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Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:45 am
by Miller Bro's
Let's see them if you have any 8)

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:18 am
by btrwtr
Sweet auto MB. Seems that over the years a lot of these had the letter openers ground off. Hard to find such a nice survivor. Wish I had one to share.

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:06 am
by wiseguy
Cant say i have one either ::shrug:: i like the red handles on yours. ::tu::

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:29 am
by knife7knut
Here's a couple Dimitri: A Schrade and a Presto.

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:51 am
by Miller Bro's
btrwtr wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:18 am Sweet auto MB. Seems that over the years a lot of these had the letter openers ground off. Hard to find such a nice survivor. Wish I had one to share.
Thanks Wayne, you're right a lot of unscrupulous knife dealers back in the day did exactly that. Nobody wanted a letter opener but a single blade switchblade was another story and would command much more money.

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:53 am
by Miller Bro's
wiseguy wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:06 am Cant say i have one either ::shrug:: i like the red handles on yours. ::tu::
Thanks J, I am surprised you don't have one :o

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:57 am
by Miller Bro's
knife7knut wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:29 am Here's a couple Dimitri: A Schrade and a Presto.
Very nice Ray ::tu::

Thanks for posting pictures of them, I am surprised there are not more of these on this forum ::shrug:: ::hmm::

Re: Vintage Switchblade Letter Opener Knives

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:33 am
by wiseguy
Nice set there knife7knut, you don’t see many CutCo. Ones, I’d say 25 to 1 to the Presto letter openers ::tu::