pocket knives

[T_om]

For 35 years I have had the same Buck pocketknife in my pocket. I will be passing it on to my son. I am careful when I sharpen it and try to conserve as much metal as I can. The blades show some wear as would be expected, but they will outlast me and my son.

Tom

[HookUp]

Ernie Emerson CQC-7

[luvtofish]

I have 4 Gerbers currently and 1 Uncle Henry plus about half a dozen give aways that I got when I purchased Grizzly smokeless tobacco. Also have Gerber multitool that makes every fishing trip. Carry my Gerber except for plane rides.

[JSC]

Great Thread

I am one of those guys that losses them ... Old Timers, Uncle Henrys .. had a little lock back Buck that I really enjoyed .. came up missing .. I sold all different kinds and some where along the line I had a line of cheap imports to sell and had samples of most of them in my pocket now is the one I have had the longest ... went to the dealer for 1.25 ... made in China .. Stainless .. easy to sharpen .. looks like a stained wood handle .. 2 blades .. looks like a Case ... after writing this I will more than likely have it come up missing ....

[Slabby15]

I really enjoyed reading this thread about carrying pocket knives. I have carried a pocket knife since I graduated from High School in 1978. My dad always carried one and I guess I got it from him. Now it seems a lot of the younger men no longer carried a pocket knife. It is so handy having a knife with you. I don't know how many time ladies especially younger ones have asked me to open or cut something for them and remarked how their dads carried a pocket knife and they don't know why young men don't carried one anymore. Anyway enough nostalgia, I carry a Boker most every day, small and flat. I have a small Buck lock back with a gold deer head inlayed on the silver bolsters for dressing up.

[Hanr3]

Most young men dont carry them because they have been banned in schools, considered a concelled weapon. They didn't grow up with the habit.

I have always carried a pocket knife. My wife hates it when I sharpen it, I shave the hair off my arm to see if its sharp enough. When I get a good clean shave its done.

I prefer Shrade, or Case knifes. When I was in the Marine Corp I had a reputation for being the guy who could sharpen any knife and would make a couple bucks sharpening knifes for other guys. The worst to sharpen was Buck knives, they dulled easy and didn't hold an edge worth a crap. Yes, I could even get a nice sharp edge on a K-Bar. :D

My wife and kids buy me a new blade every year. I have several still in the original packaging somewhere around the house.

[porky]

Carried a case for years.Now new old stock Kissin Crane.Carbon blades only because I only have to hit it about 10 times on the rock and it shaves.Knife are like watches have to have one.You don't see this in the younger generation they use cell phones for the time.I traded in knives for about 2 years sold to all my friends. Now the market is saturated.

[Eagle 1]

most young men dont carry them because they have been banned in schools, considered a concelled weapon. They didn't grow up with the habit.

I have always carried a pocket knife. My wife hates it when i sharpen it, i shave the hair off my arm to see if its sharp enough. When i get a good clean shave its done.

I prefer shrade, or case knifes. When i was in the marine corp i had a reputation for being the guy who could sharpen any knife and would make a couple bucks sharpening knifes for other guys. The worst to sharpen was buck knives, they dulled easy and didn't hold an edge worth a crap. Yes, i could even get a nice sharp edge on a k-bar. :d

my wife and kids buy me a new blade every year. I have several still in the original packaging somewhere around the house.

the buck 110 folding knife was the best of the buck's , the rest was just as you describe . The buck sheath knives were hard to sharpened .

[Psmith]

When I was just a small boy, maybe 10 or so I worked sometimes at this country store. I would pump gas or whatever and all these old men hung around there a lot. Typical way out in the country store and one was a knife trader, he always wanted to trade pocket knives with people. He asked me what kind of knife I had and I said well I don't have one with me. He said well hell son here I'm going to give you this knife and from now on you will have something to trade with. Ha I bet me and that old man traded knives 20 times after that back and forth.

[sothunfried]

i always thought you had to carry a knife. the only time i didn't carry was in school cause you'd get kicked out. i'm 46 yrs old and i carry an old cammilus whittler. had it since the 70's bought it new. i sometimes carry a differant brand thats still my favorite.