OK I admit it: I'm a knife junkie...

[Mike Poindexter]

Here's a Corbet Sigman working hunter from 1983. Sold for $40 new. Dont get me started.

[BRDHNTR]

BUCK knives rule

[Phil Yearout]

Some cool knives showing up. I feel guilty sometimes because I only use a few of what I have. I never thought of myself as a "collector" but I guess I am. Besides these I have my daily carry knife and ones in my field bag and the truck ...

[Andy]

Dammit Phil now I gotta buy more knives

[Kenneth F]

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This one travels well to favorite places.

[edgarspencer]

This knife has been my daily carry for the past 25 years, though I've owned it since I was 10. I found it in a box of junk under my grandfather's work bench, and he told me I could have it. It was given to him by his father, when he was also 10 (1882). Like most everything he owned, it was made in Meriden, CT, where he was born. Miller Brothers was located a stone's throw from the Cherry St office of Parker Brothers.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Now that's COOL

[Steve Hodges]

This is a very interesting thread on a subject that I do not often think about but as a big game hunter I know that really good knives are hard to come by. My ultimate knife was given to me as a Christmas Present by my parents in 1969 when I was a Junior in High School. An LL Bean 3" folding with a leather carrying sheath. It has a Schrade Made in USA blade. I have processed countless deer, bear and three Moose with this knife. Contrary to popular belief you do not need an 18" blade to process deer and moose with. The blade holds and incredible edge and has never rusted on me, although I have always taken care of it. After years and years of use the locking back wore out and it will now not lock so when using it I have to be careful. When I first noticed that It would no longer lock I went to Beans in Freeport and requested a new knife as it has a lifetime guarantee. They said sure, just leave us your knife and we will give you a new one. This was around 2000. I politely declined and of course kept my knife.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges

When I first noticed that It would no longer lock I went to Beans in Freeport and requested a new knife as it has a lifetime guarantee. They said sure, just leave us your knife and we will give you a new one. This was around 2000. I politely declined and of course kept my knife.

A similar thing happened to me, but I didn't have the option to keep my knife. I had an early Case 'Cheetah', that would no longer lock, so I sent it back to Case. They mailed me a new, much lower quality, current version, and told me they could not repair it, so were giving me a new one. I always suspected some employee ended up taking my old knife home.