PIC ? Japan

[jw517]

I’ve never seen one like this. Looks like they used the right materials. Anybody know this manual? 9 in.

[tenntuxedo]

... I have a 5 1/2" batwing swing-guard manual with same stamp,... seem to be well made knives... mid 1960's,...?

[jw517]

Does it have horn scales too? Nice knives, but I don’t know squat about Japan knives.

[tenntuxedo]

... No,... mine has black plastic scales and is "humpback" lock type... the kind that was sold in small ads in magazines in the 1960's for $2.99,... !!!

[Killgar]

"PIC" stands for Precise International Company, a US based knife importer.

Some people think it's Precise Instrument Company, but here is a picture of one of PIC's old knife catalogs. It's "International", which makes sense because they imported knives from other countries, like Japan..

[jw517]

If it didn’t say Japan I’d swear it’s Italian

[Gunsil]

Yeah, PIC was in Suffern, NY, about 12 miles from me. They mostly sold knives made in Germany and Japan. There are many many German made fixed blade with their brand.

[jw517]

It’s strange I’ve never seen them before. Any idea when they started/stopped?

[zzyzzogeton]

PIC got started in 1954 and imported sporting goods until the late 1980s or early 1990s - exact date is unknown when they got out of the sporting goods game, shifting to other lines of business.

[jw517]

Thankyou! I’m thinking the stiletto is 1960s..