The Prophecy.

He certainly got the prophecy right, fortunately!:thumbup:

What's interesting and amusing is your Oldman favoured a small simple knife for a huge range of tasks, but didn't like the idea of a small simple car the VW Beetle- remaining faithful to giant American cars :D I don't know what he would've made of another of our legendary small cars from Europe, the French Citroen 2CV or Tin Snail! :eek: Genius design though.

I had to picture google the Pontiac Catalina as I'm not so familiar with American cars, great looking hunk from the early 60s with 8 horses rather than the rivals' 6.
 
Carl,

I never figured my Dad out totally either (paratrooper, 11th Airborne Division, Pacific Theater, WWII). In many ways, he was like yours. I do know that I thank God every day for men like them...and for their sacrifices for what we enjoy (like our little peanuts we carry).

Regards,
Ron
 
willgoy said:
He certainly got the prophecy right, fortunately!:thumbup:

What's interesting and amusing is your Oldman favoured a small simple knife for a huge range of tasks, but didn't like the idea of a small simple car the VW Beetle- remaining faithful to giant American cars :D I don't know what he would've made of another of our legendary small cars from Europe, the French Citroen 2CV or Tin Snail! :eek: Genius design though.

I had to picture google the Pontiac Catalina as I'm not so familiar with American cars, great looking hunk from the early 60s with 8 horses rather than the rivals' 6.
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I know what you mean, the old man was a walking contradiction. He lived and liked such a simple life, liked small simple jackknife, the basic .22 Colt woodsman, dressed simply, and was as low key a man as ever was. Yet he had a hot rod streak in him, and loved to punch a fast car now and then. He loved Pontiac's, and came to really love the 389CI engine. And don't even try to give him one with a 2 barrel on it. If there ain't a 4 barrel on it, he keeps on walking.

The Citroen would have had him scratching his head.

I never did figure him out.

Carl.
 
How about two four barrels Carl?? :). I think your dad might have liked my uncles dual quad 409 Impala.
 
Well, Carl, all of us have contradictions, it can be infuriating but it's also a source of genuine humour and happiness!

I daresay some Forum members may even take a Walk on the Dark Side and carry a modern G-10 knife, once in a while....:eek::eek:;)

I can't figure myself out most days:D:cool:

Regards, Will.
 
My father felt that way about Japanese cars. He did not like it one bit when I bought my first Toyota pickup in 1980. He always carried a Case folder of some sort. It was probably a Stockman and I have seen him with a small Schrade folder when he got older.

You know, I have owned a Toyota something and sometimes several somethings since that time and they have never failed me. I can't say that about the GM and Ford cars that I grew up with. I suspect my wife will nudge me toward a VW now since they have opened a new plant in Tennessee.

My Dad always sort of chuckled when I pulled out a SAK. He always considered them to be gadgets rather than real knives. I have had my share of Case knives as well. No shortage of Case XXX in my knife cabinet, but I still favor the SAK for everyday use.
 
22-rimfire said:
My father felt that way about Japanese cars. He did not like it one bit when I bought my first Toyota pickup in 1980. He always carried a Case folder of some sort. It was probably a Stockman and I have seen him with a small Schrade folder when he got older.

You know, I have owned a Toyota something and sometimes several somethings since that time and they have never failed me. I can't say that about the GM and Ford cars that I grew up with. I suspect my wife will nudge me toward a VW now since they have opened a new plant in Tennessee.

My Dad always sort of chuckled when I pulled out a SAK. He always considered them to be gadgets rather than real knives. I have had my share of Case knives as well. No shortage of Case XXX in my knife cabinet, but I still favor the SAK for everyday use.
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I tried to interest my dad in a ask, but it was no-go. I think it was his generations experience with the bad stainless on the market that gave stainless a bad name before WW2. He also didn't like plastic handles. He thought wood, bone, or stag was the only real handle for knife grips. He definitely looked down his nose at plastic.

Carl.
 
Great read Carl. Nice to wake up this mondaymorgning having a opportunity to read something I always wait for.

Bosse
 
Another classic tale Carl!My Dad always carries Schrade LB7 in a hip sheath,he's 72 now.
 
My father equated stainless as junk too. I guess the WWII erra stainless knives wern't very good.
 
pvicenzi said:
My father equated stainless as junk too. I guess the WWII erra stainless knives wern't very good.
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I know that some of the stainless knives I tried in the 50's were still kind of poor. It wasn't until the 60's that decent stainless blades started to become more common. Buck had the 110 that changed a lot of things in the knife world with their 440C. Now you have some stainless that is good as or in some cases better than the carbon steel that our grandfathers used.

But old prejudices can die hard.

Carl.
 
jacknife,
Great story:thumbup:....thanks for sharing

Reminds me a lot of my grandfather...'cept he never had a driver's license. Walked literally everywhere or rode a bus. Wish I had picked his brain more when i was younger as he was a wealth of of information who always managed to teach me something everytime we spent any time together. One thing in particular (which I still practice) happened one day as we went to his work shop. I had just opened the barn door and hung the padlock back over the hasp (much the same as placing a coat-hangerover a closet rod)
" Not that way " he remarked. "
" Hook it from UNDER the hasp", he said...."That way if someone bumps the door the the lock will not fall off".
A minor thing YES but I've never forgotten that tip and always do it to this day.
Great stuff...!
 
Another great story that rings true! I lost my father a year ago Saturday and still remember all of his tricks and advice. I sharpened up one of his favorite old knives the way he taught me in his honor this weekend.
 
I guess I missed this post first time around, thanks. I heard my Dad whispering in my ear after that one. Needed that one today.
 
There’s a prophecy gene that kicks in when we become parents.

The primal prophetic pattern runs like this:

“Someday you’ll have a kid who treats you the way you treat me. Then you’ll look back and be sorry” :D
 
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