All About Pocket Knives

ChipB wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:16 pm Hi all, brand new member - I discovered this forum after I discovered I had a Sabre Japan pocket knife that I knew nothing about.

After reading through this forum, I'm somewhat confused. I read that there is a model number that appears under the words "Sabre" and "Japan" on the main blade - this knife doesn't appear to have a number?? I've taken some photos so that I might get some help id'ing this knife. Thanks.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:16 pm Here is one I posted on another forum:The handles were broken when I got it(free!)so I made a new set from Plexiglass. The originals were clear as well.Note the name.
Also a Sabre Tool Box;sort of a modern day TL-29

cody6268 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:55 pm

knife7knut wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:16 pm Here is one I posted on another forum:The handles were broken when I got it(free!)so I made a new set from Plexiglass. The originals were clear as well.Note the name.
Also a Sabre Tool Box;sort of a modern day TL-29

Clear knives are beyond cool, but highly uncommon. Most seem to be display knives/salesman's samples, which are rare, and seem to sell for large sums.

Ontario has the "Ice" Wraith which is supposedly clear, but due to the plastic used and handle pattern, is very hazy-looking. I may have to find cheap lockback and build my own.

Another Knife Collector wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:16 am They certainly aren't the best quality knives ever made, but I've recently developed an interest in collecting Japanese Sabre brand knives and decided to share what I have learned here. They are cheap and common, so they make a good affordable knife for a young collector or a collector on a tight budget. Sabre was a brand owned by Cole National Corporation, a company based in Ohio that dealt in a number of different markets. For a number of years Cole even owned Ka-Bar. The Sabre brand can be found on knives made all over the world, including Germany, Japan, USA, Pakistan, and Hong Kong. I've focused on the Japanese line as it seems to have been the most popular and longest lived of them. They were affordable knives, ones to give away, or to throw in a tool box or tackle box and not worry about. The Japanese made Sabres came in a variety of patterns and used a standard pattern number system. The earliest knives had no pattern numbers stamped on them but would fit into the standard system used later. Next, patterns began to be marked using a simple two digit number, and finally a three digit number. The three digit pattern numbers are all the same as the two digit, except with a "6" preceding the two digit number. For example, a "29" Large Barlow became a "629" Large Barlow, with no change in the actual knife. Sixes tend to look like fives on certain bad/damaged stamps they used. Japanese Sabres changed in material and manufacture through the years. They began with carbon steel blades, nickel silver bolsters, brass pins/liners and bone handles, and evolved to using all stainless blades and fittings and plastic handles.

Chuck D wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:52 pm Can someone tell me the difference between the sabre 676 and the 76. The handles are different material but seem identical otherwise

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:27 am I have a #8 Melon Tester and a #677 Melon Tester. Both with faux pearl handles.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 7:23 pm I picked up a couple of Sabre knives over the weekend at a gunshow for $7 total. One is a daddy Barlow 5" OAL, and the other is a number 5 jack, 3 and 5/16" OAL. The daddy Barlow is sawcut bone handled, and the #5 jack is bone handled with the familiar Sabre criss cross jigging on the bone. Both are in decent shape and I will be using them for EDC.
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