I Wasn't Supposed To Touch This Knife As A Kid - TKG 224

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[@anbu94]

5:33 in an alternate universe he ignored the bowie knife on the wall and became fascinated with the lure making station. Decades later he makes a KZbin channel all about collecting lures, even doing a series where he buys and reviews awful fantasy lures from Amazon that look like dragons.

[@henryg683]

Thanks uncle Mike for having this knife mounted on the wall for starting our man MCs knife journey started at a very young age!!! And here we are watching and making choices on knives and making our own journey in the hobby!!!😂😂😂!!!

[@NeevesKnives]

I was lucky in the way I was allowed to carry a pocket knife at a very early age, my father knew the things I would be around and the dangers so he thought it was better to teach me how to properly use tools. And because of that I was hunting, and using power tools etc very young

[@dannyjudson932]

And why you wear bandages every day 😂. ❤ your channel bro 🤘👊

[@bornonthebattlefront4883]

Same I got my first pocket knife at 7, a BB gun at 9 and a .22 at 11 And was manning the chop saw at 13 I might not have put many houses together, but I’ve cut the timber for the men who did!

[@NeevesKnives]

@@bornonthebattlefront4883 im pretty much the same started carty a pocket knife at 5 or 6, hunting by the age of 8 was working construction at the age of 10 in a serious way, tought to drive stick at 11 or 12, was running big machines at the same age if not a little earlier. He'll I was smoking at the age of 12 😆

[@NeevesKnives]

@@dannyjudson932 yesir 👊

[@henryg683]

Same thing for me Jared but more towards power tools at a young age and a true blessing for knowing things grown men didn’t know for being able to use power tools,I too was in construction and a bricklayer by trade and had to deal with all the trades when put into a management situation!!!

[@AdamPaul-o1p]

Great story! I have a similar story…. But instead of a gigantic Bowie… it was my father’s Italian stiletto switchblade. One day when I was about 10-11 years old, I was with my dad when he was going through some boxes and he pulled out that stiletto. He handed it to me and held his hand over mine while I pressed the button. I was HOOKED! Whenever he wasn’t home, I’d go into that box in the drawer and look at that stiletto… the problem was I couldn’t figure out how to close it… so I had to confess. But that experience was literally the birth of my knife obsession. 30 years later… I’m now the proud owner of that Latama switchblade! Thanks Dad!😂

[@galactigo4463]

That’s awesome

[@JacobBrantley90]

So many universal experiences for late 80’s and early 90’s kids no matter the part of the country you grew up in 👍

[@Zaydok_Allen]

This a wild trip down memory lane for me. I bought one of those when I was 18, and was how my knife journey more or less began also. Still have it in pristine condition.

[@bunsonhoneydew9099]

Every American boy needs a 49'er Bowie in the collection. Nice one, lots of character. Good story.

[@OreoDave]

We never know how we can impact someone. Awesome atory and thanks for sharing. 💜

[@DustinFlu]

It seems like everyone has an uncle Mike and he's always awesome! (I know like 5 people with an uncle Mike and I have one too 🤷‍♂️)

[@Shay-dn7cz]

Great video MC!! For me, my grandpa had two M1 grand bayonets above the TV, and I was so enthralled by them when I was a kid.

[@calvinbaker9861]

PING*

[@MichaelKepple-tx4go]

I believe you are correct, we all have a story from our childhood that sparked our interest in knives. If we all got together, we could breeze through a weekend, each of us telling our story. Love yours

[@ExtraCrispy357]

What an awesome story!! Thanks for sharing that - very fun! Yeah, tell a kid, "Don't take a cookie from the cookie jar!", and guess what they're going to try to do as soon as you leave the room! A big THANK YOU to Uncle Mike . . . if not for him and hanging that knife on the wall, we all might not have the Metal Complex Channel to enjoy and learn from! You might not have your awesome knife collection! Sounds like Uncle Mike had a HOUSE-FULL of stuff a boy would love to explore and be interested in "investigating": pool table, gun cabinet, dart board, trampoline, GIANT knife on the wall, etc.! LOL, "At one point I jumped on the trampoline with it." Of course you did - what else would a boy (and wanna-be ninja-Power Ranger) do with giant knife! I can remember one time at my parents' friend's house, they were putting something in a box up on the fireplace mantle, but they were being very secretive about it like they were trying to hide it from me. When nobody was around, I pushed a chair over to get that box and see what was inside. It ended up being a strange object with holes at each end and a wire mesh embedded into the hole in one side. They actually caught me, and I got in BIG TROUBLE! At that time, I didn't even realize what it was, but years later (when I was a teenager) I realized it must have been a Marijuana Pipe!! LOL!

[@RCWindham]

What a cool story! My first knife experience was a little different. Age 8, ER visit,a few stitches and then I was in love with them lol. Thanks for sharing this story.

[@JakeSnake-208]

Awesome story M.C. I got my first pocket knife when I was about 10 or 11 and have had a passion for them since. Just recently getting into the community and learning how to freehand sharpen.

[@DaBossk]

The Western 49 is an excellent quality knife and they were very expensive new. I found a Western 49 at a garage sale a few years ago but some guy bought it right before I got to the garage sale. I obsessed over that knife for like 2 weeks then bought one on ebay. The knife really is a sight to behold.

[@michael-ev5fk]

I bought one of those Western Bowies in the late 1980s for a general purpose deer camp knife. It worked well, was a lot of fun to heft around, swing n chop anything. Sadly I pulled a dumb azz move and hacked in to a tree limb and twisted it sideways breaking out a chunk of blade the size of a dime. A very regrettable moment. 😢 Tried to find another many years later only to find they were discontinued and Western was out of business. If I could get another I would in a heartbeat! Thanks for sharing.

[@turtleboy4111]

Great story, dude. It reminds me of my experience. It was my grandfathers spine lock, bowie blade flip knife. It was left to me in his will. It is the knife I learned how to sharpen with, dismantal and reassemble and is the reason I'm interested in bladed tools now. I still use Pa's knife, I switch between that and my CJRB Large Pyrite. I'm not familiar with the knives history or where it came from, neither of my grandparents or my mum are still with us, so I've got nobody to ask either.

[@timtitus2532]

History of an object endows it with a life of its own. I own a knife that was embedded in the wall of my grandparents house that was built by my great grandfather after homesteading the property after migrating from Sweden. I researched the knives History and found that it could have been a hundred years old. It had a broken tip, so I reprofiled it into a clip point from the original drop point. I'm 64 years old now and have plans to pass it down to my eldest son someday...

[@annmarie9196]

My dad had an old school switch blade when i was a kid. We were getting ready to go hunting one year when he showed it to me and let me switch it a few times. It was the coolest thing i ever seen. After that i would grab it sometimes after school to play with before mom and dad got home. It was an otf double action.

[@Woolsocks]

I have an old Western boyscout knife, it’s a fantastic skinning knife. I believe the carbon steel they used was 1095CV

[@poncho151]

Great MC lore! As someone who now has young boys of my own that are being raised to be respectful and honest young men, I still always remember that with time, “don’t touch” inevitably turns into “someday”.

[@FrankToThePoint]

I love it. Great story. There's a knife out there I'd give a leg for. As a child it was on my Grampas gun rack. A cow bone handle Bowie hand made with a convex edge. Probably built around 1940-50. It's a big part of my fascination with knives. I'm so happy you have yours.

[@ramzcoldlampin5460]

This was fun. My grandpa had his old fixed blade from the Korean War, which I now have. I cherish it greatly. My dad’s guns were the real fascination though. Any chance he would let me hold them and take them apart, I would.

[@georgelin8498]

My father was gifted a spyderco C22 Michael walker carbon fiber folder. First production carbon fiber knife, first knife with titanium hardware and the only Swiss made spyderco. Well I took it and for the next 5 years I carried it around, hardly cut anything and eventually lost it. Still looking to find one to replace it.😊

[@bobreis4428]

Western Auto is the likely supplier. At that time(70-80’s) the were a major retailer of fishing/camping supplies. 🤙🏽

[@dor-si9145]

I'm glad you survived your childhood, especially after hearing you jumped on the trampoline with that thing. 😂

[@aaronsmith2619]

My grandfather had a lockback with the brass bolsters and wood inlays only marking is China Stainless, under the bed I slept in I always got to. When he passed my grandmother let me have it. Of all the knives I have it is most likely the cheapest but also the only 1 I would freek out abt if I lost it.

[@GTGibbs]

Made in Boulder Colo. I knew a few people that worked at Western making and grinding knives. Lots of history, I remember huge displays from Western in Hardwear and Sporting Goods/Hunting Stores.

[@JLC1214]

I have this same knife handed down to me by my father. It is the knife that got me interested in knives in general. My dad used to keep this under his bed mattress when he slept and my mom told me it kinda scared her when they first started dating and she found that out.

[@jeremynedrow7003]

I was the same way you were with my Grandfather's Catterhargus combat knife.

[@bigjim55able]

Those came with the display mount. They were common the 70s and 80s

[@kaciegiles9235]

I have the same on but the w47. Just a bit smaller. It’s a beast of a knife. And worth a couple bucks if in good condition. I have some new tops knives fixed blade and I would rather have that on my hip in some situations.

[@mikereese15]

What a great story. Thanks

[@westonfx]

There's not that much to say about a knife.... Boy that sentiment has turned out to be very ironic in this case

[@adammunger2288]

My quick story: we had a “knife game” at the country fair, where you’d buy a box of rings and toss them at the knives stuck in the table and rotating carousel. If you got a ring on the handle, you won the knife. I was particularly good at it for some reason and I won HUNDREDS of garbage k Ives over the years. Literally still have a plastic bin full. Vermont State Fair, Rutland, VT

[@isaiahpavlik1430]

Thanks for the story and cool knife. 😎💯

[@SoCalTexan]

Hahaha, I have that same Bowie, got it as a kid and still have it in my collection as a nostalgia piece.

[@CraiggoryPeck]

You should send it to Ben and his Knafs "Ship Shape Sharpening Shop"! Could make for and interesting collab...and talk about it and the story with him for his Knafs at Night youtube series!

[@walterfoster6612]

Christmas when I was 16, my dad gave me a Western W49 with a crown stag handle. A week & a half later, we used it to butcher my first deer. I need to find that knife....

[@samslade5498]

I was gifted the same knife and wood mount. I thought it was a 70's and 80's military gift of some kind.

[@AlanSpringer2074]

So cool MC!

[@GSK4EVER]

If only it had adjustability like that Midgards.

[@mangobadger]

Hilarious! I don’t have a cool story - I just had a SAK and thought it was the coolest thing ever with all its doohickeys, although I barely used it at all and probably never used the actual blade 😂

[@TheWatcher60401]

I'm surprised you didn't throw the knife at the dart board.

[@caseybaker5830]

Seems like a great candidate to learn some restoration methods to make it look brand new again?

[@bobrutledge54]

The forbidden fruit!

[@dannyjudson932]

Clamp that on your fixed angle sharpening system and going boy! 😂

[@robertmiller6822]

I had a old imperial my dad bought me had my name engraved in it and I thought it was stolen by a friend as a kid or mum stole it because it was a big knife about 2 years ago I found the knife in my brother in-laws shed in bad condition. I felt like using it on him. Anyway that's the reason I started with knifes, now my dad has passed I have his old 1950s buck 110

[@antimatter2380]

Now you have to carry it for a week or 2 and do a full review on it.

[@antimatter2380]

Oooh, story time.

[@richardhiam7901]

Ha, 1980's western bowie knives just doubled in secondary market value.....

[@alexharvey8291]

I just bought one at a flea market lmao

[@JamieSargent-n3v]

When I have told this story in the past it was misunderstood my grandfather and his brother who I never met faught in world War 2 I remember at around 5 years old he would bring out an show a naźzi officers sword told a story about being scared but had to do something about this person he never gave details just said he had the sword sent home he also was a machinist he had a collection of miniature knives that were razor sharp he gave me my first pocket knife when I was around 9 saying a real man carries a knife how else are you going to change your fishing hook

[@tylerparker3024]

My dad bought me my first knife when i was 4. Not long after i ended up cutting my moms finger almost completely off. But it was her fault lol true story

[@roel.vinckens]

Not allowed to touch?! Hooters policies are getting out of control.

[@mydragonseyes8177]

Ya call that a knofe?

[@FrankToThePoint]

Indiana Jones ass knife!!

[@bryan1976]

First

[@igoryurkin9038]

When I was 11 old I stole German bayonet from my grandfather,for which I was beaten a little with a belt,since then knives have been my hobby and now I have about thousand.

[@PatDsNutz]

15:49 are you sure you’re talking about a knife?