This afternoon, i went down to the Gold and Pawn trading center in Portsmouth, NH (on the way to the Water Country waterslide park) to see if they were interested in my Tippmann paintball marker, they weren't, sadly, they already had 2 markers they couldn't sell...
as i was walking out, i spied their knife counter, boxes of knives grouped as to price, from $5 to $25, and me being a knife knut, i had to take a look.....
i think i got a pretty good haul, starting low price to high price, i picked up....
2 Victorinox Signature Lite keyring SAK's, one blue, one red, i gave Dad a choice of the blue or red, he chose the red, so i kept the blue one
(i only have pics of my blue one, as Dad loved his red one and put it right on his keyring)
price? $5 each
in the next bin, i found a SOG Crossgrip multitool, and a Radio Shack Leatherman wire stripper/plier combo, the SOG has a *tiny* amount of surface rust, but some 000 steel wool and some Flitz polish will fix that problem
price? $10 each
and finally the *big* haul....
in the next bin, i found a Victorinox CyberTool, the scales were a little scraped up, it had obviously done pocket-duty, but all tools opened and closed crisply, and the blades were sharp, all the bits were in the bitholder
Price? $20
and in that same bin, i found my *biggest* bargain yet, a Victorinox SwissChamp, very minor wear on the scales, the main blade had a "Migrosbank" logo in English, French, and Spanish, this was *clearly* a European SwissChamp, originally owned by an executive, it looked almost brand new, heck, it still even had the *pin* in the corkscrew slot, it was near-mint
Price? $20......yes, TWENTY bucks for the *biggest* normal "toolbox" SAK....
not a bad haul if i do say so myself....
so, any New Hampshire/Southern Maine Knuts looking for a good cheap SAK, go to Gold&Pawn, they have *boxes* of SAK's and multitools, as well as a bunch of those silly looking Pakistani "Fantasy" knives as well, always good for a laugh....
as i was walking out, i spied their knife counter, boxes of knives grouped as to price, from $5 to $25, and me being a knife knut, i had to take a look.....
i think i got a pretty good haul, starting low price to high price, i picked up....
2 Victorinox Signature Lite keyring SAK's, one blue, one red, i gave Dad a choice of the blue or red, he chose the red, so i kept the blue one
(i only have pics of my blue one, as Dad loved his red one and put it right on his keyring)
price? $5 each
in the next bin, i found a SOG Crossgrip multitool, and a Radio Shack Leatherman wire stripper/plier combo, the SOG has a *tiny* amount of surface rust, but some 000 steel wool and some Flitz polish will fix that problem
price? $10 each
and finally the *big* haul....
in the next bin, i found a Victorinox CyberTool, the scales were a little scraped up, it had obviously done pocket-duty, but all tools opened and closed crisply, and the blades were sharp, all the bits were in the bitholder
Price? $20
and in that same bin, i found my *biggest* bargain yet, a Victorinox SwissChamp, very minor wear on the scales, the main blade had a "Migrosbank" logo in English, French, and Spanish, this was *clearly* a European SwissChamp, originally owned by an executive, it looked almost brand new, heck, it still even had the *pin* in the corkscrew slot, it was near-mint
Price? $20......yes, TWENTY bucks for the *biggest* normal "toolbox" SAK....
not a bad haul if i do say so myself....
so, any New Hampshire/Southern Maine Knuts looking for a good cheap SAK, go to Gold&Pawn, they have *boxes* of SAK's and multitools, as well as a bunch of those silly looking Pakistani "Fantasy" knives as well, always good for a laugh....
All I saw was an fair-condition Al Mar Eagle Ultralite for $79 (!!! :jerkit: ) and a nice, but unidentified ATS-34 A.G Russell linerlock very much like the BM690. But, it was $149!
