Large traditional manual swing guard knife, recomendation

[mrknife]

just lost on a birds eye maple queen in d2

 

[Jack Black]

Post a picture when you get it Jack.

Still waiting for the postman Ed, but here's a stock image for now :thumbup:

The guard was only loose on one side, so it might be that the hole in the guard was oversized.

 

[lonestar1979]

This Kabar is perfect size for me,and looks like really nice knife.Hopefully will find it somewhere~

 

[WIL TERRY]

A. G. Russell has a doozy of a swingguard pocketknife, a 4 3/8" German made lockback, bone scales, that is just near perfection in fit and finish. I just went and dug it outta the stash and it is even nicer than I remember !!!
And so it goes...

 

[Modoc ED]

Still waiting for the postman Ed, but here's a stock image for now :thumbup:

The guard was only loose on one side, so it might be that the hole in the guard was oversized.

That'll be a doozy when you get it Jack.

 

[Jack Black]

That'll be a doozy when you get it Jack.

I hope so Ed, the firm I got it from have had to re-stock, so I may be waiting a while longer yet. I actually bought it for a pal of mine, but maybe he'll get socks instead

 

[wazu013]

This Kabar is perfect size for me,and looks like really nice knife.Hopefully will find it somewhere~

Go to kabar.com and click on the clearance option at the top.

 

[bigbore.45]

I have a Carl Schlieper Swing Guard from the 1960's, jigged bone, 6" closed length. i'll post a picture when i find where it is hosted.
kj

Have you found the pic?

Here are 2 of mine, a Rough Rider & a Puma wich maybe is not a Puma (not shure about)

 

[btmccutcheon]

 

[Jack Black]

I hope so Ed, the firm I got it from have had to re-stock, so I may be waiting a while longer yet. I actually bought it for a pal of mine, but maybe he'll get socks instead

Hmmm, they sent me a refund, must have a supply problem

 

[draggat]

Kabar.com is currently selling these as a clearance.

I could be wrong, but this one looks like it was made by Canal Street. If that's the case, you better move on it quick since they just closed their doors.

 

[draggat]

The only swing guard I own is this GEC #64. I think there's still a few of these floating around although the acrylics are long gone.



I've heard swing guards referred to as a 'pimp's knife', a term that certainly seems to fit the pattern. Apparently GEC thought so too since they named it the Babylon Hill Special, which was a house of ill repute near Titusville in the mid 1800's. I think they look really neat, but I will never carry one because I find the guard a bit annoying in actual use. The one pictured here is rock solid. I'm sure you could find one in green jigged bone or stag, at a dealer.

 

[Bob W]

If you can find one of the swing-guards from AG Russell, those are ~really~ nice. They were made in Germany by Boker. Some of them were even accidentally produced with Boker and AG markings.
The Great Eastern Cutlery swing guard knives are nice as well.

Not quite as nice but easier to find, are the Case and Canal Street models.

Happy hunting!

 

[bigbore.45]

Here are some of mine:
Unknown
Haller
Friedrich Hartkopf

Ka-Bar
Schatt&Morgan
Schatt&Morgan

With the smaler ones

 

[wazu013]

Here's a few more.
Canal Street

Boker

Puma

 

[Beaver]

I too am a fan of the swing guards. Left to right; unmarked, likely German manufacture, late nineteenth century. Center Queen, lockback in D2 with bone covers. And right, Robeson, Frozen Heat with stag covers.

 

[wazu013]

 

[bigbore.45]

 

[bigbore.45]

Bertram

 

[bigbore.45]

Winchester