Early Lignum-Vitae Knives

Dave,
I do believe that is a 110 "Professional Skinner". They also had the 113 "Elk", the 112 "Skinner", and the 111 which was also a skinner but it had no name while it was in the line. All those model numbers have been recycled except the 113.
What a cool collection of oldies!
 
wow, i had heard that the 110 was a skiner but had never seen even a pict of one..
thanks H !
 
Exceptional collection. I've never seen most of those knives before.

Thanks for showing it,
Peter
 
wow! If the handles on those really are lignum vitae I can only imagine the abrasives they burned through making them!
 
Dang knife show problems,

I was counting on getting to handle some of those at the Blades of Steel show in Ft. Worth till the show was cancelled. It would be like going to the museum and going in the back rooms.
300Bucks
 
Heres a bunch of various Skinners from 1940's through 1961...2 Lucite, lignum vitea, elk , ebony, and phenolic barrel nut with leather spacers.
Notice how long the dark ebony one is. You could by an extra inch in blade length for an extra $2 back then.
See the bone hard fiber spacers on the pommel end of the elk? That knife must have come back to Buck in the mid 1960's for a repair.
 

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Joe Houser said:
Heres a bunch of various Skinners from 1940's through 1961...2 Lucite, lignum vitea, elk , ebony, and phenolic barrel nut with leather spacers.
Notice how long the dark ebony one is. You could by an extra inch in blade length for an extra $2 back then.
See the bone hard fiber spacers on the pommel end of the elk? That knife must have come back to Buck in the mid 1960's for a repair.
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Man.... You got to love those 103's Joe.:thumbup:
Thanks
 
Joe Houser said:
Heres a bunch of various Skinners from 1940's through 1961...2 Lucite, lignum vitea, elk , ebony, and phenolic barrel nut with leather spacers.
Notice how long the dark ebony one is. You could by an extra inch in blade length for an extra $2 back then.
See the bone hard fiber spacers on the pommel end of the elk? That knife must have come back to Buck in the mid 1960's for a repair.
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Joe, Those are great! Really like the handle variation.
 
Joe, Thanks for the picture.Then its always better that you know the names and model numbers.Which gives us more information on the history.One then can actually see the models progression over time and how the knife evolved.DM
 
I love looking at the oldies ,they remind me of my childhood watching my dad and grandfather at the old deer camp,Joe those are awesome knives,thanks for sharing guys!
 
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