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Originally Posted by sammyg2
When i gradi-ated high school and headed off to engineering school, my father gave me his drafting set he used in college. It was really something special, made in the 40's and everything was swiss watch quality. Black leather box with felt lining, and it was full of sentimental value.
It meant a great deal to him giving me that set, it made me really nervous.
Two semesters later i had it locked up in my desk locker in drafting class, and someone broke it and stole it. Evidently someone had saw it and wanted it as that was the only drawer/locker that was broken into. I still suspect the professor did it.
I was sick, my father didn't make a fuss but I could tell he was seriously disappointed.
In hindsight I wish I had stuck it in a safe deposit box and never touched it.
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My mother gave me her father's drafting set, from about 1910...I know what you mean.
Back on knives.
When I was in scouts, the typical knife was a non-locking "camping" folder, similar to the Swiss Army knives. Only the rich kids had actual Swiss Army knives. And the really rich wanna-bees had those giant Swiss knives with everything but the kitchen sink.
I can't remember the brand, but I carried a fairly standard fixed camping/hunting knife with a stout blade about 4" long. It had a straight unsharpened back. The Front was straight from the hilt until about 2/3rds from the hilt where it narrowed and eventually came to a point at the tip. It was not expensive and it lasted for years. I think it was lost in a college foot locker theft.
It looked a lot like this, except the back of the blade was straight all the way back.
I also remember it being a little bit pointier than the above knife.