Amusing Knife Ads

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

I worked in the worlds largest beef packing plant in Holcomb, KS when I was 18, hardest job I ever had.
And yes, you used a knife all day long......

Some fancy adds...

 

[tongueriver]

That KeenKutter ad with the dog would bring howls of protest today!!
I wonder if it did back then??

Yes. From the dog.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Yes. From the dog.

Gold.

 

[waynorth]

 

[herder]

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Yikes.

 

[herder]

View attachment 735593 View attachment 735594 View attachment 735595 Too funny saw this at a estate sale today so I bought it for a quarter. I'll never use it but for a quarter it's worth the laugh

Neat ad, and very cool to have the actual sharpener. "Big Money Maker"

 

[herder]

Can't beat a knife made from sword steel

Is startling speed faster or slower than Supersonic? At least we now know the difference between mammoth and colossal sizes are a quarter inch.

Great ads, I wonder if any swords have "Knife Steel" ?
And I'm not the authority, but I believe "Supersonic" beats "Startling Speed"

 

[herder]

I worked in the worlds largest beef packing plant in Holcomb, KS when I was 18, hardest job I ever had.
And yes, you used a knife all day long......

Some fancy adds...

Beautiful artwork in those ads!!!

 

[herder]

Here is a "Pocket Tool Chest" ad and an example (Barnett) from the early 1900s.

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[Bartleby]

Herder, I wonder how much the wunderknife weighs? It is interesting that half of the recommended users have transport connected to them! Very cool knife though, amazing F&F from the photo (especially for under two bucks!), really looks forward to the multitool. Nice!

 

[herder]

Not sure which knife is the "wunderknife"? But here is an ad for "One Pound of Tempered Steel"

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[WValtakis]

Well...it does say "it has the weight and balance of a regular hand axe", lol.

~Chip

 

[herder]

Well...it does say "it has the weight and balance of a regular hand axe", lol.

~Chip

It does, Paul Bunyan would have certainly carried one.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

A manly knife -- for manly men -- doing manly things in a manly way...

 

[Bartleby]

Not sure which knife is the "wunderknife"?

The Pocket Tool Chest, according to the text of the ad., the "Elican Wunderknife"

 

[flatblackcapo]

View attachment 735593 View attachment 735594 View attachment 735595 Too funny saw this at a estate sale today so I bought it for a quarter. I'll never use it but for a quarter it's worth the laugh

Someone gave me a sharpener similar to that but this one doesn't collapse. I guess it was made by Cutco around the 50's
I never thought to start a sharpening business with it and get rich.

 

[gonebad395]

I got another one the same day that dosent collapse also I'll post a pic tomorrow.

Someone gave me a sharpener similar to that but this one doesn't collapse. I guess it was made by Cutco around the 50's
I never thought to start a sharpening business with it and get rich.

 

[Lapedog]

I got another one the same day that dosent collapse also I'll post a pic tomorrow.

Do these rolling sharpeners work?

 

[Jack Black]

A manly knife -- for manly men -- doing manly things in a manly way...

 

[brownshoe]

Do these rolling sharpeners work?

Kind of depends upon what you mean by "work". I have older family members (now dead) that used them. They will sharpen, but usually are quite coarse leaving a "toothy" edge. I wouldn't recommend using it for a knife you care about.