I think I wanted one of the sawback hollow handled knives but instead had a Swiss Army knife (that closed hard on a finger, nearly severing it, while stabbing open my dad’s shotgun cartridges to get the powder out). After that I was given an Opinel #8 so I didn’t make the same mistake again.
A local shop sold some knives so we were always buying Whitby folders, and also a Fairburn Sykes rubbish copy. My dad went nuts when he saw that and took it back to the shop, pretty much ripped the guys head off for selling a teen a stabbing knife intended as a weapon. Me and my mate, well we liked all that war stuff, I suppose it was like a blank firer for us, all the noise and excitement but not intended to harm.
Best 80’s knife was from an Italian knife shop on holiday. I got to choose, and picked an antler handled hidden tang sheath knife with a rounded polished aluminium pommel.
A local shop sold some knives so we were always buying Whitby folders, and also a Fairburn Sykes rubbish copy. My dad went nuts when he saw that and took it back to the shop, pretty much ripped the guys head off for selling a teen a stabbing knife intended as a weapon. Me and my mate, well we liked all that war stuff, I suppose it was like a blank firer for us, all the noise and excitement but not intended to harm.
Best 80’s knife was from an Italian knife shop on holiday. I got to choose, and picked an antler handled hidden tang sheath knife with a rounded polished aluminium pommel.