What's the oldest knife you own?

[jbmonkey]

nice. have the Chinese made version.......sure would rather have the usa made version.

 

[mrfields]

i’ve got an old shrade-walden slip joint with two ~4” blades, that my dad gave me to take deer hunting when i was 16. so in my possession for 27 years now. and i don’t know how old it was at that point, probably at least another 10 or 20 years.

 

[afishhunter]

I'd have to say 43 years and counting is the longest I've owned the same knife.
I still have the "Demo" knife (made by Western) that the Army Reserves issued to me in 1975.
Next eldest is a Western L66 I've had since 1980. (38 years)
An Old Timer 7OT would be next. I've only had it since 1983 or 1984. (34 or 35 years)

 

[GermanyChris]

Oldest I own is a small hunting knife I made in 8th grade shop class. Yes, we made knives. In shop class. In a public school.

Imagine that. Just for a moment. Remember those days?

That makes it several *decades* old.

Why would you think that would be surprising?

 

[The Aflac Duck]

This pair of Mini UDTs made by Vero Machine back in the 90's. The top one with the etching is dated 1998, serial #009. The bottom one could be as old as '94 or as new as '98, I'll probably never know. Vero Machine had an agreement with Microtech to produce these knives back in the 90's.

 

[JeffG@818]

I bought this one in eighth grade....1968, at the local hardware store. Bought 5 Victor longspring traps to start my trapping career too.

 

[bflying]

This monster Hobo was received on my 5th birthday (circa early seventies). The Western Stockman below was a passalong from my Father. I thought it was cool to have the knife my father had carried for years. Don't remember exactly when, early teens, maybe earlier. Used to clean more fish than any other knife I have ever owned.

This Precise Lockback was the reward of nightmare paper route and hard earned savings (late seventies maybe?). Once or twice a week I would ride my bike down to the sporting goods store to examine the object of my current obsession, and make sure it wasn't sold to someone undeserving. It later went on every Boy Scout camp and overnighter that I went on. Well used, but babied.

 

[leghog]

Folders - 1920s:
A Colonial CKCo "beer scout".
An LF&C Boy Scout knife.

Fixed. 1899: Springfield Krag bayonet cut down to fighting knife.

 

[WillB]

Folders - 1920s:

You have owned them since the 20s?

 

[craytab]

Folders - 1920s:
A Colonial CKCo "beer scout".
An LF&C Boy Scout knife.

Fixed. 1899: Springfield Krag bayonet cut down to fighting knife.

You've owned that knife for 119 years? Dang that's old

 

[colin.p]

My first knives I bought and still own, is an LB1, LB5, and a 165OT that were bought in '86. The LB5 has a broken backlock spring that I never got around to send it in to Schrade for warranty, but since they went #@!! up in '04, I'm SOL.

 

[shinyedges]

Wow, some people can't read.

The knife I've had the longest would be my Becker bk2, about 7 years now. Before the Becker I had many knives but lost, broke or had them tactically acquired by other soldiers .

 

[leghog]

You have owned them since the 20s?

Yup. 121st birthday coming soon.

 

[kwackster]

This Puma 3587 Jagdnicker (designed by German Chief Game Warden Walter Frevert) made in 1969 was my entry into quality knives, and i still have it.
The knife was meant for performing a mercy kill for deer and the like (German: abnicken) and the price i paid for it around 1980 was about 80,00 Dutch guilders.











The knife was once resharpened by a local knife sharpener who at that time had a good name, but the man managed to ruin the appearance of the blade by putting the etched side almost flat on the wet beltsharpener (not the other side) and thus not only removing all the etching but creating a new facet in the surface as well (something that cannot be seen in the pics)
Although the knife is still fully functional it was a sad day, and for me that was a sign to learn how to sharpen knives myself.

Specs:

Overall length: 20,2 cm
Blade length: 10,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,1 mm
Steel: Stainless Super Keen Cutting Steel
Hardness: 57-59 HRC
Handle material: Sambar Stag
Bolster: Nickel silver
Weight: 135,0 grams
Sheath: Leather

 

[SteelJunkee]

This Schrade 808 with delrin scales dates from the early 60`s and I have it since 1973.

 

[SteelJunkee]

The knife was once resharpened by a local knife sharpener who at that time had a good name, but the man managed to ruin the appearance of the blade by putting it flat on the wet beltsharpener and thus not only removing all the etching but creating a new facet in the surface as well

Man!!! this is p****** me off to just to read that .

Edit: If the knife needs a full regrind... "He" have should explain "it" to you before doing "so"...

 

[Charlie Mike]

My grandfather's combat knife... Inherited and modified. Had it since 2010. He carried it in Europe. He earned a CIB carrying this.

 

[kniferelatedname]

Vic Craftsman from the late 1980s maybe very early 90's. This replaced an Ulster BSA knife that I got probably 4-5 years earlier as a Cub Scout. It was a terrible knife that tore or folded my thumbnail many times. I recently gave it away to a friend so it can traumatize his son when he's old enough. As a kid I thought the SAK would be useful all the time, but in reality it's just too big for a pocket knife. On a belt, I may as well carry a Leatherman, whose pliers are significantly more useful. Now the SAK sits in a drawer while the SuperTool sits in a glove box.

 

[tony281sc2]

Probly about 10 years ago I bought a cheap gerber Serrated/Tanto Knife that I still have. Not my first knife but the oldest one I have. I’m only 27 btw

 

[Dan of Bazz Clazz]

Buck 102 woodsman. Bought it in '73 or '74.
Was stropping it just last night.