Knife quandry

[KWYJIBO]

I don't know if this is correct or not but I always assumed the goal was to quash the superstition with as little remuneration as possible. If a knife given as a gift could potentially cut the relationship than how about I give you a penny? Not a gift any longer and if the superstition is true we just found a loop hole. My take on it anyways. My brother and brother-in-law looked at me strange when I asked for a coin when I gifted them knives. After I explained it to them they thought it was pretty neat.

I don't know the origin of these superstitions, and I'd never heard the part about giving back a penny (or coin). I did read something about my great-grandmother, who died long before I was born. She came from Denmark and, like most Danes tend to be, she was very superstitious. She believed you should never give a knife as a gift because it would cut your friendship. I, on the other hand, really enjoy giving and receiving knives. I think they make great gifts.

Another of her beliefs was that if you hear a dog barking at night, it means someone has died.

That's a great keepsake item, Selena, and I hope you find a sheath worthy to hold it.

 

[cadillo]

Dam my memory;
We have a Ruger Forum member up in North Florida that does leather work; He did an outstanding repair job on the sheath for my old Case XX (circa 1974) . BUT the exact correct name escapes me; It was "Penny" or Pennycracker, or something along those lines ( I'll probably remember the middle of next week and wonder why I thought of him).
Good Luck
Pamela

I have asked my brother to take it to the saddle shop tomorrow and see if he will have time to make a sheath for me. Somehow it seems like the right thing to do.

Cracker American:
A coin? He is likely to interpret that as my trying to pay him for the knife. Not something he would take well.

He'll understand if you just tell him that it is a long held American tradition that one does not ever accept a knife as a gift without giving a coin in return. To do otherwise is said to sever the relationship, as someone else has already posted. It's my best guess that it will put a smile on his face, one because you knew to do so, and two because it demonstrates the value you place on the relationship.

 

[xtratoy]

check this out. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BUCK-KNIFE-0118-05-BG-118-FIXED-BLADE-BURGANDY-REPLACEMENT-SHEATH-ONLY-NEW-/371093985267?pt=US_Knives_Tools&hash=item5666ecd7f3