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first knife in 15 years
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:42 am
by LedJedi
Well, apparently you people are rubbing off on me. I bought my first pocket knife in 15 years this morning on a whim.
Sure, it's a $4.99 made-in-china 1/2 plastic tactical knife with lead based paint that's so cheap it will jump off the frame and poke me in the neck when I really need it, but its the first one in 15 years.
man, you know you're getting old when you can say you haven't done something in 15 years. It'll work until i can talk flint knapper out of his :)
Re: first knife in 15 years
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:19 am
by jbirds1210
LedJedi wrote: It'll work until i can talk flint knapper out of his :)
If you ever get the pleasure of doing any knife work with Flint....you will quickly realize that anything you take from him will start with, "Please"! LOL. Congrats on the new knife....mine is a constant companion.
Re: first knife in 15 years
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:21 am
by flintknapper
LedJedi wrote:Well, apparently you people are rubbing off on me. I bought my first pocket knife in 15 years this morning on a whim.
Sure, it's a $4.99 made-in-china 1/2 plastic tactical knife with lead based paint that's so cheap it will jump off the frame and poke me in the neck when I really need it, but its the first one in 15 years.
man, you know you're getting old when you can say you haven't done something in 15 years. It'll work until i can talk flint knapper out of his :)
You'd have to be one Smooooooooth talker.
The one I carry now was a gift from my friend "El Gato", it will not be going anywhere.
The Randall King Phantom Reflex I used to carry.....now belongs to my daughter. I'm pretty sure she intends to keep it as well.
But hey, at least you have something with an edge on it now, good job.
With my generation (cro-magnon I think), virtually all males had a "pen-knife/pocket knife" with them anytime they were dressed.
Good on ya, for getting a knife!
Flint
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:38 am
by DoubleB20
I've carried the same knife for 30+ years. I bought this Gerber when I was 15 at Reb's Sporting Goods in Clovis New Mexico. It's been lost and found at least 3 or 4 times.
Re: first knife in 15 years
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:50 am
by Keith B
flintknapper wrote:
<snip>With my generation (cro-magnon I think), virtually all males had a "pen-knife/pocket knife" with them anytime they were dressed.
Flint
Hey Flint, were we cave-mates at one time or another?
I was raised the same way; a man had to have a pocket knife, even if it was just to sit around and whittle on a stick while talking to your buddies.
I VERY rarely go without one. When I have to fly somehwere, I feel naked until I can get back into my checked luggage and put the ole' trusty blade back in the pocket.
LedJedi, congrats on the purchase. Now it can be a companion to your roscoe; never leave home without them!
