06-11-2008, 21:05
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Buck 110 / Father's Day Story
Father's Day Story:
Dad had one of the first Buck 110 folders to come out. He kept it shaving sharp and could skin a squirrel faster than anyone I have ever seen.
But he didn't like the sharp edges of the handle scales. He thought the knife too thick for pocket carry and didn't like the way it rubbed holes in his Levis; so he thinned it down and rounded the edges off on his belt sander.
Had a leather lanyard hanging out of his pocket so he could access it quick.
He worked as a process operator at a petro-chemical refinery and counted many dull hours away sharpening that knife and practicing getting it out of his pocket.
Wore the blade down thin from sharpening, using it.
We had family in El Cajon, California at the time and that was where the Buck factory was back then.
On a vacation visit, Dad went over and they put a brand new blade in for him.
Dad, my little brother (9yoa) and I later went down to La Jolla Beach.
Beautiful place. Seals resting on the rocks after swimming down from Alaska. Girls everywhere. (I was 15)
There is a large waterbreak/sea wall there and my brother and several other small kids were mimicking the seals sounds and just being kids. Not many seals in Texas.
I was down a ways ... heading back to my brother while gawking at the California cuties.
Some Berkley looking guy in a trench coat (in July) was close to the kids and told them to "Shut up and leave the seals alone, as they were tired from swimming".
The kids ignored him and kept on as little kids will do.
I noticed Dad started easing that way when assface told the kids to shut up.
Well, this cat walks up and grabs my brother by the nape of the neck and picks him up ... bad move.
He says " I told you to shut up and leave those seals alone"
He then set my little brother down (not so gently) and turned to walk away. When he did so, he turned around on the point of that shaving sharp Buck 110.
Dad had it out before the guy turned around and under his chin so fast the movement was barely visible.
My Dad's face was stone cold. I had never seen that look before ... nor have I seen it since.
Dad had this strange look on his face and he slowly leaned his head from side to side, staring right through the guy ... maniacal ... but with absolutely no emotion ... like he was deciding where to start.
You could see this guy's pulse in his throat.
After a few seconds, Dad lifted the guy's chin straight up with the point of the knife right on the point of the guy's jawline.
Then he told the guy.
"Mister if you touch my kid again ... I am going to cut you into little pieces and feed you to those goddamned seals"
Then he pushed the guy away with the point of the knife, leaving the knife pointed in the guy's face and a decent scratch on his neck as he did so.
The guy sprinted away.
Dad said "Let's go see what else we can get into kids" ... like it never even happened.
My Dad was killed two weeks ago in a car crash.
He fell asleep at the wheel coming home from seeing some friends, left the roadway, hit a tree and his car flipped upside down into the bayou and he drowned.
He's with my Mom now.
He died the way he lived. Over 200 Harleys at his funeral.
The Buck 110 is in my curio cabinet.
Godspeed Pop.
I miss you terribly.
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06-11-2008, 22:04
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Asset
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Brianksain,
Thank you for sharing that.
Your story brings back some memories for me as well. I remember when my Dad took me to get my first knife. It was a Buck Scoutlite. He picked up the standard Bucklite version with a brown handle. I was 11, and that was the start of many years of Father and Son time as I came up through Scouting.
To some it may only be a knife, but to so many of us a knife is like a talisman, bringing back memories of a boy and his Dad, and all the love that we were blessed with.
I am sorry for your loss. May God comfort you and your family during this time. Your Dad sounds like a great man.
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06-11-2008, 22:08
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Sorry for your loss, Brian. He'll live forever in your heart.
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06-11-2008, 22:18
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Brian,
Sorry for your loss brother.
Knowing you, your Dad must have been a great man. Thanks for the story.
TS
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06-11-2008, 22:32
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Condolences, I don't know what else to say, you lost a friend and a father it sounds like.
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06-11-2008, 23:04
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RIP
Prayers out to you and your family, Brian.
LL
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06-11-2008, 23:08
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I lost my father in an auto accident years ago. Here one day, gone the next - no warning. I know how hard it is. My sympathies.
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06-12-2008, 05:42
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Brian:
Sounds like your Dad was a helluva man.
Mine passed in 2001, and something I do or see makes me think about him every day.
RIP, Sir, and prayers out, brother.
TR
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06-12-2008, 06:53
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Brian - Sincerely sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace. Great story, epitomizes a "dad".
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06-12-2008, 07:49
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Prayers out for you and your family! May your father rest in peace.
Thank you for sharing your Dad with us for a few moments!
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06-12-2008, 12:38
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My Dad was a great friend and a good soul.
YOU guys ... are my heroes.
Godspeed in your mission.
out
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06-12-2008, 15:26
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Brian...I'm so very sorry for your loss of your dad....just lost mine in March and it hurts every day. May your dad Rest in Peace, you have my condolences.
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06-12-2008, 15:46
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Brian sorry for your loss....
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06-12-2008, 18:15
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Brian,
I lost my Dad at 10:49 pm, July 16th, 2002. He was 79 and got sick on the 4th of July in Fairbanks, Alaska. He made it home on from Alaska on the morning of the day he died. He went to see his heart doc that morning and was supposed to see him the next day, also.
My wife, kids, and I got to spend the entire day with him. It’s a day I’ll never forget. There are things I remember about him every day. Fathers Day is particularly difficult. He was my best friend, my business partner, and my hero.
I also have my dads 110.
Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss. You have my deepest sympathies.
-HG
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06-12-2008, 22:20
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There is no perfect life ... there is just life.
I am not blaming God, nor will I eat a pistol.
It was just sudden and is just sad.
Time will heal it.
Thanks for the well wishes friends.
bk
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