All About Pocket Knives

It was stated that L.F. & C. made the B.S.A. shield. Did all knife makers make their own B.S.A. shields? Didn't Boy Scouts of America have there own specific design for their shield? Each manufacturer made their own shield design. The one shown on this knife is a real LF&C (Landers, Frary, ...

The shield is LF&C.



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Case never used that shield, and didn't make an official BSA knife until recent years.

Miller Bro`s wrote: Allen, I don`t think he is worried about any collectible value it had.

You're right, of course.

ebay needs to get rid of this guy.

big monk wrote:Hey guys----check his completed sales feedback all the positve feed back,is ""Private Sales""

This guy stuck someone for $152.50 on this faked knife. What a shame.

This knife has been put on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260653020807&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (If the link doesn't work, it's item number 260653020807.) BSA never had a knife like this, as far as I know, and the Camillus production knives for BSA are well docu...

gino wrote:someone customized an old BS knife. New scales and filework.

This used to be a nice, old BSA knife. Any collectible value it might have had (it was probably a $40-$50 knife before the damage was done) has vanished.

azoroszadam wrote: I'll try to send some photos...

The tang stamp on the green one does look a lot like mine.

The group of knives above that one; one has a SAK shield, and one has a Swiss maid on it with the word "Floda". Floda is a town in Switzerland.

So, could it be this is of Swiss origin?

I would say it is an old English scout knife. Some knives imported from outside of England after 1925 were marked "Foreign". I would date this knife from 1925-40. It could have been manufactured in the U.S. or Germany. So, knives made outside the UK, but intended for England, were marked ...

It's cool looking. The lack of the "e" in the word knife leads me to think it's probably a "knock off". By whom. or from where, or when is beyond my knowledge. The general construction and quality reminds me of knives from the 1930's and 1940's, but I'm puzzled as to why a knife...

I recently received a wonderful Sea Scout style knife as a gift. It is 3 3/4" closed, with a 2 1/2" main blade, and a 3" marlin spike. The handle scales are wood, with a banner style shield having the words "SCOUT KNIFE". It has unlined bolsers, and a permanent belt shackle....

This photo came from the page at http://www.scoutknives.net/ [img] Just heard from Remington that the new RS3333 knives started shipping last week. Brief article on www.ScoutKnives.Net says the five dealers getting the first of the batch are Smoky Mountain Knife Works Jerry's Sporting Goods Acuspor...

It is my unfortunate duty to inform the members of the AAPK community that Johnnie Fain, (jonet143) passed away yesterday. Johnnie was one of the first to donate photos of his Scout knives to the online collection at ScoutKnives.net. He really seemed to enjoy sharing his photos, and always had a ni...

pointythings wrote:Nice looking knife.

But why can't Bear use more than one rivet on the scales?

Bear's production for Remington is made exactly the same as the 1924 Remington RS3333, using most of the same toolings used way back when. If Remington had used more rivets then, so would Bear today.

Fishmagician wrote:Hello, Try posting your photos on the http://www.britishblades.com. The historical forum has some very knowledgeable folks and they're really up on the Sheffield knife makers. Mike

Thanks for the suggestion, I just made the post. Thanks!

We spent the rest of the evening cookin over steaks and stuff over a mesquite fire and enjoying our dinner whilst being serenaded by the coyote choir practice at sundown. Jim has gone over to the other side, as they say, and I sure miss him. This reminds me of Lynn E. Cook, Jr, the finest machinist...

Hey Clint, Great job on that knife for the scoutmaster. Those arrows are a super nice touch. It's a beautiful knife and I'm sure he's gonna love it. ::nod:: You bet he will. As a brotherhood member of the OA, now I've got to figure out if I can do the 'arrow file work' to one of mine without smurfi...

Anyone have any info? Welllllll.............................. Yep. His story is that his dad was a Canadian Scout Exec of some sort. Seems Camillus made three spec knives, and his dad had them. The Canadian BS org never ordered them for manufacture, so these three were/are orphaned marketing spec p...

fagen wrote:Thanks Phil for the welcome - here's a picture of a couple of mine - the Cub & Ulster & Western sheath were actually mine back in the day, I will investigate the scout knife website.

The Scout site could use agood close-up of the Western knife and sheath, if you'd like to contribute!

But dang you've made; me want to give it a try. Do it Paul. Just get something to work on and do it. I'm kind of taking the view that if someone else can do it, then I can do it, too. The only difference between the quality of my work and theirs will be what they've gained by experience and time. T...

Before you know it you will be doing things you never even dreamed of or thought possible. You know, I'm kind of there now. I'm not a guy who has ever been a craftsman sort. Meticulous hand work has always been something that I wasn't very good at. As a kid, my model airplanes always ended up with ...

I feel like Christmas came a few days early for me. Right down my alley. Thank you Allen for creating this site. I have already registered and look forward to spending lots of time on the site learning more about my little niche of knife collecting. Hopefully I will be able to contribute a bit as w...

jonet143 wrote:do you want pics of official scout knives as well?

Yes sir, yes sir, yes sir!! Please.

Diligence wrote:Looks great Allen!!! Surely something to get passed onto the Grandkids someday!
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I sure hope so........ I also hope they don't come in long-faced after a Scout trip, and say "Dad, remember that knife you made me for Christmas that time.........?".

I'm hoping this will work out to be nice enough to serve as a Christmas gift for one of my sons. Well, thanks to y'all's kind contributions of your knowledge, i got one finished for each of my sons. Here's how the knives came out, as best as I could make the photos on this grey, cold day. Here's th...

Howdy, As a collector of mainly BSA knives and related items, I realize their is no one place on the web that is dedicated to this part of Scouting history. I have created www.ScoutKnives.Net, and included an area exclusive to Boy Scout axes and hatchets. If anyone has good, clear photos of original...