The Story of a Knife

[twomoons]

Well here is an interesting blade, this was one of the first knives iI MADE, in about 1968 or so. The blade is a Navy marked K Bar that my Uncle brought home in 1951 or so. He used it for a scraper in the shop for years and finally in the mid 60's he left it on the floor of the garage on night and the mice ate the leather handle off. He was going to throw it away and I got it instead and put on a handle made from a chunk of found deer antler. I carried it and used it off and on for years and had it put away for a long time. When Uncle Dick died I dug out the knife and tried to give it to his grandkids but none of them were even interested.

The blade itself was a quartermasters knife and it was originaly 5 1/2" long and 1 /38" wide. It has been ground and sharpened down to 5x1, but it still holds a good edge. The antler handle was set in with epoxy and it is still as tight now as it was years ago. I recently had to remake a sheath for it as the one it came with had rotted away after 60 plus years of abuse. If you look close you can still see the scratches where it was sharpened on a grinding wheel in the past.

I still have the pistol belt, canteen and web gear that I got from Uncle Dick when I started camping. Too bad none of his kids or grandkids are interested in camping, hunting or working with tools.

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[Jack]

Nice story, Twomoons.
Don't you wish old knives, guns, could talk, and tell their histories?

[twomoons]

They do but most folks don't listen...

I was always interested in the history of things so I listened around the wood stove. I had Gramps tell the story of the 97 that has been used by 5 generations of our family so far and I wrote it down for my grandkids. My Uncle Dicks kids could care less that he almost fell off a destroyer in the South China sea or that he missed his ship in New Orleans and had to fly to Virginia to keep from being listed awol. Too many folks don't care about anyhting that happened last month, let alone 50 years ago.

[deputydon]

May 11, 2010 14:52:45 GMT -5 twomoons said:

They do but most folks don't listen...

I was always interested in the history of things so I listened around the wood stove. I had Gramps tell the story of the 97 that has been used by 5 generations of our family so far and I wrote it down for my grandkids. My Uncle Dicks kids could care less that he almost fell off a destroyer in the South China sea or that he missed his ship in New Orleans and had to fly to Virginia to keep from being listed awol. Too many folks don't care about anyhting that happened last month, let alone 50 years ago.

Sad but true!!!!!