All About Pocket Knives

treefarmer wrote:I have been enjoying this thread since it was begun in 2015 and following along tonight I realized I had not made a single post showing any 1965 and older traditional hunters. I've got several hunters and for sure there are some CASE XX's in the pile. Here are 2 that are special to me:
The 1st one is a Case my wife gave me our 1st Christmas, 1966. I used it hard and a few years later the pivot pen broke. The knife stayed in a drawer till after I became an AAPK member and found out what to do with a Case that had a broken pivot pen. It has the CASE XX over USA stamp 1964-1969. When Case returned the knife I thought they had sent a new one, it was polished like new! This one still lives in a box with a lot of other old Case knives.
The 2nd one is a Queen #39 that has no stamp. It belonged to an old fox hunter in our community. I got it from his widow, she too has gone on to meet her just reward. This old knife is the real deal, I've owned it probably 25 years and skinned and processed a pile of deer with it, this is my "go to" knife! Hard to see in the picture, but I have had to grind a small EZ open notch to open the secondary blade.003.JPG004.JPG
Treefarmer

Sut Tatersaul wrote:Hi, All:
A few days ago, I bid on and won, at auction, a Marble's Woodcraft hunting knife. It arrived today, by the USPS. It is a true replica of my first Hunting knife. It has been used, and abused, during it's many years of use. I bought it knowing, that it would be in a hard used condition, so, I'm not disappointed. I will have to give it quite a bit of thought, as to how much to clean it up, or whether to leave it, as it is . Now, after 78 years have passed, It seems as though, I have my old "first hunting knife", like I remember it, in my hands again. My original knife, was used by my mother, the last twenty + years, of it's very useful life as her garden knife. It was lost in the shuffle at her estate sale. Lost, but not forgotten. Please forgive me for retelling this long true tale of my first traditional hunter- 50 yrs. old, and older. acquired in 1940.
Sut Tatersaul

Sut Tatersaul wrote:Hi, All:
A few days ago, I bid on and won, at auction, a Marble's Woodcraft hunting knife. It arrived today, by the USPS. It is a true replica of my first Hunting knife. It has been used, and abused during it's many years of use. I bought it knowing that it would be in hard used condition, so i'm not disappointed. I will have to give it quite a bit of thought as to how much to clean it up, or to leave it as is. As of now, after eighty six years have passed, It seems as though, I have my old "first hunting knife", like I remember it, in my hands again. My original knife, was used by my mother, the last twenty + years of it's very useful life as her garden knife. It was lost in the shuffle at her estate sale. Lost, but not forgotten. Please forgive me for retelling this long true tale of my first traditional hunter- 50 yrs. old, and older. acquired in 1936.
Sut Tatersaul

treefarmer wrote:I have been enjoying this thread since it was begun in 2015 and following along tonight I realized I had not made a single post showing any 1965 and older traditional hunters. I've got several hunters and for sure there are some CASE XX's in the pile. Here are 2 that are special to me:
The 1st one is a Case my wife gave me our 1st Christmas, 1966. I used it hard and a few years later the pivot pen broke. The knife stayed in a drawer till after I became an AAPK member and found out what to do with a Case that had a broken pivot pen. It has the CASE XX over USA stamp 1964-1969. When Case returned the knife I thought they had sent a new one, it was polished like new! This one still lives in a box with a lot of other old Case knives.
The 2nd one is a Queen #39 that has no stamp. It belonged to an old fox hunter in our community. I got it from his widow, she too has gone on to meet her just reward. This old knife is the real deal, I've owned it probably 25 years and skinned and processed a pile of deer with it, this is my "go to" knife! Hard to see in the picture, but I have had to grind a small EZ open notch to open the secondary blade.003.JPG004.JPG
Treefarmer

Sut Tatersaul wrote:I finally mixed the stain, broke the glaze on the new sheath, stained it, and in general, made it look, old and well used, like I vaguely remember the old original sheath that came with my first hunting knife. I don't remember it having logos, on it, but I couldn't think of anything to do about that, as the new one has logos, and I let that part go as it is. Well it's as close to being complete, as i'm ever going to make it. Here are pictures. Thanks for sharing my mess with me.
Sut Tatersaul

FRJ wrote:Great show, Lloyd!
That is a beautiful knife for so many reasons.