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What Dad/Grandpa carried
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This was my Father's hunting knife. I think he bought around 1959 after high school when working at Montgomery Ward's sporting goods department.
He also had a pocketknife that I remember with bone handles, and maybe a small Old Timer too.
This was my Grandfather's pocketknife:
I am very fortunate to have both of these knives in my collection, and they are among my most valued possessions.
He also had a pocketknife that I remember with bone handles, and maybe a small Old Timer too.
This was my Grandfather's pocketknife:
I am very fortunate to have both of these knives in my collection, and they are among my most valued possessions.
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Thanks guys, some great knives and great insights into our elders' lives are lurking here.
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My mother's father died in 1953, when my mother was 14, I never met him. Since he grew up in rural north Georgia, I would be surprised if he didn't carry a knife of some sort. I'll have to ask my mother.
My father's father was a knife knut. He gave me a few knives when I was a teenager in the '70s, and I inherited a few when he passed in 2004. As far as pocketknives go, he was fond of Case (his first knife was a Case ordered from the Sears Roebuck catalog in 1919 or 1920). I inherited this from him:
And this Buck, too:
My father is a knife knut, too. When I was a teenager he had a Case trapper and Buck stockman that I saw a lot of. Now he has a collection to rival anyone on this forum, from traditionals to tacticals, his knife budget is a lot bigger than mine.
My father's father was a knife knut. He gave me a few knives when I was a teenager in the '70s, and I inherited a few when he passed in 2004. As far as pocketknives go, he was fond of Case (his first knife was a Case ordered from the Sears Roebuck catalog in 1919 or 1920). I inherited this from him:
And this Buck, too:
My father is a knife knut, too. When I was a teenager he had a Case trapper and Buck stockman that I saw a lot of. Now he has a collection to rival anyone on this forum, from traditionals to tacticals, his knife budget is a lot bigger than mine.
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Same here. I do remember seeing my grandfather's knife a lot and I would guess, by memory alone, that it was a Case 62087 medium jack. If not, it was something very similar but it was definately a bone handled Case knife. He was my dad's father. Niether my dad or my mother's father ever carried a knife as far as I can remember.
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My dad has a thin metal multitool on his keys that he uses. Its dull as all hell but he gets by with his keys if need be. I really need to get him a nice knife one of these days.
My grandpa has a bunch of different knives. For the past few years he's been using a lock back. It kinda looks like a buck 112 ecolite, but camo. He has pretty bad arthritis now so he doesn't carry a knife anymore.
My grandpa has a bunch of different knives. For the past few years he's been using a lock back. It kinda looks like a buck 112 ecolite, but camo. He has pretty bad arthritis now so he doesn't carry a knife anymore.
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My Grandfather's Boker Scout.
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I'm the black sheep of the family, being a knife nut. My father wasn't really one, nor did he hunt, but he was a carpenter when he was younger, and also practiced martial arts before I was born. He didn't usually carry a knife, but among his stuff after he passed away I found an old Imperial "demo" knife, with a blade, punch, can opener and screwdriver/cap lifter. I also found an old Camillus TL-29 I keep yakking about that was either his (mom doesn't recall that knife, but her mother seems to remember him using it) or his father's... But the one knife I really remember seeing him use was a black balisong that he used one day after he broke a pair of scissors (and cut his hand) opening a clamshell pack!
As for his dad, I don't know what he carried. He was a mechanic by trade and preference, so I'm sure he did carry something. He passed away not long after my father did and I haven't gone through any of his stuff. His brother, my uncle, carries a first-generation, fully-serrated Spyderco Delica every day, everywhere.
My mother's father grew up in Waipio Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii as the oldest of many siblings, without a father. He hunted, farmed, and fished every day to feed his brothers and sisters, and if he didn't, they didn't eat. He broke out all of his front teeth working in the pig pen and didn't have replacements until he joined the Marines. He has a few knives in his closet from back then, both fixed blades: One is a long, upswept trailing point that looks handmade, with a wooden handle and brass pins. The blade is thin carbon steel with a wickedly sharp, toothy edge. The other is a stainless fillet knife in a leather sheath that also holds a sharpening steel. My main knife-memories of him growing up are seeing him either at the kitchen table or in the backyard tending to the banana plants and taro that he grows with a long butcher knife in hand, cutting food or chopping down dead leaves.
As for his dad, I don't know what he carried. He was a mechanic by trade and preference, so I'm sure he did carry something. He passed away not long after my father did and I haven't gone through any of his stuff. His brother, my uncle, carries a first-generation, fully-serrated Spyderco Delica every day, everywhere.
My mother's father grew up in Waipio Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii as the oldest of many siblings, without a father. He hunted, farmed, and fished every day to feed his brothers and sisters, and if he didn't, they didn't eat. He broke out all of his front teeth working in the pig pen and didn't have replacements until he joined the Marines. He has a few knives in his closet from back then, both fixed blades: One is a long, upswept trailing point that looks handmade, with a wooden handle and brass pins. The blade is thin carbon steel with a wickedly sharp, toothy edge. The other is a stainless fillet knife in a leather sheath that also holds a sharpening steel. My main knife-memories of him growing up are seeing him either at the kitchen table or in the backyard tending to the banana plants and taro that he grows with a long butcher knife in hand, cutting food or chopping down dead leaves.
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My dad used to carry a Buck 110 as a kid.
6 years ago he started carrying a Buck 119.
Now he switches between a Buck Hoodlum, a Ka Bar War Sword, and a custom 12" Bowie for EDC.
6 years ago he started carrying a Buck 119.
Now he switches between a Buck Hoodlum, a Ka Bar War Sword, and a custom 12" Bowie for EDC.
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My grandpa had lots of knives, but this was his Sunday knife.
My Paupa had others too, but he carried this trout fishing until he died (it was his son's - my Uncle killed himself before I was born.)
My Great Grandfather was a sharecropper in SO Illinois. This was his.
My Paupa had others too, but he carried this trout fishing until he died (it was his son's - my Uncle killed himself before I was born.)
My Great Grandfather was a sharecropper in SO Illinois. This was his.
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Whew... this thread has a sadness to it, reading of my Forum friends who lost their parents / Grand parents when they were quite young, but you know... if you have their knife, you have a LOT , and I mean a LOT more than what I have, so in a way, you are very lucky.
Great Thread.
Great Thread.
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My dad carries a Primble trapper. I'm a little jealous of it, even though I'm not really into traditionals!
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My Dad passed away a few years back after a car accident, he had a Buck 110 on his hip a little Case stainless lockback in his pocket and a little Gerber 300 in his watchpocket. Two of the knives I had gifted him.
He was big into hunting so he liked a nice knife and he carried a pocket knife since I was little. He was a machinist and he had to open a lot of boxes and stuff at his work. He carried a Buck 422 quite a bit too, it was the one knife he always had on him when he went archery hunting.
My Grandfather is a knife nut like me, he has always had a display case full of a few good knives. He has carried one since forever and he's part if the reason I collect. He loves singled bladed knives, I am not entirely sure why, but he doesn't like stockmans or trappers. The knives that do have two blades don't get much use.
He carries this Buck 704 a lot.
I never knew my Great Grandfather, but I understand that he loved small game hunting, so I think we would have gotten a long just fine. He used a Wester trapper for a long time, it's the only knife my Grandfather remembers him using.
He was big into hunting so he liked a nice knife and he carried a pocket knife since I was little. He was a machinist and he had to open a lot of boxes and stuff at his work. He carried a Buck 422 quite a bit too, it was the one knife he always had on him when he went archery hunting.
My Grandfather is a knife nut like me, he has always had a display case full of a few good knives. He has carried one since forever and he's part if the reason I collect. He loves singled bladed knives, I am not entirely sure why, but he doesn't like stockmans or trappers. The knives that do have two blades don't get much use.
He carries this Buck 704 a lot.
I never knew my Great Grandfather, but I understand that he loved small game hunting, so I think we would have gotten a long just fine. He used a Wester trapper for a long time, it's the only knife my Grandfather remembers him using.