61051 1/2 L Pattern. An old favorite of mine..

[toomanyknives]

Anyone else a fan of the 051 1/2 L pattern? You don't see them a lot, but the drop point was my EDC for a long time..

[jmh58]

John

[toomanyknives]

Thanks John!

[Hesmikeb]

Me, me...I'm a fan....only have one but I like it....big fan of wood handles also. Those are great...wish I had two.

[toomanyknives]

Nice! Looks like both our drop points are from 1977.

[Hesmikeb]

Yes I noticed....also just fyi....there are a couple of 1978s for sale on a famous online auction site that are very nice and from a great seller

[toomanyknives]

Cool, thanks.

[tallguy606]

I have one and carried it for a while. Near mint and got it cheap on Ebay. Mine has a brass pin at the tip end of the butt - most pics I have seen of these do not have a pin in that location.

[toomanyknives]

Interesting, tallguy. so it had 5 pins instead of 4 like mine?

[Hesmikeb]

Increased my 051 1/2 collection....couldn't pass up for the price...and now because of my obsession I feel like I have to get a p1051 and a 21051 and a p10051

[zp4ja]

Great light knife. I think I have a couple left. Gifted an aluminum handled M1051 L SSP to a friend for his birth year and job type. Referred to as the "Trail packer" due to light weight as I recall.

Also called a Hornet. There are also some wood versions mistamped that I would have to look to confirm. All info is in Steve's book.


I believe I have a 76' and 77' wood handle examples still in my collection. I like the pattern myself.

Jerry

[Colonel26]

I had one of the CASE single blade lockbacks, stainless with the metal handle. It was a Christmas present back in the mid 80’s from my parents when I was a kid.

I carried that thing for tears and loved it. Several years ago I was tying something in my pickup truck bed in the Walmart parking lot in Glasgow, KY and laid it on the side of the truck and drove off. I went back and drove the parking lot, even went in and asked about the most and found. But it was gone.

I need to get a replacement, but just never could bring myself to do it. I’ve never seen the wood handled one. Great little knives for sure.

[Hesmikeb]

Great light knife. I think I have a couple left. Gifted an aluminum handled M1051 L SSP to a friend for his birth year and job type. Referred to as the "Trail packer" due to light weight as I recall.

Also called a Hornet. There are also some wood versions mistamped that I would have to look to confirm. All info is in Steve's book.


I believe I have a 76' and 77' wood handle examples still in my collection. I like the pattern myself.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry...This wood handled one looks the same as the p10051s I see for sale on line so I wondered what was different....this one is stamped 061051

[Hesmikeb]

I had one of the CASE single blade lockbacks, stainless with the metal handle. It was a Christmas present back in the mid 80’s from my parents when I was a kid.

I carried that thing for tears and loved it. Several years ago I was tying something in my pickup truck bed in the Walmart parking lot in Glasgow, KY and laid it on the side of the truck and drove off. I went back and drove the parking lot, even went in and asked about the most and found. But it was gone.

I need to get a replacement, but just never could bring myself to do it. I’ve never seen the wood handled one. Great little knives for sure.

I know the pain Colonel...I set a 62052 on the rear bumper of my truck once and drove to town and back before I thought about it.....gone forever

[Colonel26]

I had one of the CASE single blade lockbacks, stainless with the metal handle. It was a Christmas present back in the mid 80’s from my parents when I was a kid.

I carried that thing for tears and loved it. Several years ago I was tying something in my pickup truck bed in the Walmart parking lot in Glasgow, KY and laid it on the side of the truck and drove off. I went back and drove the parking lot, even went in and asked about the most and found. But it was gone.

I need to get a replacement, but just never could bring myself to do it. I’ve never seen the wood handled one. Great little knives for sure.

I know the pain Colonel...I set a 62052 on the rear bumper of my truck once and drove to town and back before I thought about it.....gone forever

It's one of the worst feelings in the world once it downs on you what you've done!