That was a very fun thread to read. I also like knives a lot. I have many many cheap, small foldable ones, a few good Buck such as the 110, 119, 117, and etc... And the one I carry while hunting is a Buck Bantam that is camo with a 3-1/2 inch blade. I don't remember the exact model, could be a BBW 286 or something. I LIKE it! I like the pocket clip, it holds very strong and the blade is good too.
A few of your stories also brought me back in memories some of the stories I have with knives... I have two in particular...
One of my very first pocket knife was a small folding knife, with two small blades of maybe 2-1/2 inches for the bigger one and 1-1/2 for the small one. I never found what brand it was, but the steel was actually good on this blade.
The story of this knife was that we were going on a canoe ride on the river at our hunting camp and before getting in, i was looking on the ground at the muddy launching ramp that we had and i found the knife! It was there, in the mud! I must had like 7 or 8 years old. After verifications with my grandpa, it was nobodie's knife and I got to keep it. I have gutted a lot of trouts with the dull blade that it had haha
The knife was good looking actually. The handle was made with an imitation of deer antler and it had some brass colored metal where the blade would fold. It is similar to a buck 301, just with 2 blades instead of 3.
The other story I have with knives is my first (and only actually haha) multi tool plier. We went on a fishing trip with a friend my grandfather had at the time and the fishing was really bad we could say haha We didn't caught anything, it was hot... I was again, around 8 years old I'd say. So after fishing time we would go to the cabin and my grandpa's friend let me shoot .22lr... It was the first time I was shooting for real boyyy i liked that haha. And we did other things during the weekend,
Riding around on atvs, etc. If I recall, i think he would let me drive his atv when we would go to lakes to fish... I think the friend really liked me and enjoyed sharing his weekend with a young boy very passionnate about hunting and fishing and at the end of the weekend, when it was time to say goodbyes, he went in his cabin and came out with a multi tool pliers and gave it to my dad and said : that's for your boy, I have many others...
I also remember gutting many trouts with the dull blade it had haha and I still have it with me when I fish...
