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In many ways collecting knives (or anything) is a way to connect with the past. If a person is fortunate he or she will have some things in their collection that have family ties.
This weekend I was back down to my parents place, helping them get their stuff sorted through as they have sold their place and are going to AZ in a fifth wheel for a few months. I an bringing many thing home, especially tools & equipment I can use in my shop. It is neat for me to use my dad's old tools when I am making a knife.
One of the things I got this weekend was a .22 rifle I grew up with. A Remington pump that was my grandfather's, possibly even his father's. It has been in the family for close to 100 years and put a lot of meat on the table. Even more special is a knife that my grandfather made. I remember my dad carrying that little knife. I think he dressed my first deer with it. My grandfather had worked in a foundry in Reedsport Oregon at one time and made the knife when he worked there. He also made a hatchet that he used when he cruised timber for the C.C.C. during the Depression in the 1930's. My dad is keeping the hatchet for a while longer, but I will get it when he is through with it.
Here is a pic of the knife & hatchet. My grandfather also made the hatchet sheath & put his initials on it (RV). My dad replaced the hatchet handle and made a sheath for the knife as the old one fell apart. Both knife & hatchet were made circa the 1920's.
For forum content: I also got a Frontier trapper with full blades & good snap & a Schrade 881Y, also in great condition. The unusual thing about it is that it has advertising on it, TEBCO & 1982. I also got a Hibbard Spencer & Bartlett stockman & a 152OT with a broken handle that I will fix for my dad.
Sorry if this is a boring ramble, just wanted to share one of my collecting joys.
Dale
This weekend I was back down to my parents place, helping them get their stuff sorted through as they have sold their place and are going to AZ in a fifth wheel for a few months. I an bringing many thing home, especially tools & equipment I can use in my shop. It is neat for me to use my dad's old tools when I am making a knife.
One of the things I got this weekend was a .22 rifle I grew up with. A Remington pump that was my grandfather's, possibly even his father's. It has been in the family for close to 100 years and put a lot of meat on the table. Even more special is a knife that my grandfather made. I remember my dad carrying that little knife. I think he dressed my first deer with it. My grandfather had worked in a foundry in Reedsport Oregon at one time and made the knife when he worked there. He also made a hatchet that he used when he cruised timber for the C.C.C. during the Depression in the 1930's. My dad is keeping the hatchet for a while longer, but I will get it when he is through with it.
Here is a pic of the knife & hatchet. My grandfather also made the hatchet sheath & put his initials on it (RV). My dad replaced the hatchet handle and made a sheath for the knife as the old one fell apart. Both knife & hatchet were made circa the 1920's.
For forum content: I also got a Frontier trapper with full blades & good snap & a Schrade 881Y, also in great condition. The unusual thing about it is that it has advertising on it, TEBCO & 1982. I also got a Hibbard Spencer & Bartlett stockman & a 152OT with a broken handle that I will fix for my dad.
Sorry if this is a boring ramble, just wanted to share one of my collecting joys.
Dale
