Show Us Your Camp Knives, Utility Knives, Scout Knives

Phil in Alabama said:
I've got six of these I have in a photo, and one more I got last year I have not taken time to take a picture of. The picture is four Case's, a Bokerand a Craftsman made by Schrade. The one not pictures is a brown bone Ulster.
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Great collection you got there mate - very nice!
 
That's a nice looking Richards 300Bucks. Many of the old scout knives shown have beautiful bone scales.

This is a French knife from the 1950s.

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Big Remington Camp knife, Remington Scout and one of my faves, A.G. Russell Premium Scout.
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1fartsmella said:
A Remington Junior size that was wet when I found it in a flooded basement of an estate sale.
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Great thread! Scout knives trigger some great memories for most of us.:thumbup:

This Remington in Junior size is a very cool knife indeed. I can only imagine the look of happiness on the face of the scout that received this knife when new.

Thanks for sharing!

Ken
 
Except for two modern Sears examples, these are my only utility knives. The one is well worn stag, and I believe Royal Brand made knives to sell at Woolworth's. The other was made by Camillus, probably.

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And here is a 1985 official knife that I sent to my Eagle Scout brother, much to his joy.

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300Bucks said:
This is my only one, I think.......300
Richards, Sheppfield, England
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A Richards knife like this one was my first scout/camp knife. I later gave it to my grandfather, and when he passed I found it again, and it's now in my safe.

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300Bucks said:
This is my only one, I think.......300
Richards, Sheppfield, England
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That is a great looking knife! I love the color of the bone and blade shape. Gotta love the english knives, they excel in that field (and in traditional firearms).
 
Here are some I posted over on in the multi-tool forum pictures thread...

Victorinox 09 Soldier (nevermind the reflection in the main blade. i'll have to retake this one sometime.)
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Victorinox Cadet with my nail file screw driver mod
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Unknown Brand Camper
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Collection of US Knives (1993, 3x 1974, 1973)
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jacknife said:
A Richards knife like this one was my first scout/camp knife. I later gave it to my grandfather, and when he passed I found it again, and it's now in my safe.

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Hi jacknife,
This is great...and to 300 bucks as well a while ago I put up this thread
to enquire about this very knife, and you guys are the only ones who have come in to support the idea that Richards did actually produce knives with these Delrin/stagalon scales on..so thank you very much,

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=776952

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Also, could I please add mY 70's Boker Scout knife, at the top of this photo, unused and boy...is it a nail breaker!!
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Thank you very much gentleman, and please keep posting these lovely scout knives-fantastic thread.
 
Campbellclanman said:
Hi jacknife,
This is great...and to 300 bucks as well a while ago I put up this thread
to enquire about this very knife, and you guys are the only ones who have come in to support the idea that Richards did actually produce knives with these Delrin/stagalon scales on..so thank you very much,

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=776952

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Thanks for the link Duncan. I can confirm that the scales are original as you have gathered by now, and not added, but as to what they are made of I've no idea . I do think they look fabulous, If I ever was lucky enough to have a custom knife made for me I would ask that the scales were as close to those on the old Richards knife as possible. Those scales on a Vic Pioneer would be my perfect knife.

It was as you have said a low-end knife. I must have had mine in the mid sixty's. I'm not sure how your example stands up regarding sharpness, but the main blade on mine is among the sharpest carbon blades I have. Unfortunately mine has some blade play as might be expected, though I don't remember it having a very hard life at my hands.
I have an example somewhere here of the other Richards knife shown in your link, in my opinion it's not a patch on the imitation Stag one we talk of here.
The tools may be the same but the blade is inferior, though it does take a reasonable edge and is quite usable.

I've had a number of the other Richards Scout knives and all have had descalers for fishing. Not being a fisherman or collector at that time I ground the teeth off and turned it in to a safety blade by leaving a blunt end. I wish I'd left them alone but there you are......youth :-)

Lovely pictures by the way. I've saved them and they'll be on my computer as wallpaper soon.

Steve.
 
Oops, remembered a Vic I had. This one has an interesting story. I ground the serations off the curved "rope" blade to use as a belly opener when cleaning game. My buddy and I were in a flat south of Dinosaur Nat. Monu.(NW CO) dressing out a cow elk he had killed. I stuck this knife in the ground and we packed up the last load and managed to trudge to the truck one last time. Later, after I had traveled 1,000 miles home, no Vic. Did not remember sticking it in ground. Two years later, just happened to be walking by that kill site and Lo an Behold sticking in ground was my Vic. The scale to the south was faded but not a speck of rust was present. I wonder what it had seen in those two years........300
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300Bucks said:
Oops, remembered a Vic I had. This one has an interesting story. I ground the serations off the curved "rope" blade to use as a belly opener when cleaning game. My buddy and I were in a flat south of Dinosaur Nat. Monu.(NW CO) dressing out a cow elk he had killed. I stuck this knife in the ground and we packed up the last load and managed to trudge to the truck one last time. Later, after I had traveled 1,000 miles home, no Vic. Did not remember sticking it in ground. Two years later, just happened to be walking by that kill site and Lo an Behold sticking in ground was my Vic. The scale to the south was faded but not a speck of rust was present. I wonder what it had seen in those two years........300
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Cool story! I left a knife in the ground a ways back. It was gone the next day. Nice knife, too. Now, I check twice.
 
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