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Originally Posted by red-beard
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. |
Dang it, I think I'm going to buy another one now...