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Here's my great Opa's Marbles Ideal. No knife museum would be complete without it. I'm really not sure when he purchased it but my Oma was born in 1932 and recalls him using it all her life. I would wager that it's processed hundreds of whitetails and hogs to make sausage (Great Opa's main food source for the winter). I touched up the edge and gave it a new sheath, but the handle is still tight and comfortable. He clearly took good care of it and I intend to do the same.

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Edit: I saw in another thread that Marbles used 1/2" nuts in the pommel until around 1923. The nut on this one is exactly 1/2" in diameter, so I suppose it's at least a few years shy of 100 years old.
 
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Here’s mine, a Buck 112 given to me by my younger brother in 1982.

I carried it for some years, but now it lives in my desk drawer because I don’t want to lose it.

It still gets used for the occasional office task.

The leather sheath has long since disintegrated.

I considered sending it in for Buck’s Spa service, but would rather keep it the way it is.

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drawkcaB said:
Here’s mine, a Buck 112 given to me by my younger brother in 1982.

I carried it for some years, but now it lives in my desk drawer because I don’t want to lose it.

It still gets used for the occasional office task.

The leather sheath has long since disintegrated.

I considered sending it in for Buck’s Spa service, but would rather keep it the way it is.

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Nice one J R. It does belong here if you ask me. New sheaths are available from Buck and others if you ever want one.
 
The "museum advantage" is that if one's prized knife ever gets lost or whatever, it will still be here to be seen and savored.
 
Most prized for sure is my dad's Kabar he carried in the USMC during WWll. He was stationed in the Solomon Islands and had this with him until he passed in 2009. I also have his brother's Kabar but he was in the US Army Air Corps.

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To me a museum piece is a well used, showing its age, and stories to tell kind of knife. Valued because of its use, and who may have used it. After all, if it survived this long to be in a museum, it deserves to be honored and viewed. I really like the WWII knives above. I have several that I really consider unique, to me at least, but still would love to use it more…..guilty….or maybe for the first time…..safe queen,perhaps, but longing to use them. Mine would be my ML Knives older Hudson Bay knife.
 
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Here is my entry, one I have shown before, a typical import German knife. I finally acquired it from a local antique store at Christmas time one year, great discount too, and really impressed it had a good sharp edge after so many years, indicating it was sharpened and taken care of by someone.
 

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Redmeadow Knives said:
My submission would be this Ruana (late 40's early 50's I believe). A friend gave it to me, a humbling experience. It was his fathers and I reluctantly accepted only because he wanted it to go to a good home and knew I'd take care of it. I cleaned it up years before and maintained it's patina and character. It's an amazing knife with an incredible edge and feels great in hand.
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To me this would be one of the jewels of the collection. :thumbsup:
 
Alas, I have no museum quality pieces, so I would instead offer my most carried knife: the Victorinox Rambler.

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And while the masses would travel far and wide to laugh and point at Timberweasel's pathetic tiny wee SAK, know these three things:

1) It is up on a pedestal and yours is not.
2) It is insanely popular with the wimminz: they think it's cute and always want to handle it... or at least carry it around in their purse.
3) It always gets the job done with surprising finess.

Timberweasel's SAK--"It's been everywhere with me; we're kinda attached."

😏🤣😳
 
herisson said:
To my surprise, because I absolutely love many of my knives, this one popped up immediately. I reconsidered... and no doubt this is the one.
My design, inspired both by a "triangular dagger" mentioned in a novel and a knife faintly seen in a movie (probably a Ka-Bar boot knife), and made by one of my favorite makers (Stoil Manchev from Sofia, Bulgaria) :
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I'm very happy to note that a countryman, knife maker from my old country made it to the first page of such prestigious thread.
Mr Manchev is a great knife maker as also many others in Bulgaria, I'm glad you like his work !
 
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