What knife have you owned the longest?

[leghog]

1979 Case Barlow I bought new then.

I have a Case Peanut getting a scale replaced and a blade reground that my twin brother and I found earlier in life, but it was really his, and I can't recall how I ended up with it (though I now have my suspicions).

 

[dewingrm]

Mine is a Schrade Stockman that I received as a gift from my parents sometime around 1987.

 

[bonzodog]

An sak two blade,been with me 24 years,

 

[joe90]

Puma Hunters Pal. Bought in 1974. Thought it was the coolest knife ever at the time. Still have it but see's no real 'pocket time'. Joe.

 

[bobbystoney]

I think it's my waved Spydeco Delica.

 

[Humppa]

A Victorinox Huntsman I got roundabout 20 years ago while my I was visiting Switzerland with my parents... I got it as a gift from my dad. It was with me my whole late childhood and youth.

 

[wolf-man-12]

A Sears very small Craftmans 4 Bladed Knife { all Blades are as sharp as a Razor and it looks as new now as the day I that I got it in 1961 ~~ wish I could say the same about me.!! lol } and it has been a Safe Queen for almost 53 years now.
Have about 6 or so that are in that age group from a couple of Customs to a few Folders.^^
God ~~ it makes me really feel old now that I think about it.!*^xx

 

[leghog]

Now that I think about it, this Opinel No.8 I've had the longest. Closer to 40 year.

 

[wazu013]

My parents stopped here for gas. When I was about 12 or 13 my Dad handed it to me.

 

[dalefuller]

A Cold Steel small Clipmate from the late '80s. Still sharp, still locks up solidly with no blade play. All I've ever had to fix was one of the Kraton scales that came loose. Some epoxy fixed that and she's just as ready to work as she was when I bought her.

 

[Sqyrl]

At least 20+ yrs ago at a flea market i bought a knife from a guy for 10$..... he said it was an old cane knife, like for cutting sugar cane, but now i think it could be called a corn knife also. He said it was made from a car leaf spring, but i doubt it was a car... maybe a horse buggy spring since it's thin and narrow. The blade is 17" long with about another 6 1/4 for the handle. I do believe it was some type of leaf spring since it's thinner at the tip and gets thicker and as it reaches the handle it starts getting thinnner again. The blade is only 1 1/4" wide so i kind of doubt it was a car... maybe a buggy... just a guess. It had no markings and a wood handle that was slightly loose. I dipped the handle repeatedly in Permatex Color Guard ..... a rubbery coating that shrinks as it dries. The coating is still intact and the handle is still firm. It has to be some type of spring steel........... it takes one heck of an edge and holds it very well!!!! This is by no means a heavy weight blade being about 3/16" thick as it reaches the handle and about 1/16 thick at the tip, but a 1" diameter live maple limb can be severed with a "ting" sound from the blade. I have lots of machetes(if you read my other posts) but this one is maybe my fav or at least #2.... very light and with the heavy handle, very easy to move. I could take a pic but all you would see is a dark blade with a blue handle. Anyways that's the blade i've had the longest and i was at least 30 plus when i bought it.... never had any great knives before that worth keeping.

 

[300Six]

I wear the blades out every now and again and I've had one stolen but otherwise there has been a SAK Spartan-version in my right hand pants pocket since 1963. That's what I appreciate about consistent manufacture and not 'flavour of the month' knife makers.
As a youngster I was mesmerized by the shape of my cub master's D H Russell #1 when they first came out in 1958 and ultimately got one of my own, special order bone handle/carbon steel, in the early 1990s but that one (belt knife) mostly lives in the glovebox of my truck (for scavenging road-killed deer and moose) and in my kit bag during hunting season and camping trips.
Glad to hear that there are actual users out there and not just collectors.

 

[arcadiaknives]

Buck 110. Found it by the Wisconsin River in 1974. It spent a good 6+ years in my pocket. I still like to carry it once in a while.

 

[jc57]

Probably Gerber Mark II Survival knife I bought in 1978. Also have a Buck 110 I bought in 1979.

 

[Sunby]

Buck 110 purchased in '84 at Gemco in CA.

 

[sunandsteel]

Buck 501

 

[CJZ]

Wow that looks pretty similar retiredguns

......is that the mythical camo Skyline?

 

[rdlange]

I have a 2 blade Remington Barlow w/ivory handle my grandfather gave me when I became a cub scout. He died in 1954.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I've been collecting knives for 40 years or so, I have knives that are over a hundred years old, a lot of knives I've had and used for 20+ years but the oldest knife no own that I've had since I bought is a Schrade 51OT I bought in the late 70s when I was fresh outta high school and got my first job in the trades.

I still have it although it's semi retired like myself, I do put the sheath on my belt once in awhile and carry it for light duty.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Late 30's Primble. It's a treasure Gramps gave me in 1971. In 1973 my friend dropped it through the planks of a bridge while we were fishing and I thought it was history. Muddy 'ol creek but we saw a flash in the sun. He scurried down the banks, jumped in and got it. That's a damn good friend. It's the only knife I wouldn't trade for anything.

I have this same knife made by Imperial, it's nearly identical...