Does anyone know about Condor knives?

lunde

lunde

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I bought a couple Condor knives in the mid 1980s. One is an 85 SSG, which is a filet knife. The other is an 80 SSG, which is more of a skinner. Workmanship is very good. Here are a couple photos of the 80 SSG that I took a few minutes ago. Note that it is serial numbered: A1-1129. I has a well-executed and very tasteful gray condura nylon sheath.

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Oh crap, I hope that Vassili doesn't see these, because maybe I didn't light them properly. :eek:
 
Never even heard of them Ken:confused:

They look to be well made and the Seki city steel shoud be very good.

Someone that know's will come along soon.
BTW-to much light on those blades:D
 
Ken44, you wrote:
BTW-to much light on those blades:D
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Yeah, I guess the aggressive lighting that I used created innumerable many hot spots that made sure that none of the lettering can be seen, and the grain of the steel is not even apparent. Crap, I need to try again, I guess... ;)
 
lunde said:
Ken44, you wrote:Yeah, I guess the aggressive lighting that I used created innumerable many hot spots that made sure that none of the lettering can be seen, and the grain of the steel is not even apparent. Crap, I need to try again, I guess... ;)
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LMAO:D;):thumbup:
 
those look like the now defunct Lakota brand.
maybe condor bought the remaining stock when lakota went under?
 
Great link Greg:thumbup: that should tell Ken all he wants to know.

You have one of the early micarta's Ken:thumbup: Very nice heavy duty knife for it's time, well for any time for that matter. To bad they went downhill pretty quick.
 
Very cool knife, despite the horrendous lighting.

Ken, could we see the fillet knife too sometime? I have a soft spot for fillet knives, even though most of mine are functional production pieces.

BTW, here's what REAL lighting looks like, my friend. One day, you'll be able to produce a clear picture like this one. :p :D

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The knives spent some time in our kitchen knife drawer. I spent about twenty minutes cleaning up the 80 SSG, which I photographed. I will clean up the 85 SSG this evening, which is the fillet knife, then I'll take some crappy snapshots of it using my inadequate lighting, being damn sure to shut off those nasty side lights. ;)
 
lunde said:
The knives spent some time in our kitchen knife drawer. I spent about twenty minutes cleaning up the 80 SSG, which I photographed. I will clean up the 85 SSG this evening, which is the fillet knife, then I'll take some crappy snapshots of it using my inadequate lighting, being damn sure to shut off those nasty side lights. ;)
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Roger that.

Thanks, Ken. I'll try not to judge too harshly.
 
Here are a couple quick snapshots of the Condor 85 SSG fillet knife. I apologize in advance, particularly to Vassili, for the inadequate lighting, exposure, and so on. ;)

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Again, the knife is just so hard to see in your photos, but I appreciate the effort. :p

That one is a beauty as well, Ken. Looks like you got in on this line at just the right time. How do they rate as users?

(I assume they're users since they were in the kitchen drawer.)
 
I'm not that V guy, but I think this is a better way to pose the shot (taken from the Wilderness forum, believe it or not):

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(Note: This is a Lakota, the spiritual predecessor to Condor. So it's not a complete threadjacking)

Rick
 
rbmcmjr, I'm having trouble finding the knife in that photo.
 
Theres a knife in rbmcmjr's photo? I can't see anything in Lunde's photo...too dark, he needs advice....
 
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