New owner.

[johnny twoshoes]

I was down at my grandfather's place the other day, our conversation turned to knives as usual, we started to talk about his dad's knife, a Western trapper.
He looked at me and said ''whenever your ready for it.''

It's now one of my greatest knives I own, I love the history it has in it's deep patina, I wish I could have met him, but he died before I was even a twinkle in anyones eye.
Here's a picture.

[theblindog]

WOW!!
talk bout a knife with character!
congrat on the new "old" knife Johnny,

[gringo]

beautiful knife...

now wipe that thumb print off the pistol.

[chetr1200c]

can you imagine your grandfather taking this knife from his pocket to cut a lenght of rope or maybe shave some wood off your dads toy plane...your a very lucky man to have that piece of family history

[chetr1200c]

johnny i see your from sarver, pa. its a bit of a drive, but are you going to the lewisburg knife show this weekend?

[johnny twoshoes]

Gringo, already taken care of, I knew I was gonna hear something about that.

Chet, I'm not going to the show. Right now I don't have the money to add anything nice to the collection, and I don't feel like torturing myself like that.
I'm very proud to be the new owner of a knife that my great grandfather actually carried, I love the thoughts of that.

Thanks Blindog.

[FRJ]

Absolutly beautiful knife johnny. I have a couple myself.
Nice Harrington & Richards, 9 shot.

[gino]

Wow! Thats awesome Caleb! That has to be your all time fav knife?
All the knives I own not one has sentimental value to me. You are very lucky!

[philco]

Caleb that is a great knife that has a great story to go with it. Something tells me your great grandfather would have been pleased to know his knife had found its way down the generational line to such a fine young man who could appreciate it and take good care of it.

Thanks for sharing it with us here.

Phil

[jmh58]

Way to go Caleb!! That knife is way cool!! DONT loose it!! All the history in it and you told me that you like old!! Again very nice and a great pic too!! John

[Paladin]

Johnny,
Great, great knife and great story to go with it. It is something you can treasure until you pass it along to one of your offspring!

Ray

[vikingdog]

Beautiful knife Johnny T. and great photo. You're pretty lucky to be the heir to something like that. You'll always
remember the day your grandfather gave you that knife.

[robinetn]

Caleb , Here's his younger brother , but he doesn't have the rich heritage yours does !

[gino]

Here is mine but its worthless in meaning compared to yours! I always loved this knife and turned down many a trade for it. I know yours will be special to you! :: nod::

[johnny twoshoes]

It has a very special place in my collection for sure.
My great grandfather didn't really like big game hunting, but I hear he loved to hunt small game, and that he was good at it.
I guess he put a lot of food on the table from hunting, I can only imagine how many animals were cleaned out with this knife, I enjoy just holding this knife, thinking of the times it's seen.

Thanks guys for showing me your knives, very nice.

[elbertson]

That's a beautiful knife! Wish I had anything from my grandfather. It certainly looks as if it was treated with respect and well cared for.

[griz1200]

Johnnie..You can tell that your Grandad thought a lot of this knife. Used but not abused. You have a real treasure there.

Griz

[edgy46]

Johnny
Great knife and a great story, and you are a lucky man.

[Chase]

Very nice knife J...even better that it was handed down!

Looks like a Schrade...loololo.....could be you know...Schrade did make some Westerns!

Tom

[Dave O]

Great knife. I have a beat up and rusted knife that I traded a new trapper(case) to my Uncle for. He lost the new case the next week, but I still have his KaBar trapper. It means more to me than the Case dot Trapper.... He probably found it, because it has been out in the weather for awhile. This trade took place before he died, in the early 70's.. It is good we can appreciate our predecessors and remember them with something they appreciated..

[Owd Wullie]

WAY cool knife Johnny!!

[On Edge]

Johnny,

That is awesome that you have a FOURTH generation family knife!

I don't know of many that have their Great-Grandfather's knife - I'd flip just to have my Grandfather's.

Happy for you, Brother.



~Edge

[Toejammer]

Thats pretty cool for sure !

[orvet]

Awesome Johnny, your great grandfather's knife!
I don't have a knife that goes that far back in the family.
That is really cool! Do you have a picture of your great grandfather?

That is a real legacy knife!

[johnny twoshoes]

Orvet, I know I have one somewhere, I'll check with my Mom and see what I vane come up with.
Thanks again guys.