What is your oldest knife still in use?

medic07

November 18, 2020 01:27

Got to thinking about this when my friend asked what to get her future SIL for Christmas. He likes to hunt and fish the Great Lakes areas.

Told her every man needs a good reliable knife. That made me think about all the knives I have used over the years in everyday use as well as military. I realized that I somehow always came back to the same knife to carry daily (even in uniform).

I to this day still carry the Buck 110 Folding Hunter that my father bought me for Christmas when I was 14. I have had to replace the leather sheath twice (last time I went with their nylon sheath) but that knife still locks up tight, holds an edge and does what I need it to do for daily tasks and simple things in the woods when hiking or hunting.

Wood is worn smooth and the brass definitely has darkened over the years but it is still reliable and means a lot to me as it came from my dad the same year he bought me my Marlin 336 30-30 (used that for many years and just in the last 10 years passed it on to one of my nephews to hunt with as I use a Marlin 336 SDT now).

So what is your oldest or most prized knife that you still use?

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  lkannes

  November 20, 2020 02:36

  

  The knife on the left (dark scales) belonged to my maternal grandfather. It is a Trustworthy Hardware #36810. The other belonged to my paternal grandfather. It's a Henry Sears and Sons knife. To be honest I don't carry them anymore for fear of losing them. I believe them both to be from the 1930's-40's.

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  chme

  November 20, 2020 02:37

  5 inch butcher knife that my grandad made from a chrome molly power hacksaw blade. Not only will it hold an edge, but it think it could cut a railroad rail in half.

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  JasonV

  November 21, 2020 00:32

  Oldest one I have that I bought myself is one of the original Leathermans. Bought in 1988 at the PX at Fr. Drum NY. Still use it every day.

  
  

  I have some older ones but they don't have sentimental value.

  
  

  Those Buck 110s are classics.

  
  

  I just picked up a new Buck Cadet three blade folder. I am very impressed with the fit and finish and overall quality. Handles good and it very pretty. Made in the USA even.

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