What Knife Did Your Dad, Or Grandpa Carry?

My grandpa just recently passed away before thanksgiving, and my grandma knew my love for knives and for xmas sent me his case knife he carried everyday wrapped and addressed from him- it is a 1982, 8 dot case xx stag pen knife

My dad carries the SOG flash 2 I gave him
 
My grandpa carried a Boker tree brand stockman with a punch blade. He has been gone for 30 years but he will never be forgotten. He and his brothers would sit on the porch whittling (turning big sticks into small sticks) for hours at family gatherings.
 
My dad passed when I was young, but I ended up with his knives. I don't know what he carried, but I ended up with a couple 110 copies (a Schrade and a pakistan made), a taylor something or other 3 blade slip joint, and a nice case XX barlow. I suspect that the 3 bladed slipjoint is what was carried though. I really need to get some pictures of the barlow and slipjoint up on here, see what I can find about manufacture dates lol.....

my grandfather carried a schrade old timer 3 blade slipjoint for the longest time, he lost it and I got him (i was like 10....so I didn't pay for it) a replacement, it was either a case or another old timer, I can't remember.

my step-dad carries a 2 blade case peanut with stainless blades, I am on the look out for a carbon peanut with good patina (natural) on the blades, I think the carbon ones have more class
 
Maternal grandfather (who just passed Feb 9th RIP) - Carried anything and everything.
Paternal grandfather - mostly Case from the 70's...now carries a Buck Creek Jack.
Father - carried a small Gerber EZ-out for a few years and now carries a Kershaw Baby-Boa that i gave him about 6 months ago.
I can't wait until my kid gets to answer the same question :)
 
This is my Great Grandfather's knife that I inherited, a 1954 Wenger SAK that I watched him use many times.

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My maternal grandfather always had a knife on him, but it was never anything fancy. I remember seeing him with a SAK classic knockoff, and a Whinchester tiny stockman. Funny how a guy who had been through as much as him never gave any thought about what brand he was carrying. It was just a tool, and as long as it had a sharp blade, it was good enough for him.
 
My grandfather carried a maroon and blue gray, 3" long two blade knife

The larger blade says
Imperial Stainless

The smaller blade reads
2170537
P2284033
2689400
 
My grandfather passed away in 1964. last year my brother gave me our grandfathers pocket knife which was a small, black Camillus, about the size of a peanut. And yes, still scary sharp. Old Norwegian who loved his tools.
 
My old man doesn't carry anymore but did give me these to knives which were his Dad's my Opa's.

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with a little love brought them back to life!!
 
My Father and Grandfather both carried 6347 pattern Case stockman knives. Both are gone now, but I have both knives.

Funny part is, both knives have the sheepsfoot blade snapped at the same place, apparently using them to pry stuff was a bad habit that ran in the family. :)
 
My grandpa carried a cheap gerber lockback. It is the only reason i carry a knife
 
One Grandfather died before I was born, and the other when I was 2, but my father carried a Case Trapper, or Mini Trapper.
 
My Father was a beat cop in Pittsburgh. He carried a medium Case Trapper cv and a Smth & Wesson 19.
I still have both. Not sure when the medum trapper first came out.
 
My granpa carried an old traditional that was given to me after he passed away, I dont know what it is, its fully patina'd and the shield came off the jigged plastic handles.
he also gave me his buck pathfinder fixed blade while he was living because he knew I was always out in the woods.

My dad carries the Spyderco Cricket I got him as a money clip when he goes out and his pocket knives consist of a Camillus U.S. Army knife he got in the service, a boyscouts of america chinese SAK style knife or a dollar store locking folder.
 
You asked for it, (I've posted this before)

This was my Grandfathers knife, he used it 30 years ago the last time I saw him(I was 15 then) to cut Kielbasa and smoked/cured meats in the pantry for our afternoon meals along with cutting up bread and onions and peppers to go with the ham.

My cousin found it in the basement and gave it to me as a gift when I went home. in '06

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It's gotta be over 60 years old and other than the pitting/character it's as strong as the day he let me use it to cut myself a piece of kielbasa the last day I saw him.

I hadn't even thought of that day or the knife in nearly 30 years, her giving me that knife brought a tear to this old Mad Hungarians eye.

It says Gerlach Poland on the tang I'm not even sure what kind of wood it has for handles, anyone ever seen or heard of this brand.

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BTW the trip was great, great food, great booze, great family.
 
Turbo Tension said:
My grandfather carried a maroon and blue gray, 3" long two blade knife

The larger blade says
Imperial Stainless

The smaller blade reads
2170537
P2284033
2689400
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Probably a 50's Imperial Jack-Master or Jumbo Jack if I was guessing. the top and bottom numbers seem to match a Jumbo Jack of some sort.
 
Swoop03 said:
My granpa carried an old traditional that was given to me after he passed away, I dont know what it is, its fully patina'd and the shield came off the jigged plastic handles.
he also gave me his buck pathfinder fixed blade while he was living because he knew I was always out in the woods.

My dad carries the Spyderco Cricket I got him as a money clip when he goes out and his pocket knives consist of a Camillus U.S. Army knife he got in the service, a boyscouts of america chinese SAK style knife or a dollar store locking folder.
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I think your Granpa's knife was probably a Imperial Jack-Master variant. There may be other knife makers of that time that made knives with a shield emblem on the them but I think the Imperial Jack-Master line had a counter top display at many farm/fleet, drug store and hardware store back then so I'd guess that's what this knife is. They sold for $1-$2 then so that would be about $15 today but they were much more well made than most $15 knives today.
 
I never knew my grandfathers (well, my mom's dad died when I was very young and I don't remember him) but my dad is carrying an Alox SAK Electrician right now. He also carries an original Leatherman and a SAK Classic on his keychain. He has several other folders he swaps in and out on the weekends.
 
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