šŸ’„Blast from the PastšŸ’„ (unofficial nostalgic older knife thread)

two old Benchmade folders from the nineties. Last year I sent them both back to the factory for a fluff and buff.
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Lorien said:
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Nice!!! The ZT0600 is my favorite in my ZT collection. :cool:

BTW, I'm not posting any pics of any of the older knives in my collection here because I don't want to be accused of "bragging" about my collection as I have been rudely & falsely accused of elsewhere. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

But, if you want to see the older knives in my collection, you can find pics of them posted in the Recent Acquisitions thread, the Kershaw/ZT Picture thread & in the Spyderco pictures & acquisition threads where I've previously posted pics of many. ā˜ŗļø
 
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United Cutlery Sentry Knife from the turn of the millenium. These were made in Taiwan, before BUDK bought United Cutlery and moved production to China for the much worse. The quality of these is quite good. I almost went ahead and carried this today under my coat for kicks and highschool mallrat nostalgia.
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I have quite a few vintage and antique knives that I've posted in the Traditionals subforum. But if we're talking about older knives that I bought new, back in the day...CRKTs and Kershaws were my gateway knives.
I've hung on to a few,

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This is a special bolo knife initially issued to Spanish Mountain Troops and later their Special Forces. Unfortunately the records for the Fabrica National were destroyed during the 70s when the factory closed and no one is sure when these were first issued. I suspect they started around the end of the Spanish Civil War and continued through the mid 1970s, when they were replaced by the Aitor Oso Blanco. The knife is about the size of the jet pilotā€™s survival knife, but unlike that this is all forged from one piece of steel. The blade is similar to the Cold Steel Colossus, tall and profiled for good cutting performance.

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I saw one of these on the Bay; in one photo with the blade fully opened it looks like it has a liner type lock. Is that so?
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Saw is a slippie with a stiff 1/2 stop, blade has a liner lock that runs down the center between saw/blade. Before the ravages of time the entire knife was blacked out, perfect for nocturnal operations, itā€™s heavy, over 3/4 of a pound.
 
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Saw is a slippie with a stiff 1/2 stop, blade has a liner lock that runs down the center between saw/blade. Before the ravages of time the entire knife was blacked out, perfect for nocturnal operations, itā€™s heavy, over 3/4 of a pound.
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Here is the (heavily cropped) photo. I thought liner locks were a recent invention. 3/4 pound - that is one hefty folder!Screenshot_20251101-135229_eBay (1).jpg
 
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Here is the (heavily cropped) photo. I thought liner locks were a recent invention. 3/4 pound - that is one hefty folder!View attachment 3015281
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The wedging style linerlock that eliminates vertical play IS a modern invention by Michael Walker, but slipjoints with a liner safety like these go WAY back...it's most commonly seen on the screwdriver blade in electrician's knives.
 
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