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Comment by stephen tungate on January 14, 2012 at 10:19

very interesting  jj it says everything i did as a child. and i'm sure most of us here.of course i think we all carved or initials in a tree or a side of a barn or something like that.and had to act as daniel boone to see how good we was at sticking the knife from a distance. brings back good memmorie's ....but as ron say's people are scared to carry a knife now day's for fears of being arrested that's very sad.....

Comment by Ron Cooper on January 14, 2012 at 1:57

yep! back then, even when i was a lad, a boy could carry a pocket knife just about anywhere -- including the schoolyard. nowadays a knife in school is grounds for immediate expulsion. possibly an arrest? heck! do scouts even get to carry scout knives anymore? i can't remember the last time i saw anyone playing mumbly-peg?

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 2, 2010 at 19:19

.. that could have passed for results of a "current study" well into the 50's in rural WI .. a lot to be said for growing up in a rural farming community .. hehehe

.. had my kids @ my Mom's .. the old farmhouse I was raised in .. they found some of my handiwork .. wood floor of my old rm .. had to have been about 12/13 .. learning to throw a knife .. ooooops !!!

Comment by J.J. Smith III on May 2, 2010 at 16:59

IDK.
"Spent all their money for knives owning as high as five or six at one time."

Comment by J.J. Smith III on May 2, 2010 at 16:55

http://books.google.com/books?id=lNMLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=...

In Memoriam Comment by Scott King on May 2, 2010 at 9:03

I like that! What is the full address of that article?