A gift from GSMITH
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A gift from GSMITH
Received in the mail today a first Generation 72 today. I always wanted one and now I do. Thank you Greg!!
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Wow ! Nice. Saber grind on both sides. Not many of these around. Only made for 1 year about 72 years ago.
Very fine gift.
kj
Very fine gift.
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Thanks for the info KJ!! I really like this one and feel blessed to be the recepient of such a fine piece of cutlery!kootenay joe wrote:Wow ! Nice. Saber grind on both sides. Not many of these around. Only made for 1 year about 72 years ago.
Very fine gift.
kj
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Kevin be careful. The dadgummed things are like potato chips. Bless you Greg. Ya done good.
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Thank ya Jerry!! I see why you like em!! Dang it feels good in the hand and pocket!! Always wanted one. Never thought I would get a first generation. Don't know alot about them. But boy o boy I sure do like it!!jerryd6818 wrote:Kevin be careful. The dadgummed things are like potato chips. Bless you Greg. Ya done good.
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Way to go Greg. You're a class act my friend.
Woodwalker you've got yourself a beautiful knife there. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Woodwalker you've got yourself a beautiful knife there. I hope you'll enjoy it.
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Mighty generous ... 'ya done good snuffy .
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Life is memories Greg!! Good lifetime memory right there!! Good job bud!!
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A really NICE gift from a really good guy! That is a sho nuff good one to add to or start a #72 collection for sure!!
I REALLY enjoy hanging out in this forum with such caring and generous people!
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..........a very nice gift from a really nice guy!!!............. ...................
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Good on you Greg. Although I thought Jerry had them all.
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LOL.... I think Jerry has his share and a lot of my share....wlf wrote:Good on you Greg. Although I thought Jerry had them all.
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Au contraire mon frère. I only have two of the first gen's. Greg has all of the rest. He's a genuine, dyed in the wool, hoarder.Meridian_Mike wrote:LOL.... I think Jerry has his share and a lot of my share....wlf wrote:Good on you Greg. Although I thought Jerry had them all.
Edit: Wellll, except for one that Treefarmer has.
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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jerryd6818 wrote: Au contraire mon frère.
I only have two of the first gen's. Greg has all of the rest. He's a genuine, dyed in the wool, hoarder.
Shame on you Jerry...... speaking in foreign tongues so I won't understand you....LOL.
OK, so NOW I see.....
Greg is the one who has the bulk of MY share....
But aren't you going to 'fess up to at least having at least some of MY share?
LOL....
pullin' on y'all's legs...
Here is my experience with "I need my share"...
I hunt arrowheads.... I have a couple of guys that hunt with me. We USED to have a "friend" that hunted with us too. Finding arrowheads around here is a competition to say the least. WELL.... Me and 2 of my huntin' pards found a spot that had several in it. We told the other fellow we found a spot and we want to go back next weekend when he can go.
HE PITCHED A FIT!! He wanted to go get "HIS SHARE" right now!! (He is retired so he can go anytime.)..... thus he could go 6 days in a row before we could go back TOGETHER!!
There was a meeting called.... everyone but the newspaper was called in to hear about the terrible injustice that had been done to deprive him of getting..."HIS SHARE"....
So... after that... my buds and I use the phrase, "our share" as a "fond" reminder of that incident.
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..I thought the 1st gen knives had the pen blade paired with the master????.......... .............woodwalker wrote:Received in the mail today a first Generation 72 today. I always wanted one and now I do. Thank you Greg!!
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...just checked the 3 I have....pen blade IS paired with the master and the coping blade is on the opposite end!!........ ................
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And you would be exactly 100% correct sir.carrmillus wrote:..I thought the 1st gen knives had the pen blade paired with the master????.......... .............woodwalker wrote:Received in the mail today a first Generation 72 today. I always wanted one and now I do. Thank you Greg!!
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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I really hate to rain on your parade and be a Delbert Downer but your knife is not a 1st Gen. Sorry partner. The small clip blade has been re-profiled.woodwalker wrote:Received in the mail today a first Generation 72 today. I always wanted one and now I do. Thank you Greg!!
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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You know ,I just noticed that myself. I do believe I may have sent the wrong one. I Think that may be one I got from Randy where the Pen had been reprofiled like a coping blade. I will have to rectify that for Woodwalker who is the real hero here anyway. Here is the swing guard he sent meand it has re beautified this old Case.
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Mike, I passed High School Freshman French class with a D-. I sighed a breath of relief and never went near it again until the late '90s when my favorite Aunt and I went to Paris (Linnea was "too busy to go". Her loss and I think she has regretted it ever since.). The amazing thing was that what little I learned in that class that had lain fallow for 40 years but it stood me in good stead for that trip. I wasn't able to communicate freely of course but I could stumble through some really basic stuff and they seemed to appreciate me trying enough to help out with what English they had (which was a bunch more than what French I had).Meridian_Mike wrote:jerryd6818 wrote: Au contraire mon frère.
I only have two of the first gen's. Greg has all of the rest. He's a genuine, dyed in the wool, hoarder.
Shame on you Jerry...... speaking in foreign tongues so I won't understand you....LOL.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Carmillus: I really don't know much about them. Only what Greg said in his letter to me that came in the box. He said it was a first gen.??
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Awesome Greg what a beautiful Cheetah my friend!! Glad I could help. And I love the 72 regardless. It is beautiful in my eyes!!gsmith7158 wrote:You know ,I just noticed that myself. I do believe I may have sent the wrong one. I Think that may be one I got from Randy where the Pen had been reprofiled like a coping blade. I will have to rectify that for Woodwalker who is the real hero here anyway. Here is the swing guard he sent meand it has re beautified this old Case.
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Jerry I really like the knife and I like Greg a whole bunch to. First gen or not I really think that is the finest piece of cutlery I own. No rain here! But I do thank you for the info. Now if I can find the courage to stick it in my pocket!! Thank you Greg!!jerryd6818 wrote:I really hate to rain on your parade and be a Delbert Downer but your knife is not a 1st Gen. Sorry partner. The small clip blade has been re-profiled.woodwalker wrote:Received in the mail today a first Generation 72 today. I always wanted one and now I do. Thank you Greg!!