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Would welcome ideas on how to get my Buck 119 back

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SonicBlade

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Hi all! I am a noob here and hope to get into the whole scene soon. I have slowly moved from flashlights to knives, and I'm sure a lot of you here have done the opposite.

Well, I bought a Buck 119 when I was all of 10 yrs old (influenced by too much Rambo and military flicks I guess) and got it confiscated by Mum who paid me for it and told me she sold it to one of her boys at the office. (I'm 27 now by the way)

I saw it in her cupboard some years later during my teens when I was helping with the cleaning and didn't bring it up then. I thought nothing much about it since it was supposed to be 'gone' and I didn't want to confront her about it (she paid me anywayz).

But now I'm getting back into knives and I would really like to have that back to start off my hobby. My first knife all over again! :D

Any ideas how I could approach the subject in getting it back? Remember I'm not supposed to know its still around.... Thanks!
 
Hi Rat! thanks for the welcome :D

Well, I would ask directly, but my Mum has a little strange temperament and I'm sure she has a reason for not returning it for this long. It's a little hard to bring it up. Maybe I need to buy a knife and show it off to her, and that'll remind her she's still holding my Buck. haha..
 
Steal it back. Your mom lied so pay her back with theft. Two wrongs make a right. Right?
 
SonicBlade said:
Hi Rat! thanks for the welcome :D

Well, I would ask directly, but my Mum has a little strange temperament and I'm sure she has a reason for not returning it for this long. It's a little hard to bring it up. Maybe I need to buy a knife and show it off to her, and that'll remind her she's still holding my Buck. haha..
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She might have forgotten all about it. If you ask about it, is she going to scream and hurl potted plants at you?
You could say "remember that knife I bought when I was little? I would like it back now"

If that doesn't work, you could scream and hurl potted plants. . . together. That is called quality time.
 
Haha.. you guys got really warped ideas :D

Let's just hope she doesn't throw the knife at me instead of a potted plant. I don't think she's forgotten about it because I saw it once another couple of years later in her locked drawer which houses all her valuables and stuff when she was cleaning it out. That's why its a little hard to ask because she'll wonder if I have been breaking into her drawer (Dunno if she'll buy my story that I saw it in the cupboard last time).

Another problem is she has had stuff in her cupboard go missing before (I think my former maid stole them), but she suspected me or my bro. If I mention something that has been stashed away in her locked drawer, all kindsa thoughts might go to her head.

I wanna find a clean way to retrieve it, and maybe without even paying for it again... hahah :P

Btw, I'm over here in Singapore where carrying knives in public is illegal, so that might be something to note on why she's over-concerned (in addition to her over-suspicious nature).

I guess if nothing works, I'll just buy me some new knives. I don't think I'll really use the 119, but its just nice to have since its already 'there'.
 
If you know where it is, but are afraid to talk to her directly about it, simply replace it with the money she paid you for it originally. All is even.

If she ever finds the money in the cupboard, she probably won't even know why it's there! If she does ask you about it, you can explain that the knife had some nostalgic significance to you, and so you returned her the money she had paid you for the knife.

If she never asks, check the cupboard again in 10 years! You may find enough money there to buy a candy bar, given inflation rates!
 
Hi Grampa, sorry I didn't mention earlier; it was moved to her locked drawer a couple of years later and I *think* its still there as I haven't seen it since. My previous post explains a little about why it might be a problem talking about something stashed in her locked drawer :P
 
Not that I condone lying to mom but we are talking knives here. Steal it back. If she notices and asks you about it, play dumb and ask her if she's talking about the knife she gave away. Then you can just say you thought she got rid of it years ago. Chances are she either won't notice or won't ask you as not to bring it up.

(edited since I saw the last post clearly now...) Pick the lock.
 
I posted a reply to your thread on the "other" forum...
If it's been stashed away recently, since you saw it again, then it doesn't matter. Ask her about it anyway.

There's nothing else we can tell you...
 
Dude, just go be straight about it.

Tell her it means something to you and that you want it back. Offer to buy it back or even buy her another 119 to take its place.

Don't lie, don't steal.

I don't understand why she would want to keep it anyway. ;)
 
if you're 27 and haven't cut the umbilical yet you have other issues to deal with first.
 
id say given the circumstances and your temperment that the only thing for u to do is forget it and buy others and tell your kids and grandkids that this happens when u allow someone to rule u enough to make u afraid to confront issues. when u were a child maybe she should have taken it because u were irresponsible with it but her paying u for it is a mute point given that u didn't want to sell and she forced it on it. as a child u had no choice , now u do and u need to think long and hard what your real problem is and it is not this knife.
u may pass it lightly but even asking on here shows all here that u have deep issues with her controlling u and are at a loss of what to do.either kindly tell her'at the right time'that u are an adult and will decide your future or continue being controlled.
no im not a shrink but i do know someone who owns a holiday inn.
why are u worried about your mother thinking u sneaked into her drawer where it may be stored. either she trusts u or she doesn't and u knowing she still has is not the point . im wondering why she would lie about somthing so unimportant as a knife and where it is.
in 19 57 i threw a knife i purchased' at a dollar store for 99 cents' and stuck it in the side of the house and my dad took it and i forgot about it for 30 years. my mom and dad died and i found it and it is one of my keepsakes now.im sure had i asked for it and they knew where it was i would have gotten it when i was older.parents do these things but usually they don't lie and hide them after u are an adult and if she knows where it is she is still hiding it now.
luck with what u decide .
david
 
newshooter04 said:
id say given the circumstances and your temperment that the only thing for u to do is forget it and buy others and tell your kids and grandkids that this happens when u allow someone to rule u enough to make u afraid to confront issues. when u were a child maybe she should have taken it because u were irresponsible with it but her paying u for it is a mute point given that u didn't want to sell and she forced it on it. as a child u had no choice , now u do and u need to think long and hard what your real problem is and it is not this knife.
u may pass it lightly but even asking on here shows all here that u have deep issues with her controlling u and are at a loss of what to do.either kindly tell her'at the right time'that u are an adult and will decide your future or continue being controlled.
no im not a shrink but i do know someone who owns a holiday inn.
why are u worried about your mother thinking u sneaked into her drawer where it may be stored. either she trusts u or she doesn't and u knowing she still has is not the point . im wondering why she would lie about somthing so unimportant as a knife and where it is.
in 19 57 i threw a knife i purchased' at a dollar store for 99 cents' and stuck it in the side of the house and my dad took it and i forgot about it for 30 years. my mom and dad died and i found it and it is one of my keepsakes now.im sure had i asked for it and they knew where it was i would have gotten it when i was older.parents do these things but usually they don't lie and hide them after u are an adult and if she knows where it is she is still hiding it now.
luck with what u decide .
david
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you is spelled "y o u"
There is also a shift key ;)

-a public service message from the grammar police.
 
I'd steal it back and replace it with a cheap knockoff - if she's not a knifenut she'll never notice the difference....
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
you is spelled "y o u"
There is also a shift key ;)

-a public service message from the grammar police.
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D00d, 133t5p33k r0xx0rs!!! Although this guy seems to be a little older than the usual 133t5p33ker. :D
 
Take the knife, and put the exact amt she paid you years ago for it in it's place. If you wanted to be funny, you could calculate 4% interest and tell her that you compensated for inflation. You are 27 years old just tell her you want it back and you will repay what she paid you.
 
As far as I can see it's not "yours" anymore. She paid for it, right? A forced sale maybe, but you were only ten and that's a lot of knife for a ten year old. She might have done you a favor, who knows. Anyway, there's no reason to lie or steal. Just wait til the right moment and say "remember when I was ten...", ask if she still has it/whatever became of it and offer to buy it back if she admits she still has it. If she says it's gone, that's it.
 
Thanks for the replies guys. I guess she's just keeping it cuz she's afraid for my safety. (It's a mum thing). Even though I've fired guns, been thru military and police training and stuff. duh.

I like Ming65s idea... haha! Didn't think of that! But I guess I won't resort to stealing. (But still a good idea! It's true she'll prob not notice!)

As for being 27-years old and still being 'afraid' of Mum, well, let's just say it's not that. Ever since she lost her sis to cancer (my aunt), she's been a little bit psychologically disturbed and this kind of thing may make her snap, who knows. She's still nice and all, but has 'dark days', and I'm not sure if she'll just return it with a smile or go berserk.

BlueSky, yup, technically its hers. I don't mind paying for it (although I could use that money to get a folder which I now prefer) for the nostalgia's sake though :D

Well, I'll see how it goes. I guess I'll try to bring up the topic of knives somehow and maybe she'll offer it back to me. I know its not a new or special knife, but if I get it back, I'll post it up with pics! :D
 
Be a man and just ask. Don't be a wussy and steal it, or make something up, or some other childish thing. Be a man and calmly ask for it back and say why you would like it back. Act like an adult and maybe people will start treating you like one. Yes even your Mommy.
 
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