What is the knife you would die if you lost it

This one.


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It was on my Grandpa's hip when he was earning his three battle stars on his Pacific Theater of Operations Ribbon. United States Army Air Corps, WWII.

I carry,and use hard, knives with monetary value that far exceed that Case. If I lost one of them all it takes is cash and a month or two wait to have a duplicate built.

Grandpa's knife could never be replaced.
 
Actually, that already happened to me. A bunch of my knives were stolen, including one that was handmade by a family friend, who later died. I still get angry just thinking about it.

Now, I have replaced a few of those, and I have about eight or ten (especially an old TL-29 that rode in my grandfather's pocket in both Europe and the Pacific in WWII) that I'm very careful with. I'll never be able to replace that handmade knife, though. :(

thx - cpr
 
Been there, done that. When my Grandfather died I was given his old Case Whittler with Stag scales. Blades were carbon steel with cross-hatched lines from years of use & sharpening. Had the knife in my right front pocket one night laying on the beach with my High School girlfriend. When we got back to the car and I reached for my keys I noticed it was missing. I spent an hour looking for it and only stopped because it became too dark to see. Came back the next day & looked some more to no avail. That was 24 years ago and I still feel upset when I think about it.

Now I'd have to say the 2 knives I am saving for my boys when they are older. The 1st is an old Benchmade Pardue framelock that I had in my pocket when my 1st son was born. The 2nd is an Al Mar Ultralight Falcon that was in my pocket when my 2nd son was born.
 
I agree with most of the folks here. The only truly irreplaceable knife is one that has sentimental value. In my case, it the knife that belonged to my father.
 
JPD1998 said:
This is the only one I own that I wouldn't want to lose.
My mother and father gave it to me for Christmas in the mid 1970's ( I was 16 or 17). My mother always reminded me "how expensive" it was up until she passed away in 2001.
Most everything else I own can be replaced.

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I was given a very similar knife by an uncle when I graduated from HS in 1981. I'm not entirely certain what secret place I'm storing it in at the moment. I'll need to see if I can remember.
 
There are none for me. If I lost a knife I would use another one.

They are just things. If you are afraid to lose it then don't use it.
 
knifertheworks said:
What is the knife you would die if you lost it
just wondering
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The one I need to cut my way out of the flaming wreckage after the crash.

I have plenty of knives with monetary, sentimental and tool value. Almost any would make me unhappy to lose. None of those losses are likely to prove fatal.
 
The only one for me was a Old Timer lockback single blade trapper, my dad got It for me the day I was born and when I lost It I got physically sick for about a week, then found It our stupid ****** couch!

That thing Is a knife eater, to this day I have lost 8 knives In there and If I am missing one I look In there first, then go to my dad, he already pilfered my Kershaw JYD 2.
 
My first Buck 110 which my mother bought me for Xmas the first year that I was home from the Navy.
 
I lost my grandfather's knife and am heart sick. Hole in pocket of blue jeans. Carbon steel, three blades. Manufacture unknown. Got a close replacement with a Boker 3 blade, damaged that in washing machine dryer. I found out the date on that one was in the 1920's - 1930's. Major pissed off on that one too. The worst is losing my arrowhead collection with flint skinning knives in it. Somewhere lost in my parents house.
MLM
 
yablanowitz said:
The one I need to cut my way out of the flaming wreckage after the crash.

I have plenty of knives with monetary, sentimental and tool value. Almost any would make me unhappy to lose. None of those losses are likely to prove fatal.
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LOL. :D

You're a riot Yab!
 
I try not to put myself in that position by buying things within my means and not being overly attached to them. But in the spirit of your question, my Umnumzaan is probably my favorite knife at the moment and the most expensive. I'd really hate to lose the beat up Shrade my uncle gave me when I was 15, though.
 
My Wenger SAK. I have had her for many years now. Even though I now have knives 50X more expensive, I can just replace it if lost. You can't replace a tool that's been with you for decades.
 
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