💥Blast from the Past💥 (unofficial nostalgic older knife thread)

[not2sharp]

Many of us who were around in the mid 80s remember this one; the United Cutlery Indiana Jones Khyber Bowie Knife. It was associated with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, although the knife never appears on film. I enjoyed the marketing blurb printed on the side of the box on the original version. It made me realized, that I didn't have enough information on historic ethnographic knives. The internet wasn't a thing back then, so it took a while to find an actual photo of a Khyber knife in Bernard's Guide to Knives and their Values (3rd edition) and then I was off to the antique dealers in search of an authentic example.

n2s

 

[GronK]

Loveless design, made by Robert Schultz for me 45 years ago.

 

[junglefighter]

John Greco #5 bowie, red stag handle. Got it in 2005 and have had it since.

 

[jfk1110]

Many of us who were around in the mid 80s remember this one; the United Cutlery Indiana Jones Khyber Bowie Knife. It was associated with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, although the knife never appears on film. I enjoyed the marketing blurb printed on the side of the box on the original version. It made me realized, that I didn't have enough information on historic ethnographic knives. The internet wasn't a thing back then, so it took a while to find an actual photo of a Khyber knife in Bernard's Guide to Knives and their Values (3rd edition) and then I was off to the antique dealers in search of an authentic example.

n2s

Wicked cool that is......

 

[cbach8tw]

Love it! Back at you. My old 112 from 1980 is one of my most treasured. View attachment 3059689

I got one from an old friend at church and I sent it to Buck for a spa treatment, came back almost new. I also have a Puma Sport-Tec I got from one of the old flyers that cutlery shoppe used to put out for sales.

 

[DaveHS]

Loveless design, made by Robert Schultz for me 45 years ago.
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What a glorious knife. Thanks for sharing!

 

[cbach8tw]

John Greco #5 bowie, red stag handle. Got it in 2005 and have had it since.

I remember those too, I got one of the black coated knives he made from 8670, that looked like John’ s basic line.

 

[GronK]

What a glorious knife. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. I don’t see many made like this now, with tapered tang, soldered bolster, blind pinned polished stag handle slabs, polished deep hollow grind and tooled leather custom fitted by the maker.

 

[cbach8tw]

I think John Greco also had a few Scagel type knives too that used to catch my eye back then too.

 

[junglefighter]

another blast from the past. REKAT Hobbit Warrior. Got this one back in the 90s right after retiring from the military

 

[John_B]

Pepperidge Farm Remembers all of these. The tingels and feels right now.

 

[FlyingFinn]

Gifted to me 20ish years ago. A Case boot knife. The copyright date on the paper is 1978.

Until I joined this forum a few days ago I haven’t had anyone to share my meager collection with. I haven’t thought of value when I think of individual knives that I have as they’re mostly sentimental. But this one is probably the King of my hoard. The fella that gave me this knife I refer to as my Other Dad. He passed away 9 years ago and is often thought of.

 

[jfk1110]

Gifted to me 20ish years ago. A Case boot knife. The copyright date on the paper is 1978.

Until I joined this forum a few days ago I haven’t had anyone to share my meager collection with. I haven’t thought of value when I think of individual knives that I have as they’re mostly sentimental. But this one is probably the King of my hoard. The fella that gave me this knife I refer to as my Other Dad. He passed away 9 years ago and is often thought of.

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Pretty neat..

 

[sv4]

Spyderco Kumo from 2006

 

[kwackster]

Anton Wingen / Othello Scout knife from the late '60's early '70's, with a stag handle and a highly polished carbon steel blade.
It has a bit of light peppering near the point on one side, which doesn't show up in the pics.
The quality of these knives is imo comparable to Puma knives of the same era & style.



















Specs:

Overall length: 11.02 inch (28,0 cm)
Blade length: 6.14 inch (15,6 cm)
Steel: hot drop-forged carbon steel
Weight: 328 grams
Blade thickness: max 6,0 mm
Handle material: Stag with nickel silver guard and aluminium pommel
Made in Solingen, Germany

 

[X ring]

 

[draggat]

Not super old but this Ken Onion Kershaw Speedsafe 1550 Blackout was my first “modern folder” other than some junk switchblades I had as a kid. I bought it back in the late 2000s and carried nothing else “new” until I discovered Benchmade and Spyderco a decade later.View attachment 3054986

Loved seeing your post. My initial journey was very similar! Picked up my Blackout at Walmart around 2000 in my mid 20's. Loved the tacticool and that it was made in USA. Before this, I had a 110 and SAK from childhood, along with a junk stiletto that I bought in Tijuana for $10. I'm amazed the torsion bar is still going strong. I probably flicked this knife several thousand times. It was still about another 7 or 8 years before I really got interested in this hobby.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Anton Wingen / Othello Scout knife from the late '60's early '70's, with a stag handle and a highly polished carbon steel blade.
It has a bit of light peppering near the point on one side, which doesn't show up in the pics.
The quality of these knives is imo comparable to Puma knives of the same era & style.



















Specs:

Overall length: 11.02 inch (28,0 cm)
Blade length: 6.14 inch (15,6 cm)
Steel: hot drop-forged carbon steel
Weight: 328 grams
Blade thickness: max 6,0 mm
Handle material: Stag with nickel silver guard and aluminium pommel
Made in Solingen, Germany

I have a very similar knife made by Widder, with a Ram's Head engraved on the ricasso. Widder means Ram. The only difference I can see is I my knife only has a single, blade bottom guard. It came in a pouch type sheath that I do not think was original to the knife, but fits it well. John

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Gifted to me 20ish years ago. A Case boot knife. The copyright date on the paper is 1978.

Until I joined this forum a few days ago I haven’t had anyone to share my meager collection with. I haven’t thought of value when I think of individual knives that I have as they’re mostly sentimental. But this one is probably the King of my hoard. The fella that gave me this knife I refer to as my Other Dad. He passed away 9 years ago and is often thought of.

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That’s awesome!

I enjoy the old boxes that Case used to put their knives in. A lot of thought went into those.

Thanks for sharing! And welcome to BF!

 

[Triton]

Gifted to me 20ish years ago. A Case boot knife. The copyright date on the paper is 1978.

Until I joined this forum a few days ago I haven’t had anyone to share my meager collection with. I haven’t thought of value when I think of individual knives that I have as they’re mostly sentimental. But this one is probably the King of my hoard. The fella that gave me this knife I refer to as my Other Dad. He passed away 9 years ago and is often thought of.

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Oh I like that one!