So the nice older lady who owned the antique store at the end or my street in Berkeley Ca, passed away and they are liquidating.
I walked in and asked if they had any pocket knives. Holy smokes! A 10 gallon bin full of knives. A lot of crap and some good finds. Also a lot of newer knives, she had over 50 real SAKs and another 50 of the most common knockoff from China back in the 80s.
It is the first of the "fakes" on this page.
http://www.smartknives.com/Swiss-Army-Knife-Facts/Swiss-Army-Knife-ID.html
They also had over 75 70s-80s Pakistani "110" copies.
A bunch of Old Hickory, Ontario Carbon steel butches and skinners, one that was so razor sharp! I may need to go back and get it.
They had a lot of broken and over sharpened knives, 8-10 TL-29s, a couple dozen Imperial Jacks of all sizes.
Two Girl Scout knives with the green handles! and a Cub Scout model all US made.
A few Case and various Schrades. it was overwhelming! A really sharpened down bolsterless (bare-ended) Case Trapper with red or brown bone.
I got 3 x #8 Opinels because I want to carve the handles, a Soligen "Magician's knife" with one blade, a Jimmy Carter in 1980 jack knife, three tiny knives and a weird all SS Hobo knife from the Five and Dime stores called New Berry. (yes it is time I signed up for a photo account somewhere so I can post pics)
There were a dozen various Camper knives, wow it was a lot. My god there was a wood handled Hob knife but I only found the knife blade side
If anyone is searching for something call it out and I will let you know if they have any. I have an excellent memory for useless stuff like this!! So try me and maybe I can help you find the holy grail of your collection.
Now my right thumbnail feels really sore and is broken in several places but that was a ton of fun!
Cheers or Bahl Hornin as we say in Boonville California.
I walked in and asked if they had any pocket knives. Holy smokes! A 10 gallon bin full of knives. A lot of crap and some good finds. Also a lot of newer knives, she had over 50 real SAKs and another 50 of the most common knockoff from China back in the 80s.
It is the first of the "fakes" on this page.
http://www.smartknives.com/Swiss-Army-Knife-Facts/Swiss-Army-Knife-ID.html
They also had over 75 70s-80s Pakistani "110" copies.
A bunch of Old Hickory, Ontario Carbon steel butches and skinners, one that was so razor sharp! I may need to go back and get it.
They had a lot of broken and over sharpened knives, 8-10 TL-29s, a couple dozen Imperial Jacks of all sizes.
Two Girl Scout knives with the green handles! and a Cub Scout model all US made.
A few Case and various Schrades. it was overwhelming! A really sharpened down bolsterless (bare-ended) Case Trapper with red or brown bone.
I got 3 x #8 Opinels because I want to carve the handles, a Soligen "Magician's knife" with one blade, a Jimmy Carter in 1980 jack knife, three tiny knives and a weird all SS Hobo knife from the Five and Dime stores called New Berry. (yes it is time I signed up for a photo account somewhere so I can post pics)
There were a dozen various Camper knives, wow it was a lot. My god there was a wood handled Hob knife but I only found the knife blade side
If anyone is searching for something call it out and I will let you know if they have any. I have an excellent memory for useless stuff like this!! So try me and maybe I can help you find the holy grail of your collection.
Now my right thumbnail feels really sore and is broken in several places but that was a ton of fun!
Cheers or Bahl Hornin as we say in Boonville California.