Theatre knives and other such stuff.............

[knife7knut]

I've had most of these kicking around for many years.Most of them were given to me and a few were bought on e-Bay.Several of them came from a huge military collection a friend of mine purchased and sold or traded me for other stuff.Several more were a gift from my cousin who got them from his father-in-law who was a WWII veteran.He was also a professional silhouette shooter and had some incredible rifles;most of which were destroyed in a fire when lightning ignited about 15 lbs. of black powder in his cellar workshop.Blew out every window in their house and just about every other house in the neighborhood!
Anyway some I can ID and others will forever remain a mystery.The workmanship ranges from horrible(witness the knife marked RUTH 1990 with the serpent scratched into the blade)to very professional(the dagger marked LJM).The aluminum handled hunter was made by a gentleman who fought in the 1956 battle in Hungary when the Russians invaded that country.The craftsmanship is superb.So sit back and enjoy the show.

[knife7knut]

Some more

[knife7knut]

Last batch.Feel free to post any that you may have.

[danno50]

Another great batch of interesting knives, k7k. I have always liked the looks of the handles with the lexan spacers.
Dan

[orvet]

A nice collection you have there are Ray!

[tongueriver]

Thanks to all for posting these! I have an Aerial M3, but nothing that has been modified. It is odd, I think, that the collecting community has changed its priorities so dramatically over the last few decades. Time was, when the fixed blade was THE collectible, along with buffed-to-death CASE folders. Times have sure changed. My fixed blades are still some of my favorite knives, and certainly the ones which get the most use as tools.

[stagman]

You know which one I like the best and would love to have Ray
when I get back in "The Mitten" next spring, we will meet for coffee up
in town and have a little sit down,
Hopefully, LOL,
Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/clearcreekknives

[cattaraugus57]

the thing I like most about these type Knives is...no 2 are alike.
Nice posts guys!

Here's a Catt 225Q I picked up a month ago,Handle is made from Poker Chips.

[tank]

All of those are so cool. I don't own any but don't you wish the could tell you their history? I found several carved bullets from the Civil War while metal detecting.

[cattaraugus57]

yes sir,it would be great to know how it came about!
Carved Bullets huh?...I've never seen those.

[tank]

These are a few examples.
http://sgtriker.com/carvedbullets.htm

[wazu013]

Knife World just had a great article about theater knives made by the Texas Highway dept during WW2. There were about 1000 knives from 6 different employees. They ground blades from files and made handles out of everything they could. Each one has the maker's name and Paris Texas stamped on the blade. I'd love to see some of them posted here if anybody has one.

[cattaraugus57]

Tank..thanks for posting that link,never heard about them or seen anything like those,very cool!

"Knife World just had a great article about theater knives made by the Texas Highway dept during WW2."
This is very interesting....wish I had a Subscription still
I wonder if any ever come up for sale?

[galvanic1882]

Picked this one up at a gun show in AZ.

[Producer]

Most interesting!
Thanks for posting these.
Harold

[cattaraugus57]

Great one there Mike!