Who longs for the "good ole days?"

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Wife and I were talkin about the difference since I got a bit savvy on knives an started ....collectin.... em and READING about them.

I told her it was so simple in the old days. Ya had a knife. Ya carried it in yer pocket. Ya had no IDEA what it was made of. If ya pushed on the blade, it would collapse an close on yer fingers. But, if your knife was "normal" (for non knife nuts) it was so dull that all ya hadda do was open it up again and take another run at whatever was rolling up instead of separating. Serrations were on saws and spear points were in African jungle movies. You'd LAUGH at a blade with a hole in it. And you'd NEVER think to care if it rusted. A file would sharpen it and if you lost it, you'd forget it in a day. (AFTER payin 6 bucks for a new one)

THEM was the "good ole days."

:D :D :D
 
The performance of knives has improved a lot, but a good ole slip joint will do the job nine times out of ten.
 
I always used to carry cheap Paki lockbacks and didn't care, although I did keep them as close to sharp as possible. I know what a good knife is now so I'm not all that nostalgic for the "good old days".

Not that it makes as much difference as it probably does for some people. Sure, I love my big Benchmade and frequently EDC it, but I wouldn't subject it to 80% of the stuff I abused those cheapies with. Still mainly carry older jacks or SAKs.
 
No way. With staying current, new technology, all that, I can have my cake and eat it, too. I can **still** live like the good old days, and can upgrade to the better new days. Too many great innovations in knives for me to be nostalgic!

Choice is good!
 
Was thinking about that the other day. It was 'bliss' to simply have a pocket knife, use it, not worry about rust or loss.

I've tried getting back to simpler knife carrying (a cheap slipjoint or lock back), but I always go back too thinking of things like RC hardness, heat treat and the other new blades out there.

Them good ole days were one time when 'Ignorance was bliss.'
 
I know what you mean. I feel so elegant and masculine with my Fightin Bull stockman or Case stag lockback in my pocket. That is until I accidentally drop it and shriek like a little girl who sees a mouse.
 
I go for "decent work stuff" kind of knives,my $24.99 Gerber ParaFrame is good enough but if I drop it en-so? just dust it off and go! :D

I just don't understand $200.00 plus knives...I wanna USE the damn thing ya'know? ;)
 
You're good old days and mine are quite different. I have always known what my knives were made of, and I have always keep them sharp. The first folder I bought was a Buck 110 in the 60s and it wouldn't fold on my fingers. My grandfather always had Case knives and he taught me a respect for quality cutlery.
 
Remember the good ole days when a tanto was the Lone Ranger's sidekick? Oh. Wait a minute. That was Tonto :D .
 
Krull said:
I go for "decent work stuff" kind of knives,my $24.99 Gerber ParaFrame is good enough but if I drop it en-so? just dust it off and go! :D

I just don't understand $200.00 plus knives...I wanna USE the damn thing ya'know? ;)
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I'm somewhat like you, Krull. My knives are users, not closet queens, so paying a very large sum of $ for a knife that will do the same thing that a less expensive one will, and which I'll worry about nicking, scratching, dulling, marking, and losing it's 'collector's value', etc., makes no sense to me. I have some fairly pricey knives but, like their less expensive brethren, they're all meant to be worked not just looked at!
 
You're good old days and mine are quite different. I have always known what my knives were made of, and I have always keep them sharp. The first folder I bought was a Buck 110 in the 60s and it wouldn't fold on my fingers. My grandfather always had Case knives and he taught me a respect for quality cutlery.
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Well sure, you RICH kids. Now me, my first knife I hadda get by pullin it outta da back of da corner cop.

:eek: :D :D :D
 
I think many of us over-analyze every little detail about our knives, knife purchases and sharpening needs. I also bet that many of us (not all, but many) could easily get by and be well served with 2-3 knives with the total cost of those 2-3 knives under $150.00. Something like a simple pocket knife, sheath/hunting/skinning knife, maybe a keychain knife of some kind. Then add another $25.00 for a coarse/fine India combo bench stone (and take some time to learn to sharpen free hand) and a ceramic rod for touch-ups .

If I was really determined to simplify, I could get along with 2 knives and the sharpening setup I describe.

But we are mostly whacked, probably suffering from some kind of obsessive/compulsive behavioral disorder and knives are our thing. So we over analyze, scrutinize, and buy knives or knife related items at every chance. But that's ok too. :)
 
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.
I don't know about you, but I know I am not obsessive-compulsive, buddy.

:o :foot: :rolleyes:
 
Well, like most of us, I started with slipjoints.
It never weould have occurred to me to ask a question like"what kind of steel is this?" That came later.

I learned how to sharpen with an old-time whtstone before I was 10. I think that I have gotten better at it. But I never could stand to have a dull knife.

I did have a numberr of scratched blades from removing rust with steel wool.
:rolleyes:
 
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