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

[Blues]

And raise you a Pioneer...

 

[WValtakis]

Nasty little hobbitses...

 

[JJ_Colt45]

One of these two were in the pockets of 70% of the boys in school back then.



These are a couple from the "everybody needs an overbuilt tactical knife" period. But they still are pretty good knives.

 

[91bravo]

 

[RPZIP]

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Green with envy

 

[JJ_Colt45]

I'm sure some of you will remember these ...

 

[JBoone]

Gerber Silver Knight. Designed by Al Mar. Hitachi "Ginghami #1" blade steel (same alloy as Spyderco's G-2). Early 1980's.

I still have a silver knight!

 

[Triton]

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I still think that CRKT point guard is a solid knife.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

Dang Coleman, you opened this thread at the right time. I've been sorting and packing a couple boxes of old knives to give to my nephew and his boys.

I know knives have come a long ways since I first got interested in them, but the difference in what may have caught my eye or got stuck in my pocket all those years ago is very different from what I choose now.

Fixed blades have always been my preference so for a long time folders were just an after thought to compliment whatever fixed blade I carry and I didn't give them much thought.

I still prefer and carry at least a small fixed blade almost daily but my tastes and choices in folders has caught up some to my taste in fixes.. So looking at some of the folders I have carried 20 or 30 years ago vs today made me smile and chuckle out loud. Thanks!

 

[mqqn]

Very early micarta 112.

 

[not2sharp]

This is what a “Bowie” looked like in the age before Jim Bowie. Probably 18th century.
N2s

 

[mqqn]

I work a shift at our church thrift sale each year. I found this little guy in the box o'knives, which generally are cheap junk.

I was surprised and happy to find this Blackie Collins Tri-Fold in the box. Made br Case in 1984 based on the second decade dot-era stamp.

This is a cool little knife that operates smoothly, albeit not one handed for me anyway, and it locks up solid.

 

[LEGION 12]

Oldest knife I have was my father's .

 

[Lorien]

 

[woody68]

 

[Crappie71]

Gerber model 425

 

[Mk-211]

Benchmade Delta Raider

 

[Mk-211]

PCC Tanto

 

[Mk-211]

PCC Bushmaster

 

[Crappie71]

A Benchmade Spike from my long gone high speed low drag days.