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Dachshund

02-26-2008 17:42:25




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I've got a couple of things my Dad used to carry in his pocket for years. He did a lot of different tasks with them. Seems like there was nothing he couldn't fix with them. One is a 4" set of Channel Lock pliers. They are old and worn out now, but I'll bet they could tell some stories. Another is the old pocket knife he used to carry. I've had them both for over 25 years (Dad died in 1972). Any of you have anything your Dad carried?

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Paul Kingsbury

02-27-2008 19:54:15




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
Wow what a thread!

Any of you have anything your Dad carried?

Well, I have Dads key ring, it has about 20 keys on it and over 2 million miles. Dad was a truck driver and the old keys are almost worn away; the newer ones are only half way gone. I have like 15 old pocket knives that Dad keep, they are all sharp!!! My most prized possession from Dad is a 1953 TO-30 Ferguson, deep drop Sherman trans, with a Davis loader. Dad traded an 8N for it in 1964 when I was 5 and completely rebuilt it from the ground up, I became Dads gofer, go for this, go for that. Dad passed away a couple of years ago and I use the tractor almost everyday, I’ve updated it and put a 3 point backhoe on it and use it, use it and use it. What a great tractor; I tell everyone that it could have been better, every decade we had to put a new battery in it, but that’s about all…
Dad was a great man and I think of him and Mom almost everyday, Mom passed away 4 months after Dad. I’m thinking about writing a book about all the experiences Dad gave me….

Paul Kingsbury
Bend Oregon

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Bruce Hopf

02-27-2008 21:19:17




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I know how you feel. Mom is still here. Just the little things, I miss the most. It don't matter what I do around here on the farm, I always feel his presents, cutting wood, to driving his tractor. I feel him around me if he was still here today. And I always hope I can do as good of a job at everything as he did.



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Eric SEI

02-27-2008 18:20:41




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
Dad always carried an Eisenhower dollar, one of my sisters has it now. Dad had worn granddad's watch, and now it's mine, but a watchmaker needs to look at it.



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Bruce Hopf

02-27-2008 12:02:10




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
Yes I carry all, well most of the wisdom that he shared with me, most of the things he tried to teach me, his patience and his understandig while growing up, his patience in teaching me to be a better person, that I am, how to try to be a good parent to my dauthter, my step son, and my step daughter. How to try and be a good provider for my family. How to try and do my best, and to work hard for everything I have or to recive in life, and how to appreciate, and how to show appreciation. How to trap muskrats, how to hunt, how to fish, to enjoy life, and when to take special breaks with family, like trips or outings. To stand up for yourself and beliefes, whearher or not they are good. always show your best of intentions in whatever you do in life. Try to have good judgment with what is going on around you. To love unconditionaly. Be your best, at everything you try, no matter if you succed or not, but to try. After all, life is nothing but trial and error. All little things that have been handed down from generations to generations, and so that I hand this down to my generation, so they can continue the same. I have alot of thing my father had. His farm that He along with my Mother built from the ground up, His farm equipment, incluedig his 1961 Fordson Super Major, he bought in 1974, and he and my great uncle overhauld, when I was 7 or 8, and got to help (be in the road more than less because of curiosity) and the wisdom how to use them all, How to work the land harvest, and to plow with an old IH drag plow with atomatic trip. Hit a stone, plow automaticly trips from tractor, you know the type. All his tools, and the wisdom and knowledge how to use them. How to look after equipment, and try to be good at business. And most of all. Just being there when I really needed him. He has been gone for almost 10 years now, and I carry with me every day, what he has instlled in me. I am the man today because of him, and I am greatfull to him for that. If it woulden't have been for him, all his teachings,and guidensses, I sure as heck wouldn't be where I am today. When im stuck in a situation, I do what he taught me, just sit back, and wait. The sulution will always come to you, one way or another. Thanks

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Walt Davies

02-27-2008 08:44:00




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My dad carried a wallet full of money that he was supposed to give my mother for our support.

Walt



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Chris in MO

02-27-2008 21:32:40




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Walt Davies, 02-27-2008 08:44:00  
Ouch! That is what I would have said yesterday but I couldn't put it into words. I'm glad there are plenty of good fathers out there, as this thread indicates, even if mine was a no show after I was ten.



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jwal10

02-27-2008 07:09:08




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
I don't have anything my Dad carried in his pocket. I have one thing of his, a little spoke shave. He knew my son and I were building a little cabin and he had Mom bring him out before he passed away and we talked. Dad and I never got along, probably to much alike and hard headed and stubborn I guess. He was always too busy to really get to know me and I was a sickly child and wasn't a lot of help to him with the heavy chores. We talked that day, he told me he thought I was doing a good job raising my kids and he was proud of me. He said he thought of the spoke shave and wanted us to use it to smooth the logs for the porch on the cabin. He passed away before I had the posts done. It hangs on the wall in the cabin entryway. I always run my hand over a post and touch the spoke shave every time I go there. The thing I will always carry with me is his work ethic. He worked WITH us kids, he didn't TELL us what to do. It was always " we need to get this or that done" not " go do this or that" He has been gone since 1995. My son was 6, I was 39 and Dad was 95 that day at the cabin but my son and I will always have that memory of him....James

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Bruce Hopf

02-27-2008 21:27:13




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My Dad was the same way. We all worked togehter as a team, not just as one. A real team. He was a real good team player, in everything he did, and it was rewarding to everybody.



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centralilbaler

02-27-2008 06:40:05




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Mine always carried a 6" pair of water pump pliers in his back pocket



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Steven f/AZ

02-27-2008 06:40:03




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Dad is still alive and carries some change, an Old Timer pocket knife, and a cheapy slip-joint pliers on his belt when he's on the farm.

Funny how growing up we didn't get along so well... only after leaving the farm and getting out on my own have I realized all he's done for me. Even this week he is visiting his newest grand-daughter and helped me build shelves in the garage of my new house. I hope someday I can be as good of a carpenter as he is and be able to figure out all the measurements and angles to make things fit perfectly.

I am adopted and so grateful for him being such a wonderful Dad to me - I just wouldn't be the man I am today without him.

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rrlund

02-27-2008 06:38:15




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Not in his pocket,but he always carried a harmonica in the glove box of his pickup. My daughter got it when he passed away. Whenever she rode with him,she'd get it out and play with it. At his funeral,that was one of the things the guys who went to deer camp with him remembered and talked about.



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Lincoln IA

02-27-2008 06:13:39




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My dad always carried a pocket knife and a small folding magnifying glass for looking at seeds, bugs, etc.



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Mattlt

02-27-2008 05:42:14




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Dad's still around, but not in the greatest of shape. The thing I will always remember is his John Deere white pith helmet. He never went outside without it. That and always a long-sleeve shirt - "Daresent get sunburned, you know."

I have my grandpa's "trick" pocketknife - the kind you have to tip a certain way to open and close. That sits in the safe.



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fergienewbee

02-27-2008 05:38:29




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My dad is still around; he'll be 90 in June. So far he hasn't given my anything but he promised me an old single-shot .22 that I learned gun safety with.

I carry a Susan B. Anthony dollar my wife gave me at our first Christmas 26 years ago so I'd never be broke. I also carry an Uncle Henry's two blade pocket knife, a small Case lock-back I found on a pheasant cleaning station in Iowa, and one of those supermarket ckeckout keychain knives. Iused to also carry a good pair of American made folding scissors. Very handy tool to have.

Dad has a lot of tools as he worked as an electrician for Wolverine World Wide. He built pig skinning machines for packing plants and Wolverine got the hides for Hush Puppies.

Larry

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Fred Hare

02-27-2008 04:34:25




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The only thing mine carried was a can of Old Milwaukee.



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MF Poor

02-27-2008 04:33:57




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I carry dads WWII era dog tags and my dog tags on my key chain. I have his Case pocket knife but that stays in the desk. Too afraid I'll loose it. Mostly, I carry his memory, his high regard for God, Family and friends and his love of life. On the last day he was alive, that's what he asked me to do to remember him. Near 10 years ago since he died, and I miss him more every day.



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gots-2-go

02-27-2008 04:12:47




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I carry my dads old case 3 bladed pocket knife, and a silver dollar that he carried in his left pocket for good luck since 1930. The silver dollar is wore down and looks like a round silver blank.

He used to come to my home every Saturday morning to drink coffee and feed the birds some week old bread. I now drink my coffee using dad's cup every Saturday morning while I sit and chat with my son, and we feed the birds the week old bread too.

I lost my dad in 1999, he was not only my dad but was my best friend as well. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him.

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TGIN

02-27-2008 03:28:50




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Dad always had his pocket knife and the red hankerchief and most of the time a small pair of pliers but what sticks out in my mind is he always had a pencil about 2-3 in" long . There was`nt a barn wall , wagon bed or board fence that did`nt have his figgerin on it .



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Fawteen

02-27-2008 01:39:40




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Nothing he carried in his pockets, but a dozen or so of his hand tools. I have a Miller's Falls hacksaw frame with his name etched into it in cursive. Hangs on the wall by my bench, and I use it frequently. The Greenlee chassis punches he used when he worked as a maintenance electrician for Federal-Mogul are in my box at work.

I work as a maintenance electrician. I can't make up my mind if he'd be proud of that, or wonder why I didn't go to school and better myself.

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higgins

02-27-2008 13:12:17




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You did alright with that. Most people don't end up making much more going to college anyway in the long run - well, maybe doctors and lawyers.



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Roland (AL)

02-26-2008 22:53:13




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A two blade pearl handel Case, a very short pencile sharpened down to the metal, String, couple rubber bands, bobby pins, Safety pins, always change for $1, and a buck eye.

Later Roland (AL)



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Roland (AL)

02-26-2008 22:52:40




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A two blade pearl handel Case, a very short pencile sharpened down to the metal, String, couple rubber bands, bobby pins, Safety pins, always change for $1, and a buck eye.

Later Roland (AL)



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ScottyHOMEy

02-26-2008 22:23:40




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I'm young enough, I'd focus on my great-grandfather. A two-blade Barlow that wouldn't get replaced until he'd ground the blades down to nubs, and a pouch of BeechNut. Somewher arund age 85 he switched off the ReMan. Not sure what was up with that.



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Bob Kerr

02-26-2008 22:15:14




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A totally wore out pocket knife that was always razor sharp. Blade was half the original length last time I saw it years ago, but I think he still carries it. I saw him cut a piece of the sidewall out of an old tire like it was cutting warm butter.



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paul

02-26-2008 21:18:52




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Pliers, pocketknife on the side, & the pocket watch was in his breast poket on the bibs.

When appopriate he had a wooden folding ruler in the ruler pocket, but that was not an always item.

--->Paul



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old

02-26-2008 21:08:59




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Ok I can say I have nothing like that but he was a teacher/ preacher. Now that I said that what have you done jumped back over to the true side???



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2t2@ia

02-26-2008 20:56:41




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Dad carried a 3 blade pocket knife, a short stub of a lead pencil and a pocket watch. We farmed together for over 20 years, and he helped with harvest as usual the fall before he died in January 1975.



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doug in illinois

02-26-2008 20:53:48




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My dad was always too long at work to really know all he carried, my main "father" influence was a giant of a man in stature (nearly 7 ft tall and very stout but not fat) and in heart, my mom's uncle Dave, back when families used to live 2 or 3 generations in the same house. If you have been following some of my recent posts, the very same house that burned to the ground on Valentine's day. But, uncle Dave carried love in his heart, pliers and a pocket knife in his pocket, and proper language in his speech. NO profane language ever came from his lips. Can't say I ever heard him say anything about God, but he did live life as by the way God would expect, and did encourage to remember to go to church. Anyhow, God and love are the two best things any dad could carry, in my opinion. What else really matters? DOUG

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MN Scott

02-26-2008 20:40:03




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My dad carried a Barlow pocket knife and always had an assortment of nails, small bolts ect. In the winter he always had a few wood strike anywere's matches to light tank heater fires. Reminds me of the time two rubbed together and burn't a hole in his jeans. He also always had a red hankerchief and a small pill bottle to. He's been gone since May 2004, miss him every day.



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Lee in Iowa

02-26-2008 20:28:28




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My Dad always carried a pocket knife and a cee tee pliers. Ashamed to say I don't know what happened to his last set. A good friend's Dad carried a lucky silver dollar most of his adult life. It was worn almost completely smooth when he passed away. Lee



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IH2444

02-26-2008 20:19:21




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My Dad died when I was young, but I do have a memory or two of him carrying me....
I wish he had lived long enough for me to really get to know him....
I just carry a few memories of him, but they help keep me warm.



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Nancy Howell

02-26-2008 20:04:25




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Like most of them mentioned here, a pocket knife that weighed about 5lbs. Don"t know why he carried one that big and had several smaller ones. Also carried a pocket watch. It had a string on it which he used to tie it to his overalls. I have these things in my dresser and it would be a cold day you-know-where before the leave my possession. He was 68 when cancer took him at 7:00, Nov. 16, 1989. Besides being my dad, he was my friend. Yeah, I miss him. Miss him a lot.

My FIL passed last March. He carried a pocket knife and whole passel of keys. I look at the garden and still see him sitting out there on a bucket working that garden. Honor and honesty were were important to him. I miss him, too. Both were good men.

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mo94farmer

02-26-2008 19:34:00




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
One thing that comes to mind was the last pocket knife my dad carried till he passed away 4 years ago, he used it for many different purposes. I got his knife and carried it all the time till I left home one day on a 60 mile trip to get an old JD tractor to fix up, something me and him enjoyed doing, I had layed it on the trailer before I left home and when I got where I was going I realized that it was not in my pocket and I went back to the trailer and it made the 60 mile trip. Then I decided it was time to put it up in the house.

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Bill in Colo

02-26-2008 19:20:05




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Dad always carried a small pair of channel locks,a small Diamond adjustable wrench,a pocket knife (most of which didnt last being used for a screwdiver) and a valve stem tool. The tools were all worn very smooth. Dad passed in 85 and Mom will be 91 tomarrow and she is yet to part many of his personal things. He had given me his tools many of which had been his father's before he pasted. I'll pass them to my sons.

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bellyacre

02-26-2008 19:08:19




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Piece of wire and a plier - magic mender and a magic mender bender



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Big G

02-26-2008 19:08:14




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Well the one big thing that I can think of is when we plowed in New Harmony, IN. Dad was plowing with us on a D John Deere that was built on his birthday, 12-21-36. I was hammering away on a 52 G John Deere along with a 730 diesel and a 2940 John Deere this may have been in 1987. Anyway Dad was jumping off and on taking pictures and driving. Some where out in that 20 acers is his billfold that may have had a couple of hundred dollars in it along with everthing else a man carries in his billfold. Sorry Pop I guess that was an expensive day for you! I never seen him lose it because that 52 G was always out in front! Ha! Ha!

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GeneMO

02-26-2008 19:01:29




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Bib overalls was the uniform, with flanel shirt in fall and winter, J.C. Penny blue cotton shirt with pockets in summer.

Carried a Case pocket knife, 3 bladed. When he died it still had the blood on it from the last coon he skined.

He always carried cheap japanese pliers. I never liked them an always carried CT brand. Course it cost more to replace them when lost.

I found a pair of his ole pliers, rusted to death. I kept them anyway.

Also never went anywhere without a bandana handerkerchief.

He has been dead going on 5 years. Miss him every day.


Gene

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Michael Soldan

02-26-2008 18:57:49




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Chicklets..pepermint chicklets, bought them by the carton and always had them in his pocket, thought the pepermint helped with indigestion..he always had gum for me..



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dave guest

02-26-2008 18:49:31




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Pocket knives and style. Dad was a tool crib attendant at FordMoCo. Went to work everyday dressed in the best suit he could buy from Salvation Army. Always paid for ride so his good cars wouldn't get ruined from foundry smog. Real bad in the fifties, would take the paint right off your car. What I didn't know then was he was buying another home in South Carolinea for my half brother. People called him cheap, but he did that to have money to help others. Clothes, rent payments, cars, tires, I'll never know how many people were helped by his generosity. Born in 1898, one of six brothers. Died 40 years ago and I still miss him. Could talk a train off the track as they used to say.

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37chief

02-26-2008 18:35:34




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I have my Dad's pocket watch, with scotch tape holding the lens on, and couple of his pocket kinves. I don't carry the knives, I will just lose them. Stan



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Dave from MN

02-26-2008 18:35:03




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Always, Always a pocket knife. He also has this work belt that he has had for 40+ years that has about everything he has needs to fix just about everything. He has about 10% of the tools most people have, but they still call him and his tool pouch to fix about everything. I am adopted and I was blessed with the best father a some one could have. Hes 75 thid september, and he is what you just plain call tough.

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Glenn F.

02-26-2008 18:33:53




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Very interesting thread.

My dad, who will be 91 tomorrow, has worn blue striped bib overalls all his adult life. Like so many of us on this board, Dad is my hero. He's not as sharp now as he once was, but it always seemed to me he could fix ANYTHING with just basic tools.

Anyway, back to the pockets....He always had a pocket knife, (never lost 'em, but sure wore plenty of 'em out). Other than that he always had an assortment of items...a master link, a fuse, rivets, nuts & bolts, wire, a nail or two, etc. We always marveled at what magic he'd pull out of his pocket while making machinery repairs in the field.

Stop to think of it, there was one thing he always carried...a red handkerhief. While it seldom got used as a handkerchief, it often proved very useful: tying it over the rear work light of the tractor resulting in a red tail light, tying it on the end of a protruding object for road travel, dust mask, etc. I remember, as a kid, I often thought it silly, Dad having a handkercheif and regardless of weather, an overall jacked on the Case seat. Finally, after years of his generously letting me wear his jacket or use his red dust mask/handkerchief (I suffer from ragweed, etc. alergies) whenever needed, I began to see him as very wise.

Oh, and his most used mobile tools were a 10" adjustable wrench, a vice grip, and the DC Case crank.

It's a totally different topic, but if any tractor in our family has a soul, it's the '51 DC dad bought new. Still field ready and just about to come out of hibernation.


Thank you for stirring up such a special topic.


Glenn F.

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J Heitkemper

02-27-2008 09:30:31




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Hi Glenn ,, Was not going to respond with Any thing , just enjoying reading everone elses thoughts ,but you Got Me With, Dad and the Soul of the 51 DC .Wonder how close are serial# are ,. Boy , that hand crank is a versatile tool, As well as a vise grip .. My Dad is 93 and counting ,, He was a Pacific Island hopper in Army Amphibius tank, and a 3 time Purple Heart soldier ,,And certainly helped make Millwauke Famous. And does not trust anything from the Asian rim countries . This post should continue in Appreciation of DAD.. Blessings to All ,,,Especially those Who are feeling Short changedWhen they Read some of THESE POSTS. Jim

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THEkyroastnear

02-26-2008 18:29:11




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my dad used to carry a little three bladed tree brand pocket knife which is now two bladed and has been for many years. believe it or not he broke a blade punching air holes in a jar lid when i had caught some honey bees was about 10 or 11 then 47 now.dad been gone since 95 my mom has the knife i will find it some day when i have to sort out their home



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Chances R

02-26-2008 18:29:11




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The tool that most stands out to me is a 5 foot pry bar. The next tool was a hammer nicked named the beating hammer.



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Marlowe

02-26-2008 18:22:56




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
Grandads pocket knife got it at 12 and have never been with out it even goes to church on Sunday hope one of the grand kids will have it but then some da- school teacher will call the cops so I'll keep it



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dennis minn

02-26-2008 18:22:55




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
Not to cause trouble, but the finest thing I"ve ever seen my dad carry was honor. Be it given, received,earned, you pick it. It"s what I hope to carry on in the fashion he has. Hope I didn"t move this topic into a "wrong" area.

Thanks for listening,

D.



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Jim in Ma.

02-26-2008 18:06:59




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
I'm lucky, My dad is still going at 88. He said he ain't ready to give up that old pocket knife or the gold plated badge the PD department gave him when he retired at 70. Someday my turn will come but I can wait. oh-ya that "case" knife , I gave him better than 50 years ago.



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kyplowboy

02-26-2008 17:59:05




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
My dad is still around, but I lost my granddad in 98. He kept a pair of channel locks in his hip pocket for as long as I can remember, just like the ones you are talking about. I droped them a few years ago while fencing. Spent a day looking for a pair of $10 pliers is dumb I know, but I did. Found them a few weeks later, now they stay in the house and I use them around the house some. They mean the world to me, glad I am not the only one.

Dave

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Dachshund

02-26-2008 18:02:11




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to kyplowboy, 02-26-2008 17:59:05  
Yup! That's why mine don't leave the house and rarely get out of the box I have them in. I also have the screwdriver he carried and a 3 drawer tool box he built himself - along with several of his tools that are still in it.



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caleb in pa

02-26-2008 17:50:43




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to Dachshund, 02-26-2008 17:42:25  
im 15, dont have anything my dad carried, hes still alive, but i do got some stuff my grandpa used to carry. Ive got his hankerchief, i ve got his old big mac suit you know the old grren kind, i got his john deere hat, and his old trusty pocket knife. just a couple of things i could think of. And oh yea, i even have his wedding suit, grandparents got married in 1940, so its pretty old but still in pretty good condition except for a couple moth holes. --Caleb

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ScottyHOMEy

02-26-2008 22:30:47




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to caleb in pa, 02-26-2008 17:50:43  
Good on ya Caleb! I just got going thorough some of my Mom's stuff after she passed, and discovered that I now have the shirt my great-grandfather got married in back in 1902.



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Dachshund

02-26-2008 17:59:13




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to caleb in pa, 02-26-2008 17:50:43  
Yeah - My Dad was a mechanic/parts man at an IH dealer for years. They had a "uniform" that they wore that consisted of dark grey slacks, a dark grey/light grey shirt, and a dark grey/light grey cap. The shirt and cap had and IH logo sewn onto them. I still have a set of his uniform, complete with belt and IH buckle. My parents were married in 1943, so they are about the same age as your grandparents.
I have an old Horse hair coat and Deer skin (hair on) mittens that were my grandfathers.

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tompepper

02-26-2008 17:58:36




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 Re: Things your Dad carried.... in reply to caleb in pa, 02-26-2008 17:50:43  
My dad didn't carry it.but I have a 4" Proto adjustable wrench that he gave me when I got my drivers license at 16.I'm now just short of 58 and it has been on my key chain since then.It has got me out of a lot of jams over the years.he will be 83 next month.



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