The First Knife

Wow.

 

I wish I had my first knife still but I remember it. I saved a ton of bazooka joe gum wrappers to get it. It was junk but it was mine. Mom took it away( as she should it was too much knife for me at that age) found it years later and probably lost it in my last move.

 

Well, evidently Dad was a cheap@ss because my 1st knife was a 4 blade Camp King folder.. He got better though, by the time I was old enough to deer hunt I had a pretty nice Buck skinner. No pics as the middle daughter has the camp king and I broke the skinner as a dumb@ss teenybopper.

 

First knife was a Case Jack knife given to me by my Grand Dad. Still have it all these years later! My all time fave is my Boy Scouts knife back when you were able to get a good one! I carry that and use it daily! I also Took a kissing Crane Switch Blade from a schoolmate who had ill intent on his mind, a quick kick to the hand and that knife went in my pocket never to be returned!

 

Since i was 7-8 I've had a pocket knife.
Grand father made knives as presents for friends and family, so it was tradition .
However my first fixed blade was a cheap store bought one, simply because with me there was the distinct possibility of it being lost.
And it was .
Funny enough 40 years later I found one in the desert exactly like the one I had .
Made a few and gave them away and have a few I bought as a kid . but my favorites are Gramp's which my son now has.