All Metal Handle Knives

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Mine came with all the original packaging. No cannula was included.
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Here is a Presto Press Button, all metal knife, that I was fortunate to capture at the Blade Show. This little beauty came from our very own Steve Sanders!

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Nice one Tom! ::tu::
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Nice Presto Tom, its hard to come by those in that great shape!

Here is an very lightly used EMPIRE WINSTED CT. advertising pen knife. It says S-LESS FIRTH-STERLING STAINLESS STEEL E. K. CO. I do believe this company is out of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. I think this probably dates from the early 1920's. I can not tell what the pin material is. It looks soft and has a silvery-gold appearance (hard to tell from the pictures). If any one can enlighten me, please do so.
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Notice that I said the Eli Lilly "originally" came with a cannula to insert in the trachea.

I think some liability insurance company or an attorney or possibly a court case persuaded them to discontinue the gifting of a knife for the express purpose of cutting someone's throat. Not every MD is truly qualified to perform a tracheotomy.

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Here's a trivia question for ya Charlie. There was an episode in M.A.S.H. when Father Mulcahy had to perform a trach on an injured mate and did so,(under the guidance of Hawkeye via walkie talkie) with a pocket knife and by inserting the end of a pen thus acting as the cannula. What was the pocket knife he more than likely used? Any takers? ::tu:: Rocky
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Remember the episode, but not the knife.

Could it have been an all metal MIL-K?

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That is a good answer Charlie but not the right one. Any other tries before I give the answer ::super_happy:: ?
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Got this one from Barry (AKA Gunstock Jack)___ why ::shrug:: __I don't know either,but I thought it was ""interesting"" and I didn't have one like it ::dang:: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Since you mentioned MIL-Ks, I just got this 1981 Camillus from treefarmer. Yeah, I know they're as common as rats on a wharf but this one is mine. :D
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And while we're at it, I really like this Buck Spitfire 722.
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Stainless chickens.......
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jerryd6818 wrote:Since you mentioned MIL-Ks, I just got this 1981 Camillus from treefarmer. Yeah, I know they're as common as rats on a wharf but this one is mine. :D
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And while we're at it, I really like this Buck Spitfire 722.
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I have found the Camilla one's like yours to be a very good solid knife Jerry and that pattern is the first all metal folder that was made for the US army.
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picked up this one
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Nice cato, I like it :)
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i have this one...........
CIGAR CUTTER KNIFE
blade marked : ATTLEBORO CHAIN CO.
bail marked : MARATHON

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i THINK ( ::shrug:: ) BAIL IS GOLD...and scales GOLD PLATED? need to have them tested ::nod::

it's a OLDIE TOO.......
from my research i think it was made at the name change TRANSITION from ATTLEBORO CHAIN CO. to MARATHON ::nod:: which happened right around end of 1917 beginning of 1918.
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NICE ONE. BUG

Yeah i thought the KING OSCAR was neat. Fits what it was advertising ..
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8) old cigar cutter JB ::tu::
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Sorry Dimitri but all I have are current knives. ::shrug::

Buck Impulse 292OR
Kershaw Speed Bump 1595ALOR
Victorinox Alox Cadet
Victorinox Alox Farmer
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That`s OK Jerry, I like seeing what the newer knives have to offer as well ::tu::
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It's not that I don't like the older knives, I'm not smart enough to buy them without getting stung (and I'm a Magpie, I like shiny things :lol: )
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jerryd6818 wrote:I'm not smart enough to buy them without getting stung
Sure you are, if you don` know something that is what this web site is for, if you are not sure ask someone who knows :wink:
jerryd6818 wrote:(and I'm a Magpie, I like shiny things :lol: )
I like shiny things too, just prefer the oldies over new stuff, and every once in a while I am lucky enough to find a 100 year old knife in unused condition they way it left the factory ::drool:: ::groove::
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Here is an interesting Knutter you don't see every day in Stainless.. BH
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NICE KNIFE, BONEHEAD
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That`s the first old Case I have seen in that pattern, good find! ::tu::
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