Oldest knife you carry

[Grimjaws]

Using the same idea from my Oldest Gun topic how about the oldest Knife

I have my Uncle's K-Bar that he wore when landing at Iwo Jima and Okinawa

One of my most prized possessions

When I was younger and foolish I used it as tackle box knife but once I did my research it became the most cherished knife I own

It has a place of honor next to my 1950 Navy Wool Blanket my Dad was issued when he served in the North Atlantic

So what's the oldest knife you carry?

 

[rbrbrb6]

A Buck 110 I gave my dad in 1973 or 1974 for his birthday. It came back to me after he passed away in 1984.

 

[ContinentalOp]

At the moment, the oldest knife I carry would have to be my Leatherman Juice CS4 multitool. I can't remember when I got it, but it was probably late 2000s. I have a couple of other knives I carry, but I got those in the last couple of months.

The oldest knife I have is a Swiss Army Explorer that I got for my birthday over 30 years ago. Used to carry it everywhere, even to high school. *gasp* I stopped carrying it several years ago because of its sentimental value.

 

[GaryHK]

Spyderco Executive, circa 1986

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I carry a Case I bought probably in the late sixties. I have many Case pocket knifes I bought in the early sixties and later.

BTW, Spelchek or whatever on this site does NOT flag "knifes."

 

[GaryHK]

I carry a Case I bought probably in the late sixties. I have many Case pocket knifes I bought in the early sixties and later.

BTW, Spelchek or whatever on this site does NOT flag "knifes."

I think "knifes" can be used as a verb. That's probably why.

 

[Rpg]

My everyday pocket knife is a Camillus Streamline pen knife from the 1930's. It belonged to my grandfather.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I think "knifes" can be used as a verb. That's probably why.

I'm sure that you are correct. I like my story better.

 

[JH1951]

This "Old Timer" has been in my pocket every day for at least 30 years. It has cut tens of thousands of hay bales, picked hundreds of horse hoofs, and done just about every task it has faced without complaint.
It could tell stories such as when we were flagged as potential terrorists at the Washington Monument, and the day we were expelled from the PA State Capitol......

 

[H Richard]

Not carried much any more but I still have a Boker that my Grandfather carried and gave to me when I was about 6.

 

[raljr1]

My Uncle Joe's Ka-Bar that he carried in the South Pacific during WWII. When my son went overseas as a door gunner on a Chinook in Iraq a couple years ago I gave it to him and he wore it daily when on missions. I told him that his Uncle Joe would watch over him....and he did....

Robert

 

[Mule Packer]

Have posted this before. A Schrade "safety button" knife (aka "switchblade") made in 1919 and given to me by a dear friend. It belonged to his wife's grandfather who purchased it around 1920 in San Francisco of all places. When my friend presented this to me, he said, "It's a working man's knife and I expect you to use it." And I do. It cuts string from hay bales, opens grain sacks, and just about every other task where a guy needs a knife here on the ol' homestead. Over a hundred years old and still going strong.

 

[soonerbb]

My Grandfather's (via my Dad) Case pocket knife, from the early 50's...

 

[squidsix]

Found this spike near the former bed of a narrow gauge rail in western Maine. Been in the soil there since the 1890s.
My friend fashioned a knife out of it, and I made the sheath. Razor sharp and holds an edge remarkable well.

 

[Golddollar]

I have a Swiss Army knife that I probably bought in the late 1980s. It has a corkscrew as one of the more unique tools. Maybe that will give some idea as to when that model came out.

 

[c.w.]

just to keep the thread a little longer...

Not for carry, but grail knife otherwise...from ww2, Cattaraugus 225Q. Been searching for one for years. Most were beaten up, rusty, poorly sharpened, etc. This one was cruddy until I cleaned off what I guess was protectant...behold bright shiny and factory sharp...what a find! Lefty sheath (as issued). Quartermaster's knives have a whole history by themselves.

 

[GaryHK]

Not for carry, but grail knife otherwise...from ww2, Cattaraugus 225Q. Been searching for one for years. Most were beaten up, rusty, poorly sharpened, etc. This one was cruddy until I cleaned off what I guess was protectant...behold bright shiny and factory sharp...what a find! Lefty sheath (as issued). Quartermaster's knives have a whole history by themselves.

I like the pommel on that...

 

[BAM-BAM]

My Dads' WWII belt knife (1943-45) he carried in the South Pacific while in the Coast Guard in the Philippines. Don't carry it often . had a new sheath made about 30 years ago as the original was about to rot away

He had another "folder with a marlin spike and two other blades.

Story; he bought it in Calf before shipping out...... bone handle and guard shaped like a WWII SAS/Fairbairn-Sykes dagger........ with a 7" Bowie style blade. Blade has some saltwater pitting.

Dad was 24- 25, a police motorcycle officer (Indian), who carried a 6" King Custom Colt New Service in .357magnum. Discharged 11/45 as a Quartermaster 2nd Class.

 

[Marshwheeling]

The knife I have owned for the longest is a Löwen Messer Hippekniep I bought in Amsterdam in 1971. We would know the pattern as a Sodbuster (Case). I have some flea market Imperials which could be older, but I can't say.
I have a couple of Opinels which are probably late'70s because the lock rings and bolsters are carbon steel, not just the blade. I no longer carry them because I don't want to modify the handles to a more comfortable shape. The oldest Opinel I carry is mid-'80s, definitely before 1990 because it lacks the cutaway on the bottom of the ring that holds the blade closed.
A couple of SAKs antedate the toothpick and tweezers. I probably got them in the mid '70s, by mail order from LL Bean, as I did my first several Opinels.

 

[.357magger]

Case Tribal Lock in Jugged Peach Bone, because Pop was born in Columbus, GA.

Last knife my Dad bought before he passed away. It's in my pocket right now.