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Offline Turnstone

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A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« on: August 02, 2010, 05:43:02 PM »
I just wanted to show you what I found last weekend. My first fixed blade! I got it from my grandfather when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I was with my grandparents that weekend and could work with it the whole weekend. I was a scout back then and already had a SAK and knew how to handle a knife, and my grandparents (especialy my grandfather) were outdoors with me quite a lot and always supported my desire to carry stuff like knifes, cord, band-aids, and my grandfather supplied me with metal cans all the time (tobaco cans, in fact. I loved them, they smelled so good!). When I came home with this "murder thing" my mother was shocked and took it away from me  :ahhh I was allowed to keep the compass, the grindstone and the "survival" stuff that was inside (some fishing hooks, a little bit of cord, wire... I can't remember exactly). All that stuff is gone now. I believed she threw the knive away. My grandparents both died last year. This weekend I asked my mom if she could remember that huge knife my grandfather gave me when I was a little girl. To my surprise she went away and a few minutes later she came back with that knife! She kept it all that time for me, and didn't tell me a word about it. Now I have it back.
It's bad quality, nothing special about it. But the story behind it is special, and it's the only knife that I still have back from that time!








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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2010, 05:57:27 PM »
Very cool!  I think everyone that ever grew up in the 80's loving knives had one of these!
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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2010, 06:10:00 PM »
 :D


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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2010, 06:28:57 PM »
Good story! :D

It's great you got your keepsake back. :tu:
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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2010, 06:41:32 PM »
:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gj9CMvwfv4
you can keep the sheath and sharpening stone if you return the knife :o :o

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2010, 06:42:38 PM »
has anyone tried to call the 800# to see if they have any left? :D

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2010, 06:52:45 PM »
Amici,
I remember those very well, although this is the first time I've seen an example with a parkerized finish and not in the "bright" so to speak. Since we're taking a trip down memory lane, does anyone remember this classic survival knife from about the same time?


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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2010, 06:56:21 PM »
yep, had one of those too.

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2010, 07:13:45 PM »
I'm guilty of owning one at one point as well :)  They were cheap and big.  I think everyone in out scout troop bought one, took them camping that summer and quickly went back to using our sheaf knives :D

Its great that you've got a little bit of your personal knife history back though  :cheers:
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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2010, 07:19:52 PM »
My father also bought one back in '80, I still have it somewhere

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2010, 07:21:26 PM »

Nice story Turnstone and what a great Grandfather!  :tu:
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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2010, 07:22:47 PM »
Yep, I had one too :D

When your a kid and Rambo was all the rage it was a pretty cool knife  :tu:

Looks pretty identical to yours with ball compass on top, the little sharpener in the sheath and the survival bits inside the handle.
             

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2010, 07:25:08 PM »
Yep, I had one too :D

When your a kid and Rambo was all the rage it was a pretty cool knife  :tu:

Looks pretty identical to yours with ball compass on top, the little sharpener in the sheath and the survival bits inside the handle.

Speaking of Rambo, I know someone who has a stockpile of the original (official) replica Rambo I-III knives, all NIB. :)

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2010, 07:36:26 PM »
Love the story. A knife does not have to be valuable to be valuable to someone.

Kind of sucks that your mother took the knife away, even though she did keep it all this time. I guess one could argue that you probably wouldn't have the knife today if she hadn't done that.

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Re: A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2010, 08:03:36 PM »

This reminds me to work on my nephew's mother so I can give him the Wenger Soccer  :tu:
I don't think the idea was well received last time  :bnghd:
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