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

[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.

[Duffer]

Just a gorgeous folding hunter Joe! Love the richness and aging of the wood handles with orangey/cinnamony browns contrasting nicely with the more chocolatly darker browns. Very attractive and the blades are so full!! Is that cocobolo? Lloyd

[JohnR]

Beautiful Hunter Joe, as Lloyd stated love the richness of the wood and the full blade.

Picked up this Kinfolks 6292, well used but still tight and snappy, small amount of tip loss on the main, secondary still has some original blade finish. Knife has great bone, most likely Rogers.

[bladeguy58]

Here is my addition to this category, a Case XX Hunter 5265 SAB 1920-1964. My one question about this great old knife is why isn't the blade stamped with the number. My apologies about the sideways picture, I'm not entirely sure why it did that.
Thanks,
Bladeguy

[FRJ]

Thank you, Lloyd. I believe the wood is Redwood.

Thank you, John. Beautiful Kinfolks you have there.

That's a fine looking Case hunter, Bladeguy.

[gsmith7158]

Here is my addition to this category, a Case XX Hunter 5265 SAB 1920-1964. My one question about this great old knife is why isn't the blade stamped with the number. My apologies about the sideways picture, I'm not entirely sure why it did that.
Thanks,
Bladeguy

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Many early XX knives had no pattern number.

[bladeguy58]

Thanks Greg!
Richard

[FRJ]

And here is a traditional hunter with a Clauss stamp.

Wish I knew who made it.

[LongBlade]

Nice old Hunter Joe ... Really cool shield too... Good to see this thread get revived - looking back through it there was alot of eye-candy

[Miller Bro's]

Here's some more eye candy

These came up as a group lot for sale on an internet auction.

Top to bottom:


Two Blade Folding Bowie Knife-
5 3/4" blades. "Tillotson & Co. Columbia Place Sheffield". C.A. Burton on oval inlay in horn handle.

IXL Wood Handled Folding Bowie Knife-
" blade, "George Wostenholm SHEFFIELD".

Stag Handled Folding Bowie Knife w/Lion Head-
6.5" blade, Lion head on both ends & a corkscrew in handle.

Stag Handled Folding Bowie Knife-
6" blade, "W&S BUTCHER SHEFFIELD". Fancy silver bolsters, small chip in handle.

[LongBlade]

Awesome knives Dimitri ... All old beauties - each and everyone ... No doubt a nice lot of knives for an auction that I would guess drew some very interested bidders I'm guessing Sheffield made - maybe but less likely German ??

[FRJ]

Thanks Lee.

[peanut740]

And here is a traditional hunter with a Clauss stamp.

Wish I knew who made it.

Joe,Challenge made that knife.

[FRJ]

Oh, that's great to know, Roger. Is the shield the tip off? Thank you very much.

Dimitri, those knives are really cool.
It's great to see them. Thanks.

[danno50]

Beautiful old hunter, Joe! I really like the blade on that one; nice wide sabre clip with the long pull in the swedge!
Four great knives you posted Dimitri, I wonder what they went for?
Dan

[peanut740]

Oh, that's great to know, Roger. Is the shield the tip off? Thank you very much.

Dimitri, those knives are really cool.
It's great to see them. Thanks.

Yes Joe,the shield is the tip.Also all the ones I`ve seen had the same blade in them.Seen Wilberts made by Challenge also.I have or have had both, and another stamp I can`t remember at the moment.

[FRJ]

Thank you, Roger, for that information.

[msteele6]

Nice knives!

[Miller Bro's]

Glad you like them Joe

Four great knives you posted Dimitri, I wonder what they went for?
Dan

I wish I knew! I found them long after the auction was over

[FRJ]

Here's my Clauss and my Wilbert.
They sure are quite similar looking and made by Challenge. One of my favorite makers.
This is too much fun!
Thanks again, Roger.

[BWT]

You have fun posting, I have fun looking, nice knives, Joe.