Love the Scout Knife

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leghog

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Beautiful collection Lehog! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I have a few and love them all!!!! ;)
 
Nice collection! I have several myself and find them to be a useful design. OH
 
Stupid tapatalk sent before I could finish my post. My favorite knife beside busters. Nice collection
 
Great pics of some cool examples of a favorite pattern, leghog:thumbup::thumbup:
My first knife was a Colonial Forest-Master that I got about 55 years ago, and I'm still drawn to scout knives and their variants.

- GT
 
Outstanding!

I keep holding out for the day that GEC does a Scout knife, or A.G. Russell does another run.
 
Those are some nice ones, leghog.

A few of my scout/utility knives (except the one in the middle in the first picture is a GEC 68 White Owl)

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mmmm, love that boker :thumbup: The scout knife has always been a favourite of mine, being the first real knife I ever owned. I sadly do not have a proper traditional design as my Camper has replaced the other but i really do love these fine examples you gentlemen have. I especially admire that Camillus classic cartridge with the sheepsfoot blade on it. Any more information on that one?
 
Still have my official Boy Scout knife from 60 years ago; an Imperial with plast-stag handles.
Also have several early and current SAKs. Love the basic tools in them. Nice collections.
Rich S
 
Mine are only modest, but both Red! RR and Schatt&Morgan, stainless.

Few years ago, Weidmannsheil Germany offered a nice looking Scout Knife, some were Green Bone others Ram's Horn I seem to remember, carbon steel.

Thanks, Will.

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I keep looking at the picture above with the GEC #68 in it and thinking "All you need to do is add a caplifter, a can opener, and replace the pen blade with an awl...."
 
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Rescued from oblivion (aka Dad's desk drawer) last month. With his permission, of course. 1960s I'm thinking. Finish on the blades looks brand new. Western.

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Zieg
 
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I grew up carrying Ulster Boy Scout knives and they have a very dear place in my heart.

Sadly, the pattern no longer has any appeal to me as an EDC carry. The tool selection made a lot of sense during the first half of the 1900s, when leather straps and canned foods were a constant reality for outdoor life.

I've come to see modern versions of the basic 4 blade camper as nostalgic reproduction pieces. That has it's place in terms of collecting.

I would be much more interested in seeing GEC (or somebody) do a traditionally styled 2 spring camper with updated tool selection:
1) Spear main blade
2) cap lifter/regular screw driver
3) folding scissors
4) diamond file/regular file/2 blade phillips head driver


Maybe Bladeforums could move the needle by commissioning this for the 2015 knife.

In this vein I note that Case has the tooling for folding scissors.
 
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