Old knife's home?

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badpenny

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I have an OLD Benchmade Leopard that has been in my pocket for close to five years and is totally beat, used up but still very beloved.

It's too ugly to look at and too worn out to use or hand down to my son, but I can't part with it.

I just got an Emerson CQC7a as a replacement for it and feel kinda guilty about it.

What do you guys do with a faithful old companion when it has to be retired?

Thanks,

Tony
 
I have a few knives that I have "worn out" over the years. I usually rework them a little. I like to take them apart, clean them, tweak what I can, re-polish (if applicable) the blades, sharpen them well, sometimes have the handle material refinished or replaced, then I either give them away as a light duty knife or retire them.
 
You need to get a real wood cigar box, the kind that smell good even if you dont smoke, and keep it in your sock drawer; has to be sock drawer, and put all old, noble worn out knives away there. then when you kick, the grandkids can inherit Grandpas treasures.
 
Old knives never die - their owners just smell that way
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! - That said - I have this fine "orvis" tackle box - and in it live in "retirement" an assortment of memories called "used knives"... some go back to a great -great grandfather and through the generations to what I've put there like the Gerber L.S.T. with Pete's signature on the blade along side an L.S.T. with polished blade and maroon micarta scales... a sak classic that I field dressed and skinned a deer with on a bet ..and Dad's Buck 112 with Micarta scales that I gave him for Christmas in 1973. The List goes on but you get the idea ... What YOU do with a used up knife is up to you - but I have a hunch you need to find a good tackle box or that fine smelling cigar box that was mentioned a couple of posts back

Knife Knuts are sharp people !

Jonesy

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[This message has been edited by Revvie (edited 03-03-2000).]
 
Badpenny, why don't you send it back to Benchmade and have it rehabbed. Maybe they can clean it, tighten it up and sharpen it for you.
 
I would contact them directly or on the Benchmade forum to find out exactly what they offer. I know they have a lifetime warranty and lifetime sharpening but I don't know all the details. http://www.benchmade.com
 
A knife is a friend. Maybe your only friend in a bad situation.
Just treat an old knife like an old friend.
You won't be wrong.
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D.T. UTZINGER
 
I'd kinda like to do like the4th said and rehab it myself but the lock is in pretty bad shape, its failed a couple of times so I don't trust it anymore, hence the retirement.
Maybe it own cigar box shrine is more fitting.

Tony
 
Put them in a good ziploc bag, and then tape that up real tight. Then bury it in the back yard about a foot deep. Forget where you burried it. Then in a few years get your son a metal detector. Wow will he be thrilled when he finds that ole knife that musta been there since the civil war. Just a thought!! Michael

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Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!
 
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