (George) in the drawer too long! ;)

Great story my friend, I'm sure you treasure that Barlow even more now :thumbup: I have one in the same pattern, my first TC Barlow, and a gift from Charlie :)

r8shell said:
Happy Friday, everyone!

I love this idea of Old Friends Friday. It's good for me to look at what I have at least as much as what I want. Today I'm carrying my first GEC:

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Great-looking knife R8shell, nice character :thumbup:
 
Well, it's Friday, and again following Jack's lead I have grabbed my long-owned old Owl Head sowbelly stockman in ram's horn.
Have a good'n everyone, and a good weekend, too.

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Here's my own Boker for the day, my wee congress (chosen at the beginning of the week, just waiting for its Moment).

New Old Stock (early 70s) carbon-bladed Boker, my first knife purchase since a Victorinox Classic or two many years back:

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Frosted etch on the main blade:
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As I said, 'tis sma':
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~ P.
 
Nice to see that P :thumbup:

Your Boker Barlow is pretty sweet too :thumbup:
 
Happy Friday! Have had this forever but rarely carry it and don't know why, it is a very handy knife. AG Russel Cattaraugus Trapper.

 
I've liked those as well Tom, does the main lock then unlock by depressing the Pen? I had a Weidmannseill knife that was similar minus the phillips screwdriver.
 
paulhilborn said:
I've liked those as well Tom, does the main lock then unlock by depressing the Pen? I had a Weidmannseill knife that was similar minus the phillips screwdriver.
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Hi Paul - yes, the main blade unlocks via depressing the pen blade. A pretty cool design, I have been looking for something similar for quite a while.
 
Today my old friends are the Taramundi gifted by Scruff, and the tiny shell handled Imperrial, which was my Uncle Camile's knife. As a teen I would help Uncle Cam out mowing, shoveling, assisting with odd jobs around his house. If it was a particularly warm summer day, sometimes he would split a beer with me when the job was done.


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Jack Black said:
Nice post Duane :) :thumbup:
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Thanks Jack :) Whenever I take that wee knife out and handle it, lotsa warm memories come to me. He and his wife Dotty were very nice folks, living a simple life. She would take the opportunity of a visitor to sneak a piece of candy, she was diabetic, I'd always stay a while and chat with them after helping out.
 
This one is with me today after getting left out of the rotation far longer than I intended.

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It's definitely easier to find when dropped...

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Great thread, Jack!
 
I don't often carry this knife because of its immense sentimental value, but I decided to bust it out since I'll just be in my office today. This Schrade Uncle Henry was the first knife I was given when I got my totin' chip. It was given to me by my grandmother some 20 odd years ago. I still remember how proud she was to give it to me proclaiming that "They had that on one the top shelf! Behind lock and key!" and how proud I was to have it.

In my teen years, I abused the hell out of it, bent the tip, neglected it (and it's significance), and eventually lost it. About 3 years ago, I was thinking about my Grandma, and I decided to go on a quest to find it knowing that I'd seen it in a box of crap from highschool in one of the several moves. After about a week of searching, I found it, bent the clip blade back into shape, re formed the tip on a belt sander and sharpened it up. Still as functional as the day I got it! Definitely an old friend.

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my first GEC. Bought from a forum vendor at a clearance price. This 73 is beautifully finished and does just about every task for which I need a pocket knife.
 
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