What’s your favorite knife?

[bantam5s]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

That's not an arrowhead ?

[Blowpipe Sam]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

That's not an arrowhead ?

Its not a projectile point.  The blade is longer than my Kershaw pocket knife.  The obsidian is a little too fragile and much too valuable to shoot off on an arrow.  It probably had a bone or antler handle and it may have been longer to start with.  Lithic knives tend to get sharpened and reshaped throughout their lives.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Such an easy answer for me... Of all the knives I own this Buck 186 C is my favorite!
 She holds an edge forever and is so tuned now a "flick of the wrist" extends it.

[bantam5s]

Such an easy answer for me... Of all the knives I own this Buck 186 C is my favorite!
 She holds an edge forever and is so tuned now a "flick of the wrist" extends it.

Fyi that's not a C, it's a 1999 date code.

[bantam5s]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

That's not an arrowhead ?

Its not a projectile point.  The blade is longer than my Kershaw pocket knife.  The obsidian is a little too fragile and much too valuable to shoot off on an arrow.  It probably had a bone or antler handle and it may have been longer to start with.  Lithic knives tend to get sharpened and reshaped throughout their lives.

Interesting.
I don't know really anything about knapped blades.
I have one that my grandmothers nephew knapped but have yet to get the sinew and pine pitch...etc to handle it the traditional way.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Such an easy answer for me... Of all the knives I own this Buck 186 C is my favorite!
 She holds an edge forever and is so tuned now a "flick of the wrist" extends it.

Fyi that's not a C, it's a 1999 date code.

Thanks David... that make sense because that is about the time I got it.

[Matchstickshooter]

  When I was little and my Dad worked in a machine company, he brought home a long butchering knife he made from a "power hacksaw" blade.
 The blade was about 8" long, and he wanted something for butchering out his own deer when he got one. I remember him processing a spikehorn on our kitchen table.
 Well he later shortened the blade to 6" and as he got older, he hunted a bit less. After he had passed on, I found the knife rattling around in my Mom's kitchen junk drawer.
 Dull as can be and the loose handle needing replacing.
  Just before he passed on, he had put his deer rifle in my hands, for having passed "Hunter Safety".
  Six long years passed before I got a Buck, a 7 pointer. 
I said, "this one's for you, Dad." 
  I gave Dads old knife an antler handle from my buck.


     

[anti-squirrel]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

Super cool Sam.  Obsidian blades are nutso-ultra-super-sharp.

Believe it or not, some obsidian can be found in parts of WV and the Ohio River Valley. Once of the guys I used to shoot my bow with was big into flint-napping and had a collection of Obsidian he found in Ohio.  It predates the forming of this continent when the Appalachians (and the Scottish Highlands!) were still part of Africa's Atlas Mountains- of course, we're talking 1+ billion years ago preior to the formation of Pangaea.  Anway... Hocking Hills Mine in Ohio is a source for Obsidian, as well as Amethyst and Peridot   Sonja and I are intending a vacation there this year, even if only for a couple days.

However, the Rockies and points further west are much more reliable sources for Obsidian, especially the Warner Mountains, a subsection of the Sierra Nevada.

[Hoosier Daddy]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

So stinking cool Cap't!
While not a knife, my Dad found something similar here when building the house back in the '70's.
Kirk point spear head...(8000 – 6000 B.C.)

[Insanity]

Currently my 2 go to knives. I have several of the morakniv they worked great when I was doing the blasting job cutting sticks. The case is a nice little pocket knife that gets a lot done for it's size. Don't even feel it in my pocket as the trucks and house keys take up more room.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam one of those were found on our Houston TX property back in the early 80s so that one made it a little further south from the Rockies unless there is someplace in Mexico that has it with all the volcanic activity there.

[bantam5s]

Currently my 2 go to knives. I have several of the morakniv they worked great when I was doing the blasting job cutting sticks. The case is a nice little pocket knife that gets a lot done for it's size. Don't even feel it in my pocket as the trucks and house keys take up more room.

More makes great knives.
I don't like their scandi grind for a general everyday belt knife because it doesn't slice well, but I often carry an orange 511 clipped to my bib overalls working in the shop doing yard work or making/ placing Halloween decorations

[Blowpipe Sam]

  When I was little and my Dad worked in a machine company, he brought home a long butchering knife he made from a "power hacksaw" blade.
 The blade was about 8" long, and he wanted something for butchering out his own deer when he got one. I remember him processing a spikehorn on our kitchen table.
 Well he later shortened the blade to 6" and as he got older, he hunted a bit less. After he had passed on, I found the knife rattling around in my Mom's kitchen junk drawer.
 Dull as can be and the loose handle needing replacing.
  Just before he passed on, he had put his deer rifle in my hands, for having passed "Hunter Safety".
  Six long years passed before I got a Buck, a 7 pointer. 
I said, "this one's for you, Dad." 
  I gave Dads old knife an antler handle from my buck.


     

That's a great story and a great knife Wendell.  I also like your backdrop.  I'm a fan of George Washington Sears and that book resides in my truck during hunting season.

[Blowpipe Sam]

This is not my favorite everyday knife but I do think it’s my coolest knife.

My grandfather found it after a rain on our farm in south eastern Alabama.  There is no source of obsidian closer to Alabama than the Rocky Mountains.  So this knife made its way by various Indian trade routes to a village by a perpetually flowing spring in what is now Rehobeth Alabama.  I like to think that this knife was the prize tool of some Paleolithic hunter gatherer.

Super cool Sam.  Obsidian blades are nutso-ultra-super-sharp.

Believe it or not, some obsidian can be found in parts of WV and the Ohio River Valley. Once of the guys I used to shoot my bow with was big into flint-napping and had a collection of Obsidian he found in Ohio.  It predates the forming of this continent when the Appalachians (and the Scottish Highlands!) were still part of Africa's Atlas Mountains- of course, we're talking 1+ billion years ago preior to the formation of Pangaea.  Anway... Hocking Hills Mine in Ohio is a source for Obsidian, as well as Amethyst and Peridot   Sonja and I are intending a vacation there this year, even if only for a couple days.

However, the Rockies and points further west are much more reliable sources for Obsidian, especially the Warner Mountains, a subsection of the Sierra Nevada.

I don't mind being corrected.  It's always cool to learn something I didn't know.  I'd always been told there was no obsidian east of the Mississippi but I do know it's all over Mexico.  Makes sense it would be found in WV.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Steve (45flint) is the guy who should be in on this conversation.
 His other hobby is turning rocks into pointy things.

[Matchstickshooter]

  When I was little and my Dad worked in a machine company, he brought home a long butchering knife he made from a "power hacksaw" blade.
 The blade was about 8" long, and he wanted something for butchering out his own deer when he got one. I remember him processing a spikehorn on our kitchen table.
 Well he later shortened the blade to 6" and as he got older, he hunted a bit less. After he had passed on, I found the knife rattling around in my Mom's kitchen junk drawer.
 Dull as can be and the loose handle needing replacing.
  Just before he passed on, he had put his deer rifle in my hands, for having passed "Hunter Safety".
  Six long years passed before I got a Buck, a 7 pointer. 
I said, "this one's for you, Dad." 
  I gave Dads old knife an antler handle from my buck.


     

That's a great story and a great knife Wendell.  I also like your backdrop.  I'm a fan of George Washington Sears and that book resides in my truck during hunting season.

Thanks, Captain!
 This was a point in my life (years ago,before airguns) that I was messing around with muzzle loading, and making a lot of my own gear.
 

[Airspace]

I have owned and carried knives since I was a preteen. At 67 yrs old I no longer have a need to carry a knife daily but I do have occasions to carry one. I own cheap folders to handmade fixed blade that were made to fit me only and to this day something my grandpa told me holds true, my favorite knife is the one in my hand doing the job I need it to do.

[avator]

I have owned and carried knives since I was a preteen. At 67 yrs old I no longer have a need to carry a knife daily but I do have occasions to carry one. I own cheap folders to handmade fixed blade that were made to fit me only and to this day something my grandpa told me holds true, my favorite knife is the one in my hand doing the job I need it to do.

Kinda like my airguns.. I don't carry one around with me everywhere I go but my favorite one is the one I'm using at a given time.

[bantam5s]

I suppose I'll just never understand how somebody can say they have no need to carry a tool for cutting things.

[Bicycleman]

In my earlier post, I said:  "gifted to me by a good friend in Louisiana".  Part of giving a gift is the thought that goes into it.  The other part is what the recipient does with that gift.


Every time I use that knife to clean a squirrel, I think about that friend.  We have been friends since the early 1960s.  When I go back to Louisiana, I swing by his place and visit for a while.