Pocket knives.

   / Pocket knives. #41  
I picked up some nice knives that the airports confiscated from people trying to board with them. Dirt cheap too! :cool2:
 
   / Pocket knives. #42  
k0ua we brought our 22's to grade school so we could go get dinner after school, I'll say times have changed.

Yep, some brought .222 and 30-30 in their cars/trucks in high school to hunt after school.

We managed to not shoot each other. Somehow. I just don't know what changed. People didn't think anything about us kids having firearms and knives. We all had them. I had my first .22 rifle when I was 12, and a .22 semi auto pistol when 13. I was turned loose with the .357 revolver and high powered rifles and shotguns when I was 14. Kept the old Herters .357 revolver under my bed and the Arisaka Japanese 7.7 rifle and 16 gauge shotgun in the closet nearby. How many remember those old Herters revolvers? You could mail order them back in the 60s before the GCA of 68. They didn't cost much, about the cheapest high powered revolver you could buy. They came in .357 magnum .44 magnum and a proprietary to Herters cartridge called the .401 Powermag.

Herters revolvers - Google Search
 
   / Pocket knives. #43  
Yep... Every guy in my high school carried a Buck or a Schrade knife on his belt... and a pack of chewing tobacco or Skoal in his back pocket... Gee whiz... the good old days.... :confused3:

No one chewed or dipped in my high school, and very few smoked cigarettes. Pretty much everyone drank and/or smoked dope, though. Surprisingly, we all got along pretty well. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, *****, ******, wastoids, dweebies, *********, we all got along fine. :laughing:
 
   / Pocket knives. #44  
I had a Buck 110 pocket knife for many years back in the 60-70's & 80's and one day I broke the springy thing that holds the blade open. My wife and I where at the NRA convention when it was held in Philadelphia back in the 80's and we stopped at the Buck Knives booth. While there I pulled this knife out and asked the man if Buck could fix it for me as it had sentimental value. The representative said no to my request but handed me a new one in the box and said: My name is Chuck Buck and thanked me for being a customer of theirs. Still have it. Bob

Nice! :thumbsup:
 
   / Pocket knives. #45  
Lightning out-the-front, the most handy knife I’ve ever carried.

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   / Pocket knives. #46  
I brought the wood parts of my Stevens .410 single shot to woodworking class in high school for fixing a crack and re-finishing. And I brought the metal parts for re-bluing to metals class.

Nobody made a fuss over it except the other kids. They all wanted to see it before and after.

For pocket knifes, it depends what I am doing.
Everyday is a 2" Old timer
Field tiling was a 4" Buck
Fishing was a 8"~ fillet.

Back in the 80's I had the 4" Buck on my belt and the alarms went off when going through security at the airport. I handed the knife to the attendant and went back through the scanner. The attendant gave me back my knife and let me go into the boarding area.
 
   / Pocket knives. #48  
Yep, some brought .222 and 30-30 in their cars/trucks in high school to hunt after school.

We managed to not shoot each other. Somehow. I just don't know what changed. People didn't think anything about us kids having firearms and knives. We all had them. I had my first .22 rifle when I was 12, and a .22 semi auto pistol when 13. I was turned loose with the .357 revolver and high powered rifles and shotguns when I was 14. Kept the old Herters .357 revolver under my bed and the Arisaka Japanese 7.7 rifle and 16 gauge shotgun in the closet nearby. How many remember those old Herters revolvers? You could mail order them back in the 60s before the GCA of 68. They didn't cost much, about the cheapest high powered revolver you could buy. They came in .357 magnum .44 magnum and a proprietary to Herters cartridge called the .401 Powermag.

Herters revolvers - Google Search

Yes, then think 40's, 50's oh well times HAVE changed.
 
   / Pocket knives. #49  
I have a Benchmade also. Had another one too but it ended up in a fire by accident.
 
   / Pocket knives. #50  
My current daily carry is a yellow-scaled, Case "Stockman's" pattern, 3 blades--a long clip point for general use, a short, thick sheep's foot for abusive use, and a really sharp, seldom used, spey point for surgery. But I am proselytizing. I recall a campfire discussion where the virtues of Marble, Schrade, Case, Buck, Bowker were espoused, and Swiss Army knives were roundly disparaged. One guy said, "Pull out what's in your pocket." Over half were Swiss Army knives.
 

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