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

[peanut740]

Another, Utica lockback folding hunter.It has a different release than most lockbacks.

[danno50]

Wow, Roger, three beauties!!
Dan

[peanut740]

Thanks Dan.They all are nice,but I'm partial to the Utica because it's different.

[thegreedygulo]

VERY nice trio Roger! I really like the big shield on that Utica.

[gsmith7158]

What no blade etch? Your slipping Roger.

[FRJ]

Roger, those are really special knives.

[RalphAlsip]

Roger, beautiful 1920's! The blade shape they use is my favorite of the large coke bottles.

[peanut740]

Thanks Roger, Greg,Joe and Jerry.I do like the big hunters.

[btrwtr]

Thanks Roger, Greg,Joe and Jerry.I do like the big hunters.

I like the big folding hunters too. That Utica is sweet!

[LongBlade]

Those are 3 awesome hunters Roger ... thanks for sharing those!!

[peanut740]

I have posted this knife before,but maybe not in this thread.Greg mentioned the Utica didn't have a etch,but this one has enough for both . Excelsior 1880-84.

[gsmith7158]

Roger I should have kept my yap closed. That one has enough etch for two or three knives.

[FRJ]

Nice one, Roger.
A real beauty from Torrington, Ct.


That's got to be a Miller Bros. label?

[peanut740]

It's a paperweight. Gary Pasko (eBay seller lary3) makes them. He takes photos of knife boxes and attaches them to antique glass,paperweights,bowls etc.He does a nice job with them.Case actually gave him a license to do use there old labels.

[LongBlade]

I have posted this knife before,but maybe not in this thread.Greg mentioned the Utica didn't have a etch,but this one has enough for both . Excelsior 1880-84.

Not much to say about that one but WOW Roger ... That Excelsior is one beauty in all ways!! Was the Forest King Hunter still made by Northfield after they took over Excelsior in 1884?? Just curious and don't know the answer but I had read that the Excelsior stamp was maintained by Northfield even after 1884 and used on knives... Either way that is one nice score!!

[peanut740]

Lee I don't know. I have seen an Excelsior lockback hunter that looked to be a dead ringer for a Northfield.I believe the Forest King with the reverse etch is an original Excelsior.

[FRJ]

Here's a New York Knife Co. swell center hunter.
Come and get em'. $1.08 apiece.

[peanut740]

Joe,I will take one dozen please.

[WelderBob]

Very nice Joe, love the grind on that blade...

[FRJ]

Thanks Bob.
And it is a very strong knife.

[gsmith7158]

That an awesome blade on that one Joe! Great score!

[FRJ]

Thanks Greg.

Thank you Roger. Surely a different time. It's hard for me to imagine this fineness of manufacturing for $1.08 retail.
Something you experience first hand.

[LongBlade]

Awesome Joe ... saber ground blade as well ... Sweet!!!!

[gsmith7158]

Thanks Greg.

Thank you Roger. Surely a different time. It's hard for me to imagine this fineness of manufacturing for $1.08 retail.
Something you experience first hand.

That may have been a week's pay at the time Joe. Times have changed Indeed.

[FRJ]

Thank you Lee and Greg.