Priceless & Speechless !!!! I just turned 50 and I lost my Dad when I was just in my early twenties and I’ve never stopped missing him. I was the youngest and he did and took me everywhere with him and just like yours my Father was a tough man, but a man with an amazing heart. My love for Knifes, Hunting, Shooting, Outdoors, and Race Cars / Hot Rods came from him. He had a Jewelry box with several of his traditional Pocket knifes, and I was so enamored by them and he told me when something every happens too me these are yours, and that’s where my Love of knifes came from. My Dad also wasn’t a perfect Man, far from it, but, he was my Dad and was a tough stern amazing snd Loving Dad and He was whom I looked up too. I had hard time for many years and down the road and by and through the loss I had it taught me even more of what an amazing Dad he was, even though he wasn’t perfect like the rest of us aren’t. I still miss him and always will until one day when I breath my last and then when I’m in the presence of My Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and I will want too thank him for Blessing me with a Dad that The Lord provided for me and the Dad / Father that I needed. Michael 🙏 Blessings and you did an Amazing Job, and The Intimidator #3 was the Man !!! Love The Knife that was your Fathers and yours, But, The Story of Yours and Dads Life is Priceless. He did a wonderful Job Michael, and the way you carry yourself proves it. The Lord hates the Proud , But , Gives Grace to the Humble !!! You have it Michael I hear it from you in all of your content and if you listen to everything everyone says about you it’s not just about what your producing and or doing it’s about who and what you are. As my wife says Do you know why my cooking 🧑‍🍳 is good… it’s because I sprinkled it with my Love. You are putting your Heart ❤️ and soul into your Leather work and who and what you are and who and what your Dad was is being poured out through your Leather work. Your Dad did a great job Michael. Your Fit & Finish with what you are making and your words and mannerism is being poured into your products and that’s priceless and that’s why others are Loving your Slips and Content, and that’s why I Love it too. The Lord Jesus has and is surely Blessing you. Thank You Michael for the words you Spoke and touched my heart. Keep doing what your doing. Hopefully I will be able to get a few more of your slips and just like our dads we’re to us I’ll be able to have a few Slips and traditional knifes to Leave to my Two Sons. It’s more then the Leather it’s the Man behind the work m, and the stories. Bye the way your not a Goof, your doing a great job and Amazing work with your Heart and Love Poured into your work and it shows. I’m glad I came across your channel and found out about the Amazing Leather work you are producing. Keep it up Michael I think it’s better and bigger then what you think that it is. Your humility is the true gift. Have a Blessed weekend 🙏👍

This touched my heart...got me emotional. My dad just died last year / cancer...sudden diagnosis, died quickly. He was blue collar , hard working carpenter. He could be strict, cold, but while it caused me to argue with him in my youth...in my adult phase, I get it. May your dad rest in peace...THEY ARE THE LAST OF THEIR KIND...TODAYS YOUNG "MEN"....DONT COMPARE

We can hear the raw emotion in your voice. He must have been a very special man that raised a super great positive respectful generous young man. You definitely look like him all you southern gentleman are a rare breed in my neck of the woods. You know I definitely don’t know you all that well but just watching your videos and what others tell me about you I know that you are truly a respectful honest polite generous young man. And hopefully through your videos and over a period of time I’ll get to know the great young man named Michael Richter. All the people in the great knife community has absolutely but the utmost respect for you sir. Thank You for telling us about the great Mr. Richter your dad. 🫶🏽🇺🇸👍⬆️🫶🏽🙏🇺🇸👍⬆️🫶🏽😊🤝☮️🤜🏽🤛🏼🫡✝️🫶🏽🫶🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸🫶🏽🫶🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hey, thanks for video and sharing about your Dad. As I married and have gotten older, I realize how much my Dad loved and taught me without realizing he did so. Glad to hear yours was a strong individual, and a teacher...we need more of those these days. I lost my Mom last month, very sudden and huge loss for our family. As healing starts, I remember the things she did for us and the way she loved everyone. Mom was a Children's Director at a church for 30 yrs, during visitation the family and folks that came filled the funeral home! What a unknown legacy she carried, and sounds like your Dad left one thru you (thumbs up), thanks again!

🫶🏽Rest in Paradise🙏 Mr. Richter you are greatly missed! 🙏🫶🏽Your dad looks similar to my father it’s the hair and the shirt. Mine passed in 2015 he was 69. This is a very special video that we really enjoyed watching sir. You look like your dad. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SIR R.I.P. MR. RICHTER

Great Story...I still have my Dad

My dad was the glue that held my family together. When he died everything collapsed. He had a quiet wisdom and wasn't flashy.

Wow thank you for sharing that!!!!! So special. I feel honored for being able to listen and be a part of your journey!!!!❤

I love this video. My dad is still around and it’s incomprehensible that he will be gone some day. Can’t imagine living without him. But I guess that’s just life, nothing you can do about it. So cool that you have his knife, something that he kept so close to himself for so long, that’s very special.

It shows you had a great Dad. He is proud of you.

Probably the best video you have made to date. I am so fortunate to still have my dad with me and I can honestly say he is one of my best friends. I dread the day that I no longer have him.

Man I love this video…. Me and my dad were never really close. When we finally did start building our relationship he past away in 2007. It’s so nice hearing you’re stories and memories you have of your dad. Thanks for sharing that with us. Also I see a lot of your dad’s features in you. Hope you and your family’s having a blessed day.

Very very cool video. I'm not gonna lie, I got a little teary-eyed! It's great that you have all those memories, & it's really great that you went back in and gave him a hug & kiss the last time you seen him. Anyways, great video buddy.

Great way to honor your father. This video is a great example of what fathers can be and should be. Inspiring video, I'll do my best to raise my kids right and hope they have admiration for their father the way you do for yours.

DALE! He had good taste in NASCAR drivers

Outstanding tribute. Your Dad&mine sound a lot alike. The lessons&conversations&penalties for not hearin the lessons are pretty much a great Dads playbook that all great Dads instinctively know. If the world had more great Dads, it would be a better place. Killer blade&killer vid!!

Great video, it brought back memories for me as well, keep up the great work.

Nice great tribute to your Father! We will put in a prayer for you and your family 🙏🙏🙏

Awesome to learn more about your dad and to see his knife. Great video 👍

Great video! Your tribute reminded me of my uncle. Every night before bed he would place his edc by his bed and he had either a case or a buck stockman with black synthetic or delron handles, what memories! Great video 😊

I have my grandfather’s Case and Buck cadet knife that he used to cut his tobacco sticks with.

Holy smokes man, my grandpa’s got this exact old timer you’ve got on the screen. Still have it, also a smaller one with more blades but that one is extremely rusty and needs attention. My grandpa’s been gone for almost 10 years and raised me and stepped in as my father. If I could share his principles with the world I would. I try to by living by then. Awesome video

Awesome tribute to your dad! He would be proud of you Michael for the person you are! To be honest more men need to be like you. You are the most honest person I know and your family and faith always comes first. I respect you and am so glad to call you my friend! Thanks for being that friend I wish everyone could have. Hats off to your dad for raising a great human being! God Bless you MR!

thanks for sharing

Wow, I don’t know what to say. But this is a awesome video. Kinda like a tribute to your dad. Funny how we want to be like our fathers. The part when you were talking about your dad taking off his belt and emptying his pockets, that’s exactly how I do it. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your fathers and your life. Thanks again, I love to hear stories like that. May you have a blessed week.

I lost my own father on November 5. *His* father carried a Schrade Model 1543 Safety Push-Button Automatic that's now mine...and as a USAF Lt. Colonel, he insisted "what're they gonna do?! Throw me in prison?!" Dad wasn't that cavalier; rather, he carried a Wenger Commander or Victorinox Standard Swiss Army Knife, rotating the two regularly. He initially showed limited interest in knives until his godfather, a German Jewish man who'd been the Chief Engineer aboard a WWI U-Boat (no, I don't know which one, but I do have a photo of him, his two superior officers, and the rest of the crew) told him "Billy, a pocketknife is the most useful tool you can carry." He explained how he'd used the handle on his Mercator K55K (which he removed the bail from) to help pry the cover off a broken depth gauge; if he hadn't fixed it, then nobody would've noticed they were slowly descending to crush depth. "Buy a lockback with a carbon steel blade" was his advice. Dad bought a Mercator K55K, but traded it for his first Swiss Army Knife and a Liter Friction Folder, collecting Victorinox and Wenger for the rest of his life. The last edge he ever put on a knife was on my Kershaw Injection 3.5, which I've since retired. The Victorinox Tinker that was my first real knife and the Spyderco Paramilitary 2 that I preordered before it ever dropped are also an enormous part of my father's legacy. He loved knives, guns, O gauge model trains, model cars, Britains Ltd. toy soldiers, more advanced model soldiers, building model airplane kits, and following baseball, which he did from 1952-2022, unfortunately not living to see who won the 2022 World Series; not living to see his successful prediction of "Astros in six" he made after Game 1 (he was a huge Mets fan, having been a fan since the franchise was added to the National League in 1962; prior to that, he was neutral, but pulled for the National League from 1959-1961, prior that, he followed the newly-minted 1958 San Francisco Giants, and before that, he was a New York Giants fan, continuing in my great great grandfather Nathan's footsteps that began in 1889). I miss him greatly, and that video was wonderful. Your father sounds like he was a fine man, and I feel the same way about my own Dad: "someone who knew THAT much is no longer on this earth."

Perfect video brother

This touched my heart, Michael. I know your dad is smiling, proud of you!

👍🏼Good vid. Very cool Dad knife. 👍🏼

Such a fine tribute to your father.Well done.

That is an incredible testament to your dad, you were very lucky to have him and I’m sure him having you too.

I have retired my dad's old "Uncle Henry" slipjoint. It had 3 blades...the primary clip point was worn , and the secondary sheepsfoot blade was untouched..the small pen knife was worn to a nub..the yellowed jig bone covers are BEAT UP. Sign of a hard life..what will my kids say??? My primary EDC is a clean cut Griptillian Benchmade ? I laugh thinking, they may say I was lazy

I still miss my dad every day. You did a great job memorializing your dad. I am glad you have his knife. That’s a knife that was well used and well loved. My dad was a big Earnhardt fan also. Good stuff. Would you like to join the livestream in the future?

Sorry for your loss brother 🙏 But that is a amazing knife because if how you can tell ot was used! Only if that knife could tell stories !

Nicely done brother.

Well, can you now tell us what brand the knife is?

I could barely watch that