Found an old friend....

[JD Mandrell]

I am slowly draggin out all my knives in batches to photograph my entire collection, and while going through some drawers I found this one.


It's a small Frost Cutlery Pen knife that my older brother gave me in 1981 when I graduated the 8th grade.

Nothing to fancy, bone scales with stainless blades and probably not the highest quality in the world, but it sure was carried for many years without failing.

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

Good service is good service and you had it when you needed it and it came from someone that mattered. Makes for a good old companion worth being soft on. I like the scales. They do look good.

I had a Frost celluloid (probably plastic) stockman back around 79/80. It was kinda purty, light to carry, and it cut pretty good as I recall. I think I got screwed in the trade for it and I don't try to recall that part. I'm gonna start using selective and creative memory like my mother does. Then all my trades will be brilliant and every thing I ever owned will be the best there was... Nah, too many grey hairs, aches, and pains to believe that. Not to mention all the good stories I can tell on myself, or not.

 

[Don Luis]

Looks fine to me.

Here's my old Frost, a Copperhead II that I found years ago on sale at a small sports shop in Mexico City.

Springs are just a little weak for my taste, needs frequent sharpening which is easy to do, the bone handles used to be smooth but I jigged them with a dremel, a chip/crack around the center pin has been fixed with clear epoxy, I rounded down the top front of the razor blade a little bit and reprofiled its edge to a thin angle, IMHO not a great knife but all in all a decent user.

Luis


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[JD Mandrell]

Nice jigging on that one Don Luis.

I noticed the scales on mine are showing their age, slight shrinkage around the edges. I need to soak it in mineral oil before i store it away again.

 

[sunnyd]

I am slowly draggin out all my knives in batches..

TLC,
Cool story here.! I can relate,, to be sure.. Thank You Sir, for bringing back a bitter-sweet memory that is similarly related to this one, albeit with many crazy twists and turns... It started out innocently enough, though with quite a different spin at the conclusion of a cherished relationship gone south,, which I cannot go into with anyone else, even to this day .. :grumpy:

The high point in here,, was there was a vintage little frost knife involved as well, which I still have and treasure because of the beloved folks involved..
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For a different reason:

I guess its sort of funny (funny/queer)not (funny/ha,ha)... I too, have been dragging out all my old knives(in multiple boxes) as well because of the coolest new sticky = sub-forum on the Traditional and this, the greatest new playground on BFC. . . I am refereeing of coarse to the 'member swap' thread here on Traditional Folders & Fixed..

Reason for this is I have an abundance of great old used knives that need new homes that I have that must be placed in good homes to nice folks...

well shellfire and low & behold.. shazzam.. an old fashion courthouse swap meet comes to my favorite playground here with my favorite people.. what a blessing this has become! :thumbup:

I love this old knife and would be very much obliged if any of you most coolest of the forumites in the know can identify this vintage little frost lock blade with Abalone Scales and naked lady etch as far as year and Provence run or anything whatever..:yawn:

ps{ Have I told you all that I love you all lately?..

 

[waynorth]

Looks like you took decent care of that knife TLC!

 

[GerberGuy]

Nice designs.