Your "end of your life" traditional pocket knife

Great replies, everyone! Arizonaranchman, here's another pic of Grandpa's Case, along with his Zippo. Both survived World War II. The Case was in his pocket for a minimum of 70 years...
Today, they are my most valued of possessions.

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SAK Guy said:
I'll be your sponsor in the SAK support group....Thursday evening over at the HS gym....food provided just don't whip out a SAK to slice a doughnut...there would be a riot!!!!

We will grab a bite at the WAFFLE HOUSE afterwards..... :D
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was wondering if you were going to see this and comment
no whipping out the sak at the sak support group? :eek:

can i at least use the sak to cut my waffles?!?
 
SubSpace said:
Great replies, everyone! Arizonaranchman, here's another pic of Grandpa's Case, along with his Zippo. Both survived World War II. The Case was in his pocket for a minimum of 70 years...
Today, they are my most valued of possessions.

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Awesome! Thanks for the pic. It's fascinating to see these - what stories they could tell! From a generation of people who knew true hardship and knew how to "make do" with very little. To make things last. To appreciate what they had and take care of it. Things were not disposable. They were built to last and had to last because you didn't have spare duplicates laying around. You had one knife and it had to do it all. You had one car. You had one Zippo. You had one gun. One radio (before TV) and perhaps one TV in the 50's n 60's. You had one pair of shoes - two if you were fortunate.

Those items harken back to days when life was much harder than it is today. You took care of your things and you made them last.

I can understand how these are such highly cherished keepsakes.
 
Unfortunately the knives I've inherited are long since worn out.

But I carry and rotate several that my children will be glad to have.....
 
I have to agree with Rsmith_77

I have carried my vic SI through two deployments and multiple missions to crap countries all over the globe. It has done everything since I bought it as a kid in the Boy Scouts and it is still in one piece (but carries some scars). I also carried issued spring opening knives, an emmerson, or some issue fixed blades on my body armor. But this always was in a pocket just in case.

Now it has the honor of opening beer bottles and carried in my laptop bag. Demoted from the leg pocket due to a government job. But it always is near.
 
If it's to the Pearly Gates fer me, then....

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If not, then it'll be....

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We'll just have to see....

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AKC said:
If it's to the Pearly Gates fer me, then....

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If not, then it'll be....

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We'll just have to see....

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whatcha gonna do? carry one in each pocket and toss the other one when you arrive at your destination?
actually, not a bad plan :D
 
From the time I was 8 years old until I was 40, I carried an Old Timer stockman. I still have the stockman but have been carrying a Case yellow CV trapper since. Unless I lose it, the trapper will be the one they call the "old man's knife".
 
bwperdue said:
I'll most likely meet my demise when the pile of knives and boxes and such collapses on me. They'll find me with a swiss army knife, most of the implements out, as I tried to decide what tool I needed to free myself. "Here lies Blaine. He should have used the package hook."
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Lol well said! I just got a Gerber dime that has the package hook.. Love it
 
I was thinking it might be neat to have my kids (five kids in all, three biological ones and two stepdaughters) each pick one from my collection that they think would have been my favorite, and put that one in my pocket. I wonder if they would actually pick my true favorite. Hmmmm.......

Mark
 
It's sooooo nice when someone can pass on something early and see it really being taken care of and really loved to take such good care of!!!!!!

arizonaranchman said:
Thanks that's great, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would enjoy seeing them - and your Dad's in fact. That's awesome they have such a zealous "keeper" who appreciates them too!
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flicker 6 said:
I have to agree with Rsmith_77

I have carried my vic SI through two deployments and multiple missions to crap countries all over the globe. It has done everything since I bought it as a kid in the Boy Scouts and it is still in one piece (but carries some scars). I also carried issued spring opening knives, an emmerson, or some issue fixed blades on my body armor. But this always was in a pocket just in case.

Now it has the honor of opening beer bottles and carried in my laptop bag. Demoted from the leg pocket due to a government job. But it always is near.
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Great first post and welcome to the forum! Would love to see some pics.
 
I'm becoming part of a knife instead. I am designing a Kris knife to incorporate the pins/plates and staples from my legs into the handle, and then getting the carbon removed from my ashes and turned into a diamond from a company such as Lifegems, that way my children and following progeny can hold a piece of me. Hopefully I will be able to forge the Damascus in time! Otherwise, I assume that my children will have their favourites long before I go. My second year old daughter has already acquired a Lloyd trapper in mammoth. I would rather they get their favourites from my collection than my favourite, I just hope some of mine are theirs. Having them pick my carry knife as often as they want helps them become familiar with which ones they love!
 
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tough call at the moment for fodlers, but this one's awfully sentimental right now



wife got it me for Christmas and it's a birth year knife for me,

but up till now it's been my gec 68, only been out my pocketa ahdnful of times since I got it



as for fixed blades and passing it on to my kids, it's a no contest, my Jk Toby's knife

 
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