djknife13 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:40 pm
No other knife guys showed at the auction with 100 fixed and 100 folders up for grabs. I got my pick and hauled away these; Pic 1, 3 Kissing Cranes, a Cam. 3 line camper, a J.Primble, two Case knives and a G96. Pic 2;Case stag, MSA (only one of these I've ever snagged, a LF&C Bowie hunter, an Ideal kids knife and a Remington. Pic3 Remington, Pal, Finish hunter. Pic 4 AIDACO (no clue what thie is), a Western boot knife, and a Mora Swedish knife. I left the rest for the non knife guys and kids. Masks were required but very few wore them.____Dave
Great find Dave. It is hard to find any definitive information on those AIDACO knives. The company who produced those, produced several variations, some were Fighting knife configuration, some with saw backs, and even a Bayonet has shown up under that name. These knifes have popped up on several of the old Surplus Military Rifle Forums, and some of the Military Blade forums. There have been adds found with them listed and I have a photo of one that shows a sales listing from 1946. During WW-II there was a knife drive for the Marines because they did not have a steady inventory of bayonets and fighting knives. Life magazine started a knife drive asking civilians to send a knife to servicemen overseas. People were buying and sending non-contract knives to servicemen to fill in the gap. Life Magazine had published a photo of a Marine carrying a EG Waterman knife that was one of the knives sent over. So there is speculation that it is possible the AIDACO knives may have been a company who was producing low cost hunting / fighting knives that wound up being sent overseas to soldiers. Then there is the speculation that it was a company that was cashing in on the "Military Fighting Knife" and "Bayonet" popularity that came near the end and shortly after WW-II. Although some say that idea is suspect. The only thing that is definite is, the knives were made by a company and branded AIDACO.
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Thanks Papa Bones for the information. I was just trying to look the AIDACO on line and got nowhere except for a guy in the same boat as me back in 2007. Al least I know they go back a ways and it wasn't made last year in a garage down the road from me.____Dave
Dave, you've been on quite a bender last couple of weeks !
Congrats on all the fine pick ups
Chris i woke last night to the sound of thunder
how far off i sat and wondered
started humming a song from nineteen sixty two
aint it funny how the night moves
From the inter-web...no other information. Could not find anything to corroborate the below info, or if they ever made knives.
AIDA (pronounced: 'eye da') Co. was a metal forming company located in Dayton Ohio, and today is a global company known as AIDA Engineering. It appears to be a Japan based company, albeit, there are several factories in the USA and Europe.
LJ
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This just in from Triple F. This big old Maher Grosh is going to work today after I put an edge on her. The other tool is a Stanley No.59 doweling jig for joining boards like in rocking chairs and cabinets. It's missing the accessories.____Dave
djknife13 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:42 am
This just in from Triple F. This big old Maher Grosh is going to work today after I put an edge on her. The other tool is a Stanley No.59 doweling jig for joining boards like in rocking chairs and cabinets. It's missing the accessories.____Dave
Love the wide Maher & Grosh stamp on that pruner. Great find!
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" - Henry Ford
Flea market find from my good friend Brian:a Buck 112 with a 1987 stamp and a Wengerinox camo single blade(forget the model name).The Buck was $23 and the Wenger $3.
Tsar Bomba wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:16 am
I keep saying it's too bad Scott is so far north!
Read your comment Tony, just had to check it out. Scott's spot is 267 miles north of you and that sweet spot is 307 miles south of our place. I guess that puts him almost in the middle as far as Floridians go.
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