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What sentimental knives do you have?
For me, it's an old folder that my grandfather carried thru WW2. He served in the south pacific and the only time he ever talked about it were broken sentences of seeing soldiers floating in the water and dead on the beach, his voice cracking and a stray tear. I didn't ever really want to ask anymore. When he gave it to me, it already had a crack on one of the scales. Years later the whole scale finally gave, and broke off. It's one of those knives with a drop point main blade, a can opener, and awl, and a standard screwdriver. There are no manufacturer stamps on it, and since it's carbon steel, it has a dk grey patina to it. It's one of those knives that take me back to a time when I was small and with my granpa, and he had a way of making me feel very loved and important. Not any reason to part with that knife except to hand it down to the next generation, and pass along some lore from the past.
For me, it's an old folder that my grandfather carried thru WW2. He served in the south pacific and the only time he ever talked about it were broken sentences of seeing soldiers floating in the water and dead on the beach, his voice cracking and a stray tear. I didn't ever really want to ask anymore. When he gave it to me, it already had a crack on one of the scales. Years later the whole scale finally gave, and broke off. It's one of those knives with a drop point main blade, a can opener, and awl, and a standard screwdriver. There are no manufacturer stamps on it, and since it's carbon steel, it has a dk grey patina to it. It's one of those knives that take me back to a time when I was small and with my granpa, and he had a way of making me feel very loved and important. Not any reason to part with that knife except to hand it down to the next generation, and pass along some lore from the past.
