black mamba
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Dave, I think your knife was recovered at the factory. The rounded, domed pins look correct for the peachseed era, but wrong for the pickbone, which should be flatter and not domed.
NICE Headwinds, the sentimental part always gets me priceless in my book and I do think PEARL do to those rose, blueish green huesI had no idea this little knife existed until I recently found it buried deep in a box of my mother's keepsakes. It is only 1 7/8" long. It has no markings anywhere, but I think I can date it pretty closely. The saying around here is "read the knife", and in this case I can literally read the knife - my mother's maiden name initials (FEL) are scratched on one side. It's not the sort of thing my mother would have ever done, but it's exactly the sort of thing my father would have done. (He was very intelligent but not exactly subtle.) I figure she kept it all those years because it was a gift from him while they were dating. They were married in 1934 after dating for a couple of years, so I'm pretty confident in dating the knife 1932-1934.
It has half stops, and has good snap after I cleaned and oiled it. I think it's MOP but I'm keeping it in isolation just in case. I'm just enjoying a newly discovered memory.
(Sorry for the poor photos, but I was trying to make sure the "engraving" showed up.)
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you're right about the pearl - I finally gave up trying to capture the full range of its colors in a photo but the ones I posted give some idea. I'm no expert on really old knives so I appreciate your input!NICE Headwinds, the sentimental part always gets me priceless in my book and I do think PEARL do to those rose, blueish green hues
Thank you, sir. I certainly treasure it. The funny thing is realizing it had been there all those years and I had never even seen it. I guess maybe kids never do really know everything about their parents.Yeah - Headwinds - a great wee treasure that is!
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Ok so i dont know if this is the right place for this, i found what i believe is an old fixed blade leatherman. Bought it from an estate sale for $5. There was an LE visable on one side of the blade. Soft steel, seems pretty old the ivory was pretty beat up was cracking and chipping apart. i wet sanded and buffed/waxed ganna be my carry. Just wanted to find out a little more about it. I couldnt find anything like it on google. Any info would be greatly appreciated
Any idea what it might be?I don't think that's a leatherman.
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Any idea what it might be?
Seller's pics. pre-war Ulster official scout, new in the box. Mirror finish all around, never touched! Center liner is milled. View attachment 1208920 View attachment 1208921 View attachment 1208922 View attachment 1208923 View attachment 1208924