What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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As an avid ACC sports fan, I watched the the Auburn v. Kentucky game today with unique interest. The Tigers pose a formidable challenge to all opponents, though there are fewer ACC teams still in after today. My stepfather, from whom almost all of my knife collection is derived, received his veterinary doctorate degree (DVM) from Auburn in 1946, following a few years at Louisburg College in North Carolina (where he would later coach basketball). During his senior year at Auburn, he was the co-captain of the men's basketball team under Coach Horace A. "Shug" Jordan (who had recently returned from WWII). In the photograph pictured below, he is the player with the ball to the right of the beer glass. After that year, he shipped off to Korea. Go, War Eagle!!

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- Stuart
 
Duckdog said:
As an avid ACC sports fan, I watched the the Auburn v. Kentucky game today with unique interest. The Tigers pose a formidable challenge to all opponents, though there are fewer ACC teams still in after today. My stepfather, from whom almost all of my knife collection is derived, received his veterinary doctorate degree (DVM) from Auburn in 1946, following a few years at Louisburg College in North Carolina (where he would later coach basketball). During his senior year at Auburn, he was the co-captain of the men's basketball team under Coach Horace A. "Shug" Jordan (who had recently returned from WWII). In the photograph pictured below, he is the player with the ball to the right of the beer glass. After that year, he shipped off to Korea. Go, War Eagle!!

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- Stuart
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Wonderful post Stuart. It is an honor to see your step dad. I have often contemplated this man. Thanks for sharing.
 
Duckdog said:
As an avid ACC sports fan, I watched the the Auburn v. Kentucky game today with unique interest. The Tigers pose a formidable challenge to all opponents, though there are fewer ACC teams still in after today. My stepfather, from whom almost all of my knife collection is derived, received his veterinary doctorate degree (DVM) from Auburn in 1946, following a few years at Louisburg College in North Carolina (where he would later coach basketball). During his senior year at Auburn, he was the co-captain of the men's basketball team under Coach Horace A. "Shug" Jordan (who had recently returned from WWII). In the photograph pictured below, he is the player with the ball to the right of the beer glass. After that year, he shipped off to Korea. Go, War Eagle!!

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- Stuart
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Stuart, some neat history there. Sorry about your Tarheels but they did better than my home state Badgers this year. That photo reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Hoosiers.
 
Fodderwing said:
Wonderful post Stuart. It is an honor to see your step dad. I have often contemplated this man. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, Dwight, He was truly a man of many parts. (He and Sam Snead would come home after a couple of days playing - and betting on - golf. Mr. Snead would sleep on one of our sofas under a blanket that my mom dubbed "Sam's").
- Stuart
 
Duckdog said:
Thanks, Dwight, He was truly a man of many parts. (He and Sam Snead would come home after a couple of days playing - and betting on - golf. Mr. Snead would sleep on one of our sofas under a blanket that my mom dubbed "Sam's").
- Stuart
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A great story. From all I have pieced together from your many and disparate posts, he seems to me, somewhat of a Renaissance man. He certainly had exquisite taste in knives. :cool:
 
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