Friday, August 17, 2012

My first knife

"First's"  are always a big deal in life.  You typically never forget them.  First fish, first camping trip, first gun, first knife, firs car, first game kill, etc.  This could go on for awhile.  I have been able to hang on to a couple of my first tools that got me started into bushcraft by means of hunting.  My first knife was a Buck 110 Folding Hunter.

It was the only knife I carried for the better part of a decade.  It cleaned my first deer, rabbit, squirrel, pheasant and many more of the same.  It has been a constant companion and I am rather pleased that through all the journeys I haven't lost it. I still take it for small game and bird hunts.  It carries on the hip easy and the 420C steel still takes a razor edge with little effort.  This was an excellent first knife choice by the old man.  I look forward to many more years of use and maybe one day it will be one cool family heirloom with many stories to tell.


3 comments:

  1. the true value of outdoor kit can only be proven by time and use.classic knife well proven by both.

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  2. Great first knife. Looks like you took good care of it, too. :) I had one or two of these in my youth as well, and have fond memories of using them.

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  3. Great Knife!
    still it look like a new one.
    I also love my custom buck 110

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