Sam 2 - Posted - 10/31/2009:  09:41:06

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I really like that one, but I'm afraid it would be outside my budget which is somewhere around $40.00 bucks.

I know you get what you pay for, but if ya aint got it to pay with....you know the rest of the story.

thanks so much for taking the time to post that.

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People will forget what you say and do, but they will never forget how you treated them.

pick1936 - Posted - 10/31/2009:  09:52:03

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My Dad bought a mid size 3 blade Case new in 1936, He gave it to Me in 1950, I had it until I lost it in 1995, I now have a Camillus Air Force Paratrooper knife with a Swith blade, and a A sharp hook blade to cut parachute cords, I don't cary it, It's like new..



Nechville. In Higginsville.

Lee Kelso

KE - Posted - 10/31/2009:  09:59:50

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Mmm . . . I like the looks of the Boker that Lee posted. How about this canoe model -- it has rounded ends which would be kinder to your pocket, and the price is closer to the amount in your pocketbook:

deuceswilde - Posted - 10/31/2009:  10:05:05

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sultans of Claw

It sounds like your father would enjoy and appreciate a gentleman's pocketknife like this:

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecen...BO115464.jpg

Lee Callicutt

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I carry the carbon blade version of this. The Germans make good knifes. Harmonicas too.

-Joel Hooks

Success always comes to those who have the money to buy it.

-The Adventures of a Banjo Player, 1884 p.26

KE - Posted - 10/31/2009:  10:07:34

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This Boker is in your price range:

http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/s...?s=BO280JRBI

Brian T - Posted - 10/31/2009:  10:08:39

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Swiss Army (Victorinox) Officer model. Lost one. Had to replace it within 48 hrs (what a peculiar naked sort of feeling without it.) Lost another, found it in the crack below a chair cushion.

My brother gave me a Leatherman "Squirt." I travel quite a bit, together with one of the SA knives, it travels in my suitcase.

We do not know where we are going.
Nor do most of us care.
For us, it is enough that we are on our way.
Le Matelot

BConk - Posted - 10/31/2009:  10:11:43

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quote:

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Originally posted by pick1936

My Dad bought a mid size 3 blade Case new in 1936, He gave it to Me in 1950, I had it until I lost it in 1995, I now have a Camillus Air Force Paratrooper knife with a Swith blade, and a A sharp hook blade to cut parachute cords, I don't cary it, It's like new..



Nechville. In Higginsville.

Lee Kelso

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I've got one of them Camillus Air Force switchblades too - orange handles - with the hook blade. My dad gave it to me years ago. He used to carry it with him when he was a firefighter.



"Defender of the Sacred Cod"
Capio pisces, ergo sum

black flag - Posted - 10/31/2009:  11:10:50

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I carried a Case Yellow Handle Trapper for years, then it mysteriously disappeared, so I ordered another of the same model from the company. The workmanship, especially the fit and finish, on the new one was inferior to the original in a number of very obvious ways and it looked as though the bean counters were in charge of quality control.

I eventually found my old knife in one of my wife's jacket pockets, cleaned it up and gave her the new one, which she then promptly lost.

Chris

We are here on earth to do good for others.
What the others are here for, I don't know.
--W.H. Auden

Nosferatu - Posted - 10/31/2009:  11:25:26

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Yep Chris, that's the way Buck is now, plus, they make a bunch of trash knives now.

Thank you,
"Count" Hugh


"I bent over him, and tried to find any sign of life, but in vain." -- Jonathan Harker, Dracula

BanjoBach - Posted - 11/01/2009:  00:22:19

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The giving / taking of a knife is considered bad luck, in as much as it will cause the severing of the friendship between the giver and the receiver. Therefore, the exchange of a knife for money, no matter how small, will apparently prevent such bad luck.

But more importantly, who believes such bad luck / good luck stories these days?







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I'm a man who is frailing in life.

burlap - Posted - 11/01/2009:  00:58:46

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Puma also makes very good pocket knives....

Sultans of Claw - Posted - 11/01/2009:  04:52:07

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quote:

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Originally posted by BanjoBach

The giving / taking of a knife is considered bad luck, in as much as it will cause the severing of the friendship between the giver and the receiver. Therefore, the exchange of a knife for money, no matter how small, will apparently prevent such bad luck.

But more importantly, who believes such bad luck / good luck stories these days?
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Certainly no one who makes their living in the cutlery industry!

Lee Callicutt

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Edited by - Sultans of Claw on 11/01/2009 04:52:31

AD3AD3AD3 - Posted - 11/01/2009:  07:11:21

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You can't go wrong with a SOG twitch or a Benchmade 710.


AD3

BConk - Posted - 11/01/2009:  07:13:50

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quote:

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Originally posted by BanjoBach

The giving / taking of a knife is considered bad luck, in as much as it will cause the severing of the friendship between the giver and the receiver. Therefore, the exchange of a knife for money, no matter how small, will apparently prevent such bad luck.

But more importantly, who believes such bad luck / good luck stories these days?







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I'm a man who is frailing in life.

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My inlaws - as I found out when I gave my Italian father in law an Opinel for grafting apple and pear trees in his garden.



"Defender of the Sacred Cod"
Capio pisces, ergo sum

BConk - Posted - 11/01/2009:  07:26:27

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Uh oh -

I just rememebered the last time anybody gave me a knife. My son in law gave me a Wusthof 8" Santoku for Christmas of 2005. By Christmas of 2006 he and my daughter were separated

Play it safe Sam - just before you hand your dad the box - have him give you a penny



"Defender of the Sacred Cod"
Capio pisces, ergo sum

Nosferatu - Posted - 11/01/2009:  08:52:50

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quote:

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Originally posted by BanjoBach

The giving / taking of a knife is considered bad luck, in as much as it will cause the severing of the friendship between the giver and the receiver. Therefore, the exchange of a knife for money, no matter how small, will apparently prevent such bad luck.

But more importantly, who believes such bad luck / good luck stories these days?







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I'm a man who is frailing in life.

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The Greeks at one time though by giving someone a knife it would "cut" the relationship so a knives were never given, they were traded for something so it wasn't a gift.

Thank you,
"Count" Hugh


"I bent over him, and tried to find any sign of life, but in vain." -- Jonathan Harker, Dracula

Sam 2 - Posted - 11/01/2009:  09:34:47

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Lots of folks have mentioned this so to be on the safe side I'll collect something before I give it.

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People will forget what you say and do, but they will never forget how you treated them.

KE - Posted - 11/01/2009:  09:37:29

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I should think that a Benjamin Franklin would be about right -- just to stay on the safe side.

pooch - Posted - 11/01/2009:  15:29:08

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If it were my friend or familly member (male -female) I would purchase a Swiss army knife (comes multi sze) .#class D 7functions
blade
nail file
screwdriver
scissors
key ring
tweezers
tooth pick
Long lasting warrantly
If it does not say"Victorinox its not a swiss knife. Bout 10.00 Normal $16.00 e at Big Lots,walmart on sale. goes where you wallet leads you. Handy to have one in your banjo case also.

Pooch