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Comment by tim payne on March 30, 2015 at 15:36

thanks for sharing john, great picture and the story with it 

Comment by John Bamford on March 30, 2015 at 13:04

Thanks guys , the knife was a gift from my Brother who was in the navy at the time . I have no idea who made it but it was a stainless sheath knife with a hard plastic sort of handle , chequered if I remember correctly . Alas it was lost some time in the distant past , the photo was taken in 1963 when I was 10 . In this country giving a 10 year old a fixed blade knife would be unthinkable , probably be considered a form of child abuse !!  There is no way that Knives Ship Free could send out free knives to youngsters in this country as has been done in the States , though I would love to see what would happen if Derrick tried .  The next knife that I was given after that was a Gurkha Kukri knife !!!

Comment by Michael Squier on March 30, 2015 at 9:01

Thats great, so what was the knife and do you still have it?