Knife Collecting A Lifetime Disease

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lt632ret

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Now that the new format allows a greater window for pictures and since some have expressed the desire to see more knives. I am putting on some pictures of part of my collection. After viewing these there can be no doubt that this hobby can be a disease. Obviously one I am afflicted with and obviously one I am attempting to spread. LT
 
WOW!!! ,

You had sent me some pictures awhile back of some of these, but what beauties!

The Duke would surely trade all of his" Hollywood " knives for a "Tour" of your collection. :D .... I'm sure he would be impressed!

Awesome, as always, LT.

Bill
 
Actually these are older pics these have all been moved to safer quarters. Now there is a new crop growing. Remember the motto you can never have enough knives. LT
 
LT, sir,
If you ever need extra safe quarters, please contact me here in Arizona. Your beauties would be well guarded until such time as you needed them,........well I could probably find most of them, anyway. :o

Bill

"Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, more money." Tom T. Hall
"A man can never have too much ammunition or too many great wines." Jeff Cooper
 
Great collection, LT! Looks like it took you a while to aquire all that :eek: . I'll be lucky to ever have that many knives!
I saw your John Wayne cutout, he was one of my favorites! Haven't seen a Duke movie that I didn't like! My wife is an author, and won a Fabio life-sized cutout as a door-prize :rolleyes:

Here are most of my knives, just over 100 of them:

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That's all of mine, minus a few stragglers and some recently purchased ones.
If this is an illness, I hope it never gets cured :D

(I should divert some of my knife money for a better camera, but I just can't seem to...)
 
You are well on your way. You have the disease congratulations. The most expensive knife I ever bought was a Case Zipper clasp model. The asking price was 10,000 I did not pay that however I did pay what was for me quite a lot. I also had to add a couple of fairly rare knives to the deal. In fact the fellow I bought the Zipper from sold one of the ones I traded for it and a couple of months later it appeared in an article in a national magazine. Estimates vary on the number of these that were made anywhere from 40 to 125. They were made prior to 1920 under the Case Bradford tang. Needless to say most of these that are still around have been restored or are pretty worn or pitted. This one is supposed to be original and may well be the nicest example in the world. It is so nice that it has been examined with great scrutiny by several knowledgable people and so far has stood the test. According to what I was told it came from the estate of a doctor down south and was not used or carried.

Knives with this mechanism were also made in a coke bottle style knife. These were made under the Case Bradford tang ( pre 1920 ) and the Case tested tang ( post 1920 ). I have included a picture of my coke bottle version which is the older under the Bradford Tang. I recently had the chance to get the Tested version but turned it down. ( I must be getting old).

So the moral of this story aside from some pretty pictures ( which with the new method I can now post ) is forget the camera you can always get or borrow one besides the one you buy today will be obsolete tomorrow, but never pass up an old knife because you may never get another chance at it. Any way thats the way I feel about it. LT PS Since I can now do it I included a couple of pics of some other fairly rare Case autos. No sense wasting the space. Whee all this posting room is fun.
 
Nice sharing, everyone...

BTW, I don't really collect Case knives, but I have a few of them. I find them to be too expensive right out of the gate.

Of the few pieces I do have, this is my favorite. It belonged to my grandfather, and I wouldn't trade it for any money.

I know this isn't schrade content, but who's going to say anything, right?

Glenn
 

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That big folder is in nice shape it looks like Grandad took good care of it. I also do not collect CASE knives I believe they are over priced, over valued, and over all not all they are cracked up to be. However in regard to the knives I mentioned earlier in the thread my reason for wanting them is my fascination with automatics there history and various mechanisms. ( These are not new CASE knives)

Of course the father of the production automatic was George Schrade and his contributuions really are the main segment of this study ( automatics). Still as with any subject all of the parts make the whole and rounding out this entire picture was my objective in wanting these pieces . Unfortunately in this situation these knives are cross collectables which are not only desired by Automatic collectors but, CASE collectors as well. This along with the rarity makes them insanely expensive. The insane part apparently is where I fit in. As far as diverging from the topic of Schrade it is I feel all part of the overall picture. Case also sold a large and small folding automatic folding hunter which in effect were an invincible and business style model made on contract by Schrade. The further you go into these the more you realize how it is all releated.

It is obvious when I write I babble about all matter of nonsense. Often my tangents are certainly divergent. Non the less it is up to the reader ( I feel ) to simply pass over my contributions if they are so inclined ( in fact with some of my prattlings I feel they may be showing good sense) and find something more palatable to there taste. However I also feel such meandering is each of our rights when the structure of a discussion such as this becomes so constricted that we cannot veer off to other brands and subjects to see how it all comes together then we must be doing something wrong. Some of you may remember a thread a while back about ping pong balls now it can be argued that this particular discussion did not strictly adhere to the subject of Schrade knives I on the other hand believe that this segment must have had some redeaming quality ( although I cannot fathom what it was).

Please keep the pics coming in I for one really enjoy seeing the the fruits of other addicts with this disease. Also I implore you exercise your right to express youself it is a great freedom that even as I write this, brave americans are fighting and dieing for us and others to have. May God watch over them. LT.
 
The redeaming quality was in the bonding. We were able to add and share much of life with our somewhat off center sence's of humor. Its the humor that we have that allows us to endure. If we didn't have one, as armed as we are, we surely would be more than just a little dangerous. As far as rambling and reading.. Keep going. I'll just try and keep feeding you enough fuel to burn.

Have a great weekend.
Larry
 
Both the commentary and the knives are great. Glenn, I like those big old folding monsters. Great knife, Grandpa had classy tastes. Was he a hunter?

Cool, LT, very very cool. More, more!

Steve... Very nice! I have a new fascination with military fixed blades. Are those older Ka-bars or other USMC fighting knives in the upper right hand corner?

'Scuse me, I gotta go buy a digital camera. And upgrade my membership.

Best to all of you,

Phil
 
Hey Phil,

I like military knives,too. I haven't started collecting them much yet, all of mine are fairly new, and no Ka-bars...

The knives in the upper corner are:
1. Ontario Spec-plus SP-1 Marine - I love this knife! I'm working on convexing the edge to it will cut better, it's very sharp right now!

2. Ontario Spec-Plus SP-17 Quartermaster - I traded a Buck 703 for this. It belonged to a good friend of mine, who had just got a Becker and an Ontario TAK, so he didn't really have a use for this one. Probably a better trade for him in the long run.

3. Ontario Pilots Survival knife (the issue model, I think). This one makes a great bumming around knife.

4. An old Buck 119, mid-'80s vintage. This is the one I carried in the Army, got alot of use from that one. :) I had never seen a Ka-bar at the PX, only these, SAKs, and Gerbers, so I got this one!

5. Schrade content: a Golden Spike that I re-handled with maple. I have a sharpfinger that I'm changing to maroon micarta pretty soon.

More Schrade content:
Second row from left, 3/4 of the way up from the bottom are most of my Schrades.
 
I have a few military knives which I picked up here and there and a couple are kind of personal. I just found the three in the one picture they were being past over at a gun clup swap meet. Amazing, it seemed no one wanted these poor old knives. I am a sport I paid 15 a piece for them. I did not even argue on the price. The wall display case are some various pieces that had been lying, around until about ten years ago when I stuck them on the wall. The Gurka is real. As is the Nazi SA.( etched Alles fur Deutfchland }. The fellow who got it is buried in Belgium, died in the Battle of the bulge RIP. ) He had sent it home prior to his being killed. I was given it by his brother I have the helmit as well with the germans solders name Essen it is written in the helmit. ) The youth knife is a repro. The bayos are real from several periods. The little Nazi folding para is a fake since they all are ( this style of knife is advertised as a WW II knife in fact to my knowledge it was never used or made during that period. There is a mexican souvenir knife ( I brought back a few ). Etched Como Pintan Brinca y al son ( below that ) Que le toguen Baila. How can you beat a knife that big with all that writing for 4 bucks. There is a big Buckmaster survival knife. My favorite is the big butcher knife on the bottom which is a forgotten piece of history. Marked with the Clyde cutlery logo and US 1968 made in USA. Our govt in in infinite wisdom forbid the use of tomahawks by our troops during the Viet Nam conflict. However no one told the Cong to stop using tunnels or mutilating our people. Tomahawks aside from being a throwing weapon also made a nice dent in papa sans head or other various spots in which an ace of spades might be inserted as a reminder of our presence and payback for cutting off body parts and otherwise desecrating our dead soldiers. So with the tomahawks gone. A plan was hatched and all of a sudden there was a cronic need for large kitchen butcher knives. These were sometimes (by mistake of course) issued to various individuals with a propensity for there implementation and imaginative use. They would work quite well and left a nice indentation in whatever was struck quite suitable for a card or other object to be inserted into. Great for bobbing ears which was at the time a collectible endeaver. I acquired two of these knives a great honor that I did not deserve since I would not lend myself to such an endeaver however strangly enough I did break one on a piece of bone. LT
 
I had to come out of my flooded cellar for a while and catch up on all the great postings and pictures. We got 7" of rain here in NH in about 24 hrs and as I have a small river at the back of my property its not unusual for me to have some water in the cellar at this time of year. This year I was almost able to drop line fish off my back deck. Its dried up some but its raining again.
My neighbors has a family of ducks swiming inside his shed in his backyard and the beavers have started sleeping in the street because its dryer than their huts.

Anyways,
Way back when, LT and I talked about the Prince Albert offer of a Schrade knife for $2.00 and 5 tobacco can liners. Here is a picture with the can plus the 3 different type of knives that were sent. Thanks to LT for the correct info on the knives. I hope I got em right.

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Back to the wet/dry vac I go.
TTYL Larry
 
If the camper says OLD Timer on the shield and not ULSTER then You are correct. I have a similar water condition. However apparently not to your extent. You have my understanding and empathy. If is difficult for those who do not know the northeast to understand the normal spring cycle. A delicate brook in the summer can become a deadly torrent in the spring thaw, or a cloud burst. That is why we are so robust, hardy, vigorous, tough, independent,ect. All that being said my only question is why do I still live here? LT
 
Well LT,
As you have described the area and the history of the area, it seems like a fair tradeoff for a few minor inconveniences. It sounds beautiful to us desert dwellers. But then, we love what others cannot see in the beauty of the desert.

Bill

PS
Schrade content.... Those are some great knives you guys have. :D
 
Interesting take on the VN era tomahawks, LT, and precisely right. The very idea of Americans using a classic and deadly All-American arm in combat really got to those in governmental power. Those not, of course, actually participating in combat.

I have one Ace of Spades in an old briefcase I bought in DaNang filled with bits and peices of memoribilia. Bicycle playing card company sent entire decks of cards over there, all 52 of 'em being the Ace of Spades. The death card. Precisely as shown in the movie 'Apocolapse Now'. Big units could have their insignia printed on each card.

Steve, those Ontarios are alright. I have a spec 23 Ranger model for messing around. I keep the blade wet with mineral oil as it is not stainless. REally does take an edge. That mineral oil will also keep the leather washer handle of your AFSK looking great. I applied it daily for over a week to the handle of an 80's USMC camillus Ka-bar type and it looks wonderful now.

Finally picked up an Imperial M16 M7 bayo the other day... It has precisely the same blade profile as the Imperial M7-S survival knife, although the grind is a bit different and there is the saw back on the civilian model.

LT, as always, thanks for the pics.

Lrv.. I love those 'knife in the cans'.

Steve... didn't know you had skills as a knife re-handler. I'm trying to put some Ivory scales on an old Frontier lockback now.
 
Great fixed blades, LT! I have a number of fixed blades myself, But I don't collect those as much. I have a wide and varied assortment, too.I will have to take pictures of those and get them on very soon.

Phil, My grandfather and father lived in Montana for many years. I'm sure they did plenty of hunting and fishing. Over the years as I was growing up, I would occasionally get pocketknives as presents from Grandad. Looking back, he had impeccable taste in knives. Schrades, Case, and alot of Queens. He was also an accomplished leather worker, making belts and other types of things like that. Luckily, my father loved those types of things, and encouraged me to take care of my knives, guns, fishing gear, etc. I also have a book of hand-tied flys that grandad did.

I think there was some Indian on my Father's side of the family.

Really neat history, sadly, I did not know my father's side of the family too well.

Larry, I feel for you and the flooding. Luckily, my basement stayed dry. Just keep those knives off the ground. :D
 
I have enough Northern mountain Cherokee to join up. I just never have. I feel I would seem like a hypocrite at his point. LT
 
Allright, here's the extent of my fixed blades...at least the ones I'm not embarrassed to show you. (I still have the 18" long rambo knife with the hollow handle)

There are Westerns and schrades and a few other oddities in there. Questions about any???

Glenn
 

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