Codger_64
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Today we finally got the deck poured on the last pool I built, 75 miles away from here. Rain postponed it a week, but tomorrow I make my last trip there to attach the deck equipment and supervise the finishers in their cleanup.
But at lunchtime I passed a flea market. Mostly junk knives, a few interesting ones in the mix. A scrim stockman priced too high, $50 with no box or bling.
But one Andy Jackson passed and I brought home a NIB 705UH with correct papers. It was worth the stop.
I even got a giggle out of the seller trying to sell me a couple of automatics marked "USA". Obviously not. What was so funny? They were so well made that when he placed a closed knife back on the table, both blades popped back open thwacking several other knives! Obviously they weren't made on the Safety Pushbutton patent!
I didn't have an example of the little 705, so I was pleased to get this one. Only made for four years in the mid 1980's ('85-88'), it is not one you see every day. Oh, and it's last MSRP was $20.95, so I got a .95 cent discount on it!
This picture of the pattern borrowed from the COSRUS site!
But at lunchtime I passed a flea market. Mostly junk knives, a few interesting ones in the mix. A scrim stockman priced too high, $50 with no box or bling.
But one Andy Jackson passed and I brought home a NIB 705UH with correct papers. It was worth the stop.
I even got a giggle out of the seller trying to sell me a couple of automatics marked "USA". Obviously not. What was so funny? They were so well made that when he placed a closed knife back on the table, both blades popped back open thwacking several other knives! Obviously they weren't made on the Safety Pushbutton patent!
I didn't have an example of the little 705, so I was pleased to get this one. Only made for four years in the mid 1980's ('85-88'), it is not one you see every day. Oh, and it's last MSRP was $20.95, so I got a .95 cent discount on it!
This picture of the pattern borrowed from the COSRUS site!
