Sad day on the farm today. I noticed while I was traveling this morning that my Gibson Necker wasn’t snapping into its kydex (clipped inside my pocket) and thought that maybe it was from all the irrigation work I was doing, but I’d check it out tonight. Well, that didn’t happen. When I was back on the farm no less that two hours later, I reached down and found some just an empty kydex sheath. I checked all the usual spots, but it’s a carbon steel knife with brown micarta and we’re in a muddy spring so the odds are pretty low. I’ll keep looking, but just bummed. Only the second knife I’ve lost here (the first was a nice slip joint, and I stopped carrying those for that reason). Maybe it’ll turn up in the next few days.
What you need Del, is one of those bar magnets about 1 1/2 ft long like contractors use to pick up nails and stuff off of job sites. Mounts on short chains or cables, hangs down a few inches off the ground in front of the front tires on small equipment like bobcat loaders. Saves a ton of $$ on tire repair and down time. My friend has a pretty heavy one on his tractor. He’s gotten nails, metal buttons, bolts, even a railroad spike..you know pretty much where you were..you just ease about on an atv or something and if you cross it, “Ting”. Knife recovered.
There's a really similar blade for sale over on bcusa for 75 bucks . Obviously not the same but similar..
Awesome seller also.. http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/esee-3-w-g10-scales-and-an-8670-camp-knife.371117/
Forgot to post here that I found this I between my console and my seat. I am afraid to carry it now though because the kydex is quite loose. Still grateful to have the knife back.
