Amusing Knife Ads

[herder]

All ads are meant to get our attention, but the really good ones reach out and grab us.
Here are a few that might make you smile.
Feel free to add any others.

1956 Black Beauty "Opens With Supersonic Speed"

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1934 "Whittlin'.. Everybody's Doing It"

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1935 "He Skinned A Bear"

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[5K Qs]

Those are very cool ads, herder!
Thanks for posting them.

- GT

 

[r redden]

 

[mbkryan]

Dang, they should bring back supersonic autos.

 

[gonebad395]

And you get 2 for a 1.90 thanks for sharing love these old adds

 

[Ernie1980]

Love those! The supersonic knife takes the cake though

 

[herder]

Thanks guys, and some of you must have had a "Supersonic" Italian stiletto back in the day?

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[pipedreams308]

Those are great!

 

[gonebad395]

Thanks guys, and some of you must have had a "Supersonic" Italian stiletto back in the day?

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I had one but it had a comb lol it was lighting fast to fix the do lol

 

[Jack Black]

Love those! The supersonic knife takes the cake though

+1

Thanks guys, and some of you must have had a "Supersonic" Italian stiletto back in the day?

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Strangely, a lot of them were on sale in Sheffield in the 70's, but with the spring removed

 

[Cambertree]

Great ads, Herder, my friend!

Ah, the mystic-buttoned, supersonic Stiletto - first choice of savvy hunters and fishermen everywhere!

 

[pertinux]

1934 "Whittlin'.. Everybody's Doing It"

Okay, I'm in for match-men, ships in bottles, and life-like animals!

I s'pose one of my GECs might do in a pinch?

Where do I send my 3¢?

~ P.

 

[joeradza]

Okay, I'm in for match-men, ships in bottles, and life-like animals!

I s'pose one of my GECs might do in a pinch?

Where do I send my 3¢?

~ P.

Same price today, just add shipping and handling.

 

[AShearer]

Great post H herder That's funny stuff.

 

[herder]

I had one but it had a comb lol it was lighting fast to fix the do lol

 

[herder]

+1



Strangely, a lot of them were on sale in Sheffield in the 70's, but with the spring removed

The 1958 United States Federal ban on switchblades had a devastating effect on not only American made autos, but also those from Europe including Italy. Every kid in the late 1950s and early 1960s (and throughout time for that matter) wanted a real "spring fired" knife. There must have been some shock and sorrow when young lads received their switchblades in the mail after 1958 only to find out that they had no springs.
Italy never stopped producing switchblade knives, but their market shrunk greatly after 1958. New and old Switchblades are once again quite commonly found in the US.
Enclosed is an ad from 1959 which states "Closes With Lightning Speed"

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[herder]

Great ads, Herder, my friend!

Ah, the mystic-buttoned, supersonic Stiletto - first choice of savvy hunters and fishermen everywhere!

Cool knife, but you'd be hard pressed to find a worse blade style than a bayonet stiletto type for hunting and fishing.

 

[herder]

Okay, I'm in for match-men, ships in bottles, and life-like animals!

I s'pose one of my GECs might do in a pinch?

Where do I send my 3¢?

~ P.

"Made From Three Matches"

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[herder]

Thanks all for the fun comments.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Case Brothers Ad circa early 1900s (excerpted from The Knife Makers Who Went West, by Harvey Platts)

They didn't sugarcoat it, did they?