Another day, another box... Sheath Knives

[Codger_64]

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I sure know about those box problems Michael, going through some today to get ready for the Keystone Knife Show this coming weekend. Also a pile of KA-BAR 72 pattern hunters being sorted.

Love it! At one time I had most of mine displayed in oak factory display cases, covering most of the wall space in one room. I'm glad they were not all out in the open when the thieves hit me a couple of months ago. One thing to consider about displaying them in the home. Expecting homeowners' insurance to cover fire or theft losses is futile and specific collectors' insurance is difficult and expensive to get, and never comes close to full replacement costs. Please do post show photos for us? I see some mighty interesting pieces peeking about in those boxes! :thumbup:

 

[scruffuk]

Codger, great thread. It's interesting to see some of these old American classic fixed blades.

I hope it's been as enjoyable for you to revisit them, as if has been for me to check them all out for first time.

I'm so sorry that those scaly wags got away with so many pieces from your collection.

Thank you though for taking the time to share such a variety of sharps, and the stories behind them :thumbup:

 

[gunsil]

Love it! At one time I had most of mine displayed in oak factory display cases, covering most of the wall space in one room. I'm glad they were not all out in the open when the thieves hit me a couple of months ago. One thing to consider about displaying them in the home. Expecting homeowners' insurance to cover fire or theft losses is futile and specific collectors' insurance is difficult and expensive to get, and never comes close to full replacement costs. Please do post show photos for us? I see some mighty interesting pieces peeking about in those boxes! :thumbup:

Sorry Michael, I forgot the camera. I'll try to remember to take photos at the EPKCA show of March 15, 2014. Sorry to hear about your burglary, I lost a large collection of Civil War belt plates years ago and have never recovered from that burglary. The collection was one of the largest in the northeast in the 1970s, and would have been a fine retirement nest egg these days. I was never able to collect another belt plate since I was so depressed over the loss of a collection started when I was 13 years old. Got hit again by my landlady's junkie grandson in the late 1990s and again in the early 2000s and lost about 15 antique rifles and a bunch of fine knives. Luckily, although I suppose sadly, he finally overdosed and got his just desserts. I went to all the major east coast Civil War shows for two years and never found even one of my lost belt plates. I'm glad the creeps didn't get too many of your knives, but I'm sure you must have felt violated by the experience.

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

Nice old blades. I'm particularly envious that your Imperial Sportsman & Kamp King combo has a nice sheath. The only nice sheath I have that is mated with the Sportsman belt axe sheath is for the fixed blade only.

I don't have as many of the Sportsman types, but was on a kick for a little while snagging any I could find on evil bay in good shape in the $9 each range. I did manage to stop as I got into double digits. Sold/traded most off and kept a smaller selection. A few Outdoor, Imperial, and Utica marked ones and at least one of the Imperials has the fish scaler spine on it.

Fun thing is that even the less than minty sheaths had something to say. From the worn combo sheath of "Tommy Henson" of Troop 712 to the thin wire used to reinforce one that had some stamping on the front and name "Howard Goodman" stamped on the back. You just get the feeling that quite few of these knives as simple as they were meant a lot to the people that owned and carried them.

In this day and age of super steel and "hard use" knives, these old, lightweight, carbon steel knives would still make for a fine camping and woodsman's knife in the hands of someone who knew how to use a knife to cut and appreciated something that was handy without dragging his pants down.

Here is a quick shot of the knife/belt axe combo in their sheaths. The knife itself is an Outdoor brand. The Axe is unmarked, but I bought them together on the evil bay several years ago.