"Old Knives"

jdracing · Jan 25, 2016

TsarBomba said:
Kinda scary how often we end up bidding against each other on the porch...

Congrats and I hope you enjoy it, it's an awfully nice old swell-end and that master looks almost untouched! :thumbup:

I never knew who was bidding,I just liked it.....But I try be a good person...

:thumbup:
Message me at-
msjdracing@rtmc.net
my personal email.....It does look really clean ole knife....
Talk soon,JD

chuko · Jan 25, 2016

supratentorial said:
Nice addition to your collection, Charles. I've never seen one of those knives in person. How is the lanyard loop attached to the knife? Is there a hole through the spring? Is it treaded or peened?

Jake, here are some photos that I hope show answers to your questions. Sorry they are not John quality pics, but best I could do tonight. Loop does go through and pin can be seen in photo, does not appear to be threaded. Last picture shows blade closed and plenty of space.
Charles
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supratentorial · Jan 26, 2016

Hi Charles. Thank you for posting photos but the links don't seem to be working.

chuko · Jan 26, 2016

supratentorial said:
Hi Charles. Thank you for posting photos but the links don't seem to be working.

I posted the pictures again and they show now. Thanks

supratentorial · Jan 26, 2016

Perfect. I appreciate the photos. :thumbup:

supratentorial · Jan 26, 2016

After a discussion in BRL's forum, I had been looking for these scans and I thought I'd share them here. They show the steps in the manufacturing process of Remington and Simmons knives. I found it particularly interesting that they show a forging step for their blades.

smiling-knife · Jan 26, 2016

Great scans. Thanks for posting them.

TsarBomba · Jan 26, 2016

chuko said:
Jake, here are some photos that I hope show answers to your questions. Sorry they are not John quality pics, but best I could do tonight. Loop does go through and pin can be seen in photo, does not appear to be threaded. Last picture shows blade closed and plenty of space.

Awesome photos. That is such a neat bail attachment (could it even be called a "bail"?

), really a great knife! :thumbup:

supratentorial said:
After a discussion in BRL's forum, I had been looking for these scans and I thought I'd share them here. They show the steps in the manufacturing process of Remington and Simmons knives. I found it particularly interesting that they show a forging step for their blades.

This is the good stuff. Thanks for posting these. Mind if I copy them to my Evernote? It's sorta my online "all about knives" notebook.

supratentorial · Jan 26, 2016

TsarBomba, that app looks nice. I'll give it a try.

supratentorial · Jan 27, 2016

Campbellclanman · Jan 27, 2016

Wowee Jake!!! That Valley Forge is a very nice old knife. The Bone is just superb.

TsarBomba · Jan 27, 2016

An old Imperial cattle knife.

supratentorial · Jan 27, 2016

Thank you, Duncan. It's a new addition.

TsarBomba, Nice cattle rustler. :thumbup:

biomed · Jan 29, 2016

Sorry for the poor phone photo. This was issued to me in the Air Force in 1966. I believe it was made by Olsen (main blade tang marked OK). Has had a lot of use in the last 50 years. Don't know any details about the blade steel. I filed the indentations into the scales to give a better grip when using the screwdriver blade after my hand slipped and I cut my finger on the sharpened edge of the screwdriver blade.

screened porch · Jan 29, 2016

Always cool to see an Olsen, and you've taken good care of that one. Looks like nice work on the handle-shaping.

Campbellclanman · Jan 29, 2016

I agree, I have owned quite a few of the Olsen Fixed Blades, thats neat to see.

T. Erdelyi · Jan 29, 2016

From the 70s, my Old Man's hunting knives, two of the few things they gave us back after the plane crash back in 75, mom gave them to me a while back. Me and the Old Man skinned much game and built many fires using those knives. I won't hunt with them anymore they're safe queens, worth more in memories than anything else.

biomed · Jan 29, 2016

scrteened porch said:
Always cool to see an Olsen, and you've taken good care of that one. Looks like nice work on the handle-shaping.

Campbellclanman said:
I agree, I have owned quite a few of the Olsen Fixed Blades, thats neat to see.

Do you have any idea what steel was used or the model of the knife. I think it may be an electricians knife. These were pretty much standard issue in the squadron (Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron) at Beale AFB.

Campbellclanman · Jan 30, 2016

I'm not too sure. From memory the Olsens had Carbon blades - but I am talking about a fixed blade not a Slipjoint and not your knife. I can smell Carbon when I'm sharpening my knives. What about a lemon juice test on the blade?

screened porch · Jan 30, 2016

T. Erdelyi said:
From the 70s, my Old Man's hunting knives, two of the few things they gave us back after the plane crash back in 75, mom gave them to me a while back. Me and the Old Man skinned much game and built many fires using those knives. I won't hunt with them anymore they're safe queens, worth more in memories than anything else.

Swashbuckling sheath on that one!