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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:13 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:50 am
Sorry mate!
It's too easy to take things the wrong way online... I honestly didn't know you were joking.
Please accept my apology sir, my bad!
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:08 am
No worries mate!
You are right, from just the text and nothing else to go by it is easy to take things the wrong way online 
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:59 am
GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:08 amNo worries mate!WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:50 amSorry mate!
It's too easy to take things the wrong way online... I honestly didn't know you were joking.
Please accept my apology sir, my bad!
Exactly mate!
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:23 pm
A good friend had shown me this knife a while ago and I immediately ask if it was for sale. The answer was no as it was one of his favorite knives and in excellent condition. Sense then I have continued to inquire about it and finally the answer was to ask what I thought it was worth. I gave my answer as an at least price, he responded with a price and we were able to come to a dollar amount satisfactory to both of us. It is a Schrade 863 KON-KAV in wonderful condition. The handles are bone!!! More than I've ever paid for a 72 style knife but excited to get to house it for a while. I will post more pics in the 72 clone thread. How do I feel about this one? 
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:21 pm
Half the knives in this group were super-cheap junk. Those I just packed away; as to actually have some POS knives for the POS Exchange. One turned out to be an automatic (Super Knife USA that doesn't lock shut); which may explain why the seller sent them FedEx.
Here's some good ones.
The Poorman (actually, that's the tang stamp!) Pakistani Folding Hunter I viewed as a POS, but it's not. Handles are horn, brass bolsters, and it's surprisingly well put together. Will definitely be carried and used.
Schrade USA CH8. Rust, filthy, and a beat up blade. Missing (supposedly non removable) pocket clip, but one of the older removable variety intended for the CH-7 will snap right in once I take out the screw that held the old clip. Should clean up into a nice beater.
Pierre Cardin by Richartz Solingen. Brand new, never used.
Smith and Wesson USA Sportsman Series Shooter's Tool. This is an original USA-made knife from the 1970s; not a Taylor remake. Blade has some tiny chips in it, which should sharpen out. Worth the $30 I paid for this lot alone. Why I bought it too.
SOG Micron II. Has some lock issues, which I suspect are due to it being FILTHY. If it's something else, I'll send it to SOG and get a warranty replacement.
They were also packed in a pretty sturdy Estee Lauder zipper bag. That will definitely be put to use once I clean it out. It's better made than those actually made for tools.
Here's some good ones.
The Poorman (actually, that's the tang stamp!) Pakistani Folding Hunter I viewed as a POS, but it's not. Handles are horn, brass bolsters, and it's surprisingly well put together. Will definitely be carried and used.
Schrade USA CH8. Rust, filthy, and a beat up blade. Missing (supposedly non removable) pocket clip, but one of the older removable variety intended for the CH-7 will snap right in once I take out the screw that held the old clip. Should clean up into a nice beater.
Pierre Cardin by Richartz Solingen. Brand new, never used.
Smith and Wesson USA Sportsman Series Shooter's Tool. This is an original USA-made knife from the 1970s; not a Taylor remake. Blade has some tiny chips in it, which should sharpen out. Worth the $30 I paid for this lot alone. Why I bought it too.
SOG Micron II. Has some lock issues, which I suspect are due to it being FILTHY. If it's something else, I'll send it to SOG and get a warranty replacement.
They were also packed in a pretty sturdy Estee Lauder zipper bag. That will definitely be put to use once I clean it out. It's better made than those actually made for tools.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:26 pm
SCORE!! Persistence pays off!!doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:23 pm A good friend had shown me this knife a while ago and I immediately ask if it was for sale. The answer was no as it was one of his favorite knives and in excellent condition. Sense then I have continued to inquire about it and finally the answer was to ask what I thought it was worth. I gave my answer as an at least price, he responded with a price and we were able to come to a dollar amount satisfactory to both of us. It is a Schrade 863 KON-KAV in wonderful condition. The handles are bone!!! More than I've ever paid for a 72 style knife but excited to get to house it for a while. I will post more pics in the 72 clone thread. How do I feel about this one?
Congrats Floyd!!
John
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:34 pm
Way to go doglegg, beautiful bones, sweet condition, real excitement bringer. Everything you could ask for. Congrats and enjoy that beauty. Mmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn.doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:23 pm A good friend had shown me this knife a while ago and I immediately ask if it was for sale. The answer was no as it was one of his favorite knives and in excellent condition. Sense then I have continued to inquire about it and finally the answer was to ask what I thought it was worth. I gave my answer as an at least price, he responded with a price and we were able to come to a dollar amount satisfactory to both of us. It is a Schrade 863 KON-KAV in wonderful condition. The handles are bone!!! More than I've ever paid for a 72 style knife but excited to get to house it for a while. I will post more pics in the 72 clone thread. How do I feel about this one?
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:55 pm
Just received from Shepherd Hills Cutlery. Case copperhead in crimson bone with wharncliffe blade. 
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:58 pm
Nice! I'm hoping my plain jane Yellow Delrin CV model ships pretty soon. It was on backorder when I got it on sale a couple weeks ago from them.
I may be getting a Wharncliffe version as well as the collection knife.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:03 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:14 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:23 pm
Nice mixed lot of knives Cody!
One of them catches my Special interest. The shooter's tool. I'm interested because I have seen at least three of them show up on eBay over here in the last couple of years. So please tell me how I can tell the difference between one from 1970's & a remake. Thanks Buddy! Always good to learn something new. Edit: Open mouth, insert foot I guess.
The blade etch would be a dead giveaway. 
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:50 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:02 pm
Thanks! I bought this lot as that one knife tends to be very expensive. I think more were produced by Taylor in Japan than by/for Smith and Wesson in Vermont. Seems that regardless of whether it came out of Japan or Vermont, sellers want about the same. Seems that from what little I've been able to dig up, the line was introduced in 1981 (fixed blades); I'm guessing to compete with the wildly successful line of knives Browning had introduced about a decade prior. I saw some patents that were drawn up in 1991, but cancelled in 1992 because of "no response". Presumably, that means the company in VT went under in 1991-2.TPK wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:23 pmNice mixed lot of knives Cody!
Edit: Open mouth, insert foot I guess.
Here is what I've noticed.
First of all, the dead giveaway. All the later Taylor models have a three-screw pocket clip; and holes drilled for it. The USA models never featured any kind of a clip.
USA models will have no tang stamps at all; just the blade etch and handle engraving. These were made by a company called Vermont Knives of West Rutland, VT. The remakes marketed by Taylor Brands are stamped "SMITH AND WESSON USA" on the blade and "SEKI JAPAN" on the screwdriver. Some versions may have been produced in China.
As you said, I noticed that the remakes don't have an etch. The USA ones are etched with the Smith and Wesson logo.
The USA models have a lightly engraved Smith and Wesson crest, with "STAINLESS" above and "USA" below. The Taylor Brands models usually have a gold-tone Smith and Wesson medallion glued to a cutout in the handle.
Hope this helps.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:21 pm
That's a beauty Floyd,doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:23 pm A good friend had shown me this knife a while ago and I immediately ask if it was for sale. The answer was no as it was one of his favorite knives and in excellent condition. Sense then I have continued to inquire about it and finally the answer was to ask what I thought it was worth. I gave my answer as an at least price, he responded with a price and we were able to come to a dollar amount satisfactory to both of us. It is a Schrade 863 KON-KAV in wonderful condition. The handles are bone!!! More than I've ever paid for a 72 style knife but excited to get to house it for a while. I will post more pics in the 72 clone thread. How do I feel about this one?
congrats! Not my style, but I can still appreciate a nice knife! Interesting how you got it too! 
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:24 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:34 pm
Madmarco, interesting that you said not your kind of knife. I always look at your knives and can appreciate them but they are never ones I would buy. That makes me appreciate your opinion of my knife even more. Our specifics are not shared but our over all love of knives is. Thank you.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:38 pm
You're most welcome Floyd,doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:34 pm Madmarco, interesting that you said not your kind of knife. I always look at your knives and can appreciate them but they are never ones I would buy. That makes me appreciate your opinion of my knife even more. Our specifics are not shared but our over all love of knives is. Thank you.
and thank you, I couldn't have said it better myself! Re: Mail Call !-Post your new pick-ups here............
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:44 pm
I've been goin' to the mailbox a lot lately, poor me huh! I got this cool swinguard from our ebay buddy "doodlefroodle" today! Funny thing is, prior to spotting this one I'd never seen this style knife before, then as I was browsing ebay this morning I found another one but with brown covers and a clip-point blade! I like my dagger blade and black covers WAY more!
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:54 pm
Very nice Mark. I haven’t seen that style before either. I like it.
I got very pleasant surprise today from Maddogfl, this Bayes Barlow. Going to use this one in my EDC rotation. Many thanks Steve, she is a beauty.
I got very pleasant surprise today from Maddogfl, this Bayes Barlow. Going to use this one in my EDC rotation. Many thanks Steve, she is a beauty.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:00 pm
Nice Barlow Mark! Is that the one we've been discussing, and are those actually ivory covers? Beautiful either way! That Steve is a good ole' egg!Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:54 pm Very nice Mark. I haven’t seen that style before either. I like it.
I got very pleasant surprise today from Maddogfl, this Bayes Barlow. Going to use this one in my EDC rotation. Many thanks Steve, she is a beauty.
Re: Mail Call !-Post your new pick-ups here............
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:21 pm
Thanks Buddy!cody6268 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:02 pmThanks! I bought this lot as that one knife tends to be very expensive. I think more were produced by Taylor in Japan than by/for Smith and Wesson in Vermont. Seems that regardless of whether it came out of Japan or Vermont, sellers want about the same. Seems that from what little I've been able to dig up, the line was introduced in 1981 (fixed blades); I'm guessing to compete with the wildly successful line of knives Browning had introduced about a decade prior. I saw some patents that were drawn up in 1991, but cancelled in 1992 because of "no response". Presumably, that means the company in VT went under in 1991-2.TPK wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:23 pmNice mixed lot of knives Cody!
Edit: Open mouth, insert foot I guess.
Here is what I've noticed.
First of all, the dead giveaway. All the later Taylor models have a three-screw pocket clip; and holes drilled for it. The USA models never featured any kind of a clip.
USA models will have no tang stamps at all; just the blade etch and handle engraving. These were made by a company called Vermont Knives of West Rutland, VT. The remakes marketed by Taylor Brands are stamped "SMITH AND WESSON USA" on the blade and "SEKI JAPAN" on the screwdriver. Some versions may have been produced in China.
As you said, I noticed that the remakes don't have an etch. The USA ones are etched with the Smith and Wesson logo.
The USA models have a lightly engraved Smith and Wesson crest, with "STAINLESS" above and "USA" below. The Taylor Brands models usually have a gold-tone Smith and Wesson medallion glued to a cutout in the handle.
Hope this helps.
Appreciate your Input! Re: Mail Call !-Post your new pick-ups here............
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:36 pm
Thanks everyone!! I really like it Cody I also wanted the delrim cv model but the crimson bone and wharncliffe blade sold it !!!
Cody I also wanted the delrim cv model but the crimson bone and wharncliffe blade sold it !!!- case copperhead.jpg (24.43 KiB) Viewed 2912 times