All About Pocket Knives

Great 3 knives there, love the philips driver on the bail 10th mtn division

Three good looking knives Jay,thanks for sharing!!!

Thanks guys. Took a while to find that ulster at a price I could afford. Seller had some blurry pics so it was a bit of a crap shoot. When I got it there was pocket wear and patina but as far as I could tell unused. I like to think it made it all the way to Italy and back.

Jay, nice group of old Scout knives.

RalphAlsip wrote:Jay, nice group of old Scout knives.

Thanks

danno50 wrote:Ditto what Lee said, very nice Schrades, Jay! Here is a Keen Kutter and two EC Simmons knives with, what looks to me, like very similar bone to your Schrade Cut Cos. You are right though, I believe this KK is the only one I have seen with that type of bone.

Brousing old threads I've never perused before, incredible knives everyone who's posted in the whole thread. A real education and drool puller. Wow. Danno the bones are rare beauties to behold, so pretty. Thanks for showing. Are you the Danno I met at an OKCA show couple years ago? Keep showing show worthy knives. Exxxxxxxxcccccccelleeeeeeeeeeent.

Thanks Ivoryman. I did meet you at either the 2016 or 2018 OKCA show. I believe it was last year in 2018?

Ivoryman... hope you come back often...

Like Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog... I decided to come out of hibernation today & peek my head about the board...
Jay... the trapper seems to be one of CSC's iconic patterns... but that is the first I have seen with the engraved bolsters... really raises the bar to being one elegant looking knife!

Coincidentally earlier this week I received its not so distant ancestor... a Schrade Cut Corp. №293Y (1974−79) unused... still in its view pack.


P.S. That is also a great comparative photo of three high class scout knives...

I also just received in the mail yesterday...
a Schrade Walden №865 Sunfish Lobster which I narrowed down to between 1948−58. I including the 1954 catalog cut.


Does anyone know what "Sunfish" refers to? Is it because of the "etched" mark side cover of the handle?

Glad you poked your head out KAW, knice knives as well.

Thanks doglegg...
This week I also picked up this Schrade I*XL Wostenholm, Sheffield, England Limited Edition Stockman... as the paper states.. this is the first knife the partnership produced with a limited run of 8,000 in 1980... but with the bolster stamped with Serial № WG 001... does that mean this particular knife is the very first one?

Nice finds, Ken. I like the sunfish lobster. No idea why they called it that?

Ken, the WG stands for Walter Gardiner. He was the president of the company and would have the first knife off the line, 001 with his Initials added. I know this because he has given me a few of these personally as gifts. That is a special knife and unique.

Wow Jay... I was not expecting that! Thanks for the info. The knife did stay local. The Ebay seller was located in Newburgh. I picked it up personally and did ask him about any provenance and he would tell me is he knew the owner... probably someone Walter gave the knife to...

This one should fit in this thread as well .
Napanoch 2 blade scout .

That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?

Don't know anything much about scout knives... it seems to have some heft to it... & those classic Napanoch bone handles...

Mike, that’s the latest looking Napanoch I’ve seen. Beautiful colored handles, which resemble the jigging style on some Challenge knives I’ve seen, albeit larger jigs.

Nice additions to the thread Ken.

Thanks Lyle... Got another addition this week...
NY knife Co. with "tiger's eye" celluloid handles... couldn't come up with a pattern no. for this one nor find it in a catalog...

Hi Joe,
Still packed up but it’s gotta be around 3 1/2” long closed .
Thanks for all the great comments Lyle , Ken & Joe .


Mike

FRJ wrote:That is a beautiful little knife, ScoutKnives. How long is it?

Ahhh... I found today a reason to bump up this thread back to the first page...
an old 3¼" Schrade Cut Co. Jack with the arched tang stamp that dates it to between 1904−17.
Just wish the blades were not so used up... but on the other hand it only cost me $10 at an local antique shop...

I think this Pritzlaff Hardware jack might have been made by NYK Co. I found the same pattern (only larger) in a NYK Co. catalog, and the shield on a different pattern.

Wow, beautiful knife, Mike! Nice variation of the bomb shield.

Wow Mike - a stunner indeed and as I say a “sleeper” with little use ... I guess this is a swell center jack - pretty cool ... What’s the closed length?

Thanks Dan and Lee. I got it from Roger, so of course it's good! It's 3 1/5 closed Lee.