Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

2toes,
I just cannot get enough of this old case xx knife. I find myself eyeing that gorgeous old green bone handle over and over and over again!.:eek:

I have got one similar to this nice old sticker in green bone as well. I will see if I can hunt it up to show here.

You certainly have way better garage sales in your neighborhood than they do in mine, that's for sure..:rolleyes: :D
 
Joseph Rodgers Ivory Handled Dirk

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2toes and JAxe. I really like both of those knives. The handles are outstanding. Excellent vintage stuff. Thanks for showing them.
 
Here is something a little different. A pair of 110 year old fish knives. The handles are genuine ivory and the collars and blades sterling silver. Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1896. Very sylish.

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Wow, some beautiful new pieces being show here.

I finally got some stuff scanned in. The first image is some additions to my limited "Sportsman" collection.
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Left to right is marked OUTDOOR SPORTSMAN, Utica SPORTSMAN, the Kamp-King utility knife that goes in the double sheath with the final knife, an Imperial H7 Sportsman. All are in the eigth and three quarters to nine inch overall, five inch blade range.

Here are the blade marks for the Outdoor and the Utica. The Utica is heavier construction that the Imperials, but the Outdoor is even thicker and heavier. The blade is actually much shinier than the scan would indicate and doesn't seem to be sharpened.
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Finally is a recently aquired Queen in the same stlye, but a little smaller. Eight inches overall, four and a quarter inch blade, bone handles. Supposed to be SFO, 1 of 50. I got it from Greg over at PGQuick.
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So anywhosen, that's the latest additions to the fixed blade family here.

Amos
 
I must have waited too long. The thread seems to have started drifting away again. There's been some really great knives posted here, from custom, to classic, to working class, and very vintage. A nice run of fixed blade steel!
 
Yes,, perhaps you have Amos,,

Is there any more old fixed, or more not so old fixed you can contribute??. mmm??. :cool: We love seeing all your good stuff!!.:thumbup:
 
This is an Alex Coppell German hunting knife that I've had for around 40 years.
The blade is ~10" long and a full 3/8" thick at the guard. The Saw teeth point forward. It's a bit different.


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What could be more of a good basic fixed blade than a no frills, skeletal handle Randall?

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WooHOO! More steel!

Bors, wonderful old knife! I like the interesting forward raking saw teeth. I can see how that big guard would be reassuring when pushing instead of pulling with the teeth though.

Thomason, any Randall is nice of course. That one though looks like it would ride neat and tucked tight in a number of ways and still be up to the task.

I liked those gambler knives shown a little bit ago too. I've been wanting to get a couple along the gambler/boot line. I had an original, colored, micarta handled, AG Russell Sting back in the mid 80s that I could kick myself for trading off now. I can't recall what the color was. It might have been white, or red, or green. I just can't recall. Naturally, Anthony's knife and JAxe's dirk are treats. Especially with that lovely, aged ivory.

S-K's IXL bowie is a treat. That style carried over to the Sportsman types and some of the Cowboy Bowies.

What really makes a lot of these old knives interesting is that they all were designed to be, and were carried on a regular basis. While I'm sure there were plenty of fancy pieces put up, people still carried and used a lot of these knives as an ongoing part of their life.
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
.. What really makes a lot of these old knives interesting is that they all were designed to be, and were carried on a regular basis. While I'm sure there were plenty of fancy pieces put up, people still carried and used a lot of these knives as an ongoing part of their life.
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So very well stated Amos! This is so true.. Folks in all walks of life carried and used there knives as a matter of due coarse, like putting on ones trousers every day. Let us not forget that just prior to the end of the Civil War ones knife was the most reliable self defense weapon one had, not to mention an every day tool depending on what ones lifestyle was, and/or what ones line of work was. Sure there were one and two barrel flint lock ball and cap pistols to be had, but the mainstay of personal defense prior to Sam Colt's legendary 5 and 6 cartridge single shot revolver was some form of Bowie, Arkansas Toothpick, Dirk-Dagger or Hunting knife. These good old stickers really are a part of our American heritage. And when you see one of these old beauty's you are connected to that person that use to own, sharpen, clean, care for and use that precious cutting implement in every day life. For me its a great feeling and one I will never grow tired of!
 
Well, I don't have anything to compete with the quality pieces on display here. I used to wonder who bought all these beautiful knives I saw in the books, and now I know ;).

Anyway, I figured I'd lay my shame out so everyone could see. You can quietly laugh at this nieto one, this other nieto one, and finally one of my favourites, this one :D

That final one needs some explanation; I was in Prague over winter last year and there was a blacksmith on the street, in the freezing cold with snow falling around him, hammering out these knives. I just had to buy one. I like it's rough simplicity, and the memories of Prague that go with it.

yours in awe - keep 'em coming!
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Hi user24. I think that is great. Have you ever considered putting a handle of some kind on it? Knives mean so much more with a personal, familiar, or historical context. Thanks for sharing that.
 
I'm not sure what kind of handle would go best with it - suggestions welcome.
Honestly though I think I like it precisely because it's just about the most basic a knife can get; it's literally just some twisted metal with an edge. I think the first steel knives would probably look pretty similar to this.

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PS: glad you liked, and greets to a fellow englandian - I'm from Northampton! /waves!
 
This thread has taken a turn towards collectors knives now as opposed to users but I'll show this now anyway.It is an Army D-Type Survival Knife made by Richards of Sheffield I removed the black coating on the blade and it is now my most used knife !

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Actually I still use that German Hunting knife from time to time. I like to use them that's what they were ment for.
 
User, that last one definitely has a serious cool factor going on! There is something primal about it that has a lot of appeal.

AshTX, how do those S&W's perform? I've always been curious. The traditional S&W slipjoints (Chinese made) seem to loose their edge quickly in my very limited experience. So I wonder about their fixed blades.
 
Favorite is probably the Tigershark. I should have included a few others I had. The S&W knives you see here are good knives for the money. They are not a Becker or a Busse though. But considering I only pay like $25.00 apiece they are worth every penny. They will get very sharp and hold a decent edge. Like i said they are great for the price but I would choose one of the others I have first if I only could have one in a survival situation. For those who dont want to spend a lot they are perfect. Plus you get a small diamond sharpening stone with each. Remember How sharp a knife gets depends more on how good a sharpener you are and not so much the quality of a knife. A good sharpener can sharpen the edge of a shovel shaving sharp and we all know they are not made of good knife steel. Long story short I like the S&W search and rescue knives. There folders and some of there other knives are junk though. If you can get for under $35 or less by all means buy it.
 
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