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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2018, 01:56:05 PM »
I remember getting my first knife...not sure what the occasion was..maybe it was just before we moved away. 

I was 11, in the 5th grade and the father of one of the girls in the neighborhood, Ken Pennington, gave me my first knife (he had checked with my parents to see if it was ok).  He told me to keep it with me as a man should always be armed.   

He also taught me to play chess.

I had that knife with me when I joined the army at age 18,  but lost track of it some time since then.
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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2018, 11:52:10 PM »
I think one of my brothers had one of these too and they were Christmas presents. I had a robot with machine guns that popped out of its chest but I'm not sure which one. I think it was like the first one but bigger. There was a version of the second one that had a robot head instead of an astronaut's. I don't think the first one came with a robot head too but there several robot variations by the same company. I think they were a foot tall and the batteries go in the back. They're worth about $250 now.


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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2018, 01:03:26 AM »
My first knife must have been my Barlow. I don't know what brand it was but it said BARLOW on it and the handle was a saw cut texture. I think it had a sheepsfoot blade and maybe a pen blade too. Some cop took it from me.
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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2018, 01:13:20 PM »
My first knife must have been my Barlow. I don't know what brand it was but it said BARLOW on it and the handle was a saw cut texture. I think it had a sheepsfoot blade and maybe a pen blade too. Some cop took it from me.

I had a Barlow too. I bought it from my uncle's local store the first year I worked in tobacco.....he had them on one of those stand-up cardboard displays and think I paid $3.99 for it (circa 1982). I think I still have it in one of my "keepsake" cigar boxes in my trunk under the bed.




My first knife was a tiny 3-bladed jack knife my grandpa gave me when I was around six or seven. It's not even as big as my little finger...... still have it too.
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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2018, 05:08:23 PM »
Speaking of knives, buck now makes a 110 that is automatic.  Thr local toy store has it for $200, i keep meaming too check and see if i can find one online for way less.
I always break all the clay pigeons,  some times its even with lead.

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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2018, 04:12:34 PM »
Was hoping too find it in the $120 range.  If I could do that I would buy 30 of them and give one too every employee
I always break all the clay pigeons,  some times its even with lead.


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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2018, 02:57:38 PM »
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BU0110BRSA/buck-110-auto-folding-hunter-plain-blade-macassar-dymondwood-handles-leather-sheath

120 bucks...
and ordered.  They actually cut me a better deal since I bought so many. Thanks and I know my guys will like then.  Hell, even my 2 women on staff will.  1 is a bow Hunter, that brought in deer jerky, the other is a be a instructor and ex marine
I always break all the clay pigeons,  some times its even with lead.

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Re: What is the first Christmas present you remember getting?
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2018, 03:35:45 PM »
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