Hey all, lurker turned new member here, hope to soon see a supporting member banner flying next to my (cool) new name and to pay back for all the info and interest you have all provided. I am a lifetime collector of many things, with pocket knives being a fond past time.
I look forward to learning and sharing and enjoying the hobby or lifetime obsession with you all.
NOW some PICS.
You'll see a few of my sub-collections in here and I'll share those over time too, official BSA's, fun campers, Hammer Brands, and a whole collection of Swiss army and early soldiers not shown. oh and 20 or so handpicked rough riders of course...
But lets get rolling with some vintagy Valley Forges shall we.
Of the 2-bladers, two of them are what I beleive are pre-boker (the jigged handle and smaller barlow knife) with the other 2 having the circled VF tang stamp. Its interesting that in this set, EVERY blade and tool has a working half-stop, I thought that cool. (also notice one is an easy open knife).
The scout knife however is the one I long searched for to go with the beer can (yep, that's how my mind works!) and I just recently picked that one up.
It's a neat piece in that its a Valley Forge Boy Scout model , that it has the can opener-screwdriver-gas light key combo tool, AND that it has a pre-boker "Patented April 25th 1911" tang stamp along with 3 Valley Forge Newark stamps on the other implements (all pretty clear although the pics may suffer). This is the 1st I have seen of a Valley Forge with this patent and was happy to bring it into the collection. (curious on the originality of the boy scout emblem...looking into that ).
So the star of this show is the Boy Scout (and the beer can).
Enjoy !
Swedge
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and some beautiful knives and outdoor gear you have. Keep posting. 
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