What was in your pocket when you _________ ?

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mnblade

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I was fooling around with my knife collection last night, taking stock of the knives I have, which ones are worth what and which mean something to me on a sentimental level. I had my relatively new (less than two years old) Victorinox Spartan set in the "Not Worth Much, But a Good User Pile." Then it occurred to me - this is the knife I had in the pocket of my tux when I got married! As you can imagine, it quickly found a place in the "Wouldn't Trade for a Sebenza" pile.
What about you guys? Do you remember what knives you were carrying when something great happened? Marriage? Birth of children? Won Lotto?
 
I had my brand new Timberline Kelly Worden Tactical folder in my pocket when I got word that I won the Microtech Balisong Naming contest :-)

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Your right!
like the knife I had in my hand when I killed a 150 pound mountian lion when it tried to eat my friend for lunch.
Or the time I had to cut my parachute cord from around my neck and arm while I was falling to my death.
Well I'm afraid I don't have any good knife tales like these. But my battle mistress is in the keeper pile.
Jeff -the liar.
 
interesting question...
Proposal to my wife: Swiss Army Knife-Adventurer
Marriage Ceremony: Swiss Army Knife, Tinker
Birth of my son: Swiss Army Knife- Adventurer (I'd just come off of a 24+ hour shift at work)
Rescuing my best friend- Swiss Army Knife-Adventurer

Gee... I'd honestly never considered it before, but I'm starting to note a certain trend... heck, now I'm starting to wonder If I can go back to the good ole days before I developed an expensive taste for auto knives!
hmmmmm....this is becoming a bit too thought provoking for my personal tastes...

Just kidding! hope the days a good 'un!



[This message has been edited by Runs With Scissors (edited 04-27-2001).]
 
Lets see! When my son was born, I had a BUCK crosslock. When I bagged my first Buck I had a Case Trapper, and a Puma fixed blade stag. My first marriage it was a Case Trapper, and my second it was a Spyderco Police.

Thanks,

RattlerXX
 
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Hey this will happen while carrying a knife?
i`m going to carry all of them right away!



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Let me see...The only great moment I can recall when I had a knife was back in 1971 when I was 15. It was when I shot my first deer. A running shot at 150 yards with open sighted 308. Never made a better shot since. I was carrying a Case folder with stag scales and a collapsing double guard. It's still around here somewhere.....
 
At 10 minutes past midnite on New Years 1967, I was carrying a beautiful little single bladed Solingen steel knife in my pocket. (Matt Helm fan) At that very moment, a policeman noticed the print of the knife in my rather tight jeans. He proceeded to pull his gun, stick it in my ribs, take the knife, then take all my money -- in lieu of a fine -- and a minute after he let me go, started chasing me, blowing his whistle. Had a whole line of cops chasing me when I ran across the border from Tijuana to the US. Not a high point in my life, but certainly had some excitement.

I had a Case single bladed trapper in jigged red bone in my pocket for my 2nd marriage and the birth of both my children. Broke the blade cutting back bamboo roots in my yard, then lost it. DAMN! A wonderful knife.

Was wearing my KaBar -- not in my pocket --when in more than 150 mortar, rocket, and artillery attacks in 'Nam. Well, in some cases I was naked when we got hit at night, but the KaBar was close.

For many years, I usually had my pockets off when I had my significant moments.



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Asi es la vida

Bugs
 
Cant think of anything significant, but Bob Loveless was wearing his Browning Hi Power when he got hitched...
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here's a wedding photo...

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Birth of both my daughters was seen by Spydercos also.. The first was Spyderco Endura II and second was micarta Calypso Jr.



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Formerly Endura Duck
 
New years day? On the Millenium!

A classic MM Sebi! And... er I think a M2 AFCK or was it my 710 axis?

Well the Sebi was there! Thats for sure!



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Wayne.
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When my brother got married, he gave me a really cheap swiss army like knife with my initials on it that I had during the ceremony. A totally worthless knife, but has a lot of sentimental value. Oh well, he's not a knife guy.

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Johnathan Mitchell
 
Got married with a Spyderco Calypso (full size plain edge) in my pocket. Cut the cake with a Rinaldi Talonite TTKK with mosiac pins. Was carrying the Calypso when my daughter was born, the OB/GYN nixed the idea of cutting the cord with it
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Stay sharp,
Chad

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Proposal - AFCK

Marrage - Manfred Saches Damasc and bone Boker lockback

Birth of daughter - Crawford linerlock

Night I was attacked on duty by a gang banger with a 12" chef knife - AFCK, but it was the H+K 45acp that saved the day

Birth of son - I'll let you know in November
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R.W.Clark

Proud Member : California Knifemakers Association
 
"Proposal - AFCK"
had to come prepared for some self-defense, eh?
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aleX.

edit: p.s.- how does one quote from an earlier post?

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"i flip you... i flip you for real..."

"come and get one in the yarbles, if you've got any yarbles."

[This message has been edited by alex_111 (edited 06-18-2001).]
 
alex, above the post that you want to quote from,you will see what looks like a piece of paper with a red arrow pointing to the right. click on the icon,then you can quote the whole post,or delete sentences as need be.
 
ah, i see...
now for my own contribution:

during my first "special moment" with my significant other at the time, i had my old-but-true gerber e-z-out in my pants pocket. of course, they were crumpled up on the floor next to a couch...

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aleX.

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"i flip you... i flip you for real..."

"come and get one in the yarbles, if you've got any yarbles."
 
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