The All Scout Knives Thread

[Quick Steel]

Eric, that is a great looking E/O. Congrats!

[TripleF]

WOWZUH...... that Schrade is MACK DADDY!!!!

[bestgear]

Eric - both of those Schrades are fantastic but the etch on the EO is amazing......I'm stunned!

[Mumbleypeg]

Eric, those are both outstanding knives, but the EO is extraordinary! Just don't see those often and never in that condition.

Ken

[Mumbleypeg]

My grandkids spent the week with us recently, and while we were talking knives and looking at them, came across this one I'd forgotten I had. Thought I'd show it here as its kinda unique because it has some interesting ephemera. The box is postmarked June 10, 1966 (not my knife originally). Had fun explaining to the grandkids about saving box tops and wrappers and sending off for prizes.

Ken

[ea42]

Thanks for the compliments folks, it was definitely a lucky find.

Ken that knife brings back some memories! Had one of them for a lot of years, took a heck of a beating and just kept going. What a minty piece!

Eric

[espn77]

Ken, that is really cool that you have all that literature and extras to go with your knife. Here in a Remington R963

[philco]

The cream just keeps rising to the top. Wonderful knives guys.

[ScoutKnives]

Nice R963 Keith .

[espn77]

Nice R963 Keith .

Thanks Mike

[espn77]

This isn't the typical knife found in this thread but I think it belongs here. It Is a 1938 Remington pen knife. "Sotal D (drum) & B (bugle) corps, Wisconsin champion." After minimal research I can't find anything about sotal but D&B corps started in 1927 as an activity for the Boy Scout Troop 15 of Racine's Lutheran church in Racine Wisconsin. This knife came in the original box, tissue paper and with a very nice fob. All tied to whoever WDN is. Any other information anyone has I'd love to hear. I assume WDN was maybe the instructor of the D&B Corps?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racine_ ... ugle_Corps

[zzyzzogeton]

SOTAL once stood for "Sons Of The American Legion".

The current acronym is SAL. Got started in 1932. It is a separate group within the American Legion family of organizations. (AL, AL Auxiliary and the SAL) Membership is for sons and grandsons of those who served in the military and were eligible for membership in the AL, whether their father or grandfather ever got around to joining the AL or not.

I can see SOTAL/SAL chapters having D&BCs during the '30s and '40s.

At east that is ONE possibility.

[espn77]

Thank you very much for the information.

[tongueriver]

A very few 'scout' or utility knives have phillips screwdriver blades. Why do makers continue to make these utility knives with standard screwdrivers for slotted head screws. No one (to speak of) has built anything with slotted screws for decades. There was a military knife offered in the 1940s that already had a phillips screwdriver. I think I understand that the phillips blades are a more difficult and expensive thing to do, but multitools and 'swiss army' knives have them. Why does the iconic 'scout' knife persist in this nonsense?

[bestgear]

Cal - a quick look at the official BSA knives revealed 5 current offerings that all have a Phillips blade:

http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/k ... bfobcYpAqM
http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/k ... bfossYpAqM
http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/k ... bfo1sYpAqM
http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/k ... bfo9MYpAqM

and the classic Scout knife:
http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/k ... bfpC8YpAqM

The only thing I can surmise is that some modern screws accept both flathead and Phillips screwdrivers, and I've read that some tool experts suggest using a Phillips for tightening and a flathead for loosening the modern screw. One advantage a flathead has over a Phillips is universality. In case of emergency, a number of other flat metal objects, such as coins, butter knives or keys, can be used to tighten or loosen a screw. It is much more difficult to duplicate the fit of a Phillips head.

[Mumbleypeg]

For prying open the backs of electronic gadgets (to change the batteries) the flat head screwdriver blade is vastly superior (should be read with sarcasm dripping)! I suspect that's as close to using a screwdriver as many get nowadays.

Ken

[tongueriver]

Good answers, all; thanks for taking the time. I do have an official scout knife with phillips by Camillus in the car. I believe the mountain knives by Ulster USA had one in WWII. One place I have to have a carefully fitted screwdriver (several, actually) is for firearms. Screwdrivers in knives are really just fair compromises for the real deal, anyway. And of course we have all seen knife blades used as screwdrivers!

[espn77]

A Remington and Case Scout knife.

[Landersknives]

A Remington and Case Scout knife.

Super nice Scout knives! excuse me while I get a napkin to wipe all this drool up.

[ScoutKnives]

Very nice Keith !

[espn77]

Thanks Ed, Mike.

[bestgear]

Super Keith - that cutout shield official BSA was only offered in 1927 which by my math was 91 years go - don't we wish they could talk?

[espn77]

Super Keith - that cutout shield official BSA was only offered in 1927 which by my math was 91 years go - don't we wish they could talk?

I hear that Tom. It's definitely been used but taken very good care of. I have a couple knives I'd like to know what they did and where they've been.

[ScoutKnives]

And with the short screwdriver blade its the rarer variation .

[espn77]

And with the short screwdriver blade its the rarer variation .

I didn't realize that Mike. Thanks for the information.