Traditonal Hunters - Fifty years old (1965) and older…...

[LongBlade]

Nice Knife Greg ... was that indeed a Hunter or a Trapper (skinning blade)? What is the closed length? No disrespect buddy but I am not a Case expert by any means ....

[gsmith7158]

Nice Knife Greg ... was that indeed a Hunter or a Trapper (skinning blade)? What is the closed length? No disrespect buddy but I am not a Case expert by any means ....

Lee no disrespect taken! It is 5 1/4 inches closed with SAB ground blade similar to your Wolstenholm IXL.

[LongBlade]

Nice Greg ... thanks!!! Cool knife for sure as I said before!!! A Hunter with MOP is definitely special!!

[gsmith7158]

Nice Greg ... thanks!!! Cool knife for sure as I said before!!! A Hunter with MOP is definitely special!!

Thanks Lee. I have a tested era 51L in green bone as well but that pearl just knocks my socks off.

[tongueriver]

That pearl is something! Wow! Say... do English jacks count here? I might have something to show in that line. Here is one that I hope I did not post earlier. Agate celluloid.

[KnifeSlinger#81]

What a great knife Cal, how old is it? Very eye catching celluloid.

[RalphAlsip]

In 2nd post in this thread Lee LongBlade posted a picture of Miller Bros locking Cokebottle and I have been looking for one like it ever since... With thanks to AAPK member and store proprietor Woods Knives (aka thefarside) I can check this one off my list

It's interesting what stands out about a knife. Sometimes it is the way it looks or the way it feels. With this knife it is the solid sound of the blade locking into the open position. For the record, the other 2 senses (smell and taste) have never stood out for me with a knife

[LongBlade]

Awesome score Jerry - and a real beauty of that pattern and as you said not an easy find... I have only seen one other Miller Bros in this Hunter pattern since I got mine over 3 years ago and it was not in great shape - again yours looks to be in great shape - Congrats!!!

[stockman]

Jerry, Nice old Hunter. One of my favorite patterns.

Harold

[jlw257]

Jerry, great knife

[FRJ]

What a beautiful old hunter.
Love those big honkers.

[Mumbleypeg]

That's a classic beauty Jerry. Reminds me somewhat of this oldie I have posted before in another thread.

Ken

North American Cutlery Wichita Kansas

North American Cutlery Wichita Kansas

[Quick Steel]

A great looking knife Mumblypeg. I like it a lot.

[RalphAlsip]

Thanks to all for the gracious comments.

Ken, your knife is outstanding. On top of the rare marking it looks like blade has the factory edge and factory finish.

[peanut740]

Ken,really nice early knife.Made by Phoenix Knife.

[zp4ja]

Some amazing knives in this thread.

My new EDC with my other EDC Hunters in the group pic.

CASE XX 65 Hunter High Pull with the most amazing bone, in my opinion I have ever seen on a CASE knife.

Posted elsewhere on the forum but definitely worthy and fitting here also, in my opinion.

Second Cut Stag.

Carrying her since she came yesterday and likely for awhile.

Happy Independence Day all.

Jerry

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks guys! Jerry those are all beauties.

Ken

[FRJ]

Really beautiful knives, Jerry.

[zp4ja]

Thanks much for the compliment Ken and Joe.

Happy Independence Day my friends!

Regards, Jerry

[Sut Tatersaul]

I always enjoy looking in on this post. Some fantastic knives shown here. Mason that Hunter looks like it was just taken out of the showroom case. Cato the Miller Bros. is awesome.

Here are a few I have recently picked up.

First pic,
Case Tested Green Bone high pull 6265 SAB with no shield, iron bolsters and liners.
Phoenix Knife Co. with double pulls. A previous owner has installed a steel pin where a lanyard ring was in the tail end bolster.
Cattaraugus King of the Woods liner lock

Second pic,
Northfield Knife Co. lockback
F.A. Koch Co. with unusual lock at tail end of frame
4 line Camillus with match striker pull

Third pic,
American Shear and Knife Co lockback
Ulster Dwight Devine and Sons English jack
Schrade Cut lockback with fancy threaded bolsters

The remaining pictures are of a Marbles Woodcraft first model knife variation that I have never seen before. I have owned dozens of old Woodcrafts including a number of the "PAT. PEND." knives. This is the first PAT. PEND. model I have ever seen that did not have the XXXXX type cross hatching on the back of the blade. This knife has the later parallel type cross hatching that is seen on the later made knives. I think it must be a transition knife. The knife has a 1/2" barrel nut and round pommel that is typical of early Woodcraft models. Maybe others have seen this but it is a new variation to me.

The Marbel's Woodcraft fixed blade hunting knife that you show, is almost identical, to the first hunting knife that I acquired. As, my memory serves me, the cross hatching on top of the blade was just just straight across the blade, But everything else, was pretty much the same. I was a boy of seven years, recovering from a broken leg, in a cast up to my shorts. This was in 1938. I said that I wanted a hunting knife, and the neighbor man brought that old Marbel's woodcraft, and gave it to me, Well, that about tickled the "stuff" out of me. I cherished that old knife, carried, and used it until I was out of High School. By that time I had quite a few knives accumulated, and my Mother started to use it as her garden Knife. She used it as long as she had a garden, until around 1993, when she passed away. That old knife was in our family for around 55 years, and I have no idea of how old it was when I got it. I lost track of it, when Mom passed away. I would gladly give all of the knives that I own to get it back. Your old "Woodcraft" sure brought back good memories. Thanks for sharing my long winded, true tale. Sut Tatersaul

[Sut Tatersaul]

Here's an old Marbles Ideal with a 5" blade.

Wazu:
I have one that is a brother, or sister of the one that you have. I don't know the exact age of it, or exactly when I got it, but, it was used when I swapped a British Commando dagger for it. the boy that I swapped for it was my third grade teacher's nephew. That was in around 1938, or 1940, about 77 years ago. Here is a pic. of mine.
Sut Tatersaul

[LongBlade]

Super looking knife Sut ... and thanks for sharing that story above it about the Marbles Woodcraft knife as I quite enjoyed reading it!!!

[gsmith7158]

Here's one that may belong here. I'very heard it referred to as an Arkansas hunter although it is slightly less than 5 inches closed. It is an Empire Eureka lockback.

[wazu013]

Here's an old Marbles Ideal with a 5" blade.

Wazu:
I have one that is a brother, or sister of the one that you have. I don't know the exact age of it, or exactly when I got it, but, it was used when I swapped a British Commando dagger for it. the boy that I swapped for it was my third grade teacher's nephew. That was in around 1938, or 1940, about 77 years ago. Here is a pic. of mine.
Sut Tatersaul

Very nice Sut
That sheath is rare and in great shape.

[FRJ]

Here's an old American Shear & Knife Co. hunter.