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

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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.

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Thanks guys! Jerry those are all beauties.

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Really beautiful knives, Jerry. ::tu::
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Thanks much for the compliment Ken and Joe.

Happy Independence Day my friends!

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btrwtr wrote: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
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wazu013 wrote: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.
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Super looking knife Sut ::tu:: ... and thanks for sharing that story above it about the Marbles Woodcraft knife as I quite enjoyed reading it!!!
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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.
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Sut Tatersaul wrote:
wazu013 wrote: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.
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Here's an old American Shear & Knife Co. hunter.
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Great additions Greg and Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ...

Joe - as I mentioned in other thread I find that Am Shear blade/tang quite interesting and after going back through this whole thread I can not find another folding hunter blade that is similar (I have seen this on fixed blade hunters/bowies)... is there something inside the liner to hold cutting edge up when closed? Just trying to figure out without a kick how the cutting edge sits without hitting the bottom of the frame wells....
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Thanks, Lee.

If bass-akward can ever be understood, this is it. :D

I have checked my other large hunters and of course they have a kick. This knife apparently lands on its edge.
While this knife has a respectable spring it is noticeably lighter that my other hunters.
I sharpened it yesterday, (minimally) all along its edge.
You can see, slightly out of focus, where it lands on its edge on the spring at the choil.
I thought maybe there was a step up on the spring to accommodate the tang. ::facepalm:: Cancel that....
Oh wait! I know, early planned obsolescence. ::woot::
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Joe, you probably already know this, but .. .. ..

.. .. a small piece of card-stock cut to fit in the blade well will 'fix' that .
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Thank you, Chris. ::tu::
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A couple of original Winchester 1920s.
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Another, Utica lockback folding hunter.It has a different release than most lockbacks.
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Wow, Roger, three beauties!! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Dan.They all are nice,but I'm partial to the Utica because it's different.
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VERY nice trio Roger! ::tu:: I really like the big shield on that Utica.
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What no blade etch? Your slipping Roger. :D
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Roger, those are really special knives. ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Roger, beautiful 1920's! The blade shape they use is my favorite of the large coke bottles.
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Thanks Roger, Greg,Joe and Jerry.I do like the big hunters. ::tu::
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peanut740 wrote:Thanks Roger, Greg,Joe and Jerry.I do like the big hunters. ::tu::
I like the big folding hunters too. That Utica is sweet!
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Those are 3 awesome hunters Roger ::tu:: ::tu:: ... thanks for sharing those!!
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