Just an old knife

[GunnyUSMC]

I started a thread back in October about cleaning up my shop and all the things that are in it. My shop was really a mess and I'm still cleaning.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/never-know-what-you’re-going-to-find.827424/
Friday night , the 22nd, I started on the lest side of my eight foot bench.


When I posted this pic of a rock that I had picked up in some far off corner of the world.
Sistema1927 said to forget about the rock, he wanted to know about the knife,


bannockburn Thought it was a Case and he was right.



This old knife had belonged to my good friend and Father in Law, who passed away about 25 years ago.
I had bought his work benches from my Mother in Law to help her with bills and the knife came with the bench.
For years it has sat on that bench where the two of us had spent many weekends and evenings reloading and working on guns.
bannockburn suggested that the knife needed a little TLC and that got me to thinking.
My daughter was about ten when her Paw Paw passed. She was very close to him. At times she would sit in the shop with us while we worked. She had seen her Paw Paw use that old knife several times and it was always sitting on the bench.
I decided to clean up the knife and give it to my daughter for Christmas.



She opened it before before I got off from work yesterday. When I asked her about it she began to cry and told me it was the best Christmas gift she had ever gotten.

I hope that the gifts you gave this year gave you as much joy as this old knife gave me.

 

[The Evangelist Cowboy]

Great story, I got a son and daughter that I plan to give memento knives to when they reach the age. For my son who is my first born he will get the cold steel voyager (the old nice ones from japan) my father carried everyday before his death almost 10 years ago and my daughter will be given a Kershaw blackout that was my father's that he gave to my older brother whom gave it to me when I needed a new folder (bonus for her, my brother is her godfather so it will have even more sentiment to her I hope) cant wait for that day, son is 4 daughter not even 2 yet but someday it'll get here.

 

[Coop45]

Old Case Trappers were good knives. Well done Gunny.

 

[bannockburn]

My son will get my custom Randall No.1 and his Grandfather's Marble hunting knife, which is probably older than I am! Of course they all have a Swiss Army Knife, or two, which they received when they were old enough to know how to use them.

 

[Blkhrt13]

I love a well worn old blade. They are all the better when they have a history. I have a bunch of brand new USA made Henry and old timer blades I bought when they went under. I will pass those on after they are old enough not to lose them. I have some case knives too. But they won’t get those till I’m gone. I need to pull them out and use them so they get character.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

My son will get my custom Randall No.1 and his Grandfather's Marble hunting knife, which is probably older than I am! Of course they all have a Swiss Army Knife, or two, which they received when they were old enough to know how to use them.

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Those will make great gifts.

 

[kBob]

Dang it Gunny! Yah made me tear up.

I know you won't believe it but I have a knife just like that in my knife box that belonged to my Maternal Grand Dad whom I called Pa-Pa.

I really like what you did with yours. I hope your Daughter enjoys it many years.

-kBob

 

[bikerdoc]

The wife and I both have a couple of heirlooms from grandpa's and great grand pa' s. Real treasures with rich history, that bring back good memories.

 

[Armored farmer]

Well done GunnyUSMC!

My grandpa was a deer hunting pioneer here in our part of Illinois. He hunted the very first seasons that our county had opened. One year for Christmas, I had bought him a nice Buck knife for his deer hunting.
Fast forward probably 35years and both my beloved grandparents had passed. We were very close since we just lived literally across the field from them. My father had decided to tear down the house and barn where my grandparents lived, and consequently my cousins came in and literally ransacked the house of all the valuables and momentos that they could get their hands on. (They never had time to visit with my grandparents, but managed to grab up what they wanted.)
With the track hoe tearing out trees in the front yard, I went in the house one last time before it came down, just to reminisce about my happy childhood times I spent there. I wandered in the bedroom and pulled out the highest drawer of the closet where grandpa kept his personal stuff.......and behold! There was that Buck that I had given him under the Christmas tree all those years before!
Man, I don't know how many deer I have field dressed with that knife since then. A bunch.

 

[keith strand]

I started a thread back in October about cleaning up my shop and all the things that are in it. My shop was really a mess and I'm still cleaning.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/never-know-what-you’re-going-to-find.827424/
Friday night , the 22nd, I started on the lest side of my eight foot bench.
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When I posted this pic of a rock that I had picked up in some far off corner of the world.
Sistema1927 said to forget about the rock, he wanted to know about the knife,
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bannockburn Thought it was a Case and he was right.
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This old knife had belonged to my good friend and Father in Law, who passed away about 25 years ago.
I had bought his work benches from my Mother in Law to help her with bills and the knife came with the bench.
For years it has sat on that bench where the two of us had spent many weekends and evenings reloading and working on guns.
bannockburn suggested that the knife needed a little TLC and that got me to thinking.
My daughter was about ten when her Paw Paw passed. She was very close to him. At times she would sit in the shop with us while we worked. She had seen her Paw Paw use that old knife several times and it was always sitting on the bench.
I decided to clean up the knife and give it to my daughter for Christmas.
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She opened it before before I got off from work yesterday. When I asked her about it she began to cry and told me it was the best Christmas gift she had ever gotten.

I hope that the gifts you gave this year gave you as much joy as this old knife gave me.

Looks just like the pocket knife that belong to my Grandfather had. My dad give it to me back in 1973. And I give it to my son when he was 34. It is a great thing to pass something on that belong to your family. Great gift!

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I need to find my Dad's knife. He kept it razor sharp and the blades are worn down. It will go to my oldest son. I hope that he will like it as much as my daughter liked her's.
I do need to decide who I will give my Marine Ka-Bar, I carried in combat, to.

 

[If1HitU]

One thing I know about a case xx knife,is you can clean it up and still put a sharp edge on it.

 

[adcoch1]

Just gave my 12 yr old daughter my buck 119. She is becoming quite the outdoors girl and I wanted to set her up right. She literally cried and hugged me. The other kids will be getting quality knives as they get older. My son will get my grandpa's old timer someday...

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Just gave my 12 yr old daughter my buck 119. She is becoming quite the outdoors girl and I wanted to set her up right. She literally cried and hugged me. The other kids will be getting quality knives as they get older. My son will get my grandpa's old timer someday...

Sometimes tears and a huge are worth more the money

 

[stonebuster]

I love a well worn old blade. They are all the better when they have a history. I have a bunch of brand new USA made Henry and old timer blades I bought when they went under. I will pass those on after they are old enough not to lose them. I have some case knives too. But they won’t get those till I’m gone. I need to pull them out and use them so they get character.

That's a real nice story, Gunny. It made me think about some of the knives I've got and handing them down to my grandson. Blkhrt13, The Henry knives were the "Old Henry" pocket knives named after Henry Baer, brother of Albert who bought the Ulster knife co. in 1941? Ulster then became part of the Imperial knife co. I was researching my grandfather's Ulster pocket knife today and stumbled across their history. I believe this one is very old. Not worth much but might be to my grandson.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

That is an old one. Nice too.

 

[Blkhrt13]

That's a real nice story, Gunny. It made me think about some of the knives I've got and handing them down to my grandson. Blkhrt13, The Henry knives were the "Old Henry" pocket knives named after Henry Baer, brother of Albert who bought the Ulster knife co. in 1941? Ulster then became part of the Imperial knife co. I was researching my grandfather's Ulster pocket knife today and stumbled across their history. I believe this one is very old. Not worth much but might be to my grandson.View attachment 776637

Thanks for the info I didn’t know the history

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Great Story and Grandpa knifes are really special!