Reunited!

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

I had this little Buck 112C that I carried in the truck all the time. It had it's own little space on the dash under the radio and I used it for various sundry jobs from opening the mail to scratching the occasional winning lottery ticket. About a year ago it disappeared. No one that I don't know very well ever rides with me so the likelihood of someone taking it was very slim. I figured it had fallen out of it's cubby and had made it's way out the door since I couldn't find it under the seat or anyplace else.

I'm going to take a quick trip up to see my dad to do some shooting and visiting and I have a three tray tackle box that I carry with me on shooting trips that has cleaning rods, jags, brushes, etc. in it. I got that down and when I opened it up guess who was sitting in the top tray waiting for me. Yep, old 112C. I spent the rest of the evening fiddling with it. It's so nice to find a knife you thought you'd lost! It's like being reunited with an old friend.

Alan

[DancesWithKnives]

Agreed! I have one or two I can't presently locate and I'll be very happy if they turn up like your Buck did.

Congrats,

DWK

[pepaw]

Glad you found it.
I don't think my dad ever lost a knife (Uncle Henry 3 blade about sharpened away). I wished he could have started with a one hand opening lock blade. But you don't miss what you never had.

I have several knives so when I misplace one, I simply grab another. But the last one still hasn't shown up. Has me a little concerned.
Kabar thin handle with thumb stud that opens easily and locks solidly. (Bought two more just in case:))

stumpy

[Bushman]

Don't use what you can't lose. I've told this story before, but my late sister gave me a Schmidt & Ziegler stock knife when I was just a kid and it was my favorite deer dressing knife. Then one deer season it was not in my pocket where it should have been. I looked where ever I had been hunting harder than I ever looked for any deer. I didn't realize what I had lost until I had lost that knife. On the last weekend of hunting season it rolled out from under the truck seat and ever since it has been semi-retired used for things like cutting Scotch Tape on Christmas wrapping. Sentimental value has value. I was happier to get that knife back than if I'd have scored a ten pointer that year. Now I'll only use a good knife that I know that I can replace.

[ncboman]

I've carried my buck 317 in my pocket every day for 25yrs, plane trips aside. One good thing about carrying a big knife, you know when it's not there. ;)

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I once had a 'work knife' in the tray of my truck toolbox. I'd like to have a reunion with that one. :o

ncboman

[Smokey]

Is it not amazing how we get attached to some material things. It might be an old knife worth less then most of our other knives or a cheap single shot shot shotgun when we have a very good Browning sitting next to it in a safe.

I have some great guns that have been passed down over the years from other family members and friends that I truely love. But I also have a single shot shotgun I got in Lock Haven, PA with two and a half books of S&H green stamps. My first shotgun that was not a borrowed gun. Just a plain Stevens shotgun used extensively all over the US for rabbits, squirrel and birds. Even shot a couple deer with it.

In knives I have a Case barehead slimeline with a black handle that went all over the world with me and with some difficulty as it has a blade barely over three inches. That magic measurement that transfoms a plain pocketknife into a very deadly weapon. My father gave me that knife after I graduated from OCS at FT Sill. The first time I lost it was in a military airport in Germany when I was picking up a new Battalion commander. Going through security a guard open the knife , saw the blade was 1/8th inch too long and dropped it through a hole in a locked box. I was shocked, he had not even said a word, just dropped it through the hole. To shorten this story , after three days of driving 60 miles each way working my way up through the command structure, I got it back.

[Bushman]

Mrs. NCB to NCB, "Are you just happy to see me or is that a Buck 317 in your pocket?"

[DancesWithKnives]

Back in the '70s, when I was in high school, I bought another manufacturer's carbon steel version of that 317. It is a good knife with a comfortable grip but I wish it had locking blades.

DWK

[Mod 12]

Back in the '70s, when I was in high school, I bought another manufacturer's carbon steel version of that 317. It is a good knife with a comfortable grip but I wish it had locking blades.

DWK

I believe I have several of those as well. I really like mine but wish I had the Buck too.

Well, it's good to be back at huntamerica under my original name and look forward to all your posts. Now if I could just figure out how to get back into Blade.

Regards,

Big John