Your oldest knife still in use?

udtjim said:
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More recent, my mother gave me a 110 Buck folder shortly after they came out. Sorry, I can't recall how many years ago that it was. Anyone know when that knife was introduced?

Just did a quick search. It looks like they introduced that knife in 1963. I would guess I got mine in 1967 or 68. I broke the blade on it and Buck replaced the blade. That was about 20 years ago.
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I got my first 110 about '72 and broke the lock back several years later. Had it replaced along w/ the blade about 20 years ago too. It's why I have several more Bucks. :thumbup:
 
Nothing was said about it having to be a "pocket knife" so I will add my 2 cents worth... I have me Mum's six inch butcher knife that she purchased for 69 cents as a newly wed in 1944. During wartime, all sorts of things including watches, and miscellaneous household items were in short supply, everything being diverted to the war effort. I have the impression kitchen knives were hard to find also. It is a classic butcher pattern, totally unmarked, full tang, wood scales with cutlers rivets (looks like beech or hickory maybe), fairly thin, very well ground, and has, most wonderfully, a dainty swedge. 'never seen the inside of dishwasher and in very good shape. The spine is dinged from being pounded through chicken bones (remember when chickens only came whole and you had to cut 'em up into pieces? ) It is a fine quality blade and still quite sharp. It resides in my kitchen drawer ready for action.
 
Do hatchets count? I have one that has been in the family since the War of the Rebellion but still chops great. The handle has been replaced a few times and the head twice, I think. It looks surprisingly modern for it's age too... :Dss.
 
. . . If both the handle and the head have been replaced, that's hardly the original hatchet, is it?

I guess for me it would be a 1940's-50's era Western hunting knife I bought used 25 years ago. I've used it to butcher every deer I've killed since then. . .
 
I still have a Buck 110, Pathfinder, and Special I got in the late 1960's. The 110 still gets used when I go camping. Think I have a couple of bayonets in the garage I bought back then too, though I don't use any of them anymore. (When I was taking Botany in college I used an M7 as my digging tool for collecting plants. Because it had a sheath I could climb slopes with both hands free.)
 
wow i hang in the buck form too much...needed to get out ...
i have a 124 i bought to take to nam in 71 and a 110 i got in 72..
they both will cut and use real well...
i am not in to fixed but for the 124 and still in love with the 110;)
expecting the new super steels to out last me! :eek:
 
Vic Tinker my grandfather gave me in '93. It's more or less retired (sentimental value, don't want to lose it), making way to more modern SAKs
 
I have a PAL RH-36 that I have had and used for over 27 years. It is still the fixed blade I am most likely to use. I still carry a Victorinox Swiss Champ in my backpack that I got from the BX in 1988 and carried on the flightline when I was in the USAF.
 
My Dad's USN KaBar from his USCG stint on Navy ships in the So. Pacific ('43-'45) was given to me in '64 - carried it to Auburn, then to where I lived ashore while I was in the USN '69-'72. I dropped it years ago, shearing the pommel off. I replaced a few leather washers, shortened the handle and reshaped it to fit the monel pommel I fitted - and epoxied to it. Doesn't look great, but what 'character'. That original sheath is a bit worse for the years, too - blueing around rivets, etc. I have a couple of 'new' ones - still in the box - they didn't change much at all!

Stainz
 
my dads 1965 camilus folding knife with several tools. It is beat up and it keeps on ticking. I use it all the time.
 
My most carried knife is a BM Leopard Cub I got it in the mid 90's. My oldest knife I carry on a regular basis is a Russell Barlow made in the early 70's, it is even in my pocket today.
 
I have a REALLY old victorinox ... older than me ... and it is still used today ("still used" beiing the key here, I have older)
 
I have a very well-used sheath knife made by Steve Mullin of Pack River Knife Company in ATS-34 that I've owned for about 15 years. It's been the official family letter opener for a long time now. Currently I collect Benchmades.
 
Mine is a Buck 110 that I bought around 1965. It doesn't get carried much any more, but once in awhile I take it to the woods with me.
 
istill use a spyderco endura SE from about 1988. i believe its Gin 1 (i'm at work now)

Bill
 
A Boker 4-bladed congress. Beautifull, got it from my Dad on my 14th birthday. He bought one for me and one for himself.
 
I still carry a tiny Browning stag handled folding (303) with lazer etching on the blade. I believe I got around 1985. It is perfect for weekend family functions and it fits in my jeans watch-pocket. Tight as heck though it is well worn on the etching....
 
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