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My dad and the "JUNKER" in his pocket.

Received the famous Stanley May "junker" this last week in the mail. It was a slow day at work so my wife brought it up to me. When I got it I was very excited to see just how beautiful it was. I had a place ready for it in my display case and everything!

The only problem was this.....My father came by the job and saw it.

He said he had one one like it when he was younger and wanted to know if I would sell it. I was a bit torn, all for about one second. I showed him that the blades were half gone and that this jewel had seen it's better day. He said that the blades were not half gone, they were half there!

I laughed and noticed just how much he loved that old beat up tool. He took my stone off of my desk and started slapping an edge on it. He really loved that knife. What could I do?

I told him that this knife needed a good home and that he was more then free to take it home with him. He asked what I was going to do with it. I told him I was putting it up on my wall and he just looked at me. He had a better place for it.....His pocket!

He was just as happy to receive it as I was, and not near as happy as I was to give it to him.

This would not ever had happened if I was not a member of this fine community.

My thanks to all!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on January 6, 2013 at 7:47

Steven,

Happy Day! That is just the best story I have ever heard about about an old knife finding a home that will continue to value it's usefulness in it's lifetime.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 6, 2013 at 9:02

And so it goes for another knife. They just never stop sometimes, some fall apart or are broken, some just keep going in the pocket or on a shelf somewhere. That is partly why knife collecting is so much fun!