More Knife Nostalgia

A VERY GR FYING element of my job at Magnum is the response I get from re de s. Over the decades, I have doubtless learned more from our readers than they have rom me. And often, their response is not y to add to something I h ve written, but stems from simple generosity of spirit – the kindred spirit that bonds people who enjoy and appreciate the same things. I have been astonished by the trouble and expense readers have gone to in parcelling up and sending me all manner of items – for no reason other than knowing I will derive pleasure from such things.

Over the years, I’ve written numerous articles on knives, occasionally mentioning one which I fondly remember from my boyhood. Next thing, just such a knife arrives in the post, sent by a reader of my generation who has kept his since that era

Chief among these items have been knives. Over the years, I’ve written numerous articles on knives, occasionally mentioning one which I fondly remember from my boyhood. Next thing, just such a knife arrives in the post, sent by a reader of my generation who has kept his since that era. He must have