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

[Cvrobinson]

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.

Have an old BSA (60’s) that employs the same lock on the primary blade and the awl, both locks centerline made of brass.

 

[Mk-211]

90's classic SPECWAR.

 

[not2sharp]

Here is an interesting time capsule for us. It’s a nicely modified 1910/1917 US Bolo knife of the type issued in both world wars. But, the modification was done at the original Springfield factory and presented to Albert F. Storm in 1918. I don’t know who he was, but the only hit on google is a young man who would have been about 24 years old at the time. Perhaps a welcome home gift for soldier returning from WWI. November 11, 1918 was Armistice Day, the day the war ended.

Edited to add: There was a Sargent Albert F Storms listed as missing in action 12/4/1918 in the Buffalo Evening News. If this was the same guy, they found him again and he died in Florida in 1963.





N2s

 

[anthonycastorena2014]

I have really been on a bullet train over the last month. Only two I had prior to this month were the GECs (44&23)

 

[jfk1110]

My biggest ZT regret.....

Nice!!! The ZT0600 is my favorite in my ZT collection.

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.

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.

Gotta let that shite go my man......If it makes you happy, let him deal with his feelings of inadequacy maybe I dunno......But we like pics......... Maybe a middle ground. Silent movie's. I .mean pictures ...

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Nice!!! The ZT0600 is my favorite in my ZT collection.

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.

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.

Meh! Let it roll off your shoulders man! Ain’t but a thang!

I started this thread with a few of you in mind…you being one of them. Let ‘em rip! I like seeing the older gems you’ve acquired.

 

[mqqn]

This is one of my favorites… a Caterpillar branded F.E & J.R. Hopkins pocket knife made in Shefield.
I love the backspring filework made to look like bulldozer treads (I assume).

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A shoutout to @herder for helping me find the information! Thanks, Neil!

Amazing. I retired after 32 years at Cat, my father had 41 years, my paternal grandmother and grandfather both retired from Cat.

I have never seen that knife, thank you for posting pictures of it.

I have some Cat branded knives that I will post pictures here.

Seeing this was a great start to my Monday.

Edited to add pictures of one Cat knife I found. I believe these were made by Taylor. I will do more digging, but this was from the late 1990s .

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Amazing. I retired after 32 years at Cat, my father had 41 years, my paternal grandmother and grandfather both retired from Cat.

I have never seen that knife, thank you for posting pictures of it.

I have some Cat branded knives that I will post pictures here.

Seeing this was a great start to my Monday.

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You’re very welcome. I wish I had more information on mine, but no dice as of yet. I do know it was made between ‘81-‘83 (one of those years.)

Beauty you have there. Glad to see you in here.

 

[Win Heger]

Gerber Guardian Set that I bought new when it was released, 1984.

 

[Cvrobinson]

Here’s an older (2001) Benchmade model 855
Mel Perdue Swashed, I don’t believe it ever went into mainstream production.

 

[Hvactech]

Out of all the sweet knives I own this old one means more than the rest. Was my late grandfather’s pocket knife, he’s the one that got me interested in knives.

 

[JPD1998]

Back in the early 80's Boker found a solution to a problem that didn't exist.
They manually open but auto retract.

The camo version was a special factory order for EdgeCo.

 

[jiggyfly16]

 

[mqqn]

Back in the early 80's Boker found a solution to a problem that didn't exist.
They manually open but auto retract.

The camo version was a special factory order for EdgeCo.

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Nice!
I am seeing a lot of knives here I never knew were made.

You knife people are pretty cool.

This was made in Germany and sold by our friend Pete Kershaw.

Serial 777 compliments of Kershaw guy.

 

[woody68]

As someone who likes the vintage knives about
as much as the newer offerings , I'm enjoying this thread a lot . I'm seeing some knives I had forgotten about and some I've never seen before .
Here's some old Kershaws to keep it going .

 

[Mk-211]

This is my beater, the NOS one is buried in a box.

The Buckmaster 184.

 

[beeinak]

This Bianchi knife has been on many an adventure through 4 decades.

 

[Ebbtide]

 

[vjb.knife]

Cold Steel Flight of the Intruder Bowie, serial Number 58 from 1991.

 

[Culprit99]

Here’s a blast from the past. It was the early 90’s, and I owned two knives: a Buck 110, and a Buck 503. Proper and respectable knives were brass and wood. Dad and my grandfathers were pretty skeptical when I came home with the plastic-handled Buck 549 Fishlocker - a folding, lockback filet knife. But it was a Buck made in the USA, so they gave it a pass. 34 years later it’s still my primary filet knife, so I guess it passed that test. I still have all three of those knives.

But I really got the side-eye from Dad when I asked him to drive me to I. Goldberg Army Navy Store so I could buy this pure stainless steel Japanese abomination with a hole in the blade, and a pocket clip - held on with Phillips-head screws, no less. I never did ask my grandfathers what they thought of it, especially the one who had some rather unpleasant exchanges with the Japanese in the 1940’s.

Well, in the past 30+ years, I’ve drug this knife across four continents and took it to the depths of the ocean aboard the City of Corpus Christi. Although I’ve put my childish ways behind me and again go about my days with a USA-made Buck in my pocket, this old Spyderco has certainly passed the test, and earned it’s retirement on my bookshelf.

As an aside, I should note that this early Spyderco came with a nicely chamfered hole, and I’ve noticed that new-production ones do not.