"Old Knives"

K33ncutter said:
About this much.



I know what you mean. It is just about like it was when I got it about 45 years ago. Not even sure when my great aunt’s husband passed away but I don’t remember him at all. Wish it was like brand new.
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Well, if it still "fires" out to that point I wonder what a good amount of Mineral Oil in the Joints will do- at times it can be immense the difference it makes, I don't have Auto's as they are illegal here in NZ, but I have had many Knives that would not snap- have a lazy walk etc- and with some care and attention with Mineral Oils- the difference is quite amazing- many many times back to Factory snapping!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Well, if it still "fires" out to that point I wonder what a good amount of Mineral Oil in the Joints will do- at times it can be immense the difference it makes, I don't have Auto's as they are illegal here in NZ, but I have had many Knives that would not snap- have a lazy walk etc- and with some care and attention with Mineral Oils- the difference is quite amazing- many many times back to Factory snapping!
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Not a bad idea! Maybe I need to work on it a little to get that 50 or so years of crud out of it. :p
 
Beautiful batch of EOs, Augie!:thumbsup: Considering the amazing number of great knives you come up with, it seems natural that you would have a significant number of easy opens.
 
waynorth said:
Great collection, John!!:thumbsup: Beautiful knkives!!:eek:
Do you think the HSB was made by Camillus?
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Thanks Charlie, almost certainly it was made by Camillus, everything is dead on dimension wise between the 2 and the shield leans it towards Camillus although I have seen a few other makers use the large shield.
 
I almost feel embarrassed posting Knives up after Augie has been here - hey!!!! its ok for him because he found the keys to the time machine and keeps popping back to pick up such stunning examples!!!
Not that I am jealous or anything!! :confused::eek: :p

I was happy enough to pick up another nice Camillus made Sears "High Carbon Steel" Jack, usually the High Carbon Steel Knives are highly finished with what extras you can incorporate into a Knife, this Jack here imo still is such a great Knife but on that wears slightly plainer clothes, no Threaded Bolsters, No fancy Linings, but does have very nice Bone, and as a bonus the Knives seems to have never been used in it's lifetime, so another wee addition to my Sears Pile :)
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Now these two are certainly not the most outstanding knives one could find, Ulster do make some Knives that are just fantastic, but these guys here are tidy, the 40 Model has had slight use, the 50 Model is unused and seems to be a Salesman's Sample with 50G inked o the back of the main, Hey - its pretty easy to pick up a Marker pen, but because of it's uncleaned and unused state I think this just may be a Salesman's sample which certainly does not mean its worth crossing the Road for - but I think they are quite respectable knives and deserve to be part of a display at some stage.

Nice Bone, Nice Knives and I felt they were worth picking up!

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Duncan, those are wonderful old bone Jacks and I'd be proud to carry any one of those. I love the Ulster Jacks:thumbsup: I know you already have my address so no need to post that here:D

John, you should offer a "how to" course on how you continuously locate those terrific vintage knives...always nice to see what you find:cool:
 
Campbellclanman said:
I almost feel embarrassed posting Knives up after Augie has been here - hey!!!! its ok for him because he found the keys to the time machine and keeps popping back to pick up such stunning examples!!!
Not that I am jealous or anything!! :confused::eek: :p

I was happy enough to pick up another nice Camillus made Sears "High Carbon Steel" Jack, usually the High Carbon Steel Knives are highly finished with what extras you cen incorporate into a Knife, this Jack here imo still id such a great Knife but on that wears slightly plainer clothes, no Threaded Bolsters, No fancy Linings, but does have very nice Bone, and as a bonus the Knives seems to have never been used in it's lifetime, so another wee addition to my Sears Pile :)
xdL1Pdi.jpg


8LqsaWC.jpg


Now these two are certainly not the most outstanding knives one could find, Ulster do make some Knives that are just fantastic, but these guys here are tidy, the 40 Model has had slight use, the 50 Model is unused and seems to be a Salesman's Sample with 50G inked o the back of the main, Hey - its pretty easy to pick up a Marker pen, but because of it's uncleaned and unused state I think this just may be a Salesman's sample which certainly does not mean its worth crossing the Road for - but I think they are quite respectable knives and deserve to be part of a display at some stage.

Nice Bone, Nice Knives and I felt they were worth picking up!

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Very nice Duncan, anytime you can find a good condition vintage bone handle knife it's a good addition to the collection, the etches make it all the better.
 
paulhilborn said:
Duncan, those are wonderful old bone Jacks and I'd be proud to carry any one of those. I love the Ulster Jacks:thumbsup: I know you already have my address so no need to post that here:D

John, you should offer a "how to" course on how you continuously locate those terrific vintage knives...always nice to see what you find:cool:
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Thanks Paul, it's pretty easy actually, just spend 12 hours a day on the computer and don't worry about your retirement account:D:D:D
 
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