Near and Dear to your heart.

[knife-nut]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks. When i was a teen ager back in the 60’s. My dad went to a garage sale. He asked the lady holding the sale if she had any knives. She said to hold on a moment and went into the house. Probably 15 minutes later she brought this knife out. He bought it for a few bucks, and kept it in his collection up until he passes. I had it for several years, but foolishly sold it to a fellow knife collector. Regretted that for a long time. Years later i was able to trade back for it. I let him take his choice of ant knife in my roll. Its the only knife that i have of my dads. I haven’t been able to find out much about it’s history except what Goins mentioned in his book. Circa 1898 to 1900. It has the salesmans numbers on the blade.

[doglegg]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks. When i was a teen ager back in the 60’s. My dad went to a garage sale. He asked the lady holding the sale if she had any knives. She said to hold on a moment and went into the house. Probably 15 minutes later she brought this knife out. He bought it for a few bucks, and kept it in his collection up until he passes. I had it for several years, but foolishly sold it to a fellow knife collector. Regretted that for a long time. Years later i was able to trade back for it. I let him take his choice of ant knife in my roll. Its the only knife that i have of my dads. I haven’t been able to find out much about it’s history except what Goins mentioned in his book. Circa 1898 to 1900. It has the salesmans numbers on the blade.

What a treasure in the knife itself, add to that it is a salesman sample and best of all it was from your Dad. Glad you got it back and thanks for sharing.

[Waukonda]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks. When i was a teen ager back in the 60’s. My dad went to a garage sale. He asked the lady holding the sale if she had any knives. She said to hold on a moment and went into the house. Probably 15 minutes later she brought this knife out. He bought it for a few bucks, and kept it in his collection up until he passes. I had it for several years, but foolishly sold it to a fellow knife collector. Regretted that for a long time. Years later i was able to trade back for it. I let him take his choice of ant knife in my roll. Its the only knife that i have of my dads. I haven’t been able to find out much about it’s history except what Goins mentioned in his book. Circa 1898 to 1900. It has the salesmans numbers on the blade.

Wow! What a beautiful knife and story.

[ThatWeirdKnifeGuy]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks. When i was a teen ager back in the 60’s. My dad went to a garage sale. He asked the lady holding the sale if she had any knives. She said to hold on a moment and went into the house. Probably 15 minutes later she brought this knife out. He bought it for a few bucks, and kept it in his collection up until he passes. I had it for several years, but foolishly sold it to a fellow knife collector. Regretted that for a long time. Years later i was able to trade back for it. I let him take his choice of ant knife in my roll. Its the only knife that i have of my dads. I haven’t been able to find out much about it’s history except what Goins mentioned in his book. Circa 1898 to 1900. It has the salesmans numbers on the blade.

Oh wow. Turn of the century, and only in business for 2 years. What a rare bird. Great swedges, my top two favorite blade shapes wrapped in ebony. Bravo sir.

This is my grandfather collection. The heart of my collection, the next owners of these will be my sons. I love the main blade on the OT. My grampa was a plumber, then worked at Catterpillar for decades in maintenance. I could totally see him snapping the tip off and slapping a quick functional new tip on with his sharpening stone. I love these knives enough to carry them often. I think of the man when I have his cutlery in my pocket, I try to make each proud with my actions of the day.

The handbook belonged to my wife's grandmother. It was her father who was the original owner of the three pen knives. The ebony handled ERN stainless was purchased in Germany and brought with when he emigrated just before WW2.

The Colonial belonged to my great uncle Charlie. After he passed it went to my great grandfather, then my father bundled it with some of his effects after he passed and gave it all to me. I think i was 7. It sat in a box for 25 years. Then I rediscovered it one day and decided to clean the rust off so I could use it. Thus began my knife passion. The knife that started it all.

[tongueriver]

Aside from the nostalgia, that is a stunning knife in its own right. Thanks for showing it and a good story too.

[1fartsmella]

That's a real beauty.
Just wondering, how big is the knife with the blades closed?

[knife-nut]

It’s 3 1/2” long closed. Blades snap loudly.

[tongueriver]

It’s 3 1/2” long closed. Blades snap loudly.

If you show that to Hal, keep your eye on him.

[knife7knut]

Although virtually every knife l have has something special about it, there are 3 that have a special significance to me. It would take way too long to tell the whole story on all of them.
#1 is my grandfathers KAMP KING. It was the first knife that attempted to remove one of my fingers when l was 8 years old, it went MIA for about 25 years until l found it(along with the first knife l ever bought) while cleaning my mothers apartment after her demise.
#2 is a knife my dad made while he was in the Navy. He enlisted in 1921 and made it circa 1924 while stationed in San Diego aboard a submarine. He presented it to me when we met for the 1st time in 1987. That is a story in itself.
#3 is a 17th century jambiya that was gifted to me by a dear friend in gratitude for me giving him a BUCK 110 that l had re profiled. When l found out what it was worth, l offered to return it, but he said he knew l wouldnt sell it and it belonged with me. It has been displayed with pride ever since.

[herbva]

Great stories Ray, and three great keepers!

[stockman]

Nice one Mark.

Harold

[Froe]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks.

Wow, what a great story and a beautiful knife.
Froe

[Ridgegrass]

This old Sabre Stockman belonged to my buddy and Captain, Jeff Darney. His boat, "Lights Out" was a 1970 Chris Craft, Tournament 45 that he maintained in diamond condition, re-powered and repainted, impeccably kept. We fished it many weekends in the canyons off Ocean City. Jeff died of incurable prostate cancer at 61. Joan and I and the crew loved fishing with Jeff. He was a quiet and generous man who loved to see anybody catch a good fish and caught many a good one himself from his perch on the bridge tower.
After Jeff died, our crew leader, Bob, brought me the knife and said Jeff had told him he wanted me to have it for my collection. The boat was sold to a dad and 3 sons in New Jersey and I hope they're enjoying half as much as we did. Great memories holding that knife. O'..

[woodwalker]

I am enjoying this thread and all the great stories attached to these knives. Funny how a knife or knives can do that. Some just speak to our soul.

[Ridgegrass]

By the way, Jeff is the tall guy, 6'6" in the pics. O'.

[peanut740]

Mark,that is a Dandy!

[knife-nut]

Thanks Roger!

[Larryburford]

Cool story and pictures ridgegrass

[doglegg]

Cool story and pictures ridgegrass

Agree.

[Ivoryman]

Do you have a really special knife in your collection. Mine is an old McKnight Co. Wichita Ks. When i was a teen ager back in the 60’s. My dad went to a garage sale. He asked the lady holding the sale if she had any knives. She said to hold on a moment and went into the house. Probably 15 minutes later she brought this knife out. He bought it for a few bucks, and kept it in his collection up until he passes. I had it for several years, but foolishly sold it to a fellow knife collector. Regretted that for a long time. Years later i was able to trade back for it. I let him take his choice of ant knife in my roll. Its the only knife that i have of my dads. I haven’t been able to find out much about it’s history except what Goins mentioned in his book. Circa 1898 to 1900. It has the salesmans numbers on the blade.

Gorgeous old piece, love those two blade choices.

Also I'm loving this reading material.

Many of mine fit this thread, but I'll just mention a few at the moment. On a high school band trip in 1981 we went to play at Pier 39, San Francisco. After playing until noon, they turned us all loose for 6 hours, until dinner, and said be here at 6pm. Three buddies and I immediately headed for Chinatown looking for knife shops. We found many. But we all wanted a switchblade, which every store keeper told us were illegal. But we kept trying, offering to bribe the sellers and be taken back to the back room, or under the table etc. No dice, buttkiss. We left sadly disappointed. BUT, upon relating this story to brother Q, 30 years or so later, he sent me this leverlock, Rust Free stamped, that was exactly what me and my 3 buddies were looking for. I was overjoyed to see exactly the kind I had been looking for but could never find. I couldn't thank him enough, and to this day get a smile and warm fuzzy feeling everything I look at it or hold it. Every time my mind goes back to that day in '81 and all the wild stuff we saw hiking all around the red light district by the bay that day. FABULOUS memories of that trip, AND now of course of Q, my knife dealer extraordinaire who supplied me with what I had always wanted but could never score in Frisco. And the other two are bombs from Q over the years too. One a sweet vintage S&M with the kind of bones. Other a Fighting Rooster he had covered in some great Mammoth tusk. I could go on, but you get it by now. Thanks again Q, and this thread really struck a chord in me. Thanks for looking and reading. Q da man.

[knife-nut]

I did nearly the same thing down in Mexico. Across the border with wife and kids back in the 80’s. Could not find a single switchblade anywhere. But still have some great memories.

[Ridgegrass]

Thanks Gents. O'.

[knife-nut]

This old Sabre Stockman belonged to my buddy and Captain, Jeff Darney. His boat, "Lights Out" was a 1970 Chris Craft, Tournament 45 that he maintained in diamond condition, re-powered and repainted, impeccably kept. We fished it many weekends in the canyons off Ocean City. Jeff died of incurable prostate cancer at 61. Joan and I and the crew loved fishing with Jeff. He was a quiet and generous man who loved to see anybody catch a good fish and caught many a good one himself from his perch on the bridge tower.
After Jeff died, our crew leader, Bob, brought me the knife and said Jeff had told him he wanted me to have it for my collection. The boat was sold to a dad and 3 sons in New Jersey and I hope they're enjoying half as much as we did. Great memories holding that knife. O'..

Where are tou at in the picture?

[knife7knut]

Although these 2 knives were acquired several years apart, they do share a commonality in my mind anyway.
The KA-BAR folder is one l have coveted since the early 1970's. A co-worker had a near mint one he insisted on using to gouge out Bondo to do auto body repairs! I offered to buy it and give him another to use. He refused and continued to use it for this purpose.
What ties these two is he also had a JOHN EK MODEL 6 that his dad had carried in WWll. That he never would have sold and l would never have attempted to buy it.
I often wonder what happened to them as he died quite suddenly awhile back.
My KA-BAR I found at an antique store. It was advertised for $ 225 and l hesitated for a day. Thinking l would likely never find another in my lifetime, l went back the following day and bought it.
The EK was gifted to me in appreciation of my appraising a large lot of knives for an older gemtleman l met at a yard sale. I told him what it was worth, but he insisted l take it.
And those are my stories. The next one will be of my seventeen dollar CASE V 42!

[Ridgegrass]

Man! That EK is legendary. O'.