There's also an original Grohmann Canadian Belt Knife somewhere in Carroll County MO. I was field dressing a deer and laid it down. And never saw it again after a long hard search even when we knew within a ten foot radius of where it was. I'm good at losing stuff, especially golf balls. I could wrap bacon around golf balls and Lassie couldn't find them.
plainsdrifter
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Found dad's knife in one of his dresser drawers. He's been gone several years. Not sure who the manufacturer but its in a Case holder. Mom's still hanging in there.
This was taken in early 2007.
herrwalther
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I wish I could find knives I have lost. I don't even know what continent I last saw my SOG Trident on. Bought a Trident AT recently as an upgrade/replacement.
My most fortunate knife recovery was about 10 years ago. I had lost my Leatherman Wave while doing night land navigation. In the morning my team and I (5 of us) found it near my second to last point I visited the night before.
My most fortunate knife recovery was about 10 years ago. I had lost my Leatherman Wave while doing night land navigation. In the morning my team and I (5 of us) found it near my second to last point I visited the night before.
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What method do you use for sharpening your Native in Maxamet? My Sage 1 in Maxamet has kicked my butt. I tried twice to sharpen it on diamond bench stones and came out with an edge that doesn’t even deserved to be called an edge. It was pathetic. I finally put it on my KME and ended up with a solid edge, and I will eventually put it on my Wicked Edge to make an excellent edge, but free hand, this thing kicked my butt. I have successfully free handed K390 and S110V, but Maxamet defeated me soundly.I read a few things recently about the Spyderco Shaman, and thought: Didn't I have one of those?
I carried a Spyderco Native LightWeight for over 10 years. The Native LW was eventually usually replaced by a Spyderco Manix 2, which is larger and even stronger. Well, the Shaman is about the size of a Manix 2, but shaped like a Native.
My wife helped us a few months ago by re-arranging our very deep storage closest, which is a narrow, long room underneath the stairs. Most of my field gear got put at the back of the closet.I've been dreading pulling it out. Fortunately, field time for me typically has me evaluating Soldiers, so I haven't needed it.
But. I have a class this week that is usually done in a classroom, but because where I work is super high speed, we'll be doing it in the field. So I finally attacked our Harry Potter closet. With much gnashing of teeth.
Fortunately, my helmet and load-bearing gear weren't buried too deeply. And I noticed a box, labeled as having lithium batteries. I opened it.
Amongst some papers and a few gear items, I found my Shaman, and a Maxamet Manix 2 LW.
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What have y'all (re)found lately?
John
I've mentioned before a guy whose Chris Reeve very expensive knife bounced out of a jeep at night in the rocky TX Hill country, never to be seen again. Some future archaeologist can put it in a museum next to a Clovis point.
I've lost an expensive Surefire, a Dragonfly, a Boker Ceramic (which I think is in pocket of some moving guy when we moved). My kid has lost an expensive Leatherman I bought for her car. Had a small Gerber or two - gone.
On the other hand, my wife's SAK from many years ago, surfaced a few months ago in a box of misc. junk. The red scales had turned a weird sickly orange.
I've lost an expensive Surefire, a Dragonfly, a Boker Ceramic (which I think is in pocket of some moving guy when we moved). My kid has lost an expensive Leatherman I bought for her car. Had a small Gerber or two - gone.
On the other hand, my wife's SAK from many years ago, surfaced a few months ago in a box of misc. junk. The red scales had turned a weird sickly orange.
I have a Spyderco Sharpmaker, but I haven't used it often/hard enough to need more than a touch-up. I did have good luck with a Lansky Mini Crock like the one here for my knives on my last deployment.
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I remember my very first knife, it was a small single blade pen knife.
I think I got it when I was 5 or 6.
When I lost it - I looked high and low for it at least another 5 or 6 years.
To this day I would love to find that knife.
The house is still in the family, so there is still hope...
I think I got it when I was 5 or 6.
When I lost it - I looked high and low for it at least another 5 or 6 years.
To this day I would love to find that knife.
The house is still in the family, so there is still hope...
RetiredUSNChief
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Not recently, but I discovered a great place to find things when I was younger...in the pockets of my winter coats/jackets!
I've found money and pocketknives there.
I've found money and pocketknives there.
Thought I lost this at the library.
Went though all the cushions on the library couch, passed my hands in all the seams, looked under the couch, and everywhere I had walked. And no knife. Also called the Doctor's office I had been to before going to the library. No soap, no knife.
These Queen knives were made in limited quantities and this one had D2 blades. Was really upset that I had lost it.
About 2 years later, it was in a stack of magazines by the dresser!. Yippie. I don't carry it anymore as Queen Stockman's are now astronomically expensive to replace.
Went though all the cushions on the library couch, passed my hands in all the seams, looked under the couch, and everywhere I had walked. And no knife. Also called the Doctor's office I had been to before going to the library. No soap, no knife.
These Queen knives were made in limited quantities and this one had D2 blades. Was really upset that I had lost it.
About 2 years later, it was in a stack of magazines by the dresser!. Yippie. I don't carry it anymore as Queen Stockman's are now astronomically expensive to replace.
I'm surprised to see that style knife in D2. Glad you found it.
I have had a habit of staging beanies in certain jackets, under the theory that, if I needed the jacket, I'd probably need a warm hat, too. Unfortunately, sometimes I forget that they're there after the fact, and have wondered where my hats have gotten to...!
John
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I used to find a lot of lost dive knifes underwater.
Now its Go-Pros.
Now its Go-Pros.
Speedo66
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Does this count? I found a $35 Leatherman knife in the $2.50 bin at a gun show.
Very sharp, and has a retractable carabiner/ bottle opener.
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Shanghai McCoy
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Just this morning I "found" ,in a drawer,the MASALONG karambit knife that I found in a parking lot about 4 years ago.
I saw it just laying there in it's sheath and did my due diligence to find if anyone lost it but no claimers.
I saw it just laying there in it's sheath and did my due diligence to find if anyone lost it but no claimers.
The Night Rider
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Technically this is still lost. Its original owner dropped it in the road just East of Helen Hunt Falls.
I was hoping it was a Gerber but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth
BigBlue 94
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Ive actually found a few knives. Like ones that werent mine. One a basic gerber 2.5" folder, while bank fishing. Its in my tackle box.
Found a K1 something or other folding knife with flip out tools at the pick n pull junkyard once too.
Metal detecting, ive found a fairburn sykes style knife, half of a pair of 1800s scissors, a pair of butter knives, and an 1800s axe head.
Rock hunting on my own property i found an obsidian axe head, 2-3 pounds and a 7-8" sharpened edge. Hand knapped and about a foot underneath the base of a 2ft diameter tree, along with softball size chunks of pumice and other rocks from 500+ miles away. I lost it in our shop fire.
I also lost a neat little boot knife once. Looked for it for an hour until a 6" tarantula creeped me out of the woods. In northeast KS... Yuck!
Found a K1 something or other folding knife with flip out tools at the pick n pull junkyard once too.
Metal detecting, ive found a fairburn sykes style knife, half of a pair of 1800s scissors, a pair of butter knives, and an 1800s axe head.
Rock hunting on my own property i found an obsidian axe head, 2-3 pounds and a 7-8" sharpened edge. Hand knapped and about a foot underneath the base of a 2ft diameter tree, along with softball size chunks of pumice and other rocks from 500+ miles away. I lost it in our shop fire.
I also lost a neat little boot knife once. Looked for it for an hour until a 6" tarantula creeped me out of the woods. In northeast KS... Yuck!
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I found this knife in perhaps, 1982. I was of mere single digit age and following Mom through Kmart (back when they were a TRUE full-service-one-stop-shop.)
The knife lay as in the picture, on top of some kitchen products in a display stand between aisles...apparently it stood out from the environment only to me.
Had it been on top of boxes for unpacking, i wouldn't have even glanced back.
40+ years and it is STILL in my pocket everyday. It was wicked sharp back then, and takes an edge unlike any other knife I have had.
The knife lay as in the picture, on top of some kitchen products in a display stand between aisles...apparently it stood out from the environment only to me.
Had it been on top of boxes for unpacking, i wouldn't have even glanced back.
40+ years and it is STILL in my pocket everyday. It was wicked sharp back then, and takes an edge unlike any other knife I have had.
Old Dog
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I think I've posted this one here before, but it's a knife I found with my late father-in-law's stuff after he passed in 2006 ... his hometown in Iowa.
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Larry in wyoming
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Those old promotional knives can be real gems. They almost all had good steel and some of them had good heat treatment.
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My youngest son was cutting grass the other day and found his older brothers knife (S&W flipper) in the grass. He brought it to me in the shop. It was rusty, the clip was sprung and the blade was dull. I got the rust off, oiled it up, slicked up the blade (razor sharp) and re-bent the clip. He lost it coming home from martial arts a few nights before.
Near me there is a venue that has a no knives/no guns policy with wanding at the door. Out front there are large concrete planters full of soil and plants. Folks will bury their knives in there and come back out and get them. Last time I was there I saw a guy digging and he came out with a Gerber lockblade and said "that aint mine" and threw it back in the planter. I guess he couldn't find his knife. Nice enough he left the other guys knife though.
Near me there is a venue that has a no knives/no guns policy with wanding at the door. Out front there are large concrete planters full of soil and plants. Folks will bury their knives in there and come back out and get them. Last time I was there I saw a guy digging and he came out with a Gerber lockblade and said "that aint mine" and threw it back in the planter. I guess he couldn't find his knife. Nice enough he left the other guys knife though.
the Black Spot
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Knives of Alaska alpha wolf on the bank of a river
Jim Watson
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I have a little Case penknife that I plucked out of an office trash can. One blade is broken, the other has been sharpened down like an old butcher knife. The jigged bone handles are very smooth and even the shield is visibly worn. I have another minor make similar. Its sheepsfoot blade has been sharpened down to a concave edge. Good for opening bullet boxes, so I keep it in the reloading room.
