My wife, Joan, and I drove our two dogs to Tucson for a relatively (pun intended) quiet and small gathering for Thanksgiving. Just my son, Merlin, his wife, two kids and dog and my wife and I and our two dogs.
This weekend we were talking knives... I brought a few and I know my son and grandson both have small collections. Doing some show and tell, my grandson pulls out one of my Dad's (his great-grandpa) old knives'.. I had completely forgotten about this knife but remembered instantly.
All the times hunting and fishing with Dad and this was always in his pocket.
I got chills and my hands were shaking.
We did a search for some background but only found a couple of pictures of it on eBay valued at $375 - $495!!
Obviously, we won't sell it. The grandson will get it back some day, but for now I traded him for one of my Leeks.
I'll clean it up just a bit, put an edge on it.
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I don't know if we should honor it by putting it in the safe or honor it & my Dad by letting it be put to work.
Thoughts?
For Now,
Gib
This weekend we were talking knives... I brought a few and I know my son and grandson both have small collections. Doing some show and tell, my grandson pulls out one of my Dad's (his great-grandpa) old knives'.. I had completely forgotten about this knife but remembered instantly.
All the times hunting and fishing with Dad and this was always in his pocket.
I got chills and my hands were shaking.
We did a search for some background but only found a couple of pictures of it on eBay valued at $375 - $495!!
Obviously, we won't sell it. The grandson will get it back some day, but for now I traded him for one of my Leeks.
I'll clean it up just a bit, put an edge on it.
~~~~
I don't know if we should honor it by putting it in the safe or honor it & my Dad by letting it be put to work.
Thoughts?
For Now,
Gib