A 70 year old knife as a present

[ddokkum]

My grandfather gave me his old scouting knife today.
It is a knife he used in 1938 when he was a boy scout in Holland.
I gave it a good polish and sharpened it and now it is ready to use for another 70 years.

 

[roots]

It must be nice to have that with you when you are out and about. You can carry a part of your Grandfather with you and have the satisfaction of using a good honest old tool as well.

 

[British Red]

Lovely - a piece of family history as well as a tool - fantastic - wear it well

Red

 

[Dingo]

lovely piece of Steel there mate.

 

[Snufkin]

Always nice to put a tool back into service.
If you turned up at scouts with that nowadays you'd be jumped by an armed response unit .

 

[joejoe]

lovely knife.can anyone tell me where i can get a pommell like the one at the top of this knife

 

[sargey]

that is really cool. really, really cool. and that's a cool knife.

thank goodness it wasn't a woodlore eh?

cheers, and.

 

[Matt Weir]

Give it a good sharp edge, take care of it and your Grandad will be proud.

 

[BorderReiver]

A good solid piece of kit.

Your grandson will enjoy using it.

 

[bushscout1]

Thanks for posting, that's a really nice bit of kit.

I say thanks, because you've just prompted me to go & rummage in the loft as I remembered I'd been given a couple of knives a while back by my Dad - one was his, the other my Grandad's...

As this was some years back & they weren't exactly in pristine condition they just got put away for prosterity, and in the mean time I've since use a Frosts Mora, and then saved up, joined the waiting list and eventually got a Woodlore.

I'm currently making myself a Woodlore copy, and from my recently acquired knowledge doing that and this thread, I'm going to have a go at cleaning up the two older knives once I'm finished 'practicing'.

I'll post a thread showing them all once they're done.

Cheers

Jon