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Tool Talk => Edged Tools => Topic started by: Tinner on March 10, 2023, 06:41:44 PM
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We all have objects in our lives that are special to us. They have meaning for various reasons like, they were a gift, bought at a special location, have a story attached or maybe were passed down or inherited to you from someone important in your life. These things have memories attached whether it be of a person, place, or time.
Of course we are knife nuts so this thread is dedicated to the knives in our lives that are particularly special to us for whatever reason and I would like to celebrate that. So, if you have such a knife please post them up and share why they hold a special place in your collection.
I’ll start it off with my inherited Marbles Woodcraft. This knife was my fathers who sadly passed away back in September. He wasn’t a knife guy and didn’t really carry one on him at all. This particular knife rode in a toolbox, sometimes in his vehicle, sometimes in the shed at our trailer where we spent many summers. He always refered to it as his Boy Scout knife but after a little research I found that it was manufactured well before he was born and I don’t know if he was actually a Boy Scout. I have no idea where he procured it but it made many a cameo appearance through my life. As a knife guy myself I was very happy to find it amongst his belongings when I cleaned out his place and if I could only have one item to remember him by this would have been my choice. One day I will pass it on to my son who was born only a year and a half before he died and didn’t get the chance to get to know his grandpa.
It has its warts and I need to figure out a way to stabilize the leather handle a bit better. It had no sheath and was dirty and a bit rusty but after a going over with some OOO wool and some oil to protect it I have a perfectly usable and sturdy knife. I set to work making a sheath to house it and put a working edge on it that’ll pop hair. May not be pretty but I love it just the same.
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Condolences. Thank you for sharing this with us. As for the leather on the knife, there are many resources on how to deal with leather. Thats a style of knife is one I really like. Those old wonderful do everything kind of knives with a story.
That sheath is gorgeous. What a great compliment to the knife. I would suggest not storing the knife in the sheath.
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Thank you Aloha! I actually used this knife to skin the deer I harvested in December. Very handy knife indeed. I am finding that I appreciate the upswept blade even though it has an odd appearance. I also have a Grohmann #3 and it has similarly grown on me after some use.
And thanks for the advice. I have a display case I store my knives in and I remove them from their sheaths unless I am carrying them.
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Here's one of mine
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,71264.msg1446614.html#msg1446614
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:salute: I remember that story. Such a great one and so happy you have it back.
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Great story, and great knife! Thanks Steve.
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Tinner, sorry to hear of your loss. But I must disagree with you; I think your Woodcraft is stunning! :tu:
Steve, great story!
I'll share a few of mine a little later.